Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."
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A prequel to the (fictional) events of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". The series centres on a group of pirates operating out of Nassau in the Bahamas. We meet characters from history - Captain Charles Vane, Governor Woodes Rogers, Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny - plus characters from fiction - Captain Flint and, of course, Long John Silver. —grantss
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Best Pirate Themed Series Out There
I remember giving it a try around 2015. It was a tough first season. It felt like a 90210 remake, but in Nassau, and with boats. Pirates are all blue-eyed, well shaved and have perfect teeth. And the women all fell fresh out of a beauty salon. Shiny happy people pretending to play pirate.
Couple years past and I saw Black Sails somewhere high up in the ratings/trending charts on IMDB and gave it a second try. The first season was still kind of painful (although not bad. It just doesn't feels very "piraty". Only thing that saved it for me was the wit/sarcasm of Jack Rackham).
But boy does it take off after that. Is it the best series out there? I would say no. But it does what it does so well that it gets you hooked. Others call it Shakespearean, and I kind of agree. But its the often long winded dialogues that are dragged out too long the won't make it a 10 for me. Combined with a couple of stupid decisions by the characters (which I find all forgiveable but unnecessary).
Tldr: if the first season put you off, still give the second one a go. It gets better. A lot!
Couple years past and I saw Black Sails somewhere high up in the ratings/trending charts on IMDB and gave it a second try. The first season was still kind of painful (although not bad. It just doesn't feels very "piraty". Only thing that saved it for me was the wit/sarcasm of Jack Rackham).
But boy does it take off after that. Is it the best series out there? I would say no. But it does what it does so well that it gets you hooked. Others call it Shakespearean, and I kind of agree. But its the often long winded dialogues that are dragged out too long the won't make it a 10 for me. Combined with a couple of stupid decisions by the characters (which I find all forgiveable but unnecessary).
Tldr: if the first season put you off, still give the second one a go. It gets better. A lot!
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- May 29, 2021
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