Reggie29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Anyone else into this? Black Sails on the Starz channel is a great TV series with events taking place twenty years before Treasure Island. The characters are both real and fictional based on RL Stevenson's book's Captain Flint, Long John Silver and Billy Bones etc. and other known pirates, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Charles Vane, Jack Rackham (Depp's Sparrow is based on him) and Ann Bonny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eySUZCDjlrQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Looks cool, gonna check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Sorry but Michael Bay is anathema to me. I cannot stand anything he touches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 5 hours ago, Strider said: Sorry but Michael Bay is anathema to me. I cannot stand anything he touches. That's pretty harsh but each to their own. I didn't realise he had anything to do with it. Nothing like Transformers or Pirates of the Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 31 minutes ago, Reggie29 said: That's pretty harsh but each to their own. I didn't realise he had anything to do with it. Nothing like Transformers or Pirates of the Caribbean. This comes close to the series "Rome" vibe wise, including the gore and the (tastefully played....why do we always need heterosexual lead characters anyway?) lesbian scenes (and good special FX that don't feel digital). Just downloaded season 1 and watched the first two episodes by now................I like it, and I'm glad to have found another thingy to bingewatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 ^^^ Season four started last weekend . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I really am glad to have joined here way back in 2007................thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hi Reggie! I love the show and have watched it since it began. I also love Outlander and the new show Billions that just started. ^Sean, you know I love ya to pieces, but the show is good:-) ^ Hi Res:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'll take your recommendations under advisement. FYI: I'm just a guy who doesn't watch that much tv to begin with, so I am very particular about what I watch when I do have time. "The Wire" and "Mad Men" have been about the only two shows in the past 20 years that I felt rewarded viewing from beginning to end. Many other shows I lose interest after a couple seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 ^^^ I don't watch a lot of TV except the News, Sport, occasional movie but there's a few series, mostly cable produced that I watch regularly. They all come out within weeks of each other, that does provide a lot of short term viewing given they usually consist of up to an average, 13 episodes or so each season. Most "free to air" here is ordinary at best with the odd exception now and then. Vikings being a case in point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 After watching the first two seasons I can only conclude that this show kicks ass, and gets better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 The third series is looking very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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