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The guy playing Flint's Quartermaster is excellent. I'm loving his scenes.
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The change from Jodi to Vane is remarkable.Also the music theme is phenomenal,the hurdy gurdy sounds haunting.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:03
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I'm really enjoying this show so far, but the Eleanor and Vane encounter at the end of this episode was super-contrived and didn't feel at all organic. Was there really no other way for her to be there and find out about Max? Is "Her word's good enough for me" really that effective of a line?
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Feb 9, 2014 16:35
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This is getting pretty good. Silver didn't seem half as annoying that episode and everything else is moving along nicely.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:53
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If that samurai pirate doesnt come back later and do something awesome, I'm gonna be sad.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:57
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Svaha posted:Yeah that doesn't fit with the era, but to be fair, they didn't actually show him lighting whatever it was he used to light his cigarillo, (Ferrocerium strikers being the innovation with lighters), or even the device itself - just closing it with a ker-chunk noise in the blurry background. Flintlocks were a thing on guns around this time period, which basically scraped flint against metal to make sparks. I can imagine making a firelighter out of basically one of those?
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Feb 9, 2014 17:09
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ShakeZula posted:I'm really enjoying this show so far, but the Eleanor and Vane encounter at the end of this episode was super-contrived and didn't feel at all organic. Was there really no other way for her to be there and find out about Max? Is "Her word's good enough for me" really that effective of a line? Well to be fair, we don't know their full backstory except that they were together before. They may have been a thing for a long time before the breakup, which could make the subtext of "I'm doing this deal because of you" obvious to her. I thought the sudden switch from her loving Vain to suddenly totally blaming him for his crew's actions more jarring
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Feb 9, 2014 20:44
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StarkRavingMad posted:Well to be fair, we don't know their full backstory except that they were together before. They may have been a thing for a long time before the breakup, which could make the subtext of "I'm doing this deal because of you" obvious to her. I thought the sudden switch from her loving Vain to suddenly totally blaming him for his crew's actions more jarring No it's because he had her lover locked up and didn't tell her (and she also blames him for what happens consequentially).
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Feb 9, 2014 21:00
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Alchenar posted:No it's because he had her lover locked up and didn't tell her (and she also blames him for what happens consequentially). Which is hilarious considering that Eleanor proceeds to use that as a bargaining chip with her broken body like four feet away. How could someone be so ice cold and so passionate at the same time?
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Feb 9, 2014 21:11
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PSA: It's Charles Vane, not Vain. Edit: You probably think this post is about you.
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Feb 9, 2014 21:21
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Samurai Pirate was cool and it was interesting that they made Ben Hornigold and his crew Jacobites.
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Feb 9, 2014 21:36
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I hope something nice happens for Max soon.
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Feb 10, 2014 00:39
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The bald quartermaster guy (...Gates? I'm bad with names) is quickly becoming my favourite character in this. "It's my mistake, really, when I said I we needed to be civil for this meeting to happen, I should have specified that this would go for the entire duration of the meeting." 
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Feb 10, 2014 00:41
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So is this show gonna get renewed or something? I need to know before I start watching it.
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Feb 10, 2014 01:34
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ov posted:So is this show gonna get renewed or something? I need to know before I start watching it. Already picked up for season two before it aired. They have to get the most of out of these sets.
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Feb 10, 2014 01:45
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Tokubetsu posted:Already picked up for season two before it aired. They have to get the most of out of these sets. I can't imagine it getting more than a second season though - so hopefully it gets a good ending. I've enjoyed it so far.
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Feb 10, 2014 01:47
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nooneofconsequence posted:I hope something nice happens for Max soon. I was thinking that maybe they were setting her up to become Mary Read, but that just kind of depends on how much they're willing to change about what we know of her historically. Also am I the only person that has to constantly remind himself that Hannah New (Eleanor) is not, in fact, Dominique McElligott (Lily Bell from Hell on Wheels)?
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Feb 10, 2014 01:56
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I might need to re-watch episode 2 again, but has Max basically said: "I wanted us to run away together but you wanted to stay and said you would keep me safe. I said screw that and ran away anyway and got caught, beaten and raped. This is all your fault." ?
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Feb 10, 2014 02:03
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Bodzilla posted:I might need to re-watch episode 2 again, but has Max basically said:
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Feb 10, 2014 02:24
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Loving the show, it's a similar awesome package of violence, scheming and lurid sex scenes similar to Spartacus. Another side note is you can watch the pilot episode on Starz Play for free. etalian fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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Feb 10, 2014 04:00
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Alchenar posted:No it's because he had her lover locked up and didn't tell her (and she also blames him for what happens consequentially). It seems like a few people missed this. AV Club gave it a D+ which is a bit ridiculous even before you see that Helix got a B.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:43
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So far the two best characters on the show are the quartermasters. I want every episode to contain as much of those two as possible.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:01
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Perestroika posted:The bald quartermaster guy (...Gates? I'm bad with names) is quickly becoming my favourite character in this. "It's my mistake, really, when I said I we needed to be civil for this meeting to happen, I should have specified that this would go for the entire duration of the meeting." I have to say the other quartermaster is quickly my favorite. He's so slimy and slick, much better than the Silver actor. I almost think he should have gotten the role.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:08
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the posted:I have to say the other quartermaster is quickly my favorite. He's so slimy and slick, much better than the Silver actor. I almost think he should have gotten the role. Silver actor is just there for eye candy.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:21
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the posted:I have to say the other quartermaster is quickly my favorite. He's so slimy and slick, much better than the Silver actor. I almost think he should have gotten the role. Those four-lens pirate sunglasses of his are also pretty badass.  I don't really take issue with Eleanor being so angry at Vane, but I did think it slightly weird how forgiving she was to the people who she literally caught in the act of raping. I know that she knew that Flint needed the men and all, but she really didn't even say anything about the fate of that one guy she hit with the driftwood?
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Feb 10, 2014 06:37
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I like this show but there are quite a few characters to keep track of, and most of them aren't interesting enough to make it worthwhile. The only characters whose names I know are Flint, Silver, Vane, Eleanor, Max, and Billy. Who was the old guy the bald quartermaster was trying to get a ship from? It is a fun show though. Pron on VHS fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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Feb 10, 2014 06:50
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Pron on VHS posted:I like this show but there are quite a few characters to keep track of, and most of them aren't interesting enough to make it worthwhile. The only characters whose names I know are Flint, Silver, Vane, Eleanor, Max, and Billy. Who was the old guy the bald quartermaster was trying to get a ship from? It's also not shy up delivering a double helping of boobs and violence.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:57
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Scuzzywuffit posted:I don't really take issue with Eleanor being so angry at Vane, but I did think it slightly weird how forgiving she was to the people who she literally caught in the act of raping. I know that she knew that Flint needed the men and all... And that's all you need to know. Her feelings for Max may be on some level genuine, but in the end Flint's her ticket and she's going to back it above anything and everything else in her life. So if she has to let her girlfriend's rapists off the hook to get Flint the personnel he needs to take the Urca, she'll do it with nary a second thought. She can rationalize that at least Vane would be punished for Max's initial capture and abuse, but in the end, she's shown that she's every bit the pirate as the people she does business with.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:19
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This is becoming my third favorite show about horrible people (Sunny and Shameless are first and second). The show is chronologically set before Blackbeards death right? but is the period of Black Sails during his "retirement"? I think it's be great if we could see him on it.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:20
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Vincent posted:This is becoming my third favorite show about horrible people (Sunny and Shameless are first and second). The show is chronologically set before Blackbeards death right? but is the period of Black Sails during his "retirement"? I think it's be great if we could see him on it. It's more a prequel in many ways to Treasure Island. Also loved the crude Blackbeard visual gag from the pilot
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Feb 10, 2014 07:32
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This show is surprisingly funny. I really laughed hard when Silver sent a SECOND hobo out to Vane after the first was brutally shanked,"He says to give ME the pearls." The look Jack and Vanes face was priceless.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:47
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Pron on VHS posted:Who was the old guy the bald quartermaster was trying to get a ship from? That was Benjamin Hornigold, which gives me hope we may see Blackbeard soon. BTW don't worry about looking stuff up here, other then names they are making up 99% of the history.
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Feb 10, 2014 08:04
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the posted:I have to say the other quartermaster is quickly my favorite. He's so slimy and slick, much better than the Silver actor. I almost think he should have gotten the role. Jack Rackham might be my favorite character on the show. Both him and and the guy who plays Vane really seem to capture at least the myths that surround these two guys very well.
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Feb 10, 2014 08:15
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Similar to Spartacus it does have historically accurate elements too such as pirate ships be much more democratic than the standing navies. Captains were expected to get results and the crew would often vote on big decisions instead of standard military command system found in European navies. Also the disability payments from the pilot episode were another historically accurate detail since pirates had a detailed system for providing financial help for crew members who were badly injured in the line of the duty.
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Feb 10, 2014 08:21
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So, this show is played more or less straight and doesn't have a mythical or supernatural element to it, right?
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Feb 10, 2014 10:54
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Tarquinn posted:So, this show is played more or less straight and doesn't have a mythical or supernatural element to it, right? Except for one rogue time-traveling zippo lighter, yes.
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Feb 10, 2014 11:54
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i think i missed a eureka moment when Moneybags found that painting Mr and Mrs Thomas Hamilton. who the gently caress is Thomas Hamilton, it's after doing my head in now.
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Feb 10, 2014 12:01
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BlackJosh posted:Jack Rackham might be my favorite character on the show. Both him and and the guy who plays Vane really seem to capture at least the myths that surround these two guys very well. Well Vane was kind of slimy cruel instead of the straight violent-renegade-that doesn't play by the rules-badass that the show represents.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:02
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Tokubetsu posted:Already picked up for season two before it aired. They have to get the most of out of these sets. Nice!
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Xoidanor posted:Except for one rogue time-traveling zippo lighter, yes. Thanks. 
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