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Midnight City posted:The intro/music of Marco Polo, a new Netflix show reminded me of Black Sails and now that I'm actually thinking of the two shows they're pretty similar, if you can handle some silly pirate poo poo in Black Sails you should be able to handle some silly kung fu poo poo in Marco Polo at least. I got about six episodes into Marco Polo and gave up. I can't quite put my finger on why, but it wasn't compelling enough. Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan was great, but I didn't care enough about any of the other characters to keep watching. (The sets and locations were beautiful, though.)
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If you made it six episodes in I'd probably argue you should probably finish it, the last half of the season's episodes have much grander narratives but still character driven and Wong as Kublai has some really good scenes with the non-Polo characters eventually. I legitimately think Wong is fantastic in the role, Emmy level, but there's too much other stuff like bad child actor's and kung fu bullshit that's it's never going to get any kind of respect but at least it's netflix and they gave Hemlock loving Grove two seasons so I can't imagine they cancel MP after one. I guess I shouldn't derail this thread with anymore talk of it though.
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Aphrodite posted:Yeah, he's basically the bad guy when he shows up but the way he plays the character you can't dislike him. When he spends a good couple of show minutes trying to suck his own dick, while handcuffed to a bed, he hits the top tier of characters.
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"You mean I'll have to fight him?" "Well, what the gently caress did you think would happen?" I guffawed so hard at this.
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Feb 1, 2015 03:30
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Captain Flint is one hard motherfucker.
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I don't even know what to comment on specifically except I really enjoy watching these characters do stuff. This show feels like a guilty pleasure but it's legitimately awesome. I want a badass spanish coat now too.
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Feb 1, 2015 05:32
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The story can get a little long winded but badass pirates doing pirate poo poo makes up for it.
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Feb 1, 2015 05:44
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Oh my god the noises during the decapitation of the quartermaster.  On the flip side, Billy! 
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Feb 1, 2015 06:37
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My immersion! First mate Forearms / Quartermaster of Biceps /Billy the Giant is pinned to the sand. Those pegs better be 5ft long.
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Xoidanor posted:Oh my god the noises during the decapitation of the quartermaster. And Randall! Shame about O'Malley, though. He was one of those background characters I quite liked  And poor dairy goat.
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I was a bit confused as to what happened between Eleanor and Ned. So Ned decapitates a guy and then fights her (single?)bodyguard, executes him, and walks out of there with like 3 other guys? That seems kind of odd... It was a pretty good episode though, really enjoying this season so far.
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Feb 1, 2015 15:48
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He came in with the guys he left with. The point seemed to be that Eleanor doesn't have very much support backing her up even in her own bar, and Ned the Nutbag can do as he pleases.
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Feb 1, 2015 16:13
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when the hell are they gonna let that samurai pirate go mental onscreen, they've been teasing it for so long
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I can't remember from the first session but isn't this the only free port and doesn't the entire island depend on Guthrie trade to survive? Ned is certifiably insane but I'm not sure how the other more experienced pirates in the crew think pissing off your main source of income and that of the other armed pirates in the area is a good idea.
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Feb 1, 2015 17:31
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3Romeo posted:I got about six episodes into Marco Polo and gave up. I can't quite put my finger on why, but it wasn't compelling enough. Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan was great, but I didn't care enough about any of the other characters to keep watching. (The sets and locations were beautiful, though.) Yeah it was probably the lack of interesting characters and also how the season never developed enough memorable arcs/plot twists to keep me involved.
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Kegslayer posted:I can't remember from the first session but isn't this the only free port and doesn't the entire island depend on Guthrie trade to survive? They probably realised that opposing Ned would not get them ahead in life.  Seriously though, I'm thinking the rationale is that they stick with Ned for ransoming the woman and then just join another ship when they have gotten their share.
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Feb 1, 2015 18:03
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How come every woman on this show is a lesbian? Seems a bit unlikely.
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Feb 1, 2015 18:56
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My penis disagrees.
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Cat Hatter posted:I'm perfectly willing to accept as an answer that British navy (and English speaking pirates)>Spanish navy. You are willing to accept that one of the leading naval powers in the beginning of the 18th century was inferior to a bunch of pirates just for the fact that they speak english.One thing is losing to the Royal Navy and another pirates.
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LordArgh posted:How come every woman on this show is a lesbian? Seems a bit unlikely. Seems that everyone in Nassau just wants Max. While at the same time declaring how she's obviously using them.
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Feb 1, 2015 19:46
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LordArgh posted:How come every woman on this show is a lesbian? Seems a bit unlikely.
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Feb 1, 2015 20:09
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Kegslayer posted:I can't remember from the first session but isn't this the only free port and doesn't the entire island depend on Guthrie trade to survive? Pirates aren't the most forward thinking individuals.
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doos posted:Seems that everyone in Nassau just wants Max. Which, you know, makes sense. Except Charles.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:27
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i was really hoping mister meeks (or w/e - the decapitated dude) was going to join up with flint
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Feb 1, 2015 22:33
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That Ned guy is a jerk.
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Feb 1, 2015 23:22
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drat this show is so good right now. I want to see more of every single character. Even in Game of Thrones you have Bran that nobody cares about.
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Captain Jack loving Rackham 
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Calico Jack in the house  
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Man I think I'm just really dense, because I never picked up on Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny being lovers. I thought they just had a super-tight brodude friendship because Anne Bonny was such a hardass she had male friendships like that. I wasn't surprised when she went all lesbo on Max, and WAS surprised in the later scene that showed her in the same bed as Jack Rackham.
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Feb 2, 2015 03:11
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Unless I imagined it, she literally hosed him last season. Then he went soft, she got pissed, and left him tied to a bed.
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Feb 2, 2015 03:16
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Totally called Max being (at least their equivalent of) Mary Read last season.
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3Romeo posted:Unless I imagined it, she literally hosed him last season. Then he went soft, she got pissed, and left him tied to a bed. Oh riiiight. I had forgotten that.
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doos posted:Seems that everyone in Nassau just wants Max. you have seen her naked right? i mean who doesn't want her.
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Feb 2, 2015 04:01
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I'm surprised there's no gifs of Flint putting on his fancy new coat.
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Feb 2, 2015 04:55
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Heave to Master of Gifs, make it so!
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Vorgen posted:Man I think I'm just really dense, because I never picked up on Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny being lovers. I thought they just had a super-tight brodude friendship because Anne Bonny was such a hardass she had male friendships like that. I wasn't surprised when she went all lesbo on Max, and WAS surprised in the later scene that showed her in the same bed as Jack Rackham. Well she grabbed his dick and went "I want to gently caress." In the first episode 
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Rocksicles posted:Heave to Master of Gifs, make it so! 
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So, did Flint intentionally feed him the information knowing that he'd attack the ship? I wonder what his plan was if they actually had listened to him.
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Lamadrid posted:You are willing to accept that one of the leading naval powers in the beginning of the 18th century was inferior to a bunch of pirates just for the fact that they speak english.One thing is losing to the Royal Navy and another pirates. Philip II spotted ITT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6aKZf0g06Y&t=7s Liam Emsa posted:So, did Flint intentionally feed him the information knowing that he'd attack the ship? I wonder what his plan was if they actually had listened to him. I think his entire plan relied on his detractors thinking he'd be up to something so when he gave them sound advise they would do the opposite to try and thwart his plans.
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