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Title: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Mac on July 16, 2013, 11:03:55 am
Black Sails - Starz January 2014

Black Sails has potential (http://www.starz.com/Originals/BlackSails#/preview?src=starz_mktg&med=email&content=bks1_news_071613&cmp=bks1)

(http://www.thefutoncritic.com/images/shows/Black%20Sails%20FINAL%20Key%20Art%20-%20STARZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 16, 2013, 11:09:56 am
I'm always down for anything Pirate-related. I'm on board for this one.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on July 17, 2013, 10:12:44 pm
Was it REALLY necessary to make this a freaking PREQUEL?
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 12, 2013, 05:18:59 pm
Black Sails - Fear No One Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdthyoQ1A20
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 13, 2013, 01:41:56 pm
Black Sails: The Origin of John Silver- NY Comic 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgmBxQrCrs
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 13, 2013, 01:42:52 pm
Black Sails: The Cast Speaks- NY Comic Con 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NobMk0kC-Ws
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 14, 2013, 11:12:31 pm
I was really excited when I first heard about it, but now... I dunno.  I guess we're due for a bad*ss hard pirate show, but... how do I get the feeling of "same old same old" already when I've never SEEN anything like this before?  Maybe it's more a feeling of "well, this is what I expect" rather than "wow, I DIDN'T expect that!"  Which I must have really been wanting (how can I expect something I can't expect?)
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 14, 2013, 11:20:43 pm
Since it's being produced by Starz, I'm counting on it basically being soft  p o r n  set on the high seas in the same way that Spartacus was in Rome and the Colosseum. Does that make it better or worse? Who's to say. I don't mind seeing hot naked chicks, but I certainly don't want it to become a crutch to carry the show. Give me solid writing and some decent set pieces and I'll be on board with it. If it fails on either, naked chicks will only sustain the show for a little bit before I'd end up bailing on the show. I think it's a bit too early to worry about this show being akin to "been there done that". Give it a couple of episodes and if it doesn't work for you then, there's always a bounty full of  t i t s  to get you to next week.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 08:52:28 pm
I think if there were sexy pirate wenches in the show, they would have popped up in the preview.  And I could be all for pirate wenches.

You know, seeing that it's the origin of Long John Silver... I think that hurts it a little in my head b/c it means that dude can't die.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 09:01:52 pm
Trust me, this show is going to have plenty of Sexy Pirates.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 09:33:33 pm
Yeah, but if it's historically accurate, they might not be the kind of pirate babes you wanna see gettin' it on.   This is what popped in my head:

(http://evergreenterrace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Fresshinyoudrink.jpg)

Of course, since the flick came out when I think sexy pirate babe I think Jessica Alba in Into The Blue.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 09:53:39 pm
Yeah, but if it's historically accurate, they might not be the kind of pirate babes you wanna see gettin' it on.

Check out Spartacus and tell me how historically correct that is. Most of them look like Penthouse Pets, which I'm A-Ok with. Sure, they have a few "normal" looking chicks in there, but for the most part, it's hire the hottest chicks you can and put them in front of a camera.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 09:56:15 pm
I still haven't checked out Spartacus.  I've seen some caps though.  I could be down for that.  I mean, I know it won't come out like "Pirates" but I don't want that.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 09:59:16 pm
Even though I enjoyed Pirates Of The Caribbean movies (I'm still surprised at that revelation myself), I don't want Black Sails to look anything like them at all.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 10:01:59 pm
No, I'm talking about that big-budget dirty flick from a couple of years ago that shot on the Bounty before it sank.

Yeah, I wouldn't want BS (there's an unfortunate acronym) to look like POTC either, though if one of the wenches were to look like Keira Knightley, I wouldn't complain.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 10:04:18 pm
...if one of the wenches were to look like Keira Knightley, I wouldn't complain.

Word.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 10:05:57 pm
Now I'm thinking maybe Black Sails might do a different famous pirate every year, like how Spartacus changed protagonists... but this time under much nicer circumstances.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 10:09:33 pm
Not sure if that would work with this. It would be nice to have a Network have the balls to do something like that, but their main objective is to get and retain viewership and changing the leads each year doesn't lend itself to that. But then again......American Horror Story has done something similar to that.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 10:21:33 pm
I dunno.  It's a gamble.  Though most pirates careers are short and violent.

D*mn you for putting pirate wenches in my head.  Well, maybe d*mn with praise.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 10:23:35 pm
Now all you need to do is write into your script a Stripper that dresses like a Pirate.  ;D
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 10:26:36 pm
You know, I never was able to crack a pirate story (the Jessica Alba comment didn't come out of thin air, you know) ... even if I could, you just can't really compete w/ POTC, you know?  Even my teacher confirmed that.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2013, 10:29:15 pm
Although Cutthroat Island is a HUGE flop, I do remember liking it somewhat. I need to revisit that as I haven't seen that since it basically came out. I wonder if it would play better now or look really "small" having been exposed to POTC.
Title: Re: Black Sails - Starz
Post by: Neumatic on October 15, 2013, 10:30:52 pm
Never saw that.  I never actually saw Under The Black Flag either, the Watchmen thing.  I think I might have it, but I'm not sure.