Thursday Tunes
The opening theme from the Starz original series Black Sails, composed by Bear McCreary of Battlestar Galactica fame. I'm rapidly turning into a McCreary fanboy.
The series itself is worth a watch. It's an obviously romanticized version of 18th century Nassau and its denizens, as a realistic show about pirates is something that absolutely no one would want to watch. That'd be like watching thugs break into your neighbor's house while you eat popcorn on the couch. Unless you don't like your neighbor, of course, in which case that may be a viable form of entertainment for you.
Neither, however, is this Pirates by Disney. It's rough and lewd and violent, but not gratuitously so. (Okay, the nude lesbian scenes between the two hottest chicks in the series are gratuitous, but I suspect you'll be able to tough your way through that.) The writing, directing and acting are all quite good, mostly avoiding formulas and adding just enough camp to keep it from descending into depressing cruelty. The main characters are an interesting mix of fictional figures such as Captain Flint and John Silver with notorious real pirates like Charles Vane. Think of the show as a cross between Deadwood and Spartacus. I must say that Starz is proving to be quite adept at this new century's favorite entertainment genre: the adult mini-series.
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The series itself is worth a watch. It's an obviously romanticized version of 18th century Nassau and its denizens, as a realistic show about pirates is something that absolutely no one would want to watch. That'd be like watching thugs break into your neighbor's house while you eat popcorn on the couch. Unless you don't like your neighbor, of course, in which case that may be a viable form of entertainment for you.
Neither, however, is this Pirates by Disney. It's rough and lewd and violent, but not gratuitously so. (Okay, the nude lesbian scenes between the two hottest chicks in the series are gratuitous, but I suspect you'll be able to tough your way through that.) The writing, directing and acting are all quite good, mostly avoiding formulas and adding just enough camp to keep it from descending into depressing cruelty. The main characters are an interesting mix of fictional figures such as Captain Flint and John Silver with notorious real pirates like Charles Vane. Think of the show as a cross between Deadwood and Spartacus. I must say that Starz is proving to be quite adept at this new century's favorite entertainment genre: the adult mini-series.
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