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LoBaron -> RE: OT: Black Sails (2/4/2014 5:47:58 AM)
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A first episode filled with back-story explained through exposition dialogue serves as an introduction to a bunch of personality-lacking people of mysterious intentions and surprisingly bad choices. Our main hero John Silver hides during the entirety of the episode some pages of a book he can't interpret but he's aware it'll cost his life if found in his possession, yet he decides to explain everything about them to the first malevolent looking prostitute asking about it.
Meanwhile, Captain Flint can't seem to be able to take proper control of his own ship for obvious reasons; he is incompetent enough not to punish one of his subordinates after being threatened at gunpoint by him (reasons of said threatening, by the way, remaining as a mystery to me) and has to face a riot on his own ship, barely winning a fight after which gives a speech about finding a treasure which happened to be an absolute lie, and will probably cost him more riots in the future.
In contrast, a gorgeous looking production value will allow you to keep watching as long as you don't put much thought into what's happening.
I think I will continue to watch Master and Commander for the nth time. [:'(]
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