Black Sails

#101
#101
I was going to come on here and say the opposite. Earlier in the season you were telling me the writing was weak and they were stringing us along and I argued for you to wait for an epic finale. The finale was decent but it wasn't as great as I think it could have been and it wasn't conclusive. I wasn't thinking they were going to drag the Nassau war into next season. You were right, I was wrong. I had faith in Michael Bay and he let me down to an extent.
 
#102
#102
Coug said:
I was going to come on here and say the opposite. Earlier in the season you were telling me the writing was weak and they were stringing us along and I argued for you to wait for an epic finale. The finale was decent but it wasn't as great as I think it could have been and it wasn't conclusive. I wasn't thinking they were going to drag the Nassau war into next season. You were right, I was wrong. I had faith in Michael Bay and he let me down to an extent.
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The Line battle was very disappointing. Guess they couldn't afford to CGI a 50+ gun broadside from the MoW along with the other ships. I was expecting those British 3rd rates to be torn to shreds.
 
#103
#103
Paper_Towel said:
The Line battle was very disappointing. Guess they couldn't afford to CGI a 50+ gun broadside from the MoW along with the other ships. I was expecting those British 3rd rates to be torn to shreds.
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I think the show being "narrated" by John Silver and cutting back and forth didn't help. I just wanted a typical Black Sails season finale episode where they run through chronologically and in a normal point of view.
 
#105
#105
This explains why the end of the third season was so anticlimactic. Announcing a show ending a year out tells me it's not a typical cancellation but a true ending to a show. They had this planned all along most likely.
 
#107
#107
I can't believe John swam into that sinking ship. That probably wouldn't have been my first move but I get that he was trying to hide.
 
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#110
#110
Blackbeard made Rogers look like an inhuman piece of trash that deserves to be slaughtered. That little stunt likely backfired and pissed the pirates off more than it scared them.
 
#111
#111
Crazy last few episodes.

Going to be a very different show without
Eleanor being around. She was a big character. Woodes Rogers is about to go nuts

I love how they've developed John Silver. He and Rackham are the two best characters in my opinion.

Oh also.....
I don't think John Silver's girlfriend is dead
 
#112
#112
chatt-townVOL said:
Crazy last few episodes.

Going to be a very different show without
Eleanor being around. She was a big character. Woodes Rogers is about to go nuts

I love how they've developed John Silver. He and Rackham are the two best characters in my opinion.

Oh also.....
I don't think John Silver's girlfriend is dead
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Eleanor became uninteresting when she abandoned the the island and sold out to the Brits. I could care less what Rogers does or feels. He is literally the reason she's gone and he deserves to feel responsible for it.

It's odd how Flint has sort of taken a back seat really. It's like the writers shafted his character. Though I know they're only trying to follow a timeline.

I thought of that as well but what is the advantage to pretending she's dead?

I don't think too many others are watching this show so I didn't bother with spoiler tags.
 
#114
#114
Anyone see the series finale? Thoughts?

Normally I'm all for "happy endings" but for this show I'm not sure if it worked.
 
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#115
#115
Weird ending. I need to watch it again to make sure I understand it. Seemed quite anticlimactic.
 
#116
#116
Yes. I do not understand how a lifetime of slavery as a manual laborer on some swamp plantation is a happy fate. And I'm pretty sure that Thomas was killed in a prior season but maybe it was just suggested and I made an assumption.
 
#117
#117
Did not like the finale.

Flint's character was developed in such a way that was supposed to be past the point of happy endings. Ending his journey with one final homo-kiss as he gets to spend the rest of his life as a plantation slave was never the direction his story was going. It really felt to me like they recently came up with that.

Loved the way Nassau ended, I thought that was great.

Rackham/Bonny's story was an odd ending. I mean I know who Mark/Mary Reed is, but I highly doubt enough other people do to be able to piece that together. Those two sailing away on a ship they both command would have been sufficient.

John Silver's girl hated him for betraying her people.... then forgave him and they were cool. Did not fit her character at all.

Overall.... terrible ending to an absolutely incredible show.
 
#118
#118
VolunteerHillbilly said:
Yes. I do not understand how a lifetime of slavery as a manual laborer on some swamp plantation is a happy fate. And I'm pretty sure that Thomas was killed in a prior season but maybe it was just suggested and I made an assumption.
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Flint was told that Thomas had killed himself. So Flint and the audience assumed it was true. I guess we're supposed to ignore that they're slaves now and just be happy that the two of them are together.

chatt-townVOL said:
Did not like the finale.

Flint's character was developed in such a way that was supposed to be past the point of happy endings. Ending his journey with one final homo-kiss as he gets to spend the rest of his life as a plantation slave was never the direction his story was going. It really felt to me like they recently came up with that.

Loved the way Nassau ended, I thought that was great.

Rackham/Bonny's story was an odd ending. I mean I know who Mark/Mary Reed is, but I highly doubt enough other people do to be able to piece that together. Those two sailing away on a ship they both command would have been sufficient.

John Silver's girl hated him for betraying her people.... then forgave him and they were cool. Did not fit her character at all.

Overall.... terrible ending to an absolutely incredible show.
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I guess the writers liked the characters so much they didn't just want to have Silver shoot him. And after all that drama over the gold nobody ended up getting it.
 
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