I can’t understand why “Black Sails” isn’t as famous as Game of Thrones.
More sex and violence than GOT with a much quicker pace.
Another good one is ‘TURN - George Washington’s Spies.’ Shows Washington as a slave owner and Benedict Arnold as justifiably angry. Cool espionage tricks from the 18th Century, like putting secret messages in hard boiled eggs.
I watched the first season of Black Sails. It was okay. I can’t remember if I finished the second season. I vaguely remember someone getting keelhauled on a ship that wasn’t in the water (like it was in a dry dock). For those who don’t know, keel hauling is running a chain under the ship from one side of the other (think like a jump rope) and then tying someone to it and dragging them across the underside of the ship across their back. This was typically done when the ship was asea. Barnacles would grow on the ship, so if the person tried to hold their breath, they’d probably scream as they were being dragged. If they didn’t drown, and they survived, their whole back would be fucked up. I’m not sure what the survival rate was for it, they could always send them around a second time (or more) if they wanted to kill them. So yeah, not short on brutality. But for brutality I don’t think Game of Thrones set the bar, I think either Sons of Anarchy did it when they burned that guy’s back tat off with a blowtorch and knives, or Vikings, with the Blood Eagle (victim kneels, their back is cut open, their ribs broken one by one with an ax, then their lungs dragged out and slung over their shoulders — the catch being, if they scream out, they’re denied Valhalla, and if the procedure doesn’t kill them, they basically bleed out and die slowly).
I watched the first season of Black Sails. It was okay. I can’t remember if I finished the second season. I vaguely remember someone getting keelhauled on a ship that wasn’t in the water (like it was in a dry dock).
I think you misremembered there in terms of the first season.
TURN is a great show. Very compelling, some truth to it although not the main characters or the spy ring itself. Finishingsn episode always leaves me wanting to immediately watch the next.
I can’t understand why “Black Sails” isn’t as famous as Game of Thrones.
More sex and violence than GOT with a much quicker pace.
Another good one is ‘TURN - George Washington’s Spies.’ Shows Washington as a slave owner and Benedict Arnold as justifiably angry. Cool espionage tricks from the 18th Century, like putting secret messages in hard boiled eggs.
I watched the first season of Black Sails. It was okay. I can’t remember if I finished the second season. I vaguely remember someone getting keelhauled on a ship that wasn’t in the water (like it was in a dry dock). For those who don’t know, keel hauling is running a chain under the ship from one side of the other (think like a jump rope) and then tying someone to it and dragging them across the underside of the ship across their back. This was typically done when the ship was asea. Barnacles would grow on the ship, so if the person tried to hold their breath, they’d probably scream as they were being dragged. If they didn’t drown, and they survived, their whole back would be fucked up. I’m not sure what the survival rate was for it, they could always send them around a second time (or more) if they wanted to kill them. So yeah, not short on brutality. But for brutality I don’t think Game of Thrones set the bar, I think either Sons of Anarchy did it when they burned that guy’s back tat off with a blowtorch and knives, or Vikings, with the Blood Eagle (victim kneels, their back is cut open, their ribs broken one by one with an ax, then their lungs dragged out and slung over their shoulders — the catch being, if they scream out, they’re denied Valhalla, and if the procedure doesn’t kill them, they basically bleed out and die slowly).
Always wanted to watch TURN.
I left ‘Vikings’ off my list because it seems to be much better known than the other two.
I think you misremembered there in terms of the first season.
Maybe. It’s been close to a decade?
It’s funny, I hear about the show every few months, it comes up in conversation. I might have to give it another chance.
TURN is a great show. Very compelling, some truth to it although not the main characters or the spy ring itself. Finishingsn episode always leaves me wanting to immediately watch the next.
Obligatory, fuck Simcoe.
If you’re into historical pieces, I strongly recommend Babylon Berlin or Warrior.
Liked both.
I do like historicals.
Ah, so you’re quite indepth on this like me then. Black Sails is my (2) show of all time. Heard of Balkan Shadows?
I found a Serbian language trailer and I must say I want to see more.
What platform is it on?
Also, go back a few years, BBC show ‘Reilly, Ace of Spies.’ Based on an actual Russian Jew who became a British agent before WW1 broke out.
It’s basically Babylon Berlin but in Serbia.
And you will have to sail the high seas for this one.
Thanks.
I loved Black Sails. Still want more.
Because the first season of black sails was a mess.
That’s like, your opinion, man.
I was a fan from the first episode and don’t think I skipped anything.
Have a good week.