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- 2014
- TV-MA
- Starz
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Starz
Summary Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island set in 1715, pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew prepare to fight the British Royal Navy over New Providence Island with the help of Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), a daughter of a local smuggling kingpin.
Created By: Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Starz
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Starz
Black Sails
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 25, 2014
59
6.7
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Summary Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island set in 1715, pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew prepare to fight the British Royal Navy over New Providence Island with the help of Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), a daughter of a local smuggling kingpin.
Created By: Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
59
52% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
42% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
59
52% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
42% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
In this, the last 10 episodes, the drama detonates long-standing alliances and brings to the fore grudges with lethal consequences. ... The premiere Sunday features three set pieces that are brilliant and terrifying.
Four episodes in, Black Sails is actually spinning a cleverly-crafted tale of intrigue, secrets and deceit surrounding a race for an enormous cache of gold in a Spanish galleon.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 893 User Ratings
6.7
70% Positive
622 Ratings
622 Ratings
6% Mixed
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
25% Negative
219 Ratings
219 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 893 User Ratings
6.7
70% Positive
622 Ratings
622 Ratings
6% Mixed
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
25% Negative
219 Ratings
219 Ratings
Fantastic prehistory to the novel The Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Unfortunately, in only four seasons, Captain Flint is accompanied with partly historical events from the real world with well-known pirates such as Blackbeard, Rackham, Bonny, Vane and Hornigold. Equipment and cast and not least Toby Stephens as Captain Flint are brilliantly chosen. Black Sails is probably the best pirate series available to date!
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If you want to watch something as intense as Breaking Bad and as full of action and big battles like Game Of Thrones, watch this!!Beautiful cinematography, acting is brutal and strongest than most tv shows these days, amazing cgi, remarkable characters and the **** lord, the plot is amazing and will leave you breathless, it's a shame this show is so underrated, it can be hard to watch because on Netflix there is only s4 ( don't know why ), but if you find a way to watch this show, you be in for one of the best tv shows ever made, surelly on my top 5.
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A winsome opportunist (Luke Arnold), a ruthless captain (Toby Stephens) and a tough-talking tavern owner (Hannah New) are just a few of the colorful characters involved in a brutal power grab in the 18th century Bahamas.
Steinberg promises that Black Sails, with no parrots and no peg legs, will be pirate-cliché free. Unfortunately, the female characters don’t escape sexist stereotypes. And that keeps Black Sails from being as much fun as it might have been.
Black Sails opens promisingly enough with a sea battle, followed by threats of violent upheaval aboard the Walrus, captained by the arrogant, aloof Flint (Toby Stephens). Too soon, though, the action moves onto land. And while Starz staples like graphic sex and savagery are hardly uncommon occurrences in the bustling debauchery of New Providence Island, Sails becomes stubbornly becalmed by its landlocked third and fourth hours, as tiresome wheeling and dealing triggers a bout of Restless Sea Legs Syndrome in the impatient viewer.
At times Black Sails feels like it wants to be taken seriously as a complicated, premium cable drama (a la “Game of Thrones”). At other times, it feels more like cheesier, more niche material (a la “Spartacus”).
What's mystifying is why Starz and the creators of Black Sails seem to think that, given the expanding array of options available to consumers, any content creators can get away with peddling fare that can't even manage to be consistently mediocre.
If only all historical series were this good. Great cast, great sets, plot twists and turns, great sound, great photography. I've only watched 2 of the 4 seasons so far. I can't see the high quality lasting for the last 2 seasons but season 2 is the best series I have seen in a long time..
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Season One was **** could forgive it as it was attempting to find its footing. It laid out some good characters we only come to know later, or perhaps not. Scenes for the sake of scenes weren't bad, at least they had given the show its identity.
Season 2 was the best of the four, using ship battles and sword fights. Deceit, world and character building. John Rackham quickly becomes the most likeable character. Although, now everyone looks like breaking bad characters aside from him and Vayne.
Season 3 is bad. Nothing makes sense, aside from Rackham and John Silver's character arcs. The British and most all the girls become strongly unlikeable. There is no salvaging this.
Currently on Season 4. I do not like a majority of the "good guys" in this. Could be a better story, with writing that makes sense!
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I just created this account to say this is my new favorite show. It has everything I love: gorepresentation, badass women, and **** pirates! What else could I ask for?
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Production Company:
- Film Afrika Worldwide
- Platinum Dunes
- Quaker Moving Pictures
Initial Release Date: Jan 25, 2014
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 6 Nominations
