I feel like this show had the misfortune of being on Starz and coming out like 5 years too early. It's really good. A lot of the politics would probably be more popular now post-Bernie. I just want to be a pirate and wage war against the colonial powers and get drunk and sing song with the fellas now.

  • longhorn617 [any]
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    4 years ago

    I didn't think the first season was bad but yeah I guess it wasn't as good as good as the later seasons.

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I spent the first season trying to figure out what the writers were going for, and then realized, especially once I'd finished the series, that the writers were too.

      • longhorn617 [any]
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        4 years ago

        I didn't even realize it was a Treasure Island prequel until like Season 4.

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          That probably explains our differing perceptions. The show was heavily promoted as a Treasure Island prequel, so I came in expecting that, and it didn't deliver.

          • longhorn617 [any]
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            4 years ago

            I mean, it did, it just took the whole damn show to get there lol

              • longhorn617 [any]
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                4 years ago

                I recognized all of the historical pirates and thought that was cool and that they were just doing fictionalized history, and when they gave him the name Long John Silver I slapped my forehead.