Crossbones - The Devil's Dominion - OAD 5/30/14

Is that the show advertising Blackbeard and then showing an old man without a black beard? Thought that really dumb. In school I read people could see his black beard at great distances and it might even have figured in his name, but guess the producers never read about him at all. At least if I have the right show, it sure sounds like it will be very un-authentic to say the least.

 

official trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdrrHm3HhY

 

You do realize that sometimes, even pirates get old?

They showed all the stereotypical drawings of Blackbeard with his flying dreadlocked beard in the show, so they're well aware of what they're doing, whatever it is.

 

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Actually, no, what I recall is that he was killed before he got that old. But I don't claim to be an expert. I do wonder why waste a show about him being old instead of an exciting young pirate? If you took other pirate movies and replaced Johnny Depp with an old man do you think they would have done as well?

 

It almost seems like they casted first and then changed the story to suit.

 

Just watched trailer, expecting to see flashes of the young pirate you mention, but saw only old guy with a white beard. If the story is of the end days of him it sure writes them into a corner for the series to continue, doesn't it? Would make a better mini-drama with 3 or 4 parts I'd think than a series.

 

Jeez, dude, if the concept of a pirate show that's not a clone of every other pirate show ever made offends you, just don't watch it!

 

I woke up in the middle of the night and watched about 25 minutes of it before deciding to go back to sleep. I don't think it's very good but the only other thing I have to watch is a backlog of winter Olympics.

 

I like this genre, but fight scenes (in any genre) just make my eyes glaze over - too long.

I'll give this a try and FF thru those scenes.

 

I saw a bit of this last night. IMO they should have considered hiring Blackbeard from Black Sails.

 

Or the Black Swan staff, now that would make a rating to remember. My problem with old guy stories is we viewers are usually already old guys and we know all about that, we want to live some exciting young experiences we missed ( or in this case were too late in history for). We can pass on rest home stories and the fight for jello at meals.

 

I thought it was pretty good. I'm willing to fanwank a presumed dead Blackbeard being a live old dude with a white beard. It's not like this is a documentary.

 

All I could think about the whole show was the "giggle loop" and the "man with two legs". And I really found it hard to picture Jeff in that kind of role .....

 

I watched it over the weekend and my first impression was that it's a blatant ripoff of Black Sails without the gratuitus nudity and language. I'll probably keep watching it just because John Malkovich plays Blackbeard.

 

Wow, I got to check out that Black Sails right away, never had heard of that. Sounds like a wonderful program for me, thanks. When I first saw this one I thought it was the old Star Trek captain Picard at first, maybe he got lost in a time warp or something. You know that might have been a better plot idea than a Blackbeard with a white beard coming back from the dead.

 

Not only that but he also got a lot lighter and shorter.