But, when the battle ends, they take off their disguises with a laugh to reveal their not-so hideous faces. When we finally get a good look at the pirates, they’re like the most nightmarish stereotypes imaginable- yelling incoherently, covered in face-paint, teeth so mangled that Goofy told them to go to the doctor. “I” opens with a great action sequence when a pirate ship attacks a group of regular people. STARZ portrays a milder, perhaps more accurate, picture of pirates, although they do have some clever nods to the typical romanticized picture of these sea dogs. “I” marks the year as 1715, a time where there were ten pirates for every non-pirate, and these hooligans ran amok all across the seven seas, pillaging and thieving to their black hearts’ contents.Īnyone who expects to see filthy, animalistic men with hooks for hands and pegs for legs ravaging any boat they cross will be sorely disappointed by this first episode.
STARZ is at it again with this new original television series, “Black Sails.” As with their other original series, this is a period piece, but this time around they take things to the ocean instead of just keeping it on land.
