kindkit: Sailing ship at sea. (Fandomless: Blue ship)
kindkit ([personal profile] kindkit) wrote2017-12-04 08:15 pm
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I managed to get through about half of Black Sails 1x03 before I was so bored I couldn't stand it any more. I don't care about any of these people, I don't care about their overcomplicated scheming, and the dull expository dialogue is making every minute drag.

Would someone please spoil me for everything I need to know about the rest of S1 so I can go on to S2, which supposedly is better? If I like S2 I might eventually go back to S1. But I cannot, cannot face 5 more episodes of S1 at the moment.
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[personal profile] st_aurafina 2017-12-05 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Just start watching it? It has a little recap at the start of every episode. If you can't stand the whole show, you want to watch for Rupert Penry Jones' scenes from 2.01 onwards.

I didn't care much for the characters at this point either, but I needed a show to watch while I crocheted, and by the time I got to the end of S1 I was galloping ahead. But you can always go back.
rydra_wong: Black Sails: Flint with his eyes closed and a spray of blood across his face. (black sails -- flint splatter)

[personal profile] rydra_wong 2017-12-05 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh dear. Sorry to hear it.

I happen to have a summary of S1 which I wrote because of reasons -- will leave in a comment.

I'd also say if you're feeling this unmotivated by it, maybe worth spoiling yourself for the backstory bit of S2 and maybe some things about S3? Then either that'll leave you a bit more psyched, or you'll know it's really just not your show.
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[personal profile] halotolerant 2017-12-09 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Argh yes see this is what I remember of trying to watch that show. I think I might watch it whilst doing tapestry work or something else with my hands so I only have 50% attention on the TV, but right now I'm generally so tired when I get to TV time that I have to be able to just watch the thing in front of me.

I have been watching the original Transformers since astolat posted that fic, and it is weirdly compelling although also, you know, a show from the 1980s to sell fairly sexist robot toys... (I think I just get an extra surge of joy from fanworks that make gay stories out of canons that never, ever, ever would have wanted to be gay stories)
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