Have you seen Black Sails? It's fucking awful and never made it out of the first episode, but it's all about pirates.
Zombies satiate something deep inside. Do you agree? Sorry for jumping to this but do you agree that as the world changes people require a different distraction and a new monster? You pretty much said that already. Odd fact for you, serial killing goes down dramatically during times of war. It is time to turn down the gore when there is a lot of it in the news, right? Oh and the constant threat of actual societal collapse makes these zombie shows a little less fun to watch.
Zombies are just fun. They're the kind of monster that you can escape from and kill easily. That is, until the the Dawn of the Dead remake came out. I hated it at first, but upon multiple viewings I decided it was a solid zombie film.
Yeah Dawn of the Dead (2004) was a game changer. Kill the baby before it bites you. They
went there. Kill the baby.
Just a quick word about TWD. The sexist undertones weaved into the what became world's most popular series built slowly. Teach the woman how to shoot. Save the woman. Pat the woman on the head. Kill mom. Pat the woman on the head for not dying. Just look at the flowers, woman. Look at the flowers. Murder. Murder the child. All female personas depicted as weak, in that they are constantly praised for being so strong. Never quite matching up. This most recent season was a sad circus. Go after the bad man. Take the shot and hit a baseball bat (totally impossible). Miss a SIMPLE fucking shot on a very close roof. Oh, and don't forget to die a noble death inside a fucking coffin. Get saved by the male hero. Who is left soaked in blood, deliriously murmuring "we won", while the bad man escapes to organize a new attack? Sorry TWD, you suck now. Nobody cares. Your bullshit is transparent and stale. There are better ways to mind-rape 16 million people on Sunday. MUCH better ways, which don't require staying up past noon. Why wait til 9pm when you can worship rising death and the apocalypse before noon
Series seven was fun, wasn't it. It was a nice escape from the politics of our actual reality, as the 7th season of the world's most popular show ran through November and March. Shocking political events took some fun out of the show, and frankly made me mad enough to see AMC for the cheap bastards they have always been. Fuck their zombies. Fuck their cloaked prejudices. We get it... women are symptomatic of powerlessness when zombies are on the loose. Naturally this is a WIDELY contemplated message, and it is not "entertaining" unless you're an evil asshole. What are archetypes? I read the word all the time, and I think it applies to this. Remember TWD was the most popular show in the world, and that does mean a lot. Commercial slots are just intermissions for the true advertisement. Viewers are exposed to something far sicker than kill mom because she is going to eat you. That alone is terrible and worth attacking but TWD has layers of bullshit that do not to end. I draw the line at picking on females. Kill the baby is a bad one but God Damn it gets so much worse.
A fun TWD episode aired November 13, 2016:
The grieving survivors struggle to come to terms with life under Negan's rule. Feeling powerless, Rick informs the survivors that he is no longer in charge and that they must learn to live by Negan's terms.
Black sales, series 3.....the dialogue, all the characters
If you're into poetic pirates the
first season is really good. I didn't understand the plot past season one. Lot of prostitutes. Prostitutes on pirate island run thangs. Good pirate show but not too good after episode 13 or so. They did put a lot into the photography and the money was well spent but they killed all hope when they introduced Blackbeard in season 3. Though it wasn't Black Sails that caused another failed run for pirates. Jack Sparrow is a fucking clown. He killed all hope from 2003 to 2011. Steady garbage, making pirates look like total bitches. Johnny Depp thinks he is supposed to be cool again? Nah, he hasn't been cool since the 80's. The Charlie Chaplin of pirates can kiss my fucking ass, because this is 2017. He had a long pirate run but he failed, so how about some real pirates now? Sadly there are none on the horizon but don't lose hope. Maybe Johnny Depp will stop being an asshole someday.
Black Sails has a decent vibe. It needs no plot to be awesome, but wow it does have a plot. Some pretty awesome camera work too man. I recommend the first season because the ocean is pretty. It is worth watching just for that. The plot is a little too demanding and the implausible schemes do ruin the beautiful scenes but I give it 8/10 because the series is in a small class. Movies don't have any cool pirates lately so you'd say Black Sails is the best pirate stuff around.