Black Sails
Summary
A battle sequence fromBlack Sailsgets put under the microscope by a pirate expert , and she finds that it ’s fairly accurate . First air in 2014,Black Sailswas a Starz serial publication that serves as a prequel to Louis Stevenson’sTreasure Island . The show , which concluded in 2017 after four season , travel along Toby Stephens ' Captain Flint as he and his crowd clash against the British Navy and other notorious pirates .
In a recent video forInsider , pirate historian Rebecca Simon analyzeshow historically accurateBlack Sailsis , film a feeling at one battle sequence , in finical .
According to Simon , the show really gets a lot right , admit in its depiction of tangible - world pirate figures who were active during the Golden Age of Piracy . Check out select portions of Simon ’s analysis and her grade for the show out of 10 below :
“ In this scene we see three historical pirates . We see the distaff pirate Anne Bonny , we see Jack Rackham , and we see Edward Teach , unremarkably know as Blackbeard . All three of these pirates did exist , very much so during the Golden Age of Piracy . Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham sailed together . She and Jack Rackham never sweep with Blackbeard .
“ We see Anne Bonny and several other pirates go with her into one of these dark blue ships to kind of start their attack . You kind of did divvy up plagiarist crews , so those who would stay on their own ship and fighting , and then those who would go onto the ship that they were trying to capture for fight back .
“ Anne Bonny in all probability would have stayed on her own ship , being a woman , but she would have massively participated in the conflict . survivor of attack and hostages later on testify at the trial that Anne Bonny and Mary Read , they fought just as much as the men did , get into valet ’s clothing . So we do get a passel of that historical accuracy coming in .
“ I ’ll give this time a seven [ out of 10 ] . ”
It’s Time For Another Show Like Black Sails
There Aren’t Any Other Gritty Pirate Shows
Black Sailscurrently holds an impressive 81 % onRotten Tomatoes , with the audience tally a little higher at 83 % . It ’s a number of a different story onMetacritic , where the show only holds a 59 out of 100 , but the interview sexual conquest in this caseful is marked as " generally favorable " at 6.7 out of 10 . The show seemingly come to its step in time of year 2 , with lots on Rotten Tomatoes ( see the chart below ) becoming more positive after season 1 .
Black SailsSeason
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score
Acting as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Black Sails chronicles the story of Captain James Flint, detailing how Flint turned from a British Naval officer to a notorious pirate and his adventures with his crew in the Caribbean. Toby Stephens stars as Flint, and the series features many fictionalized versions of real-life pirates such as Anne Bonny and Blackbeard.
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
1
65 %
79 %
2
100 %
90 %
3
N / A
85 %
4
80 %
77 %
While time of year 1 is perhaps the show ’s weakest , the series does finally get into some interesting soil in recent seasons . Black Sailsfeatures a number of real - life piratesand , though it often does n’t stick too closely to tangible history , it does serve as one of the few shows to search this period of world history in a more serious manner . Max ’s critically - acclaimedOur Flag think Death , for example , chronicle the lives of some of these same name during the same fourth dimension , but it does so through a more comedic genus Lens .
Black Sailsalso features pirates like Charles Vane , Benjamin Hornigold , and Ned Low .
Black Sailsserves as a playfulness , more ripe counterpoint toPirates of the Caribbean , Disney ’s wildly successful plagiarizer franchise . The show essentially aims to depict sea rover history with vivid violence and sexuality akin to what is feature inGame of Thrones , and it does seem like a show in this same venous blood vessel focusing on pirates could be a hit today . It ’s now been seven years sinceBlack Sailsconcluded , and it ’s time for another grainy pirate series to go down sail .
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Acting as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson ’s Treasure Island , Black Sails chronicle the story of Captain James Flint , detail how Flint turned from a British Naval police officer to a notorious plagiariser and his escapade with his work party in the Caribbean . Toby Stephens stars as Flint , and the series features many fictionalise interlingual rendition of real - living pirate such as Anne Bonny and Blackbeard .
