Avast. It's not exactly Lego. Over at gCaptain maritime blog, they did a review/synopsis of various Hollywood pirate movies over the years.

http://gcaptain.com/...-pirate-movies/

Wow, that looks like a great list. I love old pirate movies. (The Sea Hawk is one of my favorites!)

They're missing what I consider to be the best pirate movie of all time though. (Sadly, it's always missing from these lists.) In 1990, an all-star cast consisting of Charleton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, and Christopher Lee produced a made-for-TV film of Treasure Island. It's the best version of this story ever. It follows the book almost completely word for word. It's way better than you'd ever expect from a made-for-TV film.

It's as if Hollywood pirates are allergic to wearing jackets and shirts. What does that remind me of? ...

Best pirate movie... Muppets treasure island... Still dreaming of a lego incarnation.

there is a Pirate TV show coming out soon called Black Sails.

Think it airs on Starz.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375692/

For ur piraty inspirationz

there is a Pirate TV show coming out soon called Black Sails.

Think it airs on Starz.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375692/

For ur piraty inspirationz

I watched the first episode yesterday, and it was quite promising. I hope this is somehow an expression of a new desire for pirates/age of sail related adventures in pop culture... Maybe becoming the Pirates's equivalent to "Game of Thrones"...

A man can dream

Thanks for finding!

I thought pirates were already a part of pop culture. I am interested in see this show, got the DVR set. Aaarrrr.

I watched Black Sails last night and I did enjoy it. It's a much better depiction of how pirates really were and not the Hollywood version. I would highly recommend it with the warning it is very violent.

My wife and I watched the first 2 episodes of Black Sails (third one set to air on Saturday). It's actually pretty good, with some decent production values. I'm liking most of the characters and the plot so far. I hope it does well and we can get multiple seasons out of it. I don't typically watch anything on Starz. I'm used to these types of shows popping up on HBO and Showtime; go figure.

My wife is a little ho-hum on the show. But she only pays half attention. Her complaints (and I mostly agree) is that they do the sex scene thing a little to much, and there isn't quite enough action.

It's a much better depiction of how pirates really were and not the Hollywood version. I would highly recommend it with the warning it is very violent.

I think by "Hollywood version", what you mean to say is that the character depiction isn't the super cheesy, cartoony pirate thing with the goofy accents and stuff. They aren't POTC pseudo-comedy characters or Captain Hook style. The dialogue and characters are more "normal" and reasonable. But I wouldn't say that the plots are very true to actual history. It's totally a fictional storyline.

I would also echo the violence. You'll see blood and imagery like that. Also to note is a fair bit of nudity/sex scenes, at least one per episode it seems. I'd trade some of that for more swashbuckling or plot development.

One last note: anyone notice how Rackham and Vance look like 1980s rockers? They could have done a better job with their costumes there, lol.

Oh, and looks like there's another pirate TV show coming this summer called Crossbones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbones_(TV_series)

Ever read Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly? Highly recommend it.

Just to update, I have now seen the full season of Black Sails (Starz TV show). It's not that great of a show, I'm afraid. It's generally too light on action. There's some satisfying action in the first episode, and then about 3 of the last 4 episodes of the season. But in between, there's just a lot of mediocre writing and acting going on where people are sulking about a little island town and scheming and whatnot. I think the problem is mostly the writing; it just didn't draw me in and get me invested. They seem to be going for about 75% historically accurate, so I kind of get what they're trying to do with the plot. It's just not working, I'm afraid.

Has anybody else watched Black Sails?

Nice list, but Robert Newton's "Long John Silver" will always be the one for me!

Just to update, I have now seen the full season of Black Sails (Starz TV show). It's not that great of a show, I'm afraid. It's generally too light on action. There's some satisfying action in the first episode, and then about 3 of the last 4 episodes of the season. But in between, there's just a lot of mediocre writing and acting going on where people are sulking about a little island town and scheming and whatnot. I think the problem is mostly the writing; it just didn't draw me in and get me invested. They seem to be going for about 75% historically accurate, so I kind of get what they're trying to do with the plot. It's just not working, I'm afraid.

Has anybody else watched Black Sails?

I completely disagree. The show was excellent in my opinion, other than they never really got to the main plot -- I think that is because they were renewed before the show even aired, and in the middle of filming. I think most of what was portrayed in the show was a good example of Nassau/ Tortuga /Port Royal like life. Some of the plot was a little far fetched, but it also wasn't meant to be straight action. There was a lot of character development and politics, so it had more legs than a one off adventure movie. I think this was one of the best dialogued shows on pay cable, so I am not sure what you meant by poor writing. I do think they should have had 12 episodes instead of 8, so the back end didn't feel all squeezed together, but I think there was a good amount of mystery, character development, and action in this series. Additionally, the ship battles were pretty good, although i don't think much throat biting went down.

I completely disagree. The show was excellent in my opinion, other than they never really got to the main plot -- I think that is because they were renewed before the show even aired, and in the middle of filming. I think most of what was portrayed in the show was a good example of Nassau/ Tortuga /Port Royal like life. Some of the plot was a little far fetched, but it also wasn't meant to be straight action. There was a lot of character development and politics, so it had more legs than a one off adventure movie. I think this was one of the best dialogued shows on pay cable, so I am not sure what you meant by poor writing. I do think they should have had 12 episodes instead of 8, so the back end didn't feel all squeezed together, but I think there was a good amount of mystery, character development, and action in this series. Additionally, the ship battles were pretty good, although i don't think much throat biting went down.

That's great, I'm glad you liked it. I don't completely hate the show; I'm just being critical. I want to see it go another season. Just like pirate lego, I'm sort of "glad to get anything at all". :)

I disagree about the dialogue, obviously. I found myself mostly bored with it. It's probably not quite fair to hold this series up against Game of Thrones, but that's an example of a series where I can certainly tolerate many scenes consisting almost entirely of dialogue. For Black Sails, I can't say the same. I somehow just wasn't invested in a lot of the characters. Some of this is the acting, too. I wasn't buying Vane and the main blonde lady's performance in particular. Other actors did a great job like Flint, the first mate, John Silver, even Jack Rackham (despite his awesome 80's rocker hair!). So partly the acting, partly the writing/plot. I think a lot of it comes down to the writers choosing to have the main plot revolve around the economics and hand-wringing about Nassau. That was the main plot: "keep the island for going to s**t so we can maintain our independence from the crown". I found the storyline with Flint and crew to be much more interesting. Also, the other story thread about Flint's lady was kept too ambiguous for too long, to the point where I just stopped caring or even understanding why I should care. (She reminds me of every plot thread in "Lost", except with less action or relevance.)

I will say that a lot of viewers, myself included, felt ourselves mostly wanting to see the ship get out to sea, particularly in the middle stretch of the show (episodes 2-6 or so?). Some more action for the ship and crew would have been great. But they squished it all at the very end of the series with just a taste in the first episode.

To the show's credit, I can tell that they had a limited budget. I'm sure filming a "on the water" scene gets expensive and probably requires a big film crew. That probably played into why there was such little time on the water. Cheaper to have scenes of people chatting in a room somewhere. Their Nassau set was pretty detailed though... hmm.

I too loved the ship battles. I think they were well done. I haven't seen much action like that since Pirates of the Caribbean or Master and Commander. I guess this is what I found myself wanting to see more of.

If they do a second season, I think they need to amp up the ship action. More piracy and less political squabbling, please!