tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post8417247398979230377..comments2024-02-27T07:06:23.481-06:00Comments on Tower of Zenopus: Black Sails UpdateBlacksteelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post-28657433108619482862016-03-08T22:44:39.881-06:002016-03-08T22:44:39.881-06:00Come on now BA - I'm talking as drama, not as ...Come on now BA - I'm talking as drama, not as history. Historically the legendary Blackbeard's pirate career was roughly two years - two years! Charles Vane lasted a whole 5 years but at least half of that he was hiding, stranded, or on the run. The show is in its 3rd season with a somewhat stable cast and despite all the violence, disease, and lack of medicine (early 1700's Nassau was not known as a center of medical knowledge and there's no doctor character on the show) and despite the grim history it seems perfectly believable that all of these characters are doing fine health-wise. The writers and the crew are doing a good job there.<br /><br />Also only about half of the characters are historical. Most of the rest are from Treasure Island and this series is a prequel to that book. This does spoil some of the suspense as clearly some of the characters are not going to die just yet but the journey is pretty interesting.Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post-48406656596951850062016-03-08T19:24:59.901-06:002016-03-08T19:24:59.901-06:00I found this amusing...
"•There is a total l...I found this amusing...<br /><br />"•There is a total lack of the supernatural here. There are no "Cure Light Wounds" or healing potions. A lot of people are running around with blades and guns and hostile attitudes. Yet somehow it still works. I tend to think of most non-supernatural settings as boring or limited when it comes to gaming but this show demonstrates how it could work."<br /><br />While I to prefer to have a touch of the paranormal in my pirate fare, it's the line, "yet somehow it still works" that made me chuckle. Personally, while I like including the extraordinary in such tales, they were actually there historically you know. <br /><br />That is to say, yes, of course it works. After all, that's how it actually was and that was interesting enough to make us want to learn about it today. ;)Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.com