Taika Waititi

I'm only about 5 episodes in. I've been watching it with my 10-year old son, which I've questioned a few times the appropriateness of, but he really digs pirates. I agree that the show is very well cast. I also thought Darby was one of the best things about Conchords, and he's hilarious in this.

Show inspired me to pick up the pirate history book Under the Black Flag, and I was delighted to learn that Stede Bonnet was a real figure (idk if its common knowledge but I certainly didnt know about it) and that a surprising number of the details large (his collaboration w/Blackbeard, the "Act of Grace" section) and small (wearing his dressing gown all the time, his onboard library, his crew all thinking Blackbeard was cooler than him) were drawn from history.

I cant find it now but there was a really funny quote in the book from someone who encountered him at sea talking about how he could be always seen on deck just strolling around in beautiful gowns reading a book & not really paying attention to the ship itself.

wow thanks for mentioning that, I had no idea!

Black Pete actor stood out to me too. Hell, I even didn't hate Fred Armisen in this, which is downright miraculous

Ewan Bremner was great in this! I mean he was just playing an insane pirate version of Spud but hey it worked for me.

I normally hate this kind of anachronistic humour, but I love this show.

I gave up most of the way through ep 1, I'll give it another chance.

it's a slow burner. obviously well made but still took me a while to like it.

jojo rabbit was on TV the other week and holey moley, what was he thinking?

God, yeah, absolutely could't stand that. If I hadn't been in the cinema with my mother, I think I would've left halfway through.

REally? I loved that film. Huh.

I get why people diss it but it was still enjoyable to watch, iirc.