Black Sails, also a little Phillip Seymour Hoffman Talk

Black Sails is a pretty grandoise pirate show on Starz. I'm hoping it fills the Spartacus void for me, but it lacks the amazing sword play currently. It takes a rather realistic look into pirating and follows around a crew as they search for a grand Spanish ship carrying the King's gold to the tune of $5 million of whatever their currency is. I enjoy the time spent on shore on an island that accepts pirated goods that turns around the sells them to respectable merchants. It's very interesting to see how pirating may have worked. I'm currently a fan and I think it's going to get great when they are back on the seas hunting the treasure galleon. I don't know any of the actors by name, but I see a few familiar faces and they are all currently pulling their weight. It scares me how much the "cook" looks like Rafael Nadal, it's honestly bothering me. I think we're on to something good with this show and I'd put it on the DVR list if I were you. Phillip Seymour Hoffman died of a drug overdose and it's awful news. He was a rare talent who really could dominate a role. Capote was such an example, but he really BECAME the character. Everything he's in is just a great example of him becoming a role. I think when he goes back and forth with Meryl Streep in Doubt is just incredible acting on both ends (also Amy Adams is great). He was underappreciated in almost everything he was in. It's really too bad he was taken at just 46 years old from us. Drug abuse is really tragic and after he sought rehab I was hoping things were in the right direction for him, but clearly this was not the case. I recently purchased "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" to try to experience more of his work that I'm unfamiliar with. I know it's just going to futher sadden me about the loss of a great actor before his time. PSA- Stop fucking around with heroin everyone.