Pirate Master

[Henry]

When they were going to jump into the water to swim for the island for the second treasure hunt the host said they were to be swiming through shark infested waters. I wonder if that is actually the case?

Could be small tiger sharks or some other low-end of dangerous variety shark....

I watched the 6/14 episode with my wife, at her insistence. It was kind of fun - Azymyth is a fun guy, apparently. The cast had a ball cracking on his phony accent! He was having fun with it, though, and if you're going to do a show like this, you might as well have as much fun with it as you can. He hit on the secret to being a good captain, though - spread the damn wealth! If pirate-captains of old ever took over half of the share for themselves, they'd be either demoted or taking a long walk off a short plank in very quick time...

I think it has the potential to be lots of fun, but I think the recent pirate-fervor is what's fueling it (even as perennially cool as pirates are) and I doubt it will be a big hit for more than one season. However, I do know that survivor won't be evergreen forever, and they need something to replace it...

 

[Mark CMG]

The factions constantly being split by the landing party makeups and the volatility of captain and officers positions make this game hugely chaotic.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The factions constantly being split by the landing party makeups and the volatility of captain and officers positions make this game hugely chaotic.

It'd be more natural (and more entertaining) if they were actually split into two ships with two captains. (And no lame-ass auto-mutiny for the team that fails to get the treasure. Lower the mutiny level to majority votes and it might actually happen.)

 

[John Crichton]

I really enjoyed the latest episode where the pardon was introduced.

The "drama" is starting to ratchet up a bit which is always fun, especially if it makes sense. Louie's hate of JD is perfectly understandable. It does bug me a bit that some of the weaker players (which happen to be female) are being kept around. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. The Black Marks are certainly from the voting of Tribal Counsel.

 

[Mark CMG]

How few pirates can sail a ship that size?

 

[John Crichton]

Yeah, I was wondering how they would do when the number got down to the lower single digits.

:shrug:

 

[Mistwell]

Kendra still handing in there! Yes!

 

[Silver Moon]

Just watched the last two episodes - great fun. I enjoy the way they are doing the black marks and team splits, it changes the dynamic quite a bit - the introduction of the pardon adds another twist. As for working the ship with fewer folks, I'm sure that the official pirates aren't the only ones helping with that, just the ones you see on camera.

 

[John Crichton]

Okay, now they have me hooked.

It's not as good as either Survivor or The Amazing Race, but I can see potential. There is already enough controlled randomness (for a game) in there to keep things fresh for at least a few seasons. Burnett and company know what they are doing. The cooky theme is actually starting to work. I think they'll need one more twist in there to make it work as we head closer to the end but it works for me.

The best thing is that the show improves just about every week.

 

[Mark CMG]

That captain will say just about anything and no one seems to ever know what he means.