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I mean Black sails started in the rather campy vein of Spartacus but in the end it evolved to something alot more serious with a great closure. So there is always room for improvement and surprise. Your reference of the Accursed kings already intrigued me.
I tried to watch Season 1. It was awful. Really, really awful. I couldn't stand the nonsense nor the innaccuracies.
I guess I'm the one weirdo who thought it was better as what it started out as. A prequel to Treasure Island, which is itself a somewhat campy pirate romp adventure story. I found the final two seasons incredibly dreary and tedious. And poor Ray Stevenson, who was so excellent in Rome, was completely wasted as Blackbeard, like they just hired him so they had production stills of Ray Stevenson as a pirate. I may try out season 2 of Knightfall.
You have to approach these things with more than a little pragmatiscm. A certain Blackadder Goes Forth quote comes to mind:"Clearly, Field Marshal Haig is about to make yet another gargantuan effort to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin!"