Captain Edward Teach

[Commodore John Paul Jones]

National Geographic Presents...

<b><u>BLACKBEARD: TERROR AT SEA</u></b>

National Geographic Channel
March 12, 2006 - 8:00 PM EST
March 18, 2006 - 9:00 PM EST

<a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blackbeard/" target="_blank">Blackbeard: Terror at Sea (Website)</a>

 

[Mr. Cotton]

Damn, and I do not have National Geographic Channel. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

 

[Mad_Jack]

Not a bad documentary, all in all. The omission of Stede Bonnett and the <i>real</i> reason for the loss of the <i>Queen Anne's Revenge</i> were pretty glaring. I went back over several books I have on Blackbeard, and never found a single reference to a "Frenchie", either. Ah, well. My only real complaint was the way they portray Blackbeard's death. Not at all accurate, and very Hollywood. I'd still recommend this one for the video library.

 

[SirChristopherMings]

Wasn't Frenchie the pirate who would walk around saying, "I'm Frenchie! is everybody happy? ...Good!" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huhh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="k" border="0" alt="huhh.gif" />
Maybe I'm confusing that with another documentary... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
I'll have to catch the 3/18/06 showing ... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

 

[Mad_Jack]

<!--quoteo(post=142058:date=Mar 15 2006, 12:44 PM:name=SirChristopherMings)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SirChristopherMings @ Mar 15 2006, 12:44 PM) [snapback]142058[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Wasn't Frenchie the pirate who would walk around saying, "I'm Frenchie! is everybody happy? ...Good!" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huhh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="k" border="0" alt="huhh.gif" />
Maybe I'm confusing that with another documentary... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
I'll have to catch the 3/18/06 showing ... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
LOL! Perhaps! Then again, he might have been the one the officers called <i>Little Cockroach</i>. Quite a talented tailor, that one! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />

Not that I'm one to talk, but I never did understand their giving Israel Hands the "Jack Sparrow" treatment... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />