User blog comment:Captain Dashing/Crossbones: A New Pirates TV Series/@comment-1984959-20130127010557

''Every Pirates fan can agree that Ian McShane chrushed it as Blackbeard. He was sinister, foreboding and an all around devilish pirate.''
 * I'm sorry, but when you said crushed(?), did you mean in a good way or bad? Despite some folks who said he wasn't that great of a villain, I liked him - considering his first scene(s) without doubt my favorite Blackbeard scenes. Though I assume you meant in a good way, as you didn't say anything negatively towards the character. lol

But anyway, to answer the main questions. I haven't heard of all this until now, so I guess I'll have to look up Hugh Laurie to see before I give my say on if he'll be any good(though I have to stay loyal to McShane as Mr. Beard haha) I'm sure a TV show based on piracy can be as good, especially considering that Terry Rossio pitched a POTC TV series to Bruckheimer during production of OST...though I'm not sure if that was to be taken as seriously or not, or if will even be possible at this point. But back to Crossbones, it might be interesting watch.