Sloppy editing on the high seas.

Ahoy all, I'm fresh from another episode of Pirate Master and still trying to get my land-legs back. Well this week there was no mutiny again. I really hope it's not one of those game mechanics that no one's ever going to use because they're scared. Most likely when the pirate voting crew shrinks to around 5 they'll be more talk of mutiny.

Two main technical gripes this week. One, what a crappy intro. Well, it's not horrible, the stock footage and all that is great. But the words, like putting "SABOTAGE" or "BURIED TREASURE" kinda screams power-point level aesthetics. Also, the font used for the pirates' names seemed very rough and out of place, and very obviously lazily whipped up in After Effects or Live Type.

Two, the voting editing. When stabbing their cards upon that huge-ass totally awesome dagger, we got a sneaky reverse-angle shot coming from within the barrel (or next to it) looking up. For that split-second it looked as if no words were on the cards the pirates used. Weird. Then again the names could have been exactly across the stabbed part. However, later on they cut to a shot of all the cards laid out, SANS HOLES! Why would they show that? The shot was pretty obviously done later to fill in, but why not stab fake holes? Where they worried that they would not be legible? Also, how the pirate's names were written on those cards were obviously not the same as the cards used in the voting ceremony. Perhaps they use a small type-face on the voting cards, to prevent eagle-eyed viewers and pirates alike from reading the votes. But the major gripe I have is why show the fake cards later? The host announced the vote count, 4 to 5, so there wasn't any new information provided. I suppose if I had seen the show without the shot, I'd want to see the cards eventually, but I could handle seeing them stabbed through the center. Maybe they ran short on editing time in post-production.

One final thing: if they split into two crews for the treasure every week, what happens if the captain's team loses? Does the captain still get half the treasure? Does the other team elect a new captain? Does the ship explode? Hopefully I'll find out next week.

P.S. What about ties in voting? My guess: captain's choice.