History YMMV / Crossbones

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: There's a scene in the pilot where Lowe's ship comes under attack while he's in the middle of performing surgery. Fletch nervously asks him if this means they're dead... and Lowe beams at him and says "Oh, ''yes''!"

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.6 ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either loved the show or criticized it for the "mumbling", Creator/JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] (and lack of black beard) and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.
** The show suffered from a rapid decline in viewers (from 4.91 in the premiere to 1.57 in the finale), and was eventually cancelled due to low ratings, with the final two episodes being initially dropped from the schedule and then aired together.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.6 ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either loved the show or criticized it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] (and lack of black beard) and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.6 ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.
** The show suffered from a rapid decline in viewers (from 4.91 in the premiere to 1.57 in the finale), and was eventually cancelled due to low ratings, with the final two episodes being initially dropped from the schedule and then aired together.
** People ''continuously'' complained about Blackbeard not having a literal black beard, despite him saying outright that he doesn't go by that name anymore.

** People ''still'' complain about Blackbeard not having a literal black beard.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: The trailer triggered a lot of accusations of the show ripping off ''Series/BlackSails'', in spite of the fact that ''Crossbones'' has been in development just as long, if not longer, than the other show.
** And now, with the release of the premiere, it is officially ''Crossbones'' fans vs. ''Black Sails'' fans, with accusations of plagiarism galore.

** The show suffered from a rapid decline in viewers (from 4.91 in the premier to 1.57 in the finale), and was eventually cancelled due to low ratings, with the final two episodes being "burned off" (aired consecutively).

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.5 ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.
** The show suffered from a rapid decline in viewers, and was eventually cancelled due to low ratings.

* HateDumb: The people constantly complaining about Blackbeard having a white goatee, complaining that Nenna was a ridiculous character (because she could beat up male characters), complaining about the relationship between Kate and Tom, comparing it to ''Series/BlackSails''... It just never ended.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.5 (and dropping) ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

** The show is also rapidly losing viewers - its first episode had about five million, while its second episode only barely got three and a half.

* HateDumb: It's rapidly gaining one from people who are complaining about John Malkovich not "looking the part" (for example having a white goatee instead of a full black beard), and people who insist it's plagiarizing ''Series/BlackSails''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The show contains [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart]], [[Film/WarmBodies General Grigio]] and [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Valmont]] on the high seas!

** The show is also rapidly losing viewers - it's first episode had about five million, while it's second episode only barely got three and a half.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.5 (and dropping) ranking on IMDB, a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.5 (and dropping) ranking on IMDB, a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.6 ranking on IMDB, a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.9 ranking on IMDB, a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.9 ranking on IMDB, a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.
* {{Narm}}: It's really hard to take the show seriously when the actors are all dirtied up with greasy hair... but they have perfectly straight, white teeth.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Pretty much. The show has a 6.9 ranking on IMDB, a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 57% on Metacritic. People either love the show or criticize it for the "mumbling", JohnMalkovich's [[HamAndCheese overacting]] and perceived similarity to ''Black Sails''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The show contains [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart]], [[Film/WarmBodies General Grigio]] and [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Valmont]] on the high seas!

* HeyItsThatGuy: The show contains [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart]], [[WarmBodies General Grigio]] and [[JackieChanAdventures Valmont]] on the high seas!

* HeyItsThatGuy: The show contains [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart]] as well as [[WarmBodies General Grigio]] and [[JackieChanAdventures Valmont]] on the high seas!

* HeyItsThatGuy: The show contains [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart]] as well as [[Film/Red Marvin Boggs]] and [[JackieChanAdventures Valmont]] on the high seas!

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: The trailer triggered a lot of accusations of the show ripping off ''Series/BlackSails'', in spite of the fact that ''Crossbones'' has been in development just as long, if not longer, than the other show.