Re: Hornblower...spoilerish

Invid Fan wrote:

> Watched the movie tonight, and have two questions... first, as it's
> been ages since I read the books (although Master and Commander has put
> me in the mood again), do these movies have anything to do with the
> original stories? ^_^ Some of the events are familiar, but as I said
> it's been awhile. Second... they showed that suicide?! What happened to
> good old fashioned off-screen death? As my father, history teacher and
> Hornblower fan, would have said, "So much for showing this in class."

A little disappointing, I thought.  A plot from a '70s tv spy show, with 
a couple of doublecrossers, both of whom were easy to identify a long 
while before they were exposed.  A few tense armed conflict moments, 
resolved at the last possible moment.  (The timing of the final rescue 
on the beach was  not credible.)  A few special effects.  (How could 
anyone survive the battery explosion, least of all Wolfe?)  Hornblower 
is a genius at sea,in warfare and in dealings with his men, but a moron 
when it comes to women.  Marry me?  Are you nuts, man?

Still, we'll be watching Duty tonight.

--
Doug Main
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."