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[thehappyreturn]

I am, of course, avoiding work. Which means I'm here posting on my fic LJ about nothing. Nothing to see here.

Where I live right now I have to catch a very short ferry ride over to central Amsterdam. It takes five minutes and nothing beats the pleasure of being on a little boat every morning. The IJ is a busy passage out to the North Sea so there is

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[unkoogabriel]

4) Bush climbing aboard after getting trapped in the anchor cable and dragged underwater. Climbs aboard bone dry. Not only is it bad continuity, it's another wet sailor opportunity missed. For god's sake.
I can't BELIEVE I've never noticed this! Lol, ITV continuity department, lol.

I watched some Hornblower before Shameless last Tuesday. My mind was absolutely fucked. "He's talking about sex and violence and he's not from Somerset?! What's going on??" I love Styles and Matthews. The fandom snark which occasionally accompanies their mindless, dog-like allegiance to Horatio distresses me greatly.

And Wellard, oh my goodness, there are no words. I simply want to slap him. I could cope with flogging and David Warner being a bitch better than him. Highlight of the episode is when he gets dropped on his head (or is that in Retribution? Either way, it's superb).

[thehappyreturn]

The fandom snark which occasionally accompanies their mindless, dog-like allegiance to Horatio distresses me greatly.
I LOVE the fandom snark about this! Or at least, I love good-humoured fandom snark. (I've never encountered real snark here *clings to precious fandom*.) But their mindless, dog-like allegiance is more funny to me as it seems totally constructed to make Horatio look more wonderful, rather than to make them look bad. Let's face it, they've got more sense than the whole of the officers put together.

Highlight of the episode is when he gets dropped on his head
Ha, this is hilarious (I think it's in Retribution). I can't work Wellard out. It's a really odd bit of casting. I like him a lot, because he's sort of good, and yet you can totally imagine him torturing small fluffy animals in his spare time. And then he comes over all wholesome about being able to stand a beating etc.

[brewsternorth]

Let's face it, they've got more sense than the whole of the officers put together.

Well, quite. And it seems it was only late in the stories that CSF appears to have realized quite how useful a plot device interventions from the non-officers could be. (E.g. Brown)

[sarlania]

2) First scene with Pellew. Exposition much? And why does Hornblower look so cordial? There's fearlessness and then there's plain ass-kissing, Horatio.
I found his wig was soooo irritating for some reason.

4) Bush climbing aboard after getting trapped in the anchor cable and dragged underwater. Climbs aboard bone dry. Not only is it bad continuity, it's another wet sailor opportunity missed. For god's sake.
ITV continuity and historical accuracy et al is utterly terrible. Remember Horatio being stranded in the middle of the channel in a boat in the Even Chance? Uh.... there's an outline of a coast right behind you Horatio. Is he blind as well as deaf? =)

10) Bush. Licking his lips. Bush. Licking his lips. Bush. Licking his lips
Ever since I first watched Mutiny, I've taken to doing exactly the same thing on exactly the same sort of occasions (yeah, like have to face crazy captains and hot fellow lieutenants all the time)

[thehappyreturn]

I found his wig was soooo irritating for some reason.
Yes. I thought 'that's a wig, or someone's been at the John Frieda Brilliant Brunette'.

The Even Chance with the coastline in full view! I know! It's hilarious! 'On this course, we could be in France' YOU ALREADY ARE FOLKS.

[esmerelda_t]

After the deck shower, why do they allow HH to get dressed before they put him in irons? That's just not realistic. They should have banged him up naked and wet. I'm just saying.

This is an excellent point, an excellent point indeed.

[thehappyreturn]

And just think. Then when they break free and the dons are attacking from the fort, there's no time to get dressed, so he has to deal with the whole thing butt naked, how amazing would that be?

And the wonderful thing is, IT'S CANON! I love how CSF anticipated even the wildest fangirl excesses by writing the damn stuff himself.

[black_hound]

The movies are so full of o.O that it's hard to list it all. XD The only redeeming feature is the sheer fucking hotness of PMG in that uniform. And the queue. THE QUEUE.

I will never, ever forgive the lack of lemonade and pineapples. NEVER. Among other things.

[iansmomesq]

And I will never forgive A&E for failing to continue the story through to Gracay.

I will never ever forgive the loss of the HANDHOLDING IN THE CARRIAGE and the idea of watching Paul McGann hop around on a virtual wooden leg.

[brewsternorth]

I know! Particularly since you could imagine PMG getting a real kick (so to speak) out of playing a lame sailor. Sigh.

idea!

[thehappyreturn]

You know. We should write the screenplays. Really outrageous slashy screenplays, ie totally faithful to canon. Then form a production company. Then pimp the thing round some rich people. Then offer outrageous amounts of money to PMG, Ioan, Robert Lindsay, and possibly Jamie (if we're considering a miraculous LKU).

Then mess about on a lot of gorgeous boats and on the Loire with the hottest men in existence and make the god damn thing.

And then we die happy.

[thehappyreturn]

Hm. I don't think JRM is a good choice for Brown.
In fact I don't either, he looks nothing like Brown. I was just thinking of how it might be possible to up the hot factor, but as you pointed out, that's completely irresponsible of me. XD

Let's face it, CSF was a fangirl who fell through a hole in the fabric of space and time and ended up a man in the beginning of the 20th century.
That's it. That's it. There's no other logical explanation. You're a genius!