[Phogge]

Twenty five years ago ITV brought four Hornblower pictures to television. They might have been broadcast on PBS or A&E (can’t remember). Some hoopla in the UK, kind of buried in the U.S. The series lacked the energy of Master....

I would rather see a picture with Aubrey at the end of his career but still swashbuckling with a peg leg and gastritis as long as it is played by Crowe. A young Aubrey played by somebody young and insipid like Timothy Chalomet would probably drive me to drink or to ralph.

[Phogge]

Twenty five years ago ITV brought four Hornblower pictures to television. They might have been broadcast on PBS or A&E (can’t remember). Some hoopla in the UK, kind of buried in the U.S. The series lacked the energy of Master....

I would rather see a picture with Aubrey at the end of his career but still swashbuckling with a peg leg and gastritis as long as it is played by Crowe. A young Aubrey played by somebody young and insipid like Timothy Chalomet would probably drive me to drink or to ralph.