trinityvixen | (no subject)

Having finished my Hornblower box set, I can honestly say the whole thing ought to have ended after the sixth installment. Really, despite being hilarious, the whole Horatio getting a wife bit was entirely unnecessary. You could tell from the outset that Horatio wasn't ever going to work out paired with a female. I thought he had a father at least from the first movie, but it seems he's pretty much family-less, so that explains stuff, but whatever dude. Mariah was too old, not attractive nor pitiful enough to merit the attention, and terribly annoying.

I also didn't get at all the whole thing with the explosive cannonball at the end. Is it that he doesn't care if he did die or just that he didn't want to be overly praised because he is so bad at accepting help/compliments? Whatever. I am also incensed, outraged even, at the strange turn of Mr. Bush not shooting the traitor. Why the hell not? If it was because they'd been friends or if Mr. Bush were in on the plot or if he weren't able to kill men readily, I'd understand it. But Mr. Wolf and Mr. Bush were never talking together, so not friends. Mr. Bush remained loyal and wonderful to the last, so not complicit with the traitor either (especially as he, along with ten marines and Horatio, does end up shooting the bastard). And there has never been a moment Mr. Bush didn't kill as he was supposed to. I resent this hesitation bullcrap. Almost as much as I resent the fanfic happy ending. God in heaven, no surprise, she's preggers despite Horatio not having more carnal relations with her than he would the mast of his ship (I'm surprised the wedding night happened at all, given his readiness to escape to war).

Did get a great big laugh as the series ended with him still perplexed as to what Mariah meant by putting his hand on her stomach. I knew she'd have to come right out and tell him before he'd get it. Hee hee.

Really, my most significant insight came after I put on Pride and Prejudice, which, given my predilection towards A&E at present, has been on my mind for a while. Despite the excellence of three-fourths of the Horatio Hornblower, Pride and Prejudice remains the most superior miniseries ever shown on that channel. The first disc is almost painful to watch in parts as the bits that are mortifying to Elizabeth Bennet are just as horridly embarrassing for the viewers.

Oh, and my insight was this: the Navy men are much more attractive than the Army men. Watch Hornblower and compare Archie Kennedy, Horatio Hornblower, Mr. Wellet, Lord Voldemort, Mr. Bush, even the Admirals are terribly distinguished versus the army officers in Pride and Prejudice. I may be biased--Navy's in the family, after all (my grandfather was a Naval engineer)--but you cannot beat the men of the Navy, not in those poncy red coats, boys. And lose the muttonchops.