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  1. 03-14-2007, 11:04 #1
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    Default I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    More Hornblower.

    Awesome, it's Harry Potter with ships. Such a man of great character, so noble, so brave, you want to be him. You want him to be your dad your son your friend. I love series like this, great action, great story and shameless heroism. Why always the french or the spanish in english naval-movies, why never the naval spanking we gave them, everybody forgets us. Anyway, I want more. And if you would be so kind to recommend some more goodness it would be apreciated. I know of Sharpe. What else is there.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Why always the french or the spanish in english naval-movies, why never the naval spanking we gave them, everybody forgets us.
    Because he who spanks last spanks longest my friend.

    Its not a film but I can recommend "Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cochrane-Lif...3869619&sr=1-8

    Its real life Hornblower. Mind boggling.

    Also have you tried Patrick O'Brian's novels about Jack Aubrey ? Same sort of stuff.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
    Because he who spanks last spanks longest my friend.

    Its not a film but I can recommend "Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cochrane-Lif...3869619&sr=1-8

    Its real life Hornblower. Mind boggling.

    Also have you tried Patrick O'Brian's novels about Jack Aubrey ? Same sort of stuff.
    Ah, Cochrane. He commanded my North American Station to crushing victoray against the US Navy, sinking the entire Fleet, on Vicky. But that is by the by.

    Hornblower used to run on the BBC at lunchtimes. I would enjoy coming home for a lunch (especially if I had no class immediately after lunch) and watching it. I was tempted to crack out the Navy Rum in celebration...
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    heh, I still own all of the hornblower books. Great read.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Dont know of hornblower, but Richard Sharpe was awsome. I remember reading the last pages of one of the books, getting to the last words "So he will march again" and thinking it was so badass.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    The Hornblower and Aubrey characters were based on the real life Cochrane. If you're into Napoleonic era Naval Warfare, these series of books can't be beat.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony
    More Hornblower.

    Awesome, it's Harry Potter with ships. Such a man of great character, so noble, so brave, you want to be him. You want him to be your dad your son your friend. I love series like this, great action, great story and shameless heroism. Why always the french or the spanish in english naval-movies, why never the naval spanking we gave them, everybody forgets us. Anyway, I want more. And if you would be so kind to recommend some more goodness it would be apreciated. I know of Sharpe. What else is there.
    A TV series at it's best. I vaguely remember reading a few of the books (by C. S. Forester) when I was a wee lad. The most memorable episode in the TV series, IMHO, was the one with the mad captain, that kept sending the boy below for a flogging . Eventually it got almost comical. "Take him below!" and "20 Lashes I think Mr <whatever his name was>!" I remember just waiting for it to happen, and yep sure enough here we go again, then when it came to something like the fifth time(!), I was wondering if the whole thing wasn't some kind of a joke. Priceless though.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Sharpe was great. Always missed Hornblower when it was on, though.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Its not a film but I can recommend "Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cochrane-Lif...3869619&sr=1-8

    Its real life Hornblower. Mind boggling.
    I second this recommendation, Cochrane was quite a bloke. Seeing as it's his memoir, it's probably embellished a bit, but it's still great reading.
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    Default Re: I want, and I'm only going to say it once,

    Almost as good as Captain Pugwash. Ah, what a crew.
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