I'm in love with Horatio Hornblower.
Or...it could be that I'm in love with Ioan Gruffudd.
We've watched the Horatio Hornblower series that has been running on A&E (Arts and Entertainment). What a pleasure it's been to see these books brought to life. We're watching "Loyalty" tonight. It's been amazing to see Gruffudd mature over the life of the series, as he goes from a seaman to a captain.
In this segment, he has been given command of his own ship. All the familiar charachters are around him, plus a few new ones, and it's like meeting an old friend. The other night I was watching a special on Trio about mini-series. They were listing the top ten, and I missed the top three. If this wasn't in the top three, it SHOULD have been!
I think I'm going to take Horatio to bed with me tonight and let him run through my dreams...
Comments (4)
..."run through your dreams"???...shirley you mean sail through your dreams...in which I can see an association with a dear husband :^)...
Posted by billy | December 3, 2003 10:17 AM
Posted on December 3, 2003 10:17
I always wanted to go out with a girl called Hornblower...
Posted by Pob | December 5, 2003 3:31 AM
Posted on December 5, 2003 03:31
I watch A&E sometimes, but have never seen these shows.
Taking Horatio to bed...??? Hmmmm...what does DH have to say about this??? :-)
Posted by Dr. D. | December 5, 2003 8:00 AM
Posted on December 5, 2003 08:00
Billy, you clearly have not read enough of my blog.....If Horatio was sailing through my dreams, I'd be on the widow's walk waving him away. I DON'T SAIL!! At least not on anything smaller than the Stadendam. And I don't plant to share him with DH!
Pob....there ya go again. That could end up like the comment about Cacoa looking beautiful in the dark if you're not careful.
Dr. D...I think the Hornblower series has been around for perhaps five years. The video release date for the first four episodes was 1999. Two more episodes followed on VHS and now they are airing at least two more. They are not word for word the C.S. Forrester books, but faithful interpretations of them, and the production values are astounding!
I highly recommend the series to anyone, especially if you are interested in historically true presentations, but these are just good movies. I'm going to put them on my Christmas Wish list.
(And, Doc.....I'm not telling DH about taking Horatio to bed with me *G*)
Posted by Buffy | December 5, 2003 11:14 AM
Posted on December 5, 2003 11:14