Russell Crowe Eyeing Master & Commander II [Archive]

Onkel Neal

08-02-09, 11:03 PM

Ford stock hit $8, and now this (http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Russell_Crowe_Eyeing_Master__Commander_2/5294). 2008 is looking to be a good year :D

Russell Crowe may don his captain's attire once more and return to sailing the high seas.

In speaking with the AP (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZH-6jUwsTB2cN0D4yz2UkwMBLUgD99GBV0O1) this past week while in London, Crowe stated that he is in the early stages of negotiations to star in a sequel to Master & Commander but it is only one of several future projects he is considering.
Apparently a script has already been written based on The Reverse of the Medal, the eleventh novel of Patrick O'Brian's 20-novel series. In the novel, captain Jack (http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Russell_Crowe_Eyeing_Master__Commander_2/5294#) Aubrey sails the HMS Surprise into the Caribbean where he meets his illegitimate son. Master & Commander without Crowe on board would be a huge mistake so I'm sure there's a lot of pressure on him to attach his name and push to move the film (http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Russell_Crowe_Eyeing_Master__Commander_2/5294#) towards green light status. As a fan of Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World, I really hope all parties can come to terms so the HMS Surprise can be prepped to sail again.

http://screencrave.com/2009-07-17/russell-crowe-wants-to-reprise-master-and-commander-role/

Were you a fan of Russell Crowe (http://screencrave.com/tag/russell-crowe)’s performance in the 2003 sea epic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World? Apparently you’re not alone, because so was Russell Crowe!

http://screencrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/master-and-commander.jpg

SteamWake

08-02-09, 11:14 PM

How are the rest of the big three doing with the handouts :oops: ?

Actually glad to see Ford doing well.

As to the movie.... cant wait :yeah:

GoldenRivet

08-02-09, 11:26 PM

I'm really looking forward to a new master and commander flick - should be good.

if im correct Ford didnt take any government cheese.

and they are doing just fine.

Ford...... $8.00/share

GM........ last traded at $.75/share

GM is now known as "MTLQQ:PK" aka "Motors Liquidation Company" currently trading at about .49/share if your interested

Raptor1

08-03-09, 03:21 AM

Ah, Master & Commander was a great move. Looking forward to a second one

elanaiba

08-03-09, 05:03 AM

Can't wait. Loved the first one :)

DeerHunter UK

08-03-09, 06:41 AM

1 of the few films I liked him in, plus he's a cricket fan. He gave Shane Warne some stick when he appeared in the commentary booth during 1 of the tests (2nd test?), makes him a good bloke in my books.

Oberon

08-03-09, 07:34 AM

Ford stock hit $8, and now this (http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Russell_Crowe_Eyeing_Master__Commander_2/5294). 2008 is looking to be a good year

2008?!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cwkM0jdVSWc/SUHZJbR5Q8I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/WI6HtjZbTM4/s400/backfuture_l.jpg

Great Scott!

Zakalwe

08-03-09, 07:57 AM

Cool,

Crow for sure is a good actor and there never can be enough Movies with sailing ships. Plus they obviously paid attention to the details in the first part.

I loved the scene at the beginning when the enemy ship was barely visible in the murk and uddenly these flashes illuminated the fog and then you heard the shells fly over your head. Very cool visual and audio effects in this scene.

ReallyDedPoet

08-03-09, 08:06 AM

Would love to see a second one :yep::up:

mookiemookie

08-03-09, 08:27 AM

I had heard that they had always planned to make a second one but it got stalled up. Good to see we may get another one!

Dowly

08-03-09, 08:30 AM

I havent even seen the first one yet. Eventho, I'm fan of Crowe's movies. :oops:

AVGWarhawk

08-03-09, 08:52 AM

I have not seen it either but I think I will. My all time favorite is Gladiator. If this is anywhere near close to that storyline and performance then I'm all over it.

Zakalwe

08-03-09, 09:06 AM

August

08-03-09, 09:12 AM

I think Master and Commander is a better movie than Gladiator.

AVGWarhawk

08-03-09, 09:15 AM

I think Master and Commander is a better movie than Gladiator.

We will see August. Gladiator had it all IMO. Just one well made movie and the masters when it came to the musical score. All aspects of an A++ movie was there IMO. :yeah:

Onkel Neal

08-03-09, 09:16 AM

2008?!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cwkM0jdVSWc/SUHZJbR5Q8I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/WI6HtjZbTM4/s400/backfuture_l.jpg

Great Scott!

Erk! I did it again. This is 2009, right??

.

mookiemookie

08-03-09, 09:30 AM

We will see August. Gladiator had it all IMO. Just one well made movie and the masters when it came to the musical score. All aspects of an A++ movie was there IMO. :yeah:

Listen to Holst's "The Planets" and then the Gladiator score. You'll see that Hans Zimmer (to put it politely) was very "inspired" by Holst.

Still great music though. :up:

AVGWarhawk

08-03-09, 09:59 AM

Listen to Holst's "The Planets" and then the Gladiator score. You'll see that Hans Zimmer (to put it politely) was very "inspired" by Holst.

Still great music though. :up:

Hans Zimmer is absolutely fantastic! I will check out Holst's!

mookiemookie

08-03-09, 10:03 AM

Hans Zimmer is absolutely fantastic! I will check out Holst's!

Here's a performance of "Mars, Bringer of War": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NeQ1h6lzLI

AVGWarhawk

08-03-09, 10:14 AM

Just watched it. Good stuff.

Dowly

08-03-09, 10:21 AM

AVGWarhawk

08-03-09, 10:58 AM

Aye, Gladiator is an great movie. Tho, IMHO, the music wasnt 'great', I mean, it was the standard quality from H.Z., but it wasnt anything really rememberable like for example the shower scene music from The Rock. :hmmm: Now that was something that was just perfect for the scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh8AO64JKx0

I did not know he wrote some for The Rock. Sometimes a piece of music moves one were for another it does not. The Gladiator sound track is just moving to me. If the music conveys what the feeling is in a particular seen the it has done it's job. Such as the show scene here, it conveys suspense and action. It has done it's job. Imagine the scene without the music. Not much fun. Imagine the scene after Crowe's character dies in the movie Gladiator were he is walking through the field of wheat. Without that piece of music the scene is just not as gripping and sorrowful. Without a doubt, if Commander comes with a top notch sound track then it should be a very good movie.

Onkel Neal

08-03-09, 06:20 PM

The Das Boot of sailing ship movies, Ebert like it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fohdAA2PZq8):up:

Dowly

08-04-09, 07:54 AM

The Das Boot of sailing ship movies, Ebert like it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fohdAA2PZq8):up:

Gonna watch it today. :up:

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09, 07:57 AM

Let me know what you think Dowly. I believe I will order a copy through SS Amazon.

Dowly

08-04-09, 08:10 AM

Let me know what you think Dowly. I believe I will order a copy through SS Amazon.

Do you accept a biased opinion based on the fact that in my ultimate wisdom I've decided that a movie featuring Russel Crowe simply cannot be bad? :D

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09, 08:30 AM

Well, I tend to agree with you. Hands down, Gladiator made me a Crowe fan. He was just that good for that part. My all time favorite movie. The only problem with that is when I see Crowe in something else I fully expect to see a broad sword come flying out decapitating a lesser slave in the arena! So yeah, bias is cool with me :03:

Dowly

08-04-09, 08:33 AM

Haha, ok. I'll get back to you when I'm done with it.

Dowly

08-04-09, 09:16 AM

Righto, it was goooood. Check the Ebert review thingy, I felt the same about it. :yeah:

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09, 09:25 AM

Ok, will order through SS Amazon. :03:

EDIT: Done deal!

Jimbuna

08-04-09, 09:49 AM

HunterICX

08-04-09, 09:54 AM

A great movie indeed the story really grabbed you.

HunterICX

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09, 10:01 AM

Gladiator and Commander are on the same level IMHO but Gladiator wins hands down music wise....and whilst on the theme of Zimmer music, I'm suprised nobody has made reference to possibly his best musical selection (film wise)...King Arthur.

I have not seen King Arthur. In my house when it comes to moves if it does not open with a fairy flying around a castle and a stupid big eared rodent named Mickey we normally do not watch it. So, yeah, if you want intellectual conversation on any Disney movie I'm there. Above and beyond that it is shakey at best.:-?

Dowly

08-04-09, 01:13 PM

I'm suprised nobody has made reference to possibly his best musical selection (film wise)...King Arthur.

Never really listened the music on King Arthur, my chainbracelet made too much noise to hear the music. :D

Jimbuna

08-04-09, 01:14 PM

I have not seen King Arthur. In my house when it comes to moves if it does not open with a fairy flying around a castle and a stupid big eared rodent named Mickey we normally do not watch it. So, yeah, if you want intellectual conversation on any Disney movie I'm there. Above and beyond that it is shakey at best.:-?

If you enjoyed Gladiator I'm pretty confident you would like King Arthur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3B-N7oBmsU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r_dlYn15Sk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27MQ2C3dZNY

Jimbuna

08-04-09, 01:37 PM

Never really listened the music on King Arthur, my chainbracelet made too much noise to hear the music. :D

You gotta be kidding me....you had a part in the movie...just look at that guy on the left in the first link @2:00 :DL

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09, 01:40 PM

You gotta be kidding me....you had a part in the movie...just look at that guy on the left in the first link @2:00 :DL

Yep, thats Dowly. :har:

Zachstar

08-04-09, 05:49 PM

Speaking of gladiator anyone else recognize some of the music in it being similar to a Simulation we hold dear?

longam

08-04-09, 07:36 PM

I have watched this movie a few times on Hulu.com, but alas they have removed it.

Castout

08-04-09, 10:12 PM

Hmm Where's my ship of the line. I want to see some ships of the line in action.

HMS Surprise has been exploited far too many times. Please spend SOME money on building some ships of the line :O:

FIREWALL

08-04-09, 10:22 PM

Hmm Where's my ship of the line. I want to see some ships of the line in action.

HMS Surprise has been exploited far too many times. Please spend SOME money on building some ships of the line :O:tout

!@ my friend Castout Whadda they know ? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Leandros

08-05-09, 01:55 AM

I have not seen it either but I think I will. My all time favorite is Gladiator. If this is anywhere near close to that storyline and performance then I'm all over it.
In my opinion, Master and Commander is one of the best movies of its kind - nothwitstanding "Hornblower", starring Gregory Peck. As a matter of fact the story line, and place, very much resembles Captain Hornblowers escapades with his frigate Lydia. Of course, Hornblower was a totally different sort of guy (according to Forester). Shy and with little confidence in himself. However, when the **** hit the fan he sort of woke up and performed wonderful feats.

Beware though, when I had seen the Master and Commander movie I couldn't stop buying the books which the film was based upon - by the author Patrick O'Brian. Read them all within 3 months. 18 books, was it...?

As important as Russel Crowe is it to have Paul Bettany participate in the new movie, acting as his friend and ship's doctor Maturin. Just my opinion. In the books Maturin has a much more prominent role - acting as an undercover agent for the admiralty. Lucky Jake doesn't have a clue on this - he is really just a simple guy with great instict for a good fight. Maturin is the brain with a dark catholic past and large properties in a country occupied by Napoleon's forces - Spain. He is really a nobleman often stepping into enemy country on undercover missions. Jake Aubrey is only happy to oblige - and in fact ordered so by the Admiralty. These possibilities of covert action were not made use of at all in the first movie.

AVGWarhawk

08-05-09, 08:09 AM

It is unfortunate that movies more often than not leave out a lot of content that generally makes the book overall better than the movie could ever depict. My classic example is Stephen Kinds 'Christine'. The book was fantastic. The movie missed so much and it also demonized the car when in fact the original owner of the car after he dies is the one who is the actual demon and uses the car to kill. He then possess the main character of the book who purchases the car from the original owner. All fo that is missed in the movie. Such a shame because Stephen Kings original work was much more creative than what the producers came up with for the movie.

bookworm_020

08-05-09, 11:15 PM

I'd see it, But it would need most of the original cast to return to make it work.

kiwi_2005

08-05-09, 11:31 PM

Master & Commander made me fall asleep it just didn't grab me like most of Crows movies have, I liked him in Gladiator, state of play, LA confidential 3:10 to yuma, & that skinhead in Romper Stomper to name a few. I still reckon he should of played King Leonidas in 300 :yep: :o

Kloef

08-06-09, 10:01 AM

I watched the first yesterday,although its entertaining they missed alot of details on the ship and its crew...

Firstly when a ship went battle stations the deck and sails were sprayed with water and sand was trown on the deck,blood makes the deck slippery and the water was used so the ship wouldnt catch fire.During battle there was alot of activity,gunpowder carriers would run from the gundecks to the gunpowder magazine and cannonballs had to be carried to the cannons,there is not much of this to see in the movie.

The relation between the crew and officers is not realistic,in reality the crew was not allowed to pass the aft mast because the officers were stationed there and discipline was hard,passing this mast resulted in severe punishment and was done to keep the sailors under control..in the film the tension rises,the harch discipline and punishment prevented this,in other words they act too friendly,almost 21 century like..

Inside the boat its way to clean,after some months of sailing the decks were covered with feaces and other human waste,there were no toilets only a hole with a rope that was long enough to reach the water,the end was a brush that was used to clean your behind,that was all they had,unfortunately not everyone could bring up the energy to go trough the trouble,and so they went for number one and two in a quiet corner,or behind a crate etc.After some time the decks were flushed and the waste was spread all over the decks,it was a bloody mess..people lived in their own dirt...

Some things were acted out really well i might add,the surgeon's quarters is accurate,and the difference in food between the sailors and officers is pretty accurate.

But overall i liked the movie alot,but i hoped for some realistic details because i read alot of books about ships like this,they were like spaceships in those days discovering unknown territory,apart from the hard life and desperation it must have been awesome to sail into the unknown..

SteamWake

08-06-09, 11:46 AM

I watched the first yesterday,although its entertaining they missed alot of details on the ship and its crew.....

You mean that page after page on topping lifts, staysails, bosun sails, gussets and stays ? Yea that would make riviting movie stuff. Im reading the book right now and I struggle to get through these parts.

Im just joking here but you get my idea. Its up to the director what goes in and what doesent. Lord knows how many hours of film were left on the cutting room floor.

Anyhow the original was good for entertainment value moreso than alot of other films out there right now.

For instance my wife brought me this stinker thinking it was a documentry.

Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

In the woods, they use their battle axes to chop down trees and build a makeshift shelter, visiting a nearby creek for some good old-fashioned spear fishing. They catch a salmon, eat the "really killer" meal with bare fingers, then excrete it on camera the following morning, gingerly wiping themselves with fresh-plucked leaves. Stone and Tedesco aren't so much acting as re-enacting, like a pair of Viking enthusiasts who've roped a camera crew into recording their experiment in back-to-basics living.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933981.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Avoid at all costs unless your into things like graphic portrayel of a man deficating in the woods.

cgjimeneza

08-06-09, 06:03 PM

Go watch it, you won`t regret it. It`s not as good as Gladiator IMO, but still a very good movie. Best into a cinema, this is definatly one movie which has to be seen on the big screen and with a good sound system.

The books aren`t bad either, although the writing "sounds" a little dated nowadays.

Greets

Z.

Hey man, O´brian wrote them that way in purpouse.

they are meant to sound early 19th century, not early 21st century

I have all books and they are worth readyng and re-readyng (currently "The nutmeg of Consolation" is in my pack in the office with me, and looking forward to the visit to Botany Bay after meeting the Surprise and finishing off the "Cornelie" in the Salibubu passage

Hornblower books (C.S. Forester) are fine, but to "neat", not that much detail in the working of the ships and Royal Navy per se, they are novels set in the Napoleonic Wars, not historical novels as O´brian´s are.

SteamWake

08-06-09, 07:07 PM

Hey man, O´brian wrote them that way in purpouse.

they are meant to sound early 19th century, not early 21st century

I have all books and they are worth readyng and re-readyng (currently "The nutmeg of Consolation" is in my pack in the office with me, and looking forward to the visit to Botany Bay after meeting the Surprise and finishing off the "Cornelie" in the Salibubu passage

Hornblower books (C.S. Forester) are fine, but to "neat", not that much detail in the working of the ships and Royal Navy per se, they are novels set in the Napoleonic Wars, not historical novels as O´brian´s are.

Obrian won many accolades for proper use of the language of the time.

Still makes for a tough read.

TheBrauerHour

08-07-09, 12:21 AM

I only have 4 more books to go and I will have read the entire Aubrey/Maturin series. Wonderful reading!

I hope Crowe signs on and does the movie. I loved the first one.

OneToughHerring

08-07-09, 10:14 AM

I remember watching the Onedin line as a kid. The theme music was pretty memorable, and the ships and sets.

Kloef

08-07-09, 12:52 PM

You mean that page after page on topping lifts, staysails, bosun sails, gussets and stays ? Yea that would make riviting movie stuff. Im reading the book right now and I struggle to get through these parts.

Im just joking here but you get my idea. Its up to the director what goes in and what doesent. Lord knows how many hours of film were left on the cutting room floor.

Anyhow the original was good for entertainment value moreso than alot of other films out there right now.

Absolutely right there:yep:

There's alot of crap out there,judging the quality of crap is a very personal business:rotfl:

There are also bad books,problem is it takes too long to find out,and when you do you still want to read the end..

But as i said i do like the movie,but i would prefer a 'directors cut' with an extra hour of extreme detailed ship operations as they truly were...and a longer battle at the start of the movie..loved the wood flying around and other special effects..

Subnuts

08-07-09, 06:55 PM

I'll be buying anything BUT American made automobiles, in the future. As much as I wish to "support my country" I refuse to allow the Unions, who have killed the American auto industry, to continue on their rampant abuse of what is, basically, a simple job.

So, ummm...

Looking forward to seeing a sequel to Master & Commander? :yawn:

prowler3

08-07-09, 07:05 PM

So, ummm...

Looking forward to seeing a sequel to Master & Commander? :yawn:

As I originally stated: "Replying to some earlier comments in this thread" :O:

SteamWake

08-07-09, 07:42 PM

So, ummm...

Looking forward to seeing a sequel to Master & Commander? :yawn:

LOL :har:

:up::up::up: :salute:

PeriscopeDepth

08-07-09, 09:29 PM

As I'm sure your view makes you feel the same. :O: I don't WANT a 2 seater fuel efficient "car". I use a 3/4 ton heavy duty pickup in my job and my personal life. Don't like it? Don't really care. I've seen the list of "concessions"...if that is what you want to call them. Hogwash! A line worker is the most overpaid employee in the US.

Again...Economics 101, if somebody will put it together cheaper elsewhere, who's the idiot to continue paying outlandish union wages? Your next comment will probably mention "quality". Really? Have you owned an American made automobile recently? Let's talk resale value? I thought not.

It's very simple...Americans, as a group, have come to expect more for less and it will be our downfall...it's already starting. Until and unless we decide that we will be paid according to our work, we not expect the Government to support us except in the extreme and we not expect to be "owed" anything we are not deserving of, then the decline will continue.

Tell me, what does America actually PRODUCE, for export, these days? Not much. Just a quick look at the trade deficit numbers will show that.

I operate one of the 5 top ranked power plants in the US. Top ranked by production, availability, pollution control and efficiency...all without the "benefit" of any union. We do it because we give a damn and we are proud...not because some union says we should get more benefits. We do it 24/7/365 :rock:. Even though our production of electricity is much more critical than how many overpriced cars GM or Ford turns out is, nobody will whine until their lights go out. And their lights will not go out because of a strike, walkout or demands for more than we deserve.

You may, as well, go back to Moveon.org, for what that is worth. It is exactly the same as your Hannity comment...whatever. The fact is that you wanted "Change"...no matter the cost. Now, you have it. Don't whine when it takes you 6 months to get the medical procedure you require tommorow. I KNOW. My father died January 16th, 2008 in Victoria, BC, Canada waiting for an operation that should have been performed at the first sign of cancer. THAT is a fact. Welcome to Government run ANYTHING.

It's not "republicans" or "democrats" anymore, my friend. It's common sense versus stupidity.

$700 b dollars to fix the American infrastructure...but only for "shovel ready" projects? Does anyone not understand that there are almost no such projects? You don't just say "OK, we're ready to fix 10 bridges in Squatstain County". Stupid.

I could go on and on...and you would spew the tired old liberal replies. What's the point. I will venture one forcast...Obama is a one term president.

And, no, I have no interest in Master & Commander II.
The Master and Commander thread turned into a "discussion" on partisan politics. It's a Russel Crowe action flick FFS!!!

The worst thing about it is that I'm not surprised at all. You all need to go volunteer for a political campaign or something.

PD

mookiemookie

08-07-09, 09:30 PM

From hearing the replies in this thread and from what I've heard in the past, the Master & Commander books seem well worth reading. Should I start from the first one?

And for those who have no interest in the M&C movies and possible sequel: take it to another thread.

SteamWake

08-07-09, 10:06 PM

Sigh... just close the thread and start over.

Tribesman

08-08-09, 04:52 AM

From hearing the replies in this thread and from what I've heard in the past, the Master & Commander books seem well worth reading. Should I start from the first one?

Even though each book can stand by itself it is much better to read them all in sequence .
As for a new film, Castout wants Ships of the Line , I would prefer the brig sloop from the start of the series, but Crowe would be too old for that part.

Onkel Neal

08-08-09, 08:43 AM

From hearing the replies in this thread and from what I've heard in the past, the Master & Commander books seem well worth reading. Should I start from the first one?

Absolutely! The first is Master and Commander, followed by Post Captain and HMS Surprise.

I've read close to 4000 books in my life to this point and I have to tell you, the Aubrey/Maturin series is by far the highlight. I didn't discover this series until later in my life. O'Brian is a literary master, on the level of Melville, Austen, and Conrad. The Chicago Tribune calls him "The best novelist in the world". The stories are character driven, the prose is ornate and nuanced to such a degree that you will wonder why so many other authors get away with spoon feeding their readers.

If you enjoy the first one, then you will rejoice when I tell you there are 19 more, all excellent. :shucks:

cgjimeneza

08-08-09, 09:41 AM

Absolutely! The first is Master and Commander, followed by Post Captain and HMS Surprise.

I've read close to 4000 books in my life to this point and I have to tell you, the Aubrey/Maturin series is by far the highlight. I didn't discover this series until later in my life. O'Brian is a literary master, on the level of Melville, Austen, and Conrad. The Chicago Tribune calls him "The best novelist in the world". The stories are character driven, the prose is ornate and nuanced to such a degree that you will wonder why so many other authors get away with spoon feeding their readers.

If you enjoy the first one, then you will rejoice when I tell you there are 19 more, all excellent. :shucks:

They are so well written that you really feel you are there, you can feel desperate at being in the doldrums, you go to amazon and order "Harbors and High Seas" and "A sea of words" just to make sure you get your facts and meanings rights (and even as a Costa Rican and native spanish speaker my domain of the English language is quite good, even translated some scientific papers for NASA sponsored symposium and got into a spirited argument with one of my engineering instructors ( his parents were British, he is Jamaican born, and attented college in Scotland so Professor Bloomfield do knows the Queen`s English)

but I digress, they are something you just have to READ, if you like Naval history, its mandatory, as is "The hunt for Red October", "Red storm rising" and having "Das Boot (director`s cut off course)"

saltysplash

08-09-09, 10:29 AM

Master and Comander is IMO one of the best films ever covering that period, and with enough detail to keep those of us with an interest in 18th/19th century warfare happy.

Gladiator was also very good but was spoiled for me slightly by them using recordings of the film Zulu, during the opening scene in the German forest to mimic the taunts the germans were thowing at the romans. A small matter but one which stuck.
The music however is excellent and I have it on my Gramaphone playlist in SH3.

rubenandthejets

08-09-09, 10:37 AM

Gladiator had some shocking anachronisms but overall it was a pretty entertaining remake of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". I loved "Master and Commander" too.

Russ is a Bunnies fan so he's all right in my book. GO YOU BUNNIES!

Officerpuppy

08-10-09, 02:18 PM

I'd love a sequel to M&C. It's a more "realistic" take to naval combat over seas as opposed to Pirates of the Carribean and its giant whirlpool battle......:88)

donut

08-10-09, 03:21 PM

Hornblower movies were just OK., But Master & Commander, was great. Looking forward to more.:gulp:

FIREWALL

08-10-09, 03:43 PM

I bought M&C BECAUSE OF Sailing ships on the dvd case.

Russel who ? :rotfl:

August

08-10-09, 10:53 PM

Onkel Neal

08-11-09, 12:41 AM

I liked that series too, quite well done. Pity, A&E used to be a quality channel. Now they run Dog the Bounty Hunter Marathons.

Jimbuna

08-11-09, 10:33 AM

I thought A&E's Horatio Hornblower with Ioan Gruffudd was not badly done for a TV series. I don't think they're going to do any more though which is a pity since they hadn't got to my favorite books in the series yet. I would have really liked to see a film version of "Commander Hornblower".

I liked that series too, quite well done. Pity, A&E used to be a quality channel. Now they run Dog the Bounty Hunter Marathons.

Nearly two year old now but I guess this is what happened to some of the equipment used in the series:

http://www.bymnews.com/VBulletin/archive/index.php/t-6509.html

Officerpuppy

08-11-09, 12:03 PM

I like Hornblower, the last episode that they filmed seemed to wrap up the series but more episodes would of been nice.

I'd love to see a tv movie of A Captain From Conneticut :up:

August

08-11-09, 02:20 PM

Nearly two year old now but I guess this is what happened to some of the equipment used in the series:

http://www.bymnews.com/VBulletin/archive/index.php/t-6509.html

Bummer. That doesn't bode well for new episodes!

Franklin Van Valkenburg

08-11-09, 03:52 PM

Ha ha ha! Yes!

I've been waiting for the next one.
Only shame is that they didn't try to actually make film one like book one and set it up for a series... ok, 21 films would be a lot, but they could have put two or three books in one film.
Not that the mix-n-match plot of the film is bad. I really enjoyed it! (Though they had to turn USS Norfolk into Acheron to make it watchable for the average American. :-?)

Really looking forward to this one! I appreciated the accuracy of the uniforms, etc in the first and know they will do so again in the second!

On another note... why has Hollywood not made a film about Trafalgar yet?! :eek:
It would make such an excellent film. Granted, there are no ships-of-the-line avaliable for filming other than HMS Victory (which I would avoid - she's a relic and doesn't deserve all the clutter of a major motion-picture crew), but CGI has progressed amazingly.
If I were to make a film, I would cast Nigel Lythgoe as Nelson (I think its mostly the hair) and would present Collingwood as the main character. The film would open with Collingwood going before the Admiralty in Gibraltar and flashback to the events leading to the battle. The film would explore Collingwood's friendship with Nelson, the Lord's affair with Lady Hamilon (albeit briefly, as to not turn this into a 19th c. Pearl Harbor), and the aspects of Nelson's larger-than-life fame (both sides of the coin, so to speak). Finally, the film would rise towards the climax with the battle itself and earn the film the fame of having the largest, most realisitc, and well-done naval battle in film history! The climax itself, however, would be Nelson's death and his return to Britain in HMS Pickle.
Might I add that I would have Zimmer compose the score. King Arthur has a fantastic set of sounds and an excellent theme, and I would ask for a score similar to King Arthur's, perhaps with musical elements of the times (such as strings, like in the opening theme of Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and wind instruments).

cgjimeneza

08-11-09, 04:53 PM

I thought A&E's Horatio Hornblower with Ioan Gruffudd was not badly done for a TV series. I don't think they're going to do any more though which is a pity since they hadn't got to my favorite books in the series yet. I would have really liked to see a film version of "Commander Hornblower".

A&E:
4 movies with young Midshipman Hornblower
2 movies with Lt Hornblower
2 movies with Cdr Hornblower (Duty and Loyalty)

check

http://www.amazon.com/Horatio-Hornblower-Adventures-Loyalty-Duty/dp/B0000DJZAC/ref=pd_cp_d_2 for the movies with him as a Cdr and

http://www.amazon.com/Horatio-Hornblower-Collectors-Ioan-Gruffudd/dp/B0018C705M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250027448&sr=8-1

this new set has the 8 movies....