tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post1956611849794523002..comments2024-03-28T20:11:21.032+00:00Comments on The Duchy of Tradgardland: Chosen mentradgardmastarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-88764381098351087192016-12-17T12:42:49.485+00:002016-12-17T12:42:49.485+00:00I must confess to liking the film and wish they ha...I must confess to liking the film and wish they had made another.It may not be perfect but it got Patrick O'Brian better known generally and may have encouraged some people to read the books.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-45381276088375328472016-12-17T11:22:16.329+00:002016-12-17T11:22:16.329+00:00Michael - you gotta have the technical bits! Most...Michael - you gotta have the technical bits! Most educational. The origins of the expression "the devil to pay (and no pitch hot)" is itself a masterpiece of explaining a technical point and keep the narrative flowing. Mr O'Brian was a great writer - a fine 'prosologist'...<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-9849179282895732552016-12-17T11:19:04.866+00:002016-12-17T11:19:04.866+00:00I too am an admirer of Patrick O'Brian's s...I too am an admirer of Patrick O'Brian's sea stories. The first I ever read was 'The Mauritius Command', which I still think is the best of them. I do hope that Perry haven't done Captain Aubrey in the likeness of Russell Crowe nor Barrett Bonden as Billy Boyd (I like Billy Boyd as Peregrine Took, but Bosun Bonden? No bally way!)<br /><br />As you might gather, I loathed the movie, and not just because they conflate two novels into one, and miscast at least two of its lead characters. They simply butchered the story and butchered the characterisation. <br /><br />Pity...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-41295947625627694702016-12-16T12:36:32.570+00:002016-12-16T12:36:32.570+00:00What a splendid project. Like you I love the book...What a splendid project. Like you I love the books, though the long technical passages (I privately refer to them as "sailing the boat bits") tend to lose me.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-45400046101214668442016-12-14T17:23:12.494+00:002016-12-14T17:23:12.494+00:00I *love* O'Brien's Aubrey & Maturin bo...I *love* O'Brien's Aubrey & Maturin books! Honestly, I'll swear he was there, serving and observing in Nelson's navy. He turned a pretty, elegant phrase, sir. Most elegant indeed. I look forward to seeing your landing party take shape. A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.com