Re: OT: Did anyone see Horatio Hornblower on A&E last night?

> They're only doing four books (my guess is there are financial
> considerations here), so my guess is that instead of picking four
> consecutive books, they picked four that span the life of Hornblowers
> career. Makes perfect sense...

Well, the four episodes that I've seen don't cover much of a span of 
his life... He starts as a Midshipman and ends up as a Lieutenant.

And as Nathan posted, all four episodes are based on _one_ book.

There will be another series according to the announcer after the 
fourth episode. Financial considerations will keep them turning out 
only a few episodes a year, but if they perform well enough they'll 
keep on coming back year after year.... 

Making all four episodes in a season out of one book seems to be a 
cunning move: they won't run out books in a hurry like Sharpe (or 
Morse, etc.) did.

	Steve

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