On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Steven Brust wrote: >> David S. wrote: > > I just thought I'd mention that if you like this sort of thing, you > > might very well enjoy "Master and Commander". Speaking as a 21st-C. > > landlubber, I think this film went to great lengths to provide an > > excellent & reasonably realistic reproduction of a 19th-C. naval > > campaign. FWIW, Christopher Hitchens (who is often a nut but is at least a diehard O'Brian fan - see http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=188 ) sort of pans M&C at http://slate.msn.com/id/2091249/ - in particular because of the portrayal of Maturin. > > I also found myself trying assign Dragaeran Houses to the characters. > > Captain Aubry's tenacity, ferocity & suprising cleverness do seem to > > be definitely Orca-ish. Dr. Maturin is very much like a Hawk. > > > Good to hear they did a good job. I'm going to be seeing the movie in the > next week sometime, I hope. I'd always figured Jack as a Dragon, actually, > though certainly you're right--Stephen is a textbook Hawk. Is that correct? I thought M had rather Yendi qualities as a spy, maybe some Athyra, maybe some Dragon or Dzur re duelling. We're a bit lacking in Hawks to compare him to, unless we want to consider Daymar typical... Also note that Jack is not very Orcaish on land - he's got too much Falstaff in him, and he's too bad with money. And he's into astronomy, not a usual Dragaeran pursuit...