HORNBLOWER-4-The Frogs And The Lobsters Part1

[Sammy1234568910]

when Pellew, the Admiral and General are discussing the operation in the Admiralty what is that round clock like instrument on the wall behind them 2:03?

[maqunce564]

i must agree

[sanders790]

ha the way pellew looked that fella up n down hahah

[enscroggs]

The suggested date of this adventure implies contradictions. Cherette says he's been exiled for 5 years, suggesting 1795 or '96. They also mention restoring King Louis to the throne as their goal. Louis XVI was guillotined 21 Jan 1793, so they can't restore him. There are two other Louises: the uncrowned (died June '95) Dauphin and Louis XVI's younger brother Louis Stanislas Xavier declared "King Louis XVIII" on 16 June '95. Thus 1795 is implied by events. However...

[rosepsyke]

@enscroggs The Battle of Quiberon took place starting on June 23, 1795 and Louis XVII died the 8th of June, so t'would be Louis XVIII restoring the monarchy. Which makes sense, since he helped to plan the failed invasion with his brother, the future Charles X of France.

[50TNCSA]

When one man dies it is a tragedy, when a million men die it is a statistic.

[maqunce564]

@50TNCSA i agree, but that is stated a bit coldly.

[50TNCSA]

@maqunce564 those are the words of stalin i qouted so they probaly are very cold

[Songsmirth]

The Admiral doesn't even go back to see if this heroic young man lived or died. Typical of those who make decisions of life and death for thousands. They keep in their own little bubbles and eat their steaks.Cheney and Bush should be forced to go to every military funeral of those they have help kill. Not that any of the families would want them there. Cheney and his money hungry friends who wanted this war for $. And I bet we're paying him wonderful benifits now that he's out of power.

[JonTigert]

Pellew is so bamf.

[BorsBaledwyr]

Its not history unless it's done with an English accent...even if it's a French accent put on by an Englishman. Prove me wrong?

[andrewibisch18]

vive la waahhhhhhh!!!!

[Khetodo]

@andrewibisch18 What? Vive le roi.... Long live the king

[BenlikesPoo]

Capes are awesome, everyone should wear capes

[duckhunt1045]

The guillotine was not invented to kill sheep. It was invented by a doctor of all people to make beheading easier.

[Songsmirth]

@duckhunt1045 I had a french professor who told the class this "fact" but you are right. I'm not finding that it had anything to do with animals. Not like this historian professor to get it wrong but I can't track him down to see where he got his information. It isn't in any of the material I've researched so I'm sorry to have passed on misleading information. I try to never speak about something I don't know about or can't prove. It's a "thing" with me but I messed up here.

[Songsmirth]

A french man would NOT look this sloverly. And, for once, I would change the script. The guiillotine. They should have refused to take it. Period. Do you know it was invented to kill sheep? What a horror of a machine. . .

[coolmantay]

Can anyone tell me why the soldiers weren't in the uniforms that the soldiers in Sharpe were? (not the green ones, but the red/yellow)

[TopGunSGA]

@coolmantay If you mean the two soldiers at the entrance of the Admiralty then it's because they are Royal Marines

[clomid100]

i believe the instrument on the wall at 2:00 may me a weather purporting gauge.

[ZoSo3K]

What´s this thing on the wall at 2:00 ? The needle moves forwards and backwards

[wilkobangs]

@ZoSo3K its a weathervane thingymybob i suppose. probly attached to a wind thingymajig on the roof, just the job in a port if ya about to go sailin and ya want to see which way the wind is blowing

[ZoSo3K]

@wilkobangs

Thank you ^^

[TheButcherkevin]

anyone liking this try I CLAUDIUS ,brilliant.

[LeppardPrintAnimal]

Men in uniform with long hair are FINE!

[MsUa125]

Does Ioan get naked in this movie?

[emerylunday]

@MsUa125 Yes he does

[karma212]

gawd, the first admiral (not pellew) is ugly

[LordWellington15]

Anyone else notice, @ 3:47 when the officer is being attacked, there is a guy standing right behind them watching and tending to his horse... But he does nothing... ?

[BtoZproductions]

@LordWellington15 maybe he helped them

[Gimplips]

I'm in love with your internet self after these vids =]

[brohan914]

ok richly dressed naval officer, walk into that sketchy dark alley, go for it and see what happens...

[Shinewz]

I am driven mad! All of the Hornblower I cannot finishing watching! It always stops at the first 3 minutes!

[ChaationBergin]

What is this?

Napoleonic War television show?

EPIC!

[Alpha1Bravo1Charlie1]

@ChaationBergin Yeah I love it too. Check out Sharpe too. It's different, but still good.

[ChaationBergin]

@Alpha1Bravo1Charlie1 I've already watched all the old ones. Can't bring myself to watch any of the ones made after Sharpe's Waterloo.

[Wikipediot]

bon jovi frenchy....when i said that to a french guy a so called mate...he went nuts...lol

[mymagnoliatree]

I love historical dramas but i wish i could watch them without thinking what they must have smelled like and also, I notice those long dresses dragging on the ground, and they would have been covered in mud and dog poo.

[ESFAndy011]

1:45 Wait a second, that guy acted in pirates of the caribbean 2 and 3, right?

[OldDirtyRatbastard]

It's not exaggerated at all. Back in high school, i had an english teacher speaking just like that.

[mymagnoliatree]

an English teacher with a French accent? was he confused?

[OldDirtyRatbastard]

@mymagnoliatree No, he was a Frenchman, teaching English.

[mymagnoliatree]

@OldDirtyRatbastard why did a Frenchman teach you English?

[OldDirtyRatbastard]

@mymagnoliatree Because it was his job, he was an English teacher, of French origin. People do not always teach their original language, that guy only kept the accent.

[Perversus666]

lol what an exagerated french accent does general Charette have ! "Wizin a mateur of dez I shoud ave..." XD

[CatAtomic99]

You know, a cape is really just a blanket you carry around all day, isn't it?

[candr]

It was more of a all weather gear before the umbrella came in more use at the time.

[MajBlood]

@CatAtomic99 A blanket you carry around that makes you look awesome.

[AngelBiLove]

@CatAtomic99 That's really the use of clothing in general. Glad you've come to realise one of the world's most obvious facts that most people figure before age 10.

[CatAtomic99]

@AngelBiLove I never had to think about capes much, personally. So are you a superhero or a bullfighter?

[ravernelly]

Nice to see Peter Vaughan alongside Robert Lindsay as they did in the late 70's in Citizen Smith i.e. Father & Son but Admiral & Captain in this series.

[mymediafixation]

what's the clock-thing on the wall behind them at 2.00?

[kethomas5]

I would guess its to show which way the wind is blowing. It has North South East and West on it, and it keeps changing direction.

[OCooley1]

wind-director

[booyouemail]

was the admiralty the name of the place as well as the organisation?

[Albukhshi]

specifically the HQ of the admiralty.

[j0andc0]

This was a good one, they were spot on with the admirality.

[psivewri]

I wish they could make a new series!!!!!

[raraandraja]

ah.

[raraandraja]

y would he hesitate to buy the uniform i thought he had 1000 pounds to spend!

[MuhlerSOT]

His prize was lost before he got back to England.

[ltflak]

his prize was taken aprize by the French

[LuciusTheFair]

The Spanish actually.

[mabhekaphansi]

Perfidious English!

[455dragos]

damn you!

[mabhekaphansi]

Fine, noble Scots!

[TeutonicWulfKnight]

I´m not quite sure, but I think, it´s the wind direction in the channel...

[ford5of5]

What of clock is that at 2:10?

[Someloke8895]

It looks more like a Compass to me

[TeutonicWulfKnight]

It´s in a house, then it wouldn´t move so quickly????

[TeutonicWulfKnight]

There is a map in it,

which located the axe of the arrow in ?London. In the HQ of the Channelfleet they have to known the windconditions, if it is an attack expectet...

To get the ships out, right in time...

[TeutonicWulfKnight]

sorry achsis..

[CJL1194]

i loved this chapter in the book

[LeG3nD4]

can someone tell me the ttle of the movie in English??pls pls :))

[LeG3nD4]

leave it..it's ok i learnt whatever i wanted!!thanks although :))

[spiritgirl2796]

Hornblower.4. The Frogs and the Lobsters. Look up /\

[CJL1194]

hornblower

[vorbeigehende]

Doesn't Robert Lindsay (Capt. Pellew ) look like Kevin Spacey?

[AnacreoninHeaven]

I had the same thought!

[flyhighsmiling1111]

this is my favourite episode (:

thanks for uploading all of them <3 xD

[LittleTeaPot1]

the poor guy who was attacked..

is that the guy from pirates of the caribbean the one who is in charge of that pirate prison, umm... burns the P on pirates arms?

[blaisejones]

i can't believe Jamie Bamber is in this! Awesome!

[bozez1]

thanks for posting these.

[KingstonAgate]

No wonder there was a book on 18th-19thc fashion entitled 'Dressed to Kill'. Very flattering all these slim cut coats and breeches!

[KibleKat]

yay havent watched this video in ages, coz we had everysingle one of the hornblower vids, including the 2 newest ones, but we lost this one somewhere lol :(

[CaptainJenna7]

sadness :(

[bowtoyoursensai]

whats that weird clock at 2:20 ish?

[MauserKar98k]

Just a guess, but it is probably connected to a weather vane and shows wind direction.

[freddie249]

In this series, are the lieutenants wearing dress coats to distinguish them from other ranks?

[ozipk]

a nice feel good video, shame they try and sell a brand with it & they nicked the idea from all the flash mob videos that have been around for ages.

[Fedaykin4321]

Sorry to burst your bubble ppitm but there were no significant naval battles won by "colonists....with their natural maritime abilities" with the exception of one famous battle which had no measurable impact on the war. The American sailor was a smuggler, not a warrior. The British and French did the real fighting at sea. We also had several thousand French regulars helping us at Yorktown. Your elementary school history book was about as historically accurate as the bible.

[robotminione]

your pretty much correct. For one thing, we didn't have the resources to raise much of a real nave, and two, our shipbuilding was always focused on providing fast ships for trade, not warships.

[Cdizk]

Burn, naval style!

But so true!!

[MaxenatorONE]

This is one of my fauvorite episodes :)

[Riever86]

"his most catholic majesty" - that's the king of Spain! (2:08)

[LuciusTheFair]

It was a major competition in Europe about whose majesty could be more catholic. ;)

[Riever86]

Indeed. Even we were involved at one time, hence the English monarch's title of "Defender of the Faith"

[Norguy77]

and the Ottoman sultan was the Defender and protector of Islam :p

[Albukhshi]

well, the title is (well, was) disputed; the Shia have the head of the house of Ali, while the Sunnis were divided as to who is Caliph; the ottomans however hae the best support for their claim imho.

[nickmaddocks]

Guys, seriously just watch the goddamn show.

[alinaiorga]

i know seriously

[tumadoireacht]

i think the pale old admiral is cool

[urquhart2001]

Lord Hood!  Damned fine sailor, historically.

[floraflower12]

im a girl and i love watching hornblower

[MateusVIII]

@floraflower12 so you are a very interesting girl.good to know that you exists, is dificult to find a girl with such wonderfull taste.

[PlanetUranusStudios]

@floraflower12 same here

[AnnabelLolita]

@floraflower12 I am too! I also love Hornblower! :) But also the time where girls were girls! So pretty dresses and clothes everyone had :)

[Minuteman351]

@floraflower12 Just curious, what is it that a girl likes about the series?

[funnyflyingdutchgirl]

@Minuteman351 Hot men :P .. and I love history but that last is my opinion xD.

[Songsmirth]

@Minuteman351 Well, besides the handsome men, we like a bit of adventure too. Not too bloody. Personally, I love the magnificient ships! And the beautiful, beautiful photography. The scripts are so well written that it keeps you addicted. AND I want to see how far Horatio will go. :)

[rebahsol]

Raising an army of the peasants is never a good idea.

[woodstock1330]

well now, you say that. But during the Revolutionary War, who defeated the British Army and Navy? A ragtag army of colonist who might be considered "peasents"

[rebahsol]

That's because French and German generals trained them to be good. At the beginning of the American Revolution all of the farmers and shopkeepers (middle-class people- not peasants) were pretty bad off; they didn't really become an army until after their winter training at Valley Forge. If it weren't for the help of Lafayette, von Steuban, and their respective governments, we might still be a British colony. It was not exactly a group of peasants who fought and won that war.

[woodstock1330]

The middle class made up only a small portion of the populace. The people who worked for the middle class, i.e. laborers, secondary tradesman, poor farmers, etc. made up the majority of the population. (And let us not forget the enslaved who joined the army to win their freedom!) And I never said they did it all on their own, although to say that we might still be a British colony is a moot point.

[rebahsol]

Anyway, my original point was that throughout history, leaders repeatedly think the peasants will rise up and fight on their behalf for freedom. Generally, peasants do not do that. They want to be left alone to tend their fields. When someone starts taking away their traditional rights, that is when peasants start revolting, such as during the German Reformation.

[ppitm]

That's a considerable stretch. The Royal was not defeated. More like inconvenienced. It continued to fight and win a two front war with the French in the West Indies. The colonists put up an impressive fight with their natural maritime abilities and the French were able to tie up the English fleets leading to the surrender of Yorktown.

[matt2house]

it wasnt only the militiamen that made up the american forces. it was also the continental army as they were the pros of the american colonies.

[morg2625]

There's a huge difference between French Peasants and American Colonist. American colonist where very well armed and far better marksman than the average British soldier. ( they got more practice, since a they where mostly hunters ) The battles at Bennington and Saratogo proved that. :)

[BritLion08]

sorry to all the die hard fans but i think the bloke who plays captain pellew is a tad better than Iaon Gruffud

[WishesNeverComeTrue]

Its like watching sinbad again:) brings back memories

[Ci3lag0]

What I always found most amazing about the militaries of those days was the men would pay all their expenses while on the campagins.

[AnUndeadMonkey]

That is one nice hat he's got there.

[matt2house]

my favourite episode thanks for this

[dubenkeada]

thanx you so much for upload the epis!! I watch them all the time, I love pellew haha.