Your Cruise Director ([info]cruisedirector) wrote in [info]perfect_duet,
@ 2004-01-19 12:47:00
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Shirtless Jack
You can thank [info]starfishchick for pointing this out on page 99 of The Making of 'Master and Commander'.



Let us now hope for an extended DVD that includes this scene. Because wet, shirtless Jack has got to be a good thing even if the scene is irrelevant.

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[info]starfishchick
2004-01-19 10:02 am UTC (link)
*crosses fingers, turns three times*

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-01-19 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Don't forget to scratch wood!

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-01-19 10:03 am UTC (link)
I love this picture...I wonder if it was just Russell taking a dip, or if they filmed a scene with Jack going for a swim. Jack's quite an avid swimmer in the books. ALso in the books, when it's calm and the ship isn't really going anywhere, Jack and Stephen often go swimming together. Naked. WHY WAS THAT NOT IN THE MOVIE??

Also, they call each other "joy" and especially "my dear" all the time in the books. Yet in the movies "my dear" only appeared twice, with Jack's "my dear Doctor" to Stephen...and we got NONE of the "joy." Fair? I think not.

However, I did appreciate all the soulful looks between them in the movie. They were *always* staring at each other, even when the focus of the action was elsewhere. Mmmm, yummy subtext.

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[info]starfishchick
2004-01-19 10:37 am UTC (link)
There's one in particular that I love, that Stephen gives Jack during "Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates" ... ye gads.

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-01-19 11:19 am UTC (link)
Yes! That's the best one. He looks like he wants to throw Jack down on the table and shag him silly. Guh.

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[info]starfishchick
2004-01-19 11:23 am UTC (link)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

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[info]ghazalah
2004-01-19 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Whew! Glad I'm not the only one who saw that LOOK. Was beginning to think my dirty mind was just a little too... too... *eager*. ;-)

Also, Movie!Jack calls Movie!Stephen "brother" only once, and that's in anger. "You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother."

POOPIES, said she, summoning all her dignity. ;-)

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-01-19 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Fic! Throw-down on the table fic!

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-01-20 02:52 am UTC (link)
I'm not a particularly good fiction writer, which I like to blame on being a science major. But y'know, free plot bunny to good home and all that. C'mon, you know you want teh plot bunny...

The most I could hope to write would be a reasonably convincing scientific paper on their mating habits.

...

Heyyyyyyy. That's not a bad idea. I have a week of vacation left.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-01-19 03:00 pm UTC (link)
All the looks they give each other in company make me grin. The one when Jack tells the Nelson story in particular, and again on "authority corrupts"...

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[info]starfishchick
2004-01-20 02:50 pm UTC (link)
Again: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

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[info]sweetsorcery
2004-01-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
Also in the books, when it's calm and the ship isn't really going anywhere, Jack and Stephen often go swimming together. Naked.

???!!!???!!! *faints*

OMG, I need to find the time to read the books. Like, now. :0

Also, they call each other "joy" and especially "my dear" all the time in the books. Yet in the movies "my dear" only appeared twice, with Jack's "my dear Doctor" to Stephen...and we got NONE of the "joy." Fair? I think not.

A case of catering to stupid, idiotic, homophobic movie audiences who can't handle any expression of affection between two male characters. :(

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[info]lasergirl
2004-01-19 10:19 am UTC (link)
That reminds me, I scanned two of the full-page Jack pics, (one in winter weather gear, and one with a telescope) if anyone's interested. I'll post them when I get home tonight.

My scanner was misbehaving, so I had to stop after two. Maybe it thought the pants were too tight... eeehhheeee!!!

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-01-19 11:20 am UTC (link)
Maybe it thought the pants were too tight... eeehhheeee!!!

I have noticed that those pants in Jack's uniform do show off Russell's junk rather well, eh? ;-)

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[info]lasergirl
2004-01-19 12:02 pm UTC (link)
in my circle, we call that "junk" the MONKEY!

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[info]mellyflori
2004-01-19 10:34 am UTC (link)
*gasp*

*thud*

"I'm sorry, Mellyflori can't come to the phone right now. She's been deaded."

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[info]sibylle
2004-01-19 12:20 pm UTC (link)
love the pic, love the icon. *giggles*
What book is that?

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(Anonymous)
2004-01-19 12:35 pm UTC (link)
The Making of 'Master and Commander'

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[info]graculus
2004-01-19 01:34 pm UTC (link)
Just checking, is that this book?

I notice that Amazon over here in the UK are doing a special offer of that and 'Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian' for £25.18 (which then qualifies for free shipping!).

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yep.
[info]tuff_ghost
2004-01-19 03:05 pm UTC (link)
that's the one. i have it. and if i'd known you russell fans would go so bats over that one shot, i would've giggled at you and told you my scanner's out of commission.

might get it up an running for that hollom-with-guitar pic, though.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-01-19 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Yes, that book. Has wonderful photos and is a thoroughly enjoyable read as well -- all that info about how the lanterns were made, where the wool for the costumes came from...I love movies where you feel like the people making it really cared about the details.

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[info]sweetsorcery
2004-01-20 03:16 am UTC (link)
Oh, I have a slightly more close-up (though blurrier) shot of this! :D Must figure out the PhotoBucket thing.
I'm getting this book from the library as soon as they get their act together, and I have a very good scanner... :)

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