Part II (you don't suppose this is something of a hot button for me, do you? ;-)
Regarding A and M discussing orders, not only are you correct, but Aubrey would NEVER have exceeded orders. Never never never. Typically his orders were couched in very vague terms - give him enough leeway to hang himself, as Aubrey would put it in the books. But if the orders actually said do not go round the Horn he would never have gone round the Horn. Defying orders is like mutiny! Treason! It would never even occur to Aubrey to do it. I think they should have shown him reading the actual order, and it says something like, "Pursue the Acheron to the Horn, as far as necessary, to take, sink, or destroy." And Jack pondering (talking to himself) what exactly that is supposed to mean: "Damned if I do, damned if I don't; fuck it, Imma go catch the sucker."
Um, I may have written a little ficlet about the OOC stuff in the movie <.
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Date: 2013-04-21 06:30 pm (UTC)Regarding A and M discussing orders, not only are you correct, but Aubrey would NEVER have exceeded orders. Never never never. Typically his orders were couched in very vague terms - give him enough leeway to hang himself, as Aubrey would put it in the books. But if the orders actually said do not go round the Horn he would never have gone round the Horn. Defying orders is like mutiny! Treason! It would never even occur to Aubrey to do it. I think they should have shown him reading the actual order, and it says something like, "Pursue the Acheron to the Horn, as far as necessary, to take, sink, or destroy." And Jack pondering (talking to himself) what exactly that is supposed to mean: "Damned if I do, damned if I don't; fuck it, Imma go catch the sucker."
Um, I may have written a little ficlet about the OOC stuff in the movie <.