Hindsight and maturity are wonderful weapons. I've been accused of sometimes being too subtle. Hornblower is fictional, after all. He's fictional, but you can't have everything. Your point about working to bring the best of a character into your own life is a good one.
Some people just seem to have no frontal lobe to control their actions.
Most of my friends are much older than me. As for more Hornblower, apparently Gruffudd is under contract for more movies. And they've done very well here in the States as well as in Europe. I bet we see another batch in a year or two. Glad you liked my review of The Matrix .