Fans of Peter Weir's 2003 adventure movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World are often heard to ask, "Why didn't they make a sequel?" as a halfway stop to the question "Why don't they make more films like this?" The answer to the first question, like any Hollywood mystery, has to do with money and studio expectations. The answer to the second requires you to think about men, what they like, what they want, and if any of those things have been a priority at any movie studio in the near quarter century since Master and Commander...