I stand with my original observation on this as I look at the last half-dozen or so Stewards compared to the last half dozen Chieftains of the Dunedain (based on HoME XII). Quite a bit of difference in years lived. Even Faramir, who it was noted had characteristics of Numenoreans of old, lived to be 120. Quite a difference I would say.
Anyway, this all sounds like a great discussionto have in another thread. Getting back to Born of Hope, I really liked the way Arathorn was portrayed. I wonder what they would have done had they the budget and resources that PJ had. Maybe when the re-makes are done....