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One Thatcher was enough. Six?
Phooey.
Phooey.
I always felt Six Napoleons was one of the weakest stories.
One Thatcher was enough. Six?
Phooey.
I know it is very popular but I am unable to tolerate it.NOT Holmes -
So....
...we still don't know who/what 'Sherrinford' is?
Unless I missed something.
I reckon it's the name of the facility that Mycroft thinks his sister is safely locked-up in.
Nice one @FluttermothPossibly, althoughthere could still be a secret brother; "everyone stops at three", don't forget!
It looks like I'm going to watch ep2 even though I swore I wouldn't after last week.
Spot on. Jayston was Guillam and reading the audio-book of "Tinker Tailor..." didn't hurt either.If you will indulge me a moment, I shall add:
Peter Guillam:
Airline Steward at a Wedding:
Nigel Bruce's Watson was a tragedy. It was as though they'd interpreted a great man in his own right being overshadowed by an exceptional man as some kind of double act with a straight man and a buffoon. Also, few (I can think of one) of those stories where based on Conan Doyle's many stories, and they became increasingly ridiculous. It's a shame because Rathbone was made for the role, and was always a delight to watch.I love Brett as Holmes, but love the new Sherlock too; I actually wasn't expecting it to, I didn't like the idea of a modern day Holmes, but I was very glad to be proved wrong I love Rathbone when I was younger, but Nigel Bruce's Watson puts me off watching them now, he's such a bumbler :/
As I saw someone else point out on another forum, Sherlock the show isn't really a crime procedural like most Holmes adaptations are, and as a lot of people are apparently perceiving it, it's an exploration of Sherlock Holmes as a meme.
That's the popular view as a result and was for a long time. It's pity, As written Watson's no idiot.Nigel Bruce's Watson was a tragedy. It was as though they'd interpreted a great man in his own right being overshadowed by an exceptional man as some kind of double act with a straight man and a buffoon.
Nigel Bruce's Watson was a tragedy. It was as though they'd interpreted a great man in his own right being overshadowed by an exceptional man as some kind of double act with a straight man and a buffoon. Also, few (I can think of one) of those stories where based on Conan Doyle's many stories, and they became increasingly ridiculous. It's a shame because Rathbone was made for the role, and was always a delight to watch. ...
The stories we did were modernised but the characters of the famous detective and his biographer were kept more or less as originally written by Conan Doyle. Watson, however, in the films was made much more of a 'comic' character than he ever was in the books. This was with the object of introducing a little light relief. The doctor, as I played him, was a complete stooge for his brilliant friend and one whose intelligence was almost negligible. Many of the lovers of Conan Doyle must have been shocked, not by this caricature of the famous doctor but by seeing the great detective alighting from an aeroplane and the good doctor listening to his radio. To begin with, Basil and I were much opposed to the modernising of these stories but the producer, Howard Benedict, pointed out to us that the majority of youngsters who would see our pictures were accustomed to the fast-moving action of gangster pictures, and that expecting machine guns, police sirens, cars travelling at 80 miles an hour and dialogue such as 'Put em up bud', they would be bored with the magnifying glass, the hansom cabs, the cobblestones and the slow tempo of an era they never knew and a way of life with which they were completely unfamiliar.
It's pity, As written Watson's no idiot.
Watching tonight's Sherlock, the last of the season. Utter nonsense.
Edit: rubbish mash up of Saw and a disturbing Crystal Maze.
Watching tonight's Sherlock, the last of the season. Utter nonsense.
Edit: rubbish mash up of Saw and a disturbing Crystal Maze.
B-but that can't be the final one, they didn't explain how he got off the roof! Ahem, anyway, I enjoyed it, there was a lot of the "bigger mousetrap" about it and the moral dilemmas confirmed Sherlock did indeed have morals, which he didn't always like to admit. The bit with Molly was cruel, I'd be interested to see their next meeting (!). It reminded me of Skyfall, oddly. Benedict for Bond?