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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 23, 2010 18:02:20 GMT
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Post by motorist on Jul 23, 2010 18:16:15 GMT
Oh yes, I read about that. Apparently they are going to make Sherlock Holmes gay just because, I guess  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 23, 2010 18:25:17 GMT
It figures, the BBC just can't leave things alone and simply have to place their PC-Diverso-Stamp on everything...worthless fucking tools.  I'll stick my "Jeremy Brett" DVD box set for the definitive visual portrayal of Holmes and my "Clive Merrison" audiobooks for the ultimate audio portrayal of the great man. 7% solution all the way!  AH |
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Post by Patrick on Jul 23, 2010 18:36:08 GMT
Eeee - I remember in t'early eighties when BBC2 showed one of these every day for a week;  My favourite. |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 23, 2010 19:37:40 GMT
When we first moved to London we didn't have a TV for a time; then we got one because the BBC were having a Hitchcock season. And then not long after they showed all the Rathbone Holmes films, at tea time on Fridays. So, in a London Autumn, watching Sherlock Holmes as the light fades.
I've got now problem with an update - like all but two of the Rathbones were. It would be pointless trying to do another period version, as the Bretts are pretty much definitive (and, as you say, AH, the Clive Merrison). So doing something entirely different is really the only way. And SAtephen Moffatt was responsible for the best of the recent Dr Who programmes, so he's no slouch.
(AH, I love the way, in the radio versions, that the worst story (The Lion's Mane) has become one of the best adaptations; that is a really wonderful episode, that one.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 18:14:56 GMT
pointless twaddle.. if its to be set in the present day, why does it need to be 'sherlock holmes'? despite the (tv adaptation)writers claims, Sherlock Holmes IS rooted in the period in which it was set..
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 24, 2010 18:44:58 GMT
pointless twaddle.. if its to be set in the present day, why does it need to be 'sherlock holmes'? despite the (tv adaptation)writers claims, Sherlock Holmes IS rooted in the period in which it was set.. Preach it Costy! You are bang right my friend.  AH |
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Post by motorist on Jul 24, 2010 18:47:51 GMT
pointless twaddle.. if its to be set in the present day, why does it need to be 'sherlock holmes'? despite the (tv adaptation)writers claims, Sherlock Holmes IS rooted in the period in which it was set.. Preach it Costy! You are bang right my friend. AH Frickin' A! Costy, if I was a woman, I'd be seducing you right now ;D |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 24, 2010 18:49:48 GMT
(AH, I love the way, in the radio versions, that the worst story (The Lion's Mane) has become one of the best adaptations; that is a really wonderful episode, that one.) Aubs, that's from "the casebook of SH" which is chronologically the last set of tales, so I haven't got around to it yet.  AH |
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Post by Weyland on Jul 26, 2010 10:07:26 GMT
pointless twaddle.. if its to be set in the present day, why does it need to be 'sherlock holmes'? despite the (tv adaptation)writers claims, Sherlock Holmes IS rooted in the period in which it was set.. Spot on, Costy. I watched it last night. Very well made, but basically plotless and with gormless casting. Lestrade is like a cloned Tory MP, and Holmes could be Jeremy Clarkson's younger brother (only with a brain instead of Jeremy's cerebral turd). Every quality and flaw of the Great Man is exaggerated and/or distorted to fit the 21st century. Time travel would have provided a MUCH better basis for the series: the Edwardian pair among the post-modern ruins. Watson wasn't too bad, except that one can't help feeling that he really belongs in a sitcom. The Three-Patch Problem twaddle isn't even worthy of a bad sitcom. Una Stubbs is great, as always, but her character isn't Mrs Hudson. Not even close. The "plot" was infantile, to be kind. Summary: Shyte from start to finish. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2010 11:07:13 GMT
i only watched the first 10 mins and then gave up, i have a very short attent
eEEENNN EEEWAAAYYY i guess im in position to critisice (sp) it, having not really watched it, but i just didnt like the idea of it. Sherlock Holmes written by the guy who writes Dr Who, except its set in modern day London, and Sherlock Holmes is a qwuirky sorta chap with a scarf, a bit like that dr who....
i look forward to Steven Moffats upcoming adaptations..
GHANDI.. except set in in modern day London, and Ghandhi is a floppy haired eccentric fell a with a scarf, a bit like that Dr Who...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS... except set in modern day London, and Moses is a floppy haired qwuirky sorta chap with a scarf, a bit like Dr Who...
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET- except set in modern day London, and Freddy Krueger is a eccentric scarf wearing floppy haired fellow, a bit like Dr Whozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by motorist on Jul 26, 2010 13:35:24 GMT
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET- except set in modern day London, and Freddy Krueger is a eccentric scarf wearing floppy haired fellow, a bit like Dr Whozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz The scarf might distract the viewers from his stupid Dennis the Menace shirt |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 26, 2010 16:57:16 GMT
Aw come on, it were good. A nice reversal of the Rache clue, Watson's roving wound, even the lack of "Elementary..." after a set-up for it. It was funny, exciting- allthat. And I liked the story as well.
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Post by Weyland on Jul 26, 2010 21:45:36 GMT
Aw come on, it were good. A nice reversal of the Rache clue, Watson's roving wound, even the lack of "Elementary..." after a set-up for it. It was funny, exciting- allthat. And I liked the story as well. Nice reversal? Clumsy irrelevance more like. In fact, elementary. Roving wound? No idea what this is. Story? What story? (Mycroft shows promise, but not much.) |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 27, 2010 9:55:35 GMT
Roving wound:
In the original stories, Watson first says that he was wounded in the shoulder, then in the leg.
The Rache thing was, in the original "Study" the word Rache was found written on blood on a wall. The police said that it meant someone called Rachel, Holmes said it was German for revenge. They just reversed the deductions. And it was relevent.
The story was fine. Be fair; a lot of the original stories aren't that good, as stories. They are very well written, and very exciting; but often they fall apart if you examine them too closely in a way that you are not supposed to do: the Hound, for one.
(I should say that I really love the original stories, and the Jeremy Brett and Clive Merrison versions; even the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce stuff.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 10:01:24 GMT
GOOOOO COOOOMPAAAAARRRRE! |
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Post by riotgrrl on Jul 27, 2010 10:46:25 GMT
Roving wound: In the original stories, Watson first says that he was wounded in the shoulder, then in the leg. The Rache thing was, in the original "Study" the word Rache was found written on blood on a wall. The police said that it meant someone called Rachel, Holmes said it was German for revenge. They just reversed the deductions. And it was relevent. The story was fine. Be fair; a lot of the original stories aren't that good, as stories. They are very well written, and very exciting; but often they fall apart if you examine them too closely in a way that you are not supposed to do: the Hound, for one. (I should say that I really love the original stories, and the Jeremy Brett and Clive Merrison versions; even the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce stuff.) You can be such an anorak Aubs! Lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 10:49:37 GMT
AWW bless him ~hug~ i see my fluffiness has gone up to the tune of 2 more .. this pleases me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 10:50:21 GMT
i just done a hug on Aubrey. |
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Post by Weyland on Jul 27, 2010 11:26:47 GMT
Roving wound ... Rache ... (I should say that I really love the original stories, and the Jeremy Brett and Clive Merrison versions; even the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce stuff.) Agreed about Brett. Ignore Riot (*). I admire your anorakitude. I'm afraid the precious allusions to things in the original stories get right up my nose, especially when the plot was so weak and Cumberbatch reminds me of Clarkson. "They had a chance to make a really good series, and blew it", whinged Weyland, sullenly. * Yes, I know that's tautological. |
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