Who's Your Favorite Sherlock? (Trees And Things)

Lou: It's elementary

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:29:30 EST

The best Sherlock is Data.

uncarved block: Holmes Or Watson?

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:42:14 EST

While I'm not very familiar with Rathbone, after a few moments poking around on Youtube, I can see why he's considered the "definitive" edition. In repose, he looks very much like the drawings, and unlike Brett, Rathbone doesn't run his mouth

thefadd: Re: From one franchise to another...?

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:46:25 EST

I could have qualified that somewhat...I assume it's because I saw the ones with Brett first, but I always preferred the restraint that gave way to fits with which he played the character as opposed to Rathbone's more off the cuff manner.

MC Nally: Re: From one franchise to another...?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:40:02 EST

His overwrought shtick plays well with the campy Bond character but Holmes has always been an understated fellow.

Holmes is a manic egomaniac drug abuser. How on earth does that qualify as "understated"?

MC Nally: Re: Maybe

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:37:16 EST

The problem with taking on an iconic role like Holmes is that it can sidetrack your career if you do a good job..

I guess it's fortunate for MacGregor that the prequel movies were bad enough that he runs no risk of being typecast as

uncarved block: Maybe

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:42:54 EST

Holmes is literature's greatest autistic character

Hmn. I've alway thought of him as manic-depressive, with a little self medication thrown in to the mix. It wasn't so much that he couldn't relate to other human beings, more that ev

Steve Urkel: Re: Who's Your Favorite Sherlock?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:32:22 EST

Jeremy Brett captured Holmes' manic energy, something that usually gets left out.

I would like to see Rowan Atkinson portray Holmes, with that guy who played Baldric as Watson.

3fingerspointback: Ewan MacGregor

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:34:17 EST

Holmes is literature's greatest autistic character, I think. He obsessed about cigarette ash, handwriting, the way objects would wear and erode, everything but people themselves. I'm not an expert in the series, but I don't remember Holmes ever

skeeter1: Re: Who's Your Favorite Sherlock?

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:05:00 EST

Ah, one of my favorite books as a kid and favorite movies, The Hound of the Baskervilles, with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

There has never been another "Sherlock", AFAIC.

thefadd: Re: From one franchise to another...?

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:40:34 EST

His overwrought shtick plays well with the campy Bond character but Holmes has always been an understated fellow.

port1080: From one franchise to another...?

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:38:22 EST

Now that he's getting a little long in the tooth and has been dumped from the Bond franchise, wouldn't Pierce Brosnan make a decent Holmes? He's got the accent and he's got some pretty decent acting chops. I think it'd be a good fit...

MayorBob: Basil was my pick in the subqueue.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:34:39 EST

Basically because his version of Holmes was the one I grew up with watching old Holmes movies on the tube. But I have to put a vote in for a really unconventional and dynamite version of Holmes released in the 70s. The