Sherlock Holmes [modified]
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.
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Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.
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Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.
Yeah, I thought it looked pretty interesting too :laugh:
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
Yeah, I saw the ad and it reminded me why I haven't wanted to go see a movie in the last year.
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Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
I'm a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was the definitive Holmes and the closest to convey Conan Doyle's eccentric and depressed sleuth. The only other actor I've enjoyed playing Holmes was Brett Spiner in STNG, I think he would make an excellent Holmes outside of the Data character. When I saw the trailer for the new film, I was mortified. How can they do this to such a fine detective. What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg? I think I would probably watch it, if only as an action film. It looks mindless enough to be enjoyable with the ol' brain set to idle. I can't tell from the trailers whether they are trying to tackle any of the stories in particular. If they ruined my favourite, Hound of the Baskervilles, it would be off in a flash!
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
I'm torn on this one, I liked Downey in 'Iron Man' and 'Tropic Thunder' and I have enjoyed every other Ritchie movie that I have seen. However this just seems Anti-Holmes, perhaps if I look at it as a reboot to the universe like what Star Trek did, Holmes meets Snatch and Rock N Rolla... nah it'll never work. X| Disney's 'The Great Mouse Detective' will probably be more true to Holmes than this one.
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
it will probably feel like "Casino Royale? Nice movie, but the ads were totally misleading. They said 'James Bond', but the movie was all about this snotty boy." Or "Troy" - pointy-nosed New Yorker boytoys playing legendary greek warriors. (to be fair, Casino Royale at least had some literary backing, but still) The good thing is, he has a pipe in his mouth, so you know who is supposed to be Holmes. Or take the US remake of the UK show "Cracker". Replacing those english "street figures" with Beverly Hills regalia made it so totally pointless, yet another crime show. Pastorelli probably was the Hollywood equivalent of Coltrane - thinking about it, we should start an "ugly people for Hollywood" relocation program.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.
martin_hughes wrote:
must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey
Might I recommend reversing that order. You'll be much more likely to find said whiskey when not half-blinded and much more likely to enjoy it when not in agonizing pain. It might also take the edge of said pain when you get to the afforementioned 1st now second part.
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I'm a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was the definitive Holmes and the closest to convey Conan Doyle's eccentric and depressed sleuth. The only other actor I've enjoyed playing Holmes was Brett Spiner in STNG, I think he would make an excellent Holmes outside of the Data character. When I saw the trailer for the new film, I was mortified. How can they do this to such a fine detective. What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg? I think I would probably watch it, if only as an action film. It looks mindless enough to be enjoyable with the ol' brain set to idle. I can't tell from the trailers whether they are trying to tackle any of the stories in particular. If they ruined my favourite, Hound of the Baskervilles, it would be off in a flash!
hammerstein05 wrote:
How can they do this to such a fine detective. What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg?
Now that's sounds awesome! Maybe Megan Fox (in a bikini) to play Miss Marple? Or how about a remake of Murder on the Orient Express, except it's on a plane, filled with snakes. And Hercule Poirot fights off bad guys using karate. I'd suggest Jean-Claude Van Damme for Poirot, but he might be getting a bit old.
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I'm torn on this one, I liked Downey in 'Iron Man' and 'Tropic Thunder' and I have enjoyed every other Ritchie movie that I have seen. However this just seems Anti-Holmes, perhaps if I look at it as a reboot to the universe like what Star Trek did, Holmes meets Snatch and Rock N Rolla... nah it'll never work. X| Disney's 'The Great Mouse Detective' will probably be more true to Holmes than this one.
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I'm a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was the definitive Holmes and the closest to convey Conan Doyle's eccentric and depressed sleuth. The only other actor I've enjoyed playing Holmes was Brett Spiner in STNG, I think he would make an excellent Holmes outside of the Data character. When I saw the trailer for the new film, I was mortified. How can they do this to such a fine detective. What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg? I think I would probably watch it, if only as an action film. It looks mindless enough to be enjoyable with the ol' brain set to idle. I can't tell from the trailers whether they are trying to tackle any of the stories in particular. If they ruined my favourite, Hound of the Baskervilles, it would be off in a flash!
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I'm a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was the definitive Holmes and the closest to convey Conan Doyle's eccentric and depressed sleuth. The only other actor I've enjoyed playing Holmes was Brett Spiner in STNG, I think he would make an excellent Holmes outside of the Data character. When I saw the trailer for the new film, I was mortified. How can they do this to such a fine detective. What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg? I think I would probably watch it, if only as an action film. It looks mindless enough to be enjoyable with the ol' brain set to idle. I can't tell from the trailers whether they are trying to tackle any of the stories in particular. If they ruined my favourite, Hound of the Baskervilles, it would be off in a flash!
hammerstein05 wrote:
What's next, Miss Marple with an uzi and rpg?
Redneck Response: "As long as she's nekid!"
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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it will probably feel like "Casino Royale? Nice movie, but the ads were totally misleading. They said 'James Bond', but the movie was all about this snotty boy." Or "Troy" - pointy-nosed New Yorker boytoys playing legendary greek warriors. (to be fair, Casino Royale at least had some literary backing, but still) The good thing is, he has a pipe in his mouth, so you know who is supposed to be Holmes. Or take the US remake of the UK show "Cracker". Replacing those english "street figures" with Beverly Hills regalia made it so totally pointless, yet another crime show. Pastorelli probably was the Hollywood equivalent of Coltrane - thinking about it, we should start an "ugly people for Hollywood" relocation program.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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Or "Troy" - pointy-nosed New Yorker boytoys playing legendary greek warriors.
I rather liked Troy - lots of death and destruction, including arbitrary statue beheadings...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
Wjousts wrote:
I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book.
imho no one will ever equal Brett in the character, even though Rathbone had his moments. best, Bill
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The post about the movie Avatar got me thinking. What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie? Personally, I don't remember ever seeing as many action scenes, bare knuckle boxing fights or explosions in any other depiction of Holmes. I certainly don't ever remember Holmes without a shirt on. My fear is they are going to lean to heavily on the SFX and clever quips. I think Jeremy Brett[^] will continue to be the definitive Holmes in my book. Edit: I just noticed that Downey's Holmes is wearing a fedora instead of a deer-stalker. :mad:
modified on Friday, December 11, 2009 3:30 PM
Totally with you on Jeremy Brett. I have every adventure he did on DVD. I also have every Holmes story in print - used to get a kick out of verifying the dialog from the Brett episodes against the books. They were always (or nearly always) perfect. And not at all impressed with the clips I've seen of the new film. I seriously doubt you'll see the same degree of authenticity as the Granada productions with Brett.
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martin_hughes wrote:
must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey
Might I recommend reversing that order. You'll be much more likely to find said whiskey when not half-blinded and much more likely to enjoy it when not in agonizing pain. It might also take the edge of said pain when you get to the afforementioned 1st now second part.
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The best Sherlock Holmes movie ever, was Without a Clue.
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I'm going to go with The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.
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it will probably feel like "Casino Royale? Nice movie, but the ads were totally misleading. They said 'James Bond', but the movie was all about this snotty boy." Or "Troy" - pointy-nosed New Yorker boytoys playing legendary greek warriors. (to be fair, Casino Royale at least had some literary backing, but still) The good thing is, he has a pipe in his mouth, so you know who is supposed to be Holmes. Or take the US remake of the UK show "Cracker". Replacing those english "street figures" with Beverly Hills regalia made it so totally pointless, yet another crime show. Pastorelli probably was the Hollywood equivalent of Coltrane - thinking about it, we should start an "ugly people for Hollywood" relocation program.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v serverWTF. Casino Royale had Eva Green. That alone makes it one of the best Bond movies ever.
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Wjousts wrote:
What are people's impressions of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes[^] movie?
Poor in the extreme. There are good, robust, four letter words that could and should be used to describe that execrable dribble, but I fear a post containing nothing but ****'s might not convey my complete and utter contempt for everyone involved in its production, their moral standing, their predilection to bizarre acts with wildlife, their families, ancestors, next-door neighbours, people they dine with and pets. In short, I'll be giving it an extremely wide berth and now, having endured 30 seconds of the trailer, must cleanse my eyes with a brillo pad a good amount bleach and after that help myself to several medicinal doses of whiskey in the hope that by tomorrow I will have forgotten everything about it.