I’ve really become a fan of the Jeremy Brett version. I think I heard about it here on FR? He’s quite fruity, but I like it. Guilty pleasure, I guess. I haven’t watched any other versions of Sherlock—was always more of a Columbo/Kojak kinda guy. My wife doesn’t like Sherlock, but I’ve been watching a lot of it on netflix.
I have a book about Sherlock Holmes and I noticed the forward was written by Christopher Lee. He was a great Sherlock Holmes tho I still like Basil Rathbone who was great despite some pretty cheap productions.
The Jeremy Brett series is probably the best ever done.
If you have children, check out “Shaun The Sheep”, a Claymation, no language, and hysterically funny!
Also recently added to NetFlix is the BBC/Masterpiece Theater production of an updated to current times version of Holmes and Watson, with Watson as a wounded Afghanistan vet. Holmes uses nicotine patches to aid his thinking: “It’s impossible to maintain a proper smoking habit in London these days.” My wife and I watched the three episodes on NF last week. There will eventually be a total of six episodes available and imdb.com says another season is coming.
I’ve read all the Sherlock Holmes books and short stories. Some I can almost recite verbatim.
The Jeremy Brett series is most faithful to the literature, and in many cases uses the same dialogue. I have a good many of them on VHS tape from when A&E ran the series twenty years ago.
Sweet! Addng to que asap.
I will have to watch them quick because I am cancelling before I get a price increase of 60% on Sept 1st.
I think Britt was the closest to the literary Holmes. However I enjoy them all. For “ something new and different”, I recommend the current Sherlock on BBC translated into the 21st century. It is funny and fast paced. Not to be taken too seriously.