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To: yarddog
Ditto on Jeremy Brett. I also like those because Watson was portrayed as intelligent ( though not as brilliant as Holmes). Some of the older movies had Watson as a bumbling fool.

I'll give Elementary a couple more weeks, but Holmes is far too manic for my taste so far. I fear it will end up as a common police procedural with characters named Holmes and Watson, but have very little to do with Doyle's originals.

7 posted on 10/04/2012 4:34:27 PM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Government is the only thing that we all belong to"=implicit repeal of the 13th amendment for all.)
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To: KarlInOhio

The one set in modeern times with two men in England Sherlock, is covert homosexual show. All the lesbians and homosexuals I know love it because of its implied homosexuality.

Sort of like Glee. Becoming more out there with each show.


10 posted on 10/04/2012 4:43:58 PM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: KarlInOhio

I agree completely. Oddly enough I thought Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone were the best actors of them all. The problem was their movies were what I think they called “quota quickies” back then in Britain. No actors could have saved some of those scripts. They were at least watchable tho.

I do remember one movie in which Nigel Bruce sang “Loch Lamond” with a girl who was portrayed as a professional singer. You could tell he was not lip synching but actually singing. He had one heck of a voice.

I have not even seen the latest BBC series but have heard good things about them.


11 posted on 10/04/2012 4:44:54 PM PDT by yarddog
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