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tilly_stratfordIt was a stormy night, the house rocked with wind
My trusty sidekick Watson walked on in
"Wassup Holmes!" "Whats-on?" "Theres a man here to see you"
"Jimmy Mortimer, it's a pleasure to meet you"
Yup, so it took me four days before my stone-walled cell reached a temperature that fitted a living enviroment. Putting your trousers on while you're still wearing your slippers is difficult, but I made it damnit. And thankfully Tor the janitor had already plugged in my radiator before I came back which I'm really glad he did, though I'm still struggling with the whole "a man locked himself into my cell when I wasn't there"-thing. Ah, anyway the only dark secret he found out about me was that I had knitted a little cap for my teddy bear. And anyway, Tor the janitor is a really nice guy, always good for some chatting. And he has one elven ear, I'm not kidding, it looks better than anything in LOTR ever did. No wonder I like him.
Yesterday I watched The hound of the Baskervilles with Richard Roxburgh as Holmes.
Ah-one, two, three, four... *deep breath*
Why is it that in all newer Sherlock movies Holmes is always shooting up junk like it's coming out of fashion? I imagine it's the movie makers that are shocked to discover that Holmes used cocaine and morphine, and they think "Oh! That explains everything! We must tell this to the world!" and make him a mopy junky. If they're suddenly so interested in the Canon, why don't they try to read it for once? It's there, it's clearly written that Holmes would never, ever use drugs while on a (stimulating) case.
And Holmes would never panic in a mud-pit. So thar!
Richard Roxburgh was not my Holmes. Though Holmes for once was portrayed with some of the humour in the books, Roxburgh was a bit too... masculine. I like my Holmes long-limbed and just a bit effeminate. Roxburgh did a good job, and was of course way, way better than Rupert Everett in The case of the silk stocking.
ZOMG, wasn't Hart's Watson whiny! "I don't trust you, you never tell me anything, wah wah wah". Emo Watson was not my thing. I guess he was a tolerable Watson all on his own, though he had that wispy "mustache of closeted homosexuality" we all know from British dramas.
The hound could compete with the wolves in The day after tomorrow when it comes to bad CGI. Sheesh.
Why do I still watch all the Holmes movies I can find? It always disappoints me. Well, except The great mouse detective which is awesome, everybody knows that.
This is to this day my favourite Holmes illustration; By Sidney Paget for Silver Blaze. When I was younger (so much younger than today) I was bored and used to look up in the encyclopedia at random names I half-remembered, and when I got to Sherlock Holmes, this was the picture I saw. This is the picture that made me read the stories.
Well, now I plan to go brush my teeth (ZOMG NEARLY OVERSLEPT FOR BREAKFAST), go for a walk, take a shower, and then go back to my Wire in the blood book (how they managed to make such a great TV adaption from such a lousy series of books I will never know. It didn't stop me from reading until 3 am though *ashamed*.
My trusty sidekick Watson walked on in
"Wassup Holmes!" "Whats-on?" "Theres a man here to see you"
"Jimmy Mortimer, it's a pleasure to meet you"
Yup, so it took me four days before my stone-walled cell reached a temperature that fitted a living enviroment. Putting your trousers on while you're still wearing your slippers is difficult, but I made it damnit. And thankfully Tor the janitor had already plugged in my radiator before I came back which I'm really glad he did, though I'm still struggling with the whole "a man locked himself into my cell when I wasn't there"-thing. Ah, anyway the only dark secret he found out about me was that I had knitted a little cap for my teddy bear. And anyway, Tor the janitor is a really nice guy, always good for some chatting. And he has one elven ear, I'm not kidding, it looks better than anything in LOTR ever did. No wonder I like him.
Yesterday I watched The hound of the Baskervilles with Richard Roxburgh as Holmes.
Ah-one, two, three, four... *deep breath*
Why is it that in all newer Sherlock movies Holmes is always shooting up junk like it's coming out of fashion? I imagine it's the movie makers that are shocked to discover that Holmes used cocaine and morphine, and they think "Oh! That explains everything! We must tell this to the world!" and make him a mopy junky. If they're suddenly so interested in the Canon, why don't they try to read it for once? It's there, it's clearly written that Holmes would never, ever use drugs while on a (stimulating) case.
And Holmes would never panic in a mud-pit. So thar!
Richard Roxburgh was not my Holmes. Though Holmes for once was portrayed with some of the humour in the books, Roxburgh was a bit too... masculine. I like my Holmes long-limbed and just a bit effeminate. Roxburgh did a good job, and was of course way, way better than Rupert Everett in The case of the silk stocking.
ZOMG, wasn't Hart's Watson whiny! "I don't trust you, you never tell me anything, wah wah wah". Emo Watson was not my thing. I guess he was a tolerable Watson all on his own, though he had that wispy "mustache of closeted homosexuality" we all know from British dramas.
The hound could compete with the wolves in The day after tomorrow when it comes to bad CGI. Sheesh.
Why do I still watch all the Holmes movies I can find? It always disappoints me. Well, except The great mouse detective which is awesome, everybody knows that.
This is to this day my favourite Holmes illustration; By Sidney Paget for Silver Blaze. When I was younger (so much younger than today) I was bored and used to look up in the encyclopedia at random names I half-remembered, and when I got to Sherlock Holmes, this was the picture I saw. This is the picture that made me read the stories.
Well, now I plan to go brush my teeth (ZOMG NEARLY OVERSLEPT FOR BREAKFAST), go for a walk, take a shower, and then go back to my Wire in the blood book (how they managed to make such a great TV adaption from such a lousy series of books I will never know. It didn't stop me from reading until 3 am though *ashamed*.
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Date: 2007-01-07 07:07 pm (UTC)Holmes? Panic? The closest I can remember is him grabbing Watson's hand when he saw that baboon in SPEC.
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Date: 2007-01-08 07:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-07 07:41 pm (UTC)Actually, I haven't seen any of the Holmes movies, with the result that none of the actors I've seen in screencaps, icons, etc. even come close to how I imagine Holmes or Watson looking. That Paget illustration, though, is wonderful. Actually, I've loved most of the Paget illustrations I've seen around -- they tend to picture Holmes just as you (and Doyle) describe him: long-limbed and just a bit effeminate. ;)
I may have to try making an icon from that picture now...
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Date: 2007-01-08 07:53 am (UTC)That is an icon I'd like to see :-D