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[neadods]

Via settiai: Trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows.

I have only one thing to say.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

I second your squee with a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Just hand me the DVD right now.

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

But where was Mycroft, dammit!! NEEDS MOAR MYCROFT.

Loved the generous balance of slash and BAMF.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Ritchie has certainly figured out what the fans want!

I think the reason why I'm so head over heels over this is the BAMF!Watson. There are so few truly "I was a trained killer once, do NOT fuck with me!" Watsons; it's so hard to reconcile with his much tamer sidekick role with Holmes. (Even the BBC Watson - who I love like pie - puts up with more from his Sherlock without kicking back than this Watson.)

[ponygirl72.livejournal.com]

With you on that. In my opinion, how Watson is treated makes or breaks a Holmes interpretation, and Jude Law is far and away my favorite Watson of all time. I think I may be alone in this opinion (at least among this group of people), but I rate Sherlock Holmes (2009) far above BBC Sherlock, mostly for this reason... and I'm saying that as someone who *really likes* BBC Sherlock.

Also, seconding the question, "Where is my Stephen Fry, dammit?".

[neadods.livejournal.com]

how Watson is treated makes or breaks a Holmes interpretation

In some ways, more than how Holmes is interpreted, IMO. Holmeses tend to be much of a muchness, whereas Watson gets spread over a wide range.

I rate Sherlock Holmes (2009) far above BBC Sherlock, mostly for this reason..

I wouldn't say far above, personally... John did shoot the cabbie, for instance, which was pretty kickass. But above? Yeah. Martin Freeman can kick ass. Jude Law is a badass. There's a difference.

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

Oh :(

I was all excited for a minute thinking it was a trailer for the BBC Sherlock.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I think when that one comes out, it'll merit three lines of squee... at which point I'll hyperventilate and pass out, but it'll have been worth it!

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

EEEeEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Wow!

[ziggychaos.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hooo!!!!

[ponygirl72.livejournal.com]

OMFG.

Is it December yet?

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How about now?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've been saying the same thing!

[not-hathor.livejournal.com]

YEAH, BAYBEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!



WOOT!!!!!!!

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Canonical it ain't... fun it is. I love good steampunk. SH in a dress IS canonical, though he was being an old woman and presumably had rather less slap on his face.

Of Jeremy Brett's Watsons, David Burke was good, but Edward Hardwicke was better, because he was more Holmes's equal, and didn't take much crap off him. Though he never actually slugged him, as Jude Law has done... but I'm sure he wanted to, a few times.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Canonical it ain't... fun it is.

If you squint really, really hard, you can get tiny little nuggets of canon out of the first movie. Which I enjoyed teasing out of the steampunkarama almost as much as I enjoyed the steampunk itself.

Edward Hardwicke was better, because he was more Holmes's equal, and didn't take much crap off him

I note with a certain amount of interest that the Watsons who are rating high on the fan lists are also the Watsons played by actors who are off-screen buddies with their Holmeses. (I hadn't known until he died, for instance, that Hardwick stood by Brett even while poor Brett broke down.) Actors may be able to imitate chemistry -- it is their job after all -- but in the end I agree with Moffat and Gatiss, the reason Holmes & Watson are immortal isn't really the mysteries, it's the friendship. And when a real one is able to shine though, I think it lifts Watson considerably.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

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