221B Baker Street, S1ep2; mild spoilers
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Russian 221B Baker Street only took two episodes to fall into the same cliche that grinds my teeth about Every. Single. Other. Modern. Adaptation. But I will forgive it because Russian Watson just became a bigger badass than Jude Law or Martin Freeman. Combined!
Obligatory disclaimer: Absolutely loaded with the racism of an empire at war in the Middle East. Don't make a drinking game out of hearing "white man's burden"; you'll get smashed. I am glad to say that it gets addressed in a period-appropriate manner. (And, for those counting canon nods, without the use of a yellow mask.)
Episode 2, subtitled in Engl-ish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCtuJGpuco
Obligatory disclaimer: Absolutely loaded with the racism of an empire at war in the Middle East. Don't make a drinking game out of hearing "white man's burden"; you'll get smashed. I am glad to say that it gets addressed in a period-appropriate manner. (And, for those counting canon nods, without the use of a yellow mask.)
Episode 2, subtitled in Engl-ish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCtuJGpuco
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Date: 2014-01-26 07:48 am (UTC)I'll get over it :-)
XWA
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Date: 2014-01-26 01:01 pm (UTC)He takes a little getting used to - he's the youngest and most hyperactive of the Holmses in my opinion, but I'm growing to like him.
Watson, on the other hand, is now my favorite Watson, hands down.
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Date: 2014-01-26 06:02 pm (UTC)I like this Holmes a lot. He's got the same manic energy as Cumberbatch, but is less abrasive and contemptuous toward people who aren't him.
Never seeing Mycroft's face was a nice touch.
Is there any information available on these actors?
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Date: 2014-01-26 06:17 pm (UTC)I liked that we never saw Mycroft's face - made him a ton creepier. And this Mycroft is cree-py! His relationship with Sherlock practically makes Mark Gatiss' depiction look like a big cuddly teddy bear.
I also find this Holmes interesting. Unlike canonical Holmes and the modern adaptations, he obviously hasn't shut down all emotion in favor of deduction. He's a bundle of emotion, he's travelled, and he very obviously tried to have a standard emotional relationship with Irene - which she equally obviously ruined not by outwitting him but by breaking his heart with betrayal.
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Date: 2014-01-27 07:44 am (UTC)Girl Meets Sherlock review: http://girlmeetssherlock.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/russian-sherlock-review-baker-street-221b/
Both of these at least give the names of the actors. Sadly, one of them also refers to the actor playing Watson as "the late".
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Date: 2014-01-27 09:47 pm (UTC)