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 :-)
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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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