221B Baker Street, S1ep2; mild spoilers

[neadods]

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

Comments

[xwingace]

I've been meaning to watch this ever since your first post about Russian Holmes. Just got around to starting now. And I have a little trouble getting around Holmes' (or at least the actor playing him)'s resemblance to John Simm... it's distracting.

I'll get over it :-)

XWA

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Kind of sickening how contemporary whatshisname's speech sounds; it could have been ripped from any of several hundred right-wing blogs (or the comments on any SYG news story) nearly verbatim. I was very glad to hear Watson's rebuttal. And it's really difficult to do canon-period Holmes without the racism -- the era was steeped in it.

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?