Sherlock Holmes

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blunthead

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Sorry, all, but Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are the one, the only, the epitome of perfection. All others are pale imitators, even Benedict Whatshisbatch.

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I loved every episode of the Brett series largely because they were the most faithful renditions of the original stories. Brett seemed just a bit too effeminate to me compared to how I read Holmes to be, but he was more charming as Holmes than in the books which was nice. He's probably my overall favorite onscreen Holmes. That TV show's original Watson, David Burke, was replaced or he quit. If he was replaced I assumed it was due to the fear of him and Holmes appearing as more than just a detective team, especially considering he was replaced by an older Watson (though in the books Holmes and Watson are approximately the same age). That show's production was really superb.

I've seen only a couple of the Cumberbatch episodes but really enjoy the clever modernization. My all-time favorite screen Sherlock Holmes story is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.
 

blunthead

Well-Known Member
Aug 2, 2006
80,755
195,461
Atlanta GA
Sorry, all, but Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are the one, the only, the epitome of perfection. All others are pale imitators, even Benedict Whatshisbatch.

I loved every episode of the Brett series largely because they were the most faithful renditions of the original stories. Brett seemed just a bit too effeminate to me; he's not written that way at all, but Brett was more charming and had much more personality than Holmes in the books which was nice. He's probably my overall favorite onscreen Holmes. That TV show's original Watson, David Burke, was replaced (with Hardwicke) or he quit. If he was replaced I assumed it was due to the fear of him and Holmes appearing as more than just a detective team, especially considering he was replaced by an older Watson (though in the books Holmes and Watson are approximately the same age). That show's production was really superb.

I've seen only a couple of the Cumberbatch episodes but really enjoy the clever modernization. My all-time favorite screen Sherlock Holmes story is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

[Sorry for the repeat post. I'm having difficulty with the browser Safari in that sometimes I can't edit my posts. I need to get in the habit of using Firefox which is not giving me the problem.]