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PBS "Sherlock Holmes" Updated for the 21st century
southendmd:
Thanks, Bruce.
Well, who knows when we'll get more of Benedict and Martin?
I had never heard of Jonny Lee Miller--IMDb says he was once married to Angeline Jolie. But Lucy Liu and Aidan Quinn? Sounds good to me.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on July 17, 2012, 07:33:56 pm ---I had never heard of Jonny Lee Miller--IMDb says he was once married to Angeline Jolie. But Lucy Liu and Aidan Quinn? Sounds good to me.
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I liked him in his brief stint on TV as Eli Stone, but the show didn't last very long.
Meryl:
Here's a link to a Tumblr blog about Benedict Cumberbatch. It sounds like his new series, "Parade's End," on the BBC is going to be a winner. 8)
http://cumberbatchweb.tumblr.com/day/2012/08/19
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: TOoP/Bruce on July 17, 2012, 03:11:31 pm ---It will get an Americanized update this fall with Jonathan Miller and Lucy Liu as Sherlock Holmes and Watson in "Elementary".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDVSxNycKc[/youtube]
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I just watched the premiere of Elementary, and it was personally painful for me. There was something disturbing about the pallid face of Jonny Miller that bothered me, but even more so was the fleeting expression that occasionally crossed his face that said "Oh dear, you've found me out." I often wanted to take Lucy Liu, playing Dr. Watson, aside and say, "Just walk away, now while you can". Then, when he (SPOILER ALERT) took her car keys and crashed her car into that of the villain, I...was hooked.
Jeff Wrangler:
I doubt Elementary will last more than one season. I cannot say that the debut episode disappointed me, but I wouldn't be watching the series in the first place if it weren't for Jonny Lee Miller--and him I absolutely loved as Sherlock Holmes. I consider him a worthy heir to the late Jeremy Brett, who for my money was the best Sherlock Holmes ever. I even thought that Lucy Liu made a pretty darn good female Watson. But my response to the show was muted at best.
I guess perhaps my muted response is based on the fact that for me, much of the attraction of the Sherlock Holmes stories is that they are for us period pieces--of course they weren't when Conan Doyle wrote them, transcribed them from Dr. Watson's memoirs, but they are now. In theory the idea of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes doesn't hold much attraction for me; I'd rather just watch C.S.I.
The other thing is that the situation that has brought Holmes and Watson together seems awfully contrived to me. Can you actually do that? Hire someone to babysit a recovering addict just out of rehab? And would you really send a woman to live with a man to do that for six months? ???
It was also kind of sad to see Aidan Quinn (Greggson) getting--all right, I'll say it--old, tired, and looking overweight in the face. :(
I would like to see Jonny Lee in a period Holmes piece. And I wonder who played what role in Holmes' session with that BDSM prostitute? 8)
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