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PBS "Sherlock Holmes" Updated for the 21st century
southendmd:
OK, I just watched the pilot of "Elementary". A bit clunky at first, but it drew me in, sort of. It's missing both the wonderful manic energy and the subtlety of "Sherlock", and lacks its humor too. A pale comparison.
Lee, I thought the same thing! Lucy Liu should be Sherlock and JLM Watson. I like Aidan Quinn, but not his accent. Nice to see Dallas Howard--from "A Home at the End of the World"--as guest star.
Sorry, Jeff, I haven't seen your Jeremy Brett. Perhaps Netflix has it.
BTW, Elementary isn't on hulu, but I found it at cbs.com; ghastly website.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on September 28, 2012, 08:43:01 pm ---Sorry, Jeff, I haven't seen your Jeremy Brett. Perhaps Netflix has it.
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Oi! :o Several series of Sherlock Holmes stories with Brett as Holmes ran on Mystery! on PBS--produced by WGBH, your own home town PBS station. ;)
Try the PBS Web site. They are well worth viewing--and having in one's library.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: southendmd on July 17, 2012, 07:33:56 pm ---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.
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I thought I mentioned it somewhere on this thread but I can't find it. Jonny Lee Miller starred with Benedict in the National Theater production of Frankenstein back in the spring of 2011. It was filmed and showed in limited release in the US. I caught a showing. I'm sure Miller talked to Bene a great deal about how it was to play a modern day Sherlock and when Jonny got the opportunity to play Sherlock, he couldn't resist.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on September 29, 2012, 12:05:30 am ---I thought I mentioned it somewhere on this thread but I can't find it. Jonny Lee Miller starred with Benedict in the National Theater production of Frankenstein back in the spring of 2011. It was filmed and showed in limited release in the US. I caught a showing. I'm sure Miller talked to Bene a great deal about how it was to play a modern day Sherlock and when Jonny got the opportunity to play Sherlock, he couldn't resist.
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Yes, I remember that. Interesting turn of events.
Monika:
I mostly remember Jonny Lee Miller from the movie adaption of Jane Austen´s Mansfield Park. Not a great movie by any means
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