Sherlock should be vaping

[HauntedMyst]

In the Cumberbatch/Freeman version (arguably the best updated version ever and perhaps the best representation of them both ever), Sherlock and Watson should be vaping instead of using patches supplemented with the occasional cigarette. Sherlock should be pushing a 100w box with 48mg nicotine with NET blends. Watson, being a military man, would go mechanical and should vape whatever he likes.

 

[Das Auto]

Hear! Hear!! Preach on!!

 

[Cheechako]

That's exactly what I thought when watching the program!
Holmes needs to vape.
Don't have to add I'm hooked on the show

 

[rico942]

The Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films are still fun to watch. These portrayals are locked in my mind permanently, as I enjoyed these movies on low budget UHF TV stations in the 70s long before reading any of the books ...

When Basil Rathbone goes "undercover", his talent for song and dance and vocal disguise is amazing ...

A vastly underrated British actor ...

 

[jseah]

That's exactly what I thought when watching the program!
Holmes needs to vape.
Don't have to add I'm hooked on the show

It would be so much better if the season wasn't just 3 episodes long and then you had to wait a year and a half to two years for the next season. And with Benedict Cumberbatch signing onto the Marvel universe as Doctor Strange, it could be a while before we see another season of Sherlock after this upcoming one.

 

[Cheechako]

They sure pack a lot of quality into those 3 episodes, quality writing, acting and direction!
Tried to get into "Elementry", but Lucy Liu just ruins it.

 

[HauntedMyst]

The Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films are still fun to watch.

True, they are the ones you think of when you think of the classic Holmes and Watson.

It would be so much better if the season wasn't just 3 episodes long and then you had to wait a year and a half to two years for the next season. And with Benedict Cumberbatch signing onto the Marvel universe as Doctor Strange, it could be a while before we see another season of Sherlock after this upcoming one.

True, however I did read an article recently where Cumberbatch said that because they are spread out and not produced like a regular series that he can't ever see them stopping making them. Lets hope Freeman, Gatiss and Moffat feel the same way.

 

[jseah]

True, however I did read an article recently where Cumberbatch said that because they are spread out and not produced like a regular series that he can't ever see them stopping making them. Lets hope Freeman, Gatiss and Moffat feel the same way.

Yeah, they said that because each episode is 90 minutes long rather than 60 minutes long (taking into account commercials), it is like filming a movie every time.

 

[lamarrk]

Moved to the Lounge.

 

[FantWriter]

The Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films are still fun to watch. These portrayals are locked in my mind permanently, as I enjoyed these movies on low budget UHF TV stations in the 70s long before reading any of the books ...

When Basil Rathbone goes "undercover", his talent for song and dance and vocal disguise is amazing ...

A vastly underrated British actor ...

He's one of my favorites!

Before Sherlock Holmes, he played detective Philo Vance in The Bishop Murder Case (1930).

Most people forget (or don't know) he was the main baddie (Sir Guy of Gisbourne) in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His sword fight with Errol Flynn is iconic.

He was the romantic lead in many movies like The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929).

In Tower of London (1939), he was the infamous sociopath Richard III, and he played the charmingly befuddled King Louis XI in If I were King (1938).

I think he was great even in his small roles in Bathing Beauty (1944) and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) (although, admittedly, not great enough to justify watching either one of those movies more than once).

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) has some of his movies scheduled:
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) APRIL 07
BATHING BEAUTY (1944) APRIL 14
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935) MAY 14
TOWER OF LONDON (1939) MAY 18

 

[dandellion]

Yeah, they said that because each episode is 90 minutes long rather than 60 minutes long (taking into account commercials), it is like filming a movie every time.

And they are 90mins because BBC is shoving a million pounds into each one. For that money they expected more than 60 mins of TV.

BTW, Sherlock should be coiling and mixing his own juices.

 

[WickedSick]

And they are 90mins because BBC is shoving a million pounds into each one. For that money they expected more than 60 mins of TV.

BTW, Sherlock should be coiling and mixing his own juices.

He should be a Grand master mixer

 

[rico942]

Quote Originally Posted by rico942
The Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films are still fun to watch.

A vastly underrated British actor ...

He's one of my favorites!

Then try to imagine THIS (from Wikipedia) ...

According to Hollywood legend, Rathbone was Margaret Mitchell's first choice to play Rhett Butler in the film version of her novel Gone with the Wind. The reliability of this story may be suspect, however, as on another occasion Mitchell chose Groucho Marx for the role, apparently in jest. Rathbone actively campaigned for the role, however, but to no avail.

 

[rico942]

This thread got me looking for other Sherlock Holmes series. Found a great one on the Roku channel "Pop Fiix", made in the early 50s, starring Ronald Howard, the son of Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind) ...

In this series, Holmes is somewhat more human, and Watson is a feisty character, as quick to throw a punch as to render a medical opinion ...

The show was so low budget that they used the some of the same guest stars week after week as different characters. But its a fun variation on a familiar theme ...

 

[Shirtbloke]

Holmes to Watson (The Red-Headed League).....
"It is quite a three millilitre problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."

 

[sonicbomb]

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