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Watched the Richard Roxburgh version of Hound of the Baskervilles this evening, despite Jonathan's dire warnings that doing so would cause my head to explode/give me cancer/result in millions of David Blaine clones.

It wasn't that bad, once I got passed the whole 'Dude, that's Dracula...' thing with Roxburgh. The deep shock came near the end of the film, with the sudden realisation that Ian Hart, who plays Watson, is Quirrel from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Which wasn't as disturbing as the Moriarty/Homer Simpson thing, but did have the effect of throwing the entire film off-kilter.

(Incidentally, have decided that if the ACD characters were characters in the Simpsons, Watson would totally be Marge. Unless it's the Nigel Bruce version of Watson, in which case, he'd be Milhouse.)

Also: Richard E. Grant. In another Holmes film. And somehow, not playing Sherlock. How does this keep happening?

The CGI on the Hound was bad. Really bad. Like, worse than Underworld.

Watson was very... unWatsony. In a non-Sherlock Holmes film, I would have adored his character, but here it was just odd. Very odd.

Other than that, mildly entertaining, and yay for homoerotic bathing scenes, which as we all know, the world needs more of - I'm looking at you, Lord of the Rings.

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Milhouse? :) I'm definitely in two minds about that adaptation - the prize for worst Holmes committed to celuloid has to be Matt Frewer's (shudders). He was playing "mannerisms" rather than a character. I was waiting for the Holmes cliches to appear - Holmes wears a deerstalker, Holmes does wide-eyed stare... etc. etc. He must have been modelling himself on Rathbone but forgetting to give Holmes any personality :) I did hear that he thought Jeremy Brett's Holmes was cold (had he not seen "The Blue Carbuncle"?! (g) ) and tried to make his version more cheerful. Not that I noticed :)

I thought Ian Hart's Watson was a bit off - not sure why. Pimps icons Gratuitous bathing scenes you say? :)

YES! Turkish bath scene, I salute you! *steals icon*

Oh, Nigel Bruce's Watson would so be Milhouse. At first I was going to say Ralph, but then, who would Lestrade be? And Holmes would be Lisa. And yes, Mycroft would be Bart. Because I'm evil like a monkey.

I've not seen Matt Frewer as Holmes, sounds like one to avoid. I think the weirdest one was James D'Arcy in Case of Evil - it wasn't bad, it was just... really odd. Kind of like Ian Hart's Watson.

And speaking of gratiuitous bath scenes, woohoo for the Master Blackmailer! Which also backs up your point about Jeremy Brett's Holmes not being all that cold. Though Irish Plumber!Holmes is funny on all sorts of levels.

Incidentally, did you know that if you search Thesaurus.com for 'plumber', Sherlock Holmes comes up as a result?

Weird.

Always happy to oblige - just been looking at some of your later posts - having strange urges to add "Holmes in the bath" to tomorrow's icon post - I wonder why? :)

Lestrade would have to be Chief Wiggum and Moriarty has to be Sideshow Bob, being an evil genius and all that!

I've not seen the James D'Arcy one - I quite like the Ian Richardson Holmes, he's aesthetically perfect but a bit detached to be a great Holmes. Irish!Plumber Holmes!!! I do tend to watch the Granada series and start laughing for no apparent reason - dishevelled Holmes in his dressing gown in the Blue Carbuncle, Watson getting a fit of the giggles in the Red-Headed League - it's wonderful. I can't imagine Jeremy Brett playing Holmes as cold - just look at how he greets Watson in The Empty House - too cute.

Still haven't watched SH22 - will do though :)

Oh well, if Moriarty is Sideshow Bob, then Holmes has to be Bart. The red baseball cap can replace the deerstalker and the skateboard takes the place of the first-class carriages in trains.

I think the real question is, who will be Krusty the Clown?

I'm the same - many's the time that my housemates have stuck their head 'round the door to demand why I'm laughing, only to have me point at the TV and make some incoherent comment along the lines of 'He's such a bitch!'.

And don't forget his Irish Plumber!Hat. I want to see an adaptation where all of Holmes' "disguises" consist of him wearing different hats. Like Team Rocket in Pokemon.

Krusty the clown? Needs to have daddy issues - maybe Thaddeus Sholto from "Sign of Four"? I want to know who Mr Burns would be.

I've just remembered about Cross-Dressing!Holmes (I'm re-reading the canon and can't for the life of me remember which story it's from - or if I'm making this up!)

He's notorious for being good at putting on disguises so I bet he's got a collection of hats for: Groom!Holmes, Opium Den!Holmes etc. etc. :)