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lizbeeThere should be an ALL SHERLOCK HOLMES ADAPTATIONS EVER vid to the techno cover of "I've Been to a Marvellous Party". Mostly for the "Then Frieda arrived with a turtle" line.
(My definition of "ALL SHERLOCK HOLMES ADAPTATIONS EVER would include Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and that bit in Avatar: the Last Airbender where Sokka has a hat and a bubble pipe.)
(Oh, and SHINee's video for "Sherlock". Especially the bit where Taemin wears a travelling cloak with skinny jeans. SHUT UP, IT'S AMAZING.)
The problem is that I can't stand Jeremy Brett's face*, so someone else is going to have to do it.
* Yes, heresy, I know.
Next time I have a day off, someone remind me to scan the Japanese Sherlock Holmes magazine I bought in Tokyo. Idon't read a word of Japanese can only read the kanji for "soy", but the illustrations are amazing. There's a small number of Instagram pictures here.
(My definition of "ALL SHERLOCK HOLMES ADAPTATIONS EVER would include Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and that bit in Avatar: the Last Airbender where Sokka has a hat and a bubble pipe.)
(Oh, and SHINee's video for "Sherlock". Especially the bit where Taemin wears a travelling cloak with skinny jeans. SHUT UP, IT'S AMAZING.)
The problem is that I can't stand Jeremy Brett's face*, so someone else is going to have to do it.
* Yes, heresy, I know.
Next time I have a day off, someone remind me to scan the Japanese Sherlock Holmes magazine I bought in Tokyo. I
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Date: 2013-04-08 10:37 am (UTC)I am brimming with sympathy. While I know that Chris Pine looks a lot like William Shatner, I'm quite fond of Shatner's ridiculous face but Pine looks like a nasty ratty fellow and he makes my skin crawl.Thus all of new Trek is barred for me, regardless that everyone else is perfect and good.
It must be awful be flinching at the Brett visage because you can doubtless see that Granada Holmes is every kind of lovely and you don't get to have that because you can't exactly FF through the Brett bits.
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Date: 2013-04-08 12:20 pm (UTC)See, the episodes I tried to watch had that cheap, overly clean, badly lit look of every British production of the 1980s. Apparently I can tolerate it -- indeed, regard it with affection -- in Doctor Who, but it turns out to be a dealbreaker in actual proper TV.
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Date: 2013-04-08 12:36 pm (UTC)No, I mean Holmes is wonderful, both Watsons are wonderful, the knitted and crocheted wardrobe pieces are wonderful.
But you know, if Jeremy Brett's face is the deal-breaker then all the rest doesn't matter.
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Date: 2013-04-08 01:08 pm (UTC)My general solution for TV I want to watch, but not look at, is have it as background noise while I fold laundry. It might be worth a try for you, too.
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Date: 2013-04-08 01:27 pm (UTC)In all seriousness, the biggest reason I don't watch Elementary is because looking at Johnny Lee Miller annoys me. I'm just all "Go away, Johnny Lee Miller, be somewhere I can avoid looking at you!"
So I definitely know having that feeling about an actor (who plays Sherlock Holmes).
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Date: 2013-04-08 01:50 pm (UTC)The problem is that I can't stand Jeremy Brett's face
That is such a pity. I feel sorry for you.
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