I'm not much of a Crawford fan (too many memories of that wire hanger) but I enjoyed the spy film last night.
Across to Singapore -- a silent with Ramon Novarro -- is waiting on the TiVo.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Fred Pete - Aug 23, 2005 11:13:53 am PDT #1243 of 3301
Ann, that's a ferret.
Ginger - Aug 23, 2005 11:20:48 am PDT #1244 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not a fan of the Basil Rathbone Holmes, and in particular, I hate the way they portray Watson. To me, Jeremy Brett is the One True Holmes (and I saw him in a Sherlock Holmes play in London).
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2005 11:29:47 am PDT #1245 of 3301
brillig
I hate the way they portray Watson
wrod. Watson may not have been on Holmes' intellectual level, but he wasn't a bumbling doofus.
JenP - Aug 23, 2005 11:33:36 am PDT #1246 of 3301
Edited. Wrong thread.
Also? Go Book Club thread!
Kathy A - Aug 23, 2005 11:35:26 am PDT #1247 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I liked the recent BBC HotB, with Richard Roxburgh (the Count in Moulin Rouge) as Holmes and Ian Hart as Watson. The younger versions of the characters were more in line with their book ages, and Hart was excellent in a more nuanced characterization of Watson than you normally see.
Wolfram - Aug 23, 2005 12:22:06 pm PDT #1248 of 3301
Visilurking
wrod. Watson may not have been on Holmes' intellectual level, but he wasn't a bumbling doofus.
Ever seen Without a Clue with Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine?
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2005 12:27:18 pm PDT #1249 of 3301
brillig
Ever seen Without a Clue with Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine?
Snerk! Yes!
Kathy A - Aug 23, 2005 12:31:18 pm PDT #1250 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Never even heard of it, but I like the plot line on the IMDB page: "A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective - Dr Watson."
My favorite cinematic Holmeses:
Jeremy Brett
Basil Rathbone
Christopher Plummer (James Mason was an excellent Watson to his Holmes)
Nicol Williamson (a very close fourth)
And an honorary Gold Star to Bill Pullman as Darryl Zero.
beekaytee - Aug 23, 2005 1:18:26 pm PDT #1251 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
I heart The Zero Effect muchly.
Deena - Aug 23, 2005 2:41:58 pm PDT #1252 of 3301
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I can no longer read a Sherlock Holmes story without hearing Basil Rathbone's voice.
The stories are up here: [link]
Please do your best to try to break the links before we start reading so I can make sure everything works properly.