Ha! I love Paul Bettany, but my sister just Skyped me (she's the one that gave me the trailer URL) that she'd only want him in as a hound of Baskerville.
K-razy people!
(I love Rhind-Tutt, but he is funny looking).
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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§ ita § - May 19, 2009 4:05:27 pm PDT #1563 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - May 19, 2009 4:14:10 pm PDT #1564 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There is so much I want to get behind in that Holmes movie, but I don't know. Maybe if I can pretend they are saying different names, and not Holmes/Watson.
Yeah, that looks like a fun movie, but it doesn't seem like Sherlock Holmes to me.
Jesse - May 19, 2009 4:14:39 pm PDT #1565 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
While I have no doubt Ritchie made it as actiony as he remotely could, I'm on board with beefing Watson and Holmes up more, like the books seem to have them.
Oh sure. But shirtless boxing? [Also,] Is it later in time than the books?
If that means they need to indulge in some man-loving, well, these things do happen.
Oh yeah, I'm fine with that.
I also get a little creeped out seeing RDJ play more addicts.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 4:17:57 pm PDT #1566 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But shirtless boxing?
Holmes was a fighter, apparently. I don't know if shirtless is true to the period. But people should pander to me more, so I'm not going to say anything.
I also get a little creeped out seeing RDJ play more addicts.
There is that. Iron Man II is on the way, and I think they're supposed to deal with his alcoholism in it.
Barb - May 19, 2009 4:18:50 pm PDT #1567 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
(I love Rhind-Tutt, but he is funny looking).
He is rather... distinctive. But that speaking voice! OMG... he's one of those who could just read the phone book to me and I'd be happy.
Dana - May 19, 2009 4:19:43 pm PDT #1568 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But shirtless boxing?
The boxing is canonical, at least, though I don't know about the shirtlessness.
[Also,] Is it later in time than the books?
The Sherlock Holmes stories covered a pretty big amount of time. Technically, if Irene Adler is in the movie, it would be quite early in the canon, but something makes me suspect this movie does not have both feet in canon.
Barb - May 19, 2009 4:19:55 pm PDT #1569 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I don't know if shirtless is true to the period.
If you see boxing posters from the late Victorian era, the illos often have the boxers shirtless, wearing long, tight trousers tucked into shin-high boots.
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tommyrot - May 19, 2009 4:23:50 pm PDT #1570 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
the boxers shirtless, wearing long, tight trousers tucked into shin-high boots.
Huh. That's a look I hope gets revived.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 4:26:32 pm PDT #1571 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - May 19, 2009 4:29:51 pm PDT #1572 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, maybe not for him....