Most of the reviews I've seen about it have been lukewarm. That was the first overtly hostile review I've seen.
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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Tom Scola - May 20, 2009 10:35:05 am PDT #1606 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
amych - May 20, 2009 10:37:44 am PDT #1607 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I thought the previews looked absolutely godawful, but that's the first review I've seen.
§ ita § - May 20, 2009 10:47:40 am PDT #1608 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found the trailer perplexing. And damn, does Brad Pitt look old. He deages pretty well, for things like Benjamin Button. But he's had those lines forever.
DavidS - May 20, 2009 10:53:15 am PDT #1609 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But he's had those lines forever.
That's what he gets for walking around Africa saving little kids. Hey, Guero! SPF a thousand!
Strega - May 20, 2009 10:55:16 am PDT #1610 of 30000
Also Jujitsu. And after someone showed off strength by tying a Poker into a knot, Holmes demonstrated his own stregnth by UNknotting it. So not just athletic, but freakishly strong. In short, a superhero.
Pedantry: Baritsu (or bartitsu). And there wasn't any knot-tying. Roylott bent the poker; Holmes straightened it out.
Jessica - May 20, 2009 10:55:39 am PDT #1611 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He deages pretty well, for things like Benjamin Button.
He had a little help there.
Tom Scola - May 20, 2009 11:02:57 am PDT #1612 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In any case, "baritsu" was considered to be too esoteric by Conan Doyle’s American editors, who further added to the confusion by substituting the word "jiujitsu" in the American editions of the story.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2009 11:11:03 am PDT #1613 of 30000
brillig
Roylott bent the poker; Holmes straightened it out
Loves my pedantic Holmes brethren and sistren.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2009 11:20:36 am PDT #1614 of 30000
brillig
So they're remaking Footloose. I bet they don't come back to Utah. For one thing, the mill they used is now smack dab in the middle of a strip mall, and the small town of Lehi has been suburbanized like whoa.
Still, it feels like a snub. I wonder if they'll recreate Hubby's role of Man Sleeping in Council Meeting/Man Sleeping in Church.
tommyrot - May 20, 2009 11:21:43 am PDT #1615 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.
I wonder if they'll recreate Hubby's role of Man Sleeping in Council Meeting/Man Sleeping in Church.
I bet they will, except they'll re-envision the character as "edgier."