“Ologies,” the first episode of QI’s O Series.
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Just watched those, like last night & night before (we tend to binge on a single series at a time . . . but slowly).
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Ditto. And ditto.
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Doctor Who fans experiencing Capaldi withdrawal might like Jon Pertwee:
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Now we’re going through Elementary, last season. I so love Holmes & Watson in their many guises. (Though not Sherlock with Cenedict Bandersnatch so much. The stories are a little too weird for my taste. I do like Martin Freeman as Watson, though.)
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wow, funny – the Cumberbatch/Freeman pairing is my favorite take on Holmes & Watson, hands down.
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To each his own!
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I watched it last night and I second that recommendation.
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Great premise, great cast, sadly mediocre script.
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Ah yes, saw that years ago. And you’re right the cast was great but the story not so much.
I love Michael Caine though. My favorites of his are Educating Rita and Deathtrap.
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I liked the first couple of seasons, but I thought the last season was terrible. I don’t intend to watch any more unless I hear rave reviews from a number of independent sources.
I know his interpretation was…well… unique, but to me, weird, twitchy Jeremy Brett was the definitive Sherlock Holmes.
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I just finished watching Trapped on Netflix. It’s a great little Icelandic noir—murder and corruption in a small Icelandic town cut off by a blizzard. Ten episodes.
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I liked this one.
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I’ve debated getting that one for my father, who’s a big Holmes fan… but since it’s looking more at the end of Sherlock’s life, I wasn’t sure if it would be too depressing or downbeat. What do you think?
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It could be. Maybe watch it first then decide.
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Let’s not forget…
…well, it’s not that good. It’s a joy to see Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn being loony together, and scenes with Leo McKern as Moriarty and Dom DeLouise are bonkers, but a classic it’s not.
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Wasn’t Mycroft Sherlock’s smarter brother?
Did he have two smarter brothers?
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Gene Wilder plays his “actually” smarter brother, Sigerson Holmes. The movie oddly forgets all about Mycroft and “Siggy” Holmes spends most of the movie trying to get Madeline Kahn in bed, not solve crimes. It’s a very silly film.
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This is pretty well known, but just in case someone hasn’t seen it:
Recreating from memory, there is one great blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene from this movie. Holmes and Watson are visiting Sigmund Freud:
Watson: "Holmes, there is no time to lose! A woman is in danger!"
Holmes (distracted): “Women are always dangerous, Watson.”
[Cut to reaction shot: Significant glance from Freud.]
Another Holmes-related flick with a wonderful performance by George C. Scott:
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I think I remember this one. It’s silly indeed, which is why I liked it.
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