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 To the point i never liked the why they had recently portay the new sherlock Holmes movies. while i do love Robert Downey acting i can't help but feel they had complectly miss the mark of what Sherlock Holmes turly was. Mine you he was never a fighting man but a man of great intellagent . it is one of the mine reason why he still love to this day. My favorite Holme was the one was played by Jeremy Bertt. who played the part of Holmes right up to his death in 1995. the show which was shown in the uk and in the US was well loved and still being wach today. Yet with my love for Jeremy Bertt portayal of Home i know the community have there own favorite actor  that played the roll of the great dective.

    so I aks the people of Manic Expression what's your favorite actor who everplayed Sherlock Holme. better yet what is your favorite movie of TV show you had seen about his great adventure. I really like know as while as your own opinions on why is so love to this day. have fun with this discussion, and places Express Yourslef

Benedict Cumberbatch hands down. There is no 2 ways about it, he is Sherlock Holmes. Likewise the BBC TV series Sherlock is the single greatest adaption of his work.

And while I've read all the short stories and novels, my favourites are

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (cos I love Mycroft)

The Final Problem (predicatable I know, but at least it shakes up the bloody formula a bit)

The Adventure of the Dying Detective.

And the one where Sherlock is the narrator (not the one about the poisioned sea plant thingy, the other one).

But while I love the stories if you're read one you've pretty much read them all

Actually, Holmes was an amateur boxer in the novels....I'm actually a sucker for Basil Rathbone's portrayal of the supersleuth, my friend.  Peace.

I've always had a tremendous fondness for THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER, which introduced me to Holmes. If I recall correctly, THE DANCING MEN was next. Two brilliant stories to start with.

Of all the actors we've had do Holmes over the years, Brett, Rathbone, and Cumberbatch are by far my favourites. It's hard picking one of the three because of my love for the stories as *stories*-- Brett's done the most faithful versions to the stories so I often go with him if forced to choose. Rathbone's movies had a Dr. Watson who was nothing like the one in the stories, plus he even investigated Nazis at one point. Cumberbatch's stories are very witty ones that make allusions to the original tales but with the exception of the pilot episode never follow them too closely.

I liked both Jeremy Brett's and Benedict Cumberbatch's performances, because both shows were extremely faithful to the original books in tiny details, although they did it in different ways. But if I had to choose only one, I would pick Jeremy Brett, for he portrayed the gentlemanlike features of Sherlock Holmes shown in the book while Benedict Cumberbatch was very mean and manipulative.

And I think Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming 2012 drama "Elementary" from CBS will be the worst performance of the character EVER. The show completely abadons the whole idea and character of Sherlock Holmes. It would simply be like carelessly mixing CSI, House M.D., Columbo, BBC Sherlock, Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock, and Monk all togehter in a blender without thinking of what the result would taste like.

You know what, I've seen the previews, and as terribly uninspired and dull as the premise seems... I think Miller's Holmes seems quite promising! Certainly not a performance to rank among the Big Three (from what I can tell) but definitely something to make the quagmire worth wading through.

 when  is the tv show coming out?

The "Elementaty" comes out in September.

is it only comming up in Canida or will it also be on us cannels as well same cable a dish network do carrye CBS.

Jason on the House at July 15, 2012 at 6:27 AM

I liked both Jeremy Brett's and Benedict Cumberbatch's performances, because both shows were extremely faithful to the original books in tiny details, although they did it in different ways. But if I had to choose only one, I would pick Jeremy Brett, for he portrayed the gentlemanlike features of Sherlock Holmes shown in the book while Benedict Cumberbatch was very mean and manipulative.

And I think Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming 2012 drama "Elementary" from CBS will be the worst performance of the character EVER. The show completely abadons the whole idea and character of Sherlock Holmes. It would simply be like carelessly mixing CSI, House M.D., Columbo, BBC Sherlock, Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock, and Monk all togehter in a blender without thinking of what the result would taste like.

What drama are you talking about? I can't recall it.

Oh no wait now I can. It's some guy who happened to be named Sherlock by coincedence solving murders (since he is nothing like the canon version). And they made Watson a woman so that it's 'okay' for there to be sexual tension between them. Christ are Americans that much of pussies that they can't bare the thought of a little sexual tension between two male leads? It annoys me so much.

His name is John Watson. Even an idiot knows that kinda automatically makes him a man >.<

Ratin8tor at July 16, 2012 at 4:23 PM

Jason on the House at July 15, 2012 at 6:27 AM

I liked both Jeremy Brett's and Benedict Cumberbatch's performances, because both shows were extremely faithful to the original books in tiny details, although they did it in different ways. But if I had to choose only one, I would pick Jeremy Brett, for he portrayed the gentlemanlike features of Sherlock Holmes shown in the book while Benedict Cumberbatch was very mean and manipulative.

And I think Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming 2012 drama "Elementary" from CBS will be the worst performance of the character EVER. The show completely abadons the whole idea and character of Sherlock Holmes. It would simply be like carelessly mixing CSI, House M.D., Columbo, BBC Sherlock, Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock, and Monk all togehter in a blender without thinking of what the result would taste like.

What drama are you talking about? I can't recall it.

Oh no wait now I can. It's some guy who happened to be named Sherlock by coincedence solving murders (since he is nothing like the canon version). And they made Watson a woman so that it's 'okay' for there to be sexual tension between them. Christ are Americans that much of pussies that they can't bare the thought of a little sexual tension between two male leads? It annoys me so much.

His name is John Watson. Even an idiot knows that kinda automatically makes him a man >.<

Yeah, sorry about that.....I'm not a tv or film producer, so it's not my fault as an American.  You know, the first James Bond film was a tele-film produced for CBS based on Casino Royale.  In it, Bond was Jimmy Bond, and American......yeah, that one was swiftly forgotten and then Terrence Young brought a young Sean Connery into the role on the silver screen and the rest is history.  I don't know why American producers like to take a British franchise and re-imagine it for an American asthetic(euphamism, I know....).  Sometimes it works(3 Men and a Baby comes immediately to mind as the remake of 3 Men and a Cradle........Or The Birdcage, which was a remake of La Cage Au Falles-and yeah, I know I just butchered that spelling......)

And sometimes it doesn't......American Red Dwarf(which only shot the pilot which was never aired on U.S. TV-THANK GOD!) remake of Red Dwarf the classic from the BBC.

I'll not prejudge the new Sherlock Holmes until I've seen it.  Peace.

@Jockerlee77 I think it will be aired on both Canada and US.

@Ratin8tor I couldn't agree more.  I bet some time during the show "Joan" Watson and Sherlock Holmes would end up in a bed together, ugh. At least RDJ's Sherlock Holmes got a few things faithful to the canon, but this destroys EVERYTHING. 

@Les I didn't know about that, and thanks for the interesting info. Another US remake that make me mad is Life on Mars US version. Its remake in US completely blew up the brilliant characters, haunting clues and stories from the original. Check out the original series from BBC, it's really interesting.

Jason on the House at July 17, 2012 at 1:35 PM

@Jockerlee77 I think it will be aired on both Canada and US.

@Ratin8tor I couldn't agree more.  I bet some time during the show "Joan" Watson and Sherlock Holmes would end up in a bed together, ugh. At least RDJ's Sherlock Holmes got a few things faithful to the canon, but this destroys EVERYTHING. 

@Les I didn't know about that, and thanks for the interesting info. Another US remake that make me mad is Life on Mars US version. Its remake in US completely blew up the brilliant characters, haunting clues and stories from the original. Check out the original series from BBC, it's really interesting.

 i agree i really do not know why Us studios Think by making these grat fictional heros more like action stars and not what it ment to be begain with. mine you i do not mind a upgrade every now and then but soemthime they go wayover broad on the matter. while i geust i have to wait and see what they do in the 3rd Sherlock Holmes movie is  working on as we speack.

 I love Robert Downey, Jr. acting but the WB portary o him is hard to shallow.