tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post1769787289352062651..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: UpdateRagnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-39366824333194879272011-09-02T06:25:01.940-04:002011-09-02T06:25:01.940-04:00Sally -- They don't ALL take the toilets, but....Sally -- They don't ALL take the toilets, but... househunting in Germany can be interesting. The base listings have an "amenities" section.<br /><br />YOS -- Yeah, those movies were fun but they missed so much of what's in there. I think you're right, though. And really, "Holmes is a Dick" is a VITAL prerequisite to understanding "Watson isn't an idiot" and "Lestrade ISN'T a Dick, and he's not a Blumbling Glory-Hound, Either". I think this casting in <i>Sherlock</i> might just totally redefine the character, though. Graves is one of the most fun people to watch.<br /><br />(I love Mycroft Holmes, but I wouldn't be unhappy if this un-canonical but iincredibly entertaining view of Sherlock's big brother AS Big Brother would catch on.)Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-75071625634665634762011-09-01T09:03:01.809-04:002011-09-01T09:03:01.809-04:00I finally got around to reading the Holmes canon o...I finally got around to reading the Holmes canon over the last year or two -- it was one of those situations where I hadn't realized that I <i>hadn't</i> read them yet.* There's a lot of sublte characterization in there that's only starting to seep into pop-culture consciousness after the one-dimensional Flanderization of the Rathbone-Bruce movies.<br /><br />"Holmes is a Dick" started seeping in at least as far back as Nicholas Meyers. "Watson isn't an Idiot" has just started to sink in. It looks like "Lestrade ISN'T a Dick, and he's not a Bumbling Glory-Hound, Either" is the next on the agenda; it was there in <i>Sherlock</i>, but not quite there in the Robert Downey, Jr. film.<br /><br /><br />*(Next up on that list: Robert E. Howard.)Your Obedient Serpenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133256640355844314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-47318527917432370232011-08-31T18:48:30.265-04:002011-08-31T18:48:30.265-04:00I thought that they just took their kitchens. I d...I thought that they just took their kitchens. I didn't realize that they took the toilets too! Isn't moving FUN?SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.com