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I need to do this. But oh my, Brett IS Holmes. Screw everyone else. You know he was the man when Ian McKellan borrows some of his traits.
I never doubted that anyway, but it sure was nice of McKellen (and a *huge* compliment) to confirm it in this way! :)
I think that is why I stopped watching the Cumberbatch version, at least in part. A huge part of it was how they did Irene Adler (totally agree with the award for her), but also Cumberbatch wasn't Holmes, even in an alternate view. In some ways, Elementary is closer to Brett's Holmes, which is strange because it is even a more radical departure from Doyle.
Cumberlatch isn't Holmes -- and Martin Freeman isn't Watson, which to me is almost as crucial. That's another thing I love about the series starring Jeremy Brett ... both David Burke and Edward Hardwicke, in their own (not so totally different) ways, "nailed" the Dr. Watson of the books.
Brett = Holmes. No question. Also, Day of the Jackal....it HAS to be Edward Fox. :)
Who else?? :)
Oh wow, thank you! :) And yes, "Romeo and Juliet" is one of my all-time favorite songs, too -- I'm a huge fan of Mark Knopfler anyway.
"Making Movies," "Alchemy," "On the Night," "A Night in London," "Private Investigations" -- and ... ?
Ah yes, of course. :)
excellent post! bravissima! :)
Thank you! :)
No problem -- always good to listen to! :)
The actual recording is the same, but -- listening to the two versions back to back just now -- I think the version on "Private Investigations" is mastered slightly differently. (For verification purposes, I've also listened to my own all-time favorite, "Brothers in Arms," back to back on both the original album and on "Private Investigations," and it's the same there -- especially the thunderstorm at the beginning of the song is more pronounced on "Private Investigations.")
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