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Veritas · 2008-12-15 23:12:29

I'm a big Robert Downey Jr. fan. I knew he would play a great Tony Stark in Iron Man; not just a hero in a suit, but the arrogant, alcoholic millionaire, that tries to redeem himself by being a hero in a suit.

I just found out tht he will be in an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. This wont be your "elementary my dear Watson" Holmes, smoking a pipe and playing a violin. This is going to be the obsessive, heroin addict Holmes, who struggles to feel anything when not having a mystery to focus on.

Last edited by Veritas (2008-12-16 12:43:09)

Black Rose · 2008-12-16 00:55:48

This is slightly off-topic, but not really. I think the best Sherlock Holmes series I ever read was Laurie R. King's Mary Russell series, which starts with "The Beekeeper's Apprentice". It's kind of a "What Sherlock Holmes did after the Doyle novels" thing. He actually finds a female to respect and they have mysterious things to solve. They were really good.

Veritas · 2009-05-22 19:32:18

And here it is finally... the trailer

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/sherlockholmes/

Imagineer · 2009-05-25 18:24:02

It is... interesting. I suspect the Marketing department asked for the most straight-ahead action-adventure summer-blockbuster trailer possible, since the trailer is playing in front of straight-ahead action-adventure summer-blockbuster movies... but I bet the actual flick turns out to be a little quirkier than that, simply because of the director's (Guy Ritchie) work to date.

Neitherspace · 2009-05-28 02:47:32

its an interesting take on Holmes thought playing him as a slob is a new twist

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#1 2008-12-15 23:12:29

Downey is Holmes

#2 2008-12-16 00:55:48

Re: Downey is Holmes

#3 2009-05-22 19:32:18

Re: Downey is Holmes

#4 2009-05-25 18:24:02

Re: Downey is Holmes

#5 2009-05-28 02:47:32

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