Sherlock "The British Bad Ass" Holmes

The above picture is of Jeremy Brett, a British actor who played Sherlock Holmes in 41 adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous stories. I am not sure if those of you out there know that I am a BIG Sherlock Holmes fan. But not of any visual adaptation besides the Brett television show. I like the original stories and his show…that’s it. The other Holmes stuff is ok, not too bad. Basil did a good job, but non of these other adaptations were accurate of the real Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes was a brilliant man, second only to Mycroft (his smarter brother), but Mycroft was too lazy for police work, so he spent most of his time in gentleman’s club, and serving the government in various ways, while trying to maintain a leisurely life. Holmes, on the other hand, was active and craved mystery. When he didn’t get it, he would play his violin, or shoot up cocaine to keep himself sane. Most of the stories are told from Watson’s perspective, and he is usually in the dark about what’s going on. Holmes is sometimes rude, condescending and gets irritated with people’s stupidity and pretty dislikes women (they cant be trusted and are harder to read then men). Holmes only ever had one “love” interest and it went no where, because he doesn’t care to pursue such vices. This is the real Sherlock Holmes and we never really got him till Jeremy Brett.

Which brings me to the point of this article. The new Sherlock Holmes movie is coming soon with Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson. There is fighting, action, partial nudity and a lot of stupid comedy. Now I haven’t seen the movie, so I cant judge, but with all my knowledge about Holmes and how movies work today, it looks like we are gonna get nailed again with a stupid adaptation that is pointless and doesn’t pay any respect to the character Doyle created. But you never know, it may be a good movie, but I have serious concerns over the storyline and how “bad ass” they are gonna make Holmes.

PS: Holmes does know how to fight, but hardly ever does. I have seen him fight more times in this trailer, than in all the Jeremy Brett series put together.

J-KraKen