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I said the Star Trek reboot was good, but not great, and I both stand by that and look forward to where it goes in the future.

I would now like to give an example of another, older franchise being reimaged, but in a manner which really makes me cringe ...



I would not be surprised to hear that this Holmes is the illegitmate son of van Helsing and Queen Elizabeth, with Dr. Watson as the secret head of the Knights Templar and Professor Moriarty as the Antichrist. It just has that sort of vibe to it.

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Date: 2009-05-19 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krinndnz.livejournal.com
I'm with you: that looks pretty spectacularly stupid. At least Holmes is a public-domain character now, so there can be other works that aren't, um, winceworthy.

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Date: 2009-05-20 02:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicodemusrat.livejournal.com
*groans* God, I know... I'm a big Holmes fan but I think that, just maybe, I'll skip this rendition...

I miss Jeremy Brett suddenly.

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Date: 2009-05-20 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kenshinwolf.livejournal.com
I will admit that this looks far more action/comedy oriented than any Sherlock Holmes story I ever read, and Guy Ritchie isn't exactly a master of thought provoking character studies, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now and assume that maybe this is just a really misleading trailer designed to appeal to the "average" moviegoer. You know, idiots.

At the very least, I love Downey too much to think he'd willingly sign up for anything that bad. Well... except for Alley McBeal, but he managed to get kicked off of that with his street cred intact.

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Date: 2009-05-20 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysengrin.livejournal.com
I'd have been more interested if it was about the exploits of a pair of (until now) unknown Scotland Yard detectives with maybe a serving of Holmes on the side.

Then I could unashamedly enjoy Victorian-style Miami Vice :)

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Date: 2009-05-20 09:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xsg.livejournal.com
Here's one I'm anxiously awaiting: http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/

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Date: 2009-05-20 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysengrin.livejournal.com
Hmmm ... has possibilities ...

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