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Basil4Life — The Best of Holmes and Watson
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I was in Middle School when I was first introduced to Sherlock Holmes by one of my friends after he noticed that I was a huge fan of the Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective. Before that, I have heard of the great detective himself but I never knew he was only a fictional character created by one brilliant author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He began telling me about the 1984 series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke as Victorian London's dynamic duo.
He lent me the first season, which he had on DVD and I was hooked from then on. It was the beginning of my High School career that I introduced myself to Conan Doyle's stories. My father actually asked me if I read anything else since I always checked out the Sherlock Holmes books. That is if I wasn't reading Michael Crichton's (sp?) Jurassic Park, Lost World: Jurassic Park (both really good books by the way), or any Stephen King books (some advice: DO NOT READ IT AT NIGHT!).
Years later, I realized that there was an earlier series of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathborne (whom also, I found out many years later, did the voice of Sherlock Holmes in The Great Mouse Detective and that they named the mouse version of the great detective after him) and Nigel Bruce. I can actually say that this was the only thing in black and white that I did not fall asleep to. It was simply outstanding.
Then of course, we all know about the 2009 film directed by Guy Ritchie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law whom in my opinion (I know others will say otherwise), did an amazing job with these two memorable roles. I was not disappointed at all.
Finally, we come to the new 21st century series version of the duo in BBC-One's Sherlock, which sadly has only given us three outstanding episodes. Also, please tell me that I am not the only one who thinks that Cumberbatch and Freeman are both HOT! I'm serious, with every new Holmes feature, they just get more and more attractive
!So anyways, I decided to create this as a dedication to not only these memorable characters whom we all know and love, but also to the talented men who, in their own way, brought them to life. Hope you like it. Also please comment.
Basil Rathborne and Nigel Bruce © 1939 Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Studios
Jeremy Brett and David Burke © 1984 Granada Television
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law © 2009 Warner Bros.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman © 2010 BBC Television
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Comments: 31
Hello, loved your banner, do you think I could post it on Tumblr? with credits to you and your devianart site, of course
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Haha, thanks. Actually, I've been meaning to add it to mine but I keep forgetting to do so.
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and... does that mean that I can or can't? xD
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Can't. 
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Oh, ok ^^ and do you think you could give the link so that I can rebblog it?
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Sure, here's a link to my page.
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Amazing! Can I share it in this Sherlock page? [link]
Btw, I've watched few versions of Brett, and he was pretty good : )
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Sure, no problem at all.
Oh, Jeremy Brett, to me was the best Holmes. I love them all, but he was the one I watched when I was first introduced to Sherlock Holmes.
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would you believe i never even liked sherlock holmes? my family invited me to watch RDJ's version and I didn't want to, then later, i became hooked on holmes... o.o
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Really? Wow, that's funny. I seriously thought that Holmes was real. No one told me much until I was older, so for roughly ten years I believed he was once a real person.
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oh my gosh this is magnificient!! I love and respect all these men 
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you're welcome : } I've seen all of them except the Sherlock tv series.
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It's a very good series, with of course a modern twist. The second season is supposed to air sometime in October of this year, but that will only be in the UK. I don't know when it'll air in the States. It's a series worth watching.
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Cool. I'll have to check it out then : }. I grew up on the Jeremy Brett series : D
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So did I, but I love them all.
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They're just getting younger and younger from one interpretation to the next! Soon will have teenage Holmes and Watson! XD
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Thank you! Also thanks for the 
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you're welcome. Sherlock Holmes rules!
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Oh, I love this! I love them all soo much!
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Thank you so much. Well, there are actors you like and others you don't. Nigel Bruce is my least favorite but I respect him no matter what.
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Very true.
As Holmes, my favorite is Jeremy Brett. No doubt.
Though I've been pleasantly astonished by Cumberbatch's performance. IT will be fun to see more of him. ^_^
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Oh I know, by far Jeremy Brett is my favorite as well. Even though a lot of SH fans would probably say otherwise, but I also loved Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and his aspect of him as well. I also agree with you with Cumerbatch's performance. I hope they come out with more episodes. I hated that they ended the last episode with that blasted cliffhanger.
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I dunno what to think about RDJ's interpretation. On one hand, it's really good cuz he's an amazing actor/person and the way he's revived Holmes is kinda cool. And that he played him as gay is a BIG plus. (Like, FINALLY!)
But, as we've seen from the popularity in BBC's series, if they had made him more Holmesy I think it would have been better.
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B&W Hottness to the max! 
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Lol, needed to compose yourself huh? Well the first two were already in B&W so I changed the other two to match. I love how it came out *lovey sigh*. Also, thank you and thanks for the 
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