agilebrit: (Giggle)
agilebrit ([personal profile] agilebrit) wrote2009-05-18 07:16 pm

Okay, right now?

I am DEAD OF SQUEE. SQUEEING MY PANTS.

Why, you ask?

Well. Because of this:



OMG Y'ALL IT'S THE SHERLOCK HOLMES TRAILER IS IT DECEMBER 25 YET OMG *THUD*

[identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com 2009-05-19 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, now, Sherlock went out and got his hands dirty. He was an expert in the martial art of bartitsu, and Watson said that he saw Holmes beat McMurdo (the guy he's fighting there in the pit) in a boxing match. It wasn't all pipes and drawing rooms and deerstalker hats.

And Doyle wouldn't actually care:

When William Gillette was considering how to approach writing a Sherlock Holmes play, he thought it well to provide a love interest for Holmes. Audiences loved romance.

Gillette wired Doyle for his permission: "May I marry Holmes?"

Doyle responded, "You may marry, or murder, or do what you like with him."


And I have full faith and confidence that the movie will be splendid. Whether it collides with The Canon or slides into it. :)

[identity profile] baron-waste.livejournal.com 2009-05-19 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)

Well, at least you spelt it correctly, which Doyle did not...

And yes, I must amend my remarks: You may very well be right. Conan Doyle was perpetually aggrieved that people preferred his 'Holmes' stories to the historical adventure tales he really preferred to write, such as The White Company (an excellent story, by the way).


'I am afraid,' said I, rising, 'that in the pleasure of this conversation I am neglecting business of importance which awaits me elsewhere.'

Now, that's a line to remember.

[identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com 2009-05-19 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Robert Downey Jr. Handcuffed to a bed. This never ever gets old, no matter the context.

But then, I've never made a secret of the fact that I'm a drooling fangirl. ;)

Speaking of which, I should get back to torturing Ben.