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Wheeeeeee!! It's Sherlock Holmes night tonight *bounces* A German tv channel shows two new Holmes movies - the BBC ones with Ian Hart as Watson - how cool is that? A YOUNG, HANDSOME Watson!! *is all excited* (I just hope I won't imagine him as Quirrell all the time) The first one is a non-canon story which is said to be rather silly, but OMG!! Rupert Everett as Holmes!! *dies* I can't wait for tonight! Although I'll tape it and watch it later. Then they'll show a documentary about Holmes and Watson, and then an adaptation of "The Hound Of The Baskervilles", this time with Richard Roxburgh as Holmes - hmm. Not exactly the way he's described, but he can still be convincing. Ronald Howard was a great Holmes, and he was blonde and rather baby-faced. Also I'm a bit confused why they pimp this as "The 2005 Sherlock Holmes Event". It's not as if there was one before. And last year it would have made much more sense, because Sherlock would have been 150 years then :) Ah well, it's probably got something to do with that Doyle person. Never liked him much *shrugs* And who cares? This weekend is a Holmes/Watson feast! Oh! I'm happy.
Oh, and I'm *almost* finished with my presentation - I still have to write the ending, but I can only do that when the others have mailed me what they have written. And I doubt that will take more than an hour.
Oh, I forgot: I've been wanting to rec "A Study In Emerald" for ages! It's from the "Shadows Over Baker Street" book I got - fantasy authors of today write crossover short stories between Holmes and Lovecraft. The first (and best) story is "A Study In Emerald" by Neil Gaiman, his personal take on "A Study In Scarlet" with a lovecraftian twist. Seriously: the best non-original Holmes story I ever read! Please read it! You can do it online here. Just make sure you have read the following canon stories before (extremely important, otherwise you'll understand nothing at all of the finer points, and probably miss the whole brilliance of the ending):
"The Final Problem"
"The Adventure Of The Empty House"
You might also want to read the first half of "A Study In Scarlet" first, but it's not absolutely necessary.
Oh, plus - I'm sure you'll figure the other adverts out, but the last one gave me problems, so here's help (and it's also interesting if you're not interested in reading the Holmes stories): "The Spring Heeled Jack Mystery"
Oh, and I'm *almost* finished with my presentation - I still have to write the ending, but I can only do that when the others have mailed me what they have written. And I doubt that will take more than an hour.
Oh, I forgot: I've been wanting to rec "A Study In Emerald" for ages! It's from the "Shadows Over Baker Street" book I got - fantasy authors of today write crossover short stories between Holmes and Lovecraft. The first (and best) story is "A Study In Emerald" by Neil Gaiman, his personal take on "A Study In Scarlet" with a lovecraftian twist. Seriously: the best non-original Holmes story I ever read! Please read it! You can do it online here. Just make sure you have read the following canon stories before (extremely important, otherwise you'll understand nothing at all of the finer points, and probably miss the whole brilliance of the ending):
"The Final Problem"
"The Adventure Of The Empty House"
You might also want to read the first half of "A Study In Scarlet" first, but it's not absolutely necessary.
Oh, plus - I'm sure you'll figure the other adverts out, but the last one gave me problems, so here's help (and it's also interesting if you're not interested in reading the Holmes stories): "The Spring Heeled Jack Mystery"