There’s a good reason (other than time) I do not watch Elementary, though I did try about 10 minutes’ worth before giving up.
The last time I watched the US make Sherlock Holmes, it was the above: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (though I believe it was 4:3). CBS updated Holmes to the modern day, and put in a female Watson.
Nothing wrong with that premise. But the other one is slightly problematic: John Watsonâs descendant, Jane Watson (Margaret Colin) ďŹnds a cryogenically frozen Sherlock Holmes (Australian actor Michael Pennington), defrosts him, and together they solve a series of murders.
It was fun as a teenager in the wake of Moonlighting, Remington Steele and Back to the Future, but it doesn’t really stand up that well today.
Interestingly, apart from one segment, it was ďŹlmed in Britain (you know this because Shane Rimmerâwho is actually Canadianâand Connie Booth are in it). Britain stood in for the US.
I wasn’t thrilled with two of the last three BBC Sherlocksâthey simply weren’t as clever as the first sixâbut the series is still more enjoyable than most of the stuff on telly today.
Archive for April 2014
Sherlock Holmes, US-style
27.04.2014Tags: 1980s, 1987, actors, CBS, film, remake, retro, Sherlock Holmes, TV, USA, YouTube
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Why I ran
24.04.2014In two elections, I told people some blarney on why I decided to run.
In 2010: âI was working at Lewâs Diner and this guy had been picked on. I told him, âStand tall, boy, show some respect for yourself. Do you think Iâm going to spend the rest of my life in this slop house? No, sir, Iâm going to night school. Iâm going to make something of myself.â Some weird guy sitting next to him in a life preserver chimes up, points and me, and says, âThatâs right, heâs going to be Mayor!â And thatâs when I got the idea. Mr Carruthers did say, âA coloured mayor, thatâll be the day,â but it didnât deter me.â
In 2013: âI was wondering whether to stand again and decided to chill out and watch Doctor Who. In that episode, Jenna Coleman turns to the screen and says directly to me, âRun, you clever boy, and remember.â So I did.â
You have to admit these are better answers than the stock politiciansâ ones.
With that, ladies and gentlemen, have a blessed Anzac Day.
Tags: 1980s, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, Aotearoa, Back to the Future, BBC, culture, Doctor Who, film, Hollywood, humour, mayoralty, New Zealand, politics, TV, UK, USA, Wellington, Whanganui-a-Tara
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