blackshoe Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I have enjoyed "classic" renditions of Holmes and Watson; Jeremy Brett stands out IMO as particularly good. In any case, though, even if you have only read the books you will have expectations.I get the impression these days that only old fogies (like me) read books. Agree about Jeremy Brett. Along similar lines, and although I don't recall ever seeing the series, I can't picture William Shatner (pre-Star Trek, iirc) as Archie Goodwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I get the impression these days that only old fogies (like me) read books. Agree about Jeremy Brett. Along similar lines, and although I don't recall ever seeing the series, I can't picture William Shatner (pre-Star Trek, iirc) as Archie Goodwin. Love the books, would watch a series with anyone at all playing Wolfe and Goodwin. I have heard of the series, but have also never seen it. I can picture Shatner being quite good in the role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 As regards Sherlock Holmes, I still think that if he's not some freakish genius whose methods are far above his contemporaries, then it's just not a Sherlock Holmes story. Saw the concluding episode of "Prisoners of war" (second series) last night. Perhaps a bit anti-climactic but at least it signals a third series? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 As regards Sherlock Holmes, I still think that if he's not some freakish genius whose methods are far above his contemporaries, then it's just not a Sherlock Holmes story. Saw the concluding episode of "Prisoners of war" (second series) last night. Perhaps a bit anti-climactic but at least it signals a third series? :DThe third series is what's playing on PBS here now, apparently. I just added it to my watch list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Love the books, would watch a series with anyone at all playing Wolfe and Goodwin. I have heard of the series, but have also never seen it. I can picture Shatner being quite good in the role.I suppose I was spoiled by the Maury Chaykin/Timothy Hutton version. But yeah, I'd watch just about any version. Three books I wish I still had: William S. Baring-Gould's Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street and Nero Wolfe of West Thirty Fifth Street. In the latter, Baring-Gould suggested that during the four years after the incident at Reichenbach Falls, Holmes spent time in Montenegro with Irene Adler, out of which she gained a son who she raised in New Jersey - and who later took the name Nero Wolfe. The third book was by Philip Jose Farmer, and it tied together the genealogies of a lot of fictional characters: Holmes, Wolfe, Professor Challenger, Tarzan, John Carter, and many others. Don't remember the title. Ah. It was two books: Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, based on a concept called "the Wold Newton family". Thank you, Google and Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I suppose I was spoiled by the Maury Chaykin/Timothy Hutton version. But yeah, I'd watch just about any version. The William Conrad-Lee Horsley version sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 The William Conrad-Lee Horsley version sucked.It did. Nevertheless, I watched it. B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 It did. Nevertheless, I watched it. B-) So did I. B-) It had the virtue of making the Chaykin-Hutton version stand out even more. I was wishing that one would keep going till they'd done every single story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Have never seen any of them :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 The third series is what's playing on PBS here now, apparently. I just added it to my watch list. Have traced www.PBS.org but cannot find "Prisoners of war". Any help or advice? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I may have mis-read Scarabin. I thought "Prisoners of War" was a reference to an episode of "Sherlock", which is showing on PBS. AFAIK, "Prisoners of War", the series, is Israeli, is the basis for "Homland Security", and is not showing on PBS. Ah, but it is available on hulu. Maybe that's where Scarabin is watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Never mind. The third series has been promised, not yet completed. Watching a new Scandinavian crime series called "The bridge". Which has similarities to the original "The Killing". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Never mind. The third series has been promised, not yet completed. Watching a new Scandinavian crime series called "The bridge". Which has similarities to the original "The Killing". That series was remade in a U.S. version, successfully IMHO. I haven't seen the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I may have mis-read Scarabin. I thought "Prisoners of War" was a reference to an episode of "Sherlock", which is showing on PBS. AFAIK, "Prisoners of War", the series, is Israeli, is the basis for "Homland Security", and is not showing on PBS. Ah, but it is available on hulu. Maybe that's where Scarabin is watching it.The US series based on "Prisoners of War" is just called "Homeland". It's on the Showtime premium cable network, not PBS. I don't see it on Hulu, except as a link to sho.com, and there are no free episodes there. I think you have to be a subscriber through your cable company to watch it on TV or online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Studio, one of our TV cable channels, has a new Norwegian crime series called Mammon which, judging by the first episode, may be very good. Caught up with Elementary but disappointed. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Studio, one of our TV cable channels, has a new Norwegian crime series called Mammon which, judging by the first episode, may be very good. Caught up with Elementary but disappointed. :D With regrard to Elementary, the word that comes to mind is "lazy". It seems as if the writers get started on a script and then decide that they could do a better job, but what the hell, let's just run with it as it is. I might or might not continue watching, we record it so we can sail past the commercials and we watch it when we are not up for anything requiring close attention.I keep thinking it could be better, and maybe it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I miss one lousy episode of the Good Wife and Will gets killed......geeezzzz, rats. Elementary is starting to become more about fashion as Lucy Liu wants her character to be into fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I miss one lousy episode of the Good Wife and Will gets killed......geeezzzz, rats. Elementary is starting to become more about fashion as Lucy Liu wants her character to be into fashion. I Love Lucy! I couldn't resist. The Good Wife seems to be rebounding. There was a while there when I thought I could better do something else with my time. Still true, I suppose, but I am likeing ot more. Tv shows are tough. All you do is say you want to move on with your life and they kill you off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Season one of the Sopranos....great...truly great. I am watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I think that for me "Elementary" is just a Sherlock Holmes clone too many. I guess I'm satiated. When you are old and long retired, what makes your day is serendipity. So I was charmed when the second series of "The Bridge" suddenly appeared in my planner to be recorded. I think it's because I series-linked the first series and Foxtel remembers this (for a limited time?) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I think that for me "Elementary" is just a Sherlock Holmes clone too many. I guess I'm satiated.But none of the others have Lucy Liu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarabin Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 But none of the others have Lucy Liu. I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset? :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset? Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I wss about to say not until Mbodell and others clearly fashion matters for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset? :D I guess being Watson to Holmes, any Watson, any Holmes, is a challenge. She does a decent job of it. This is not a show to get excited about., it's enjoyable enough so that I watch it, and it's better for ber being in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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