Brace yourselves...

[Barry_bon_Loyale]

...for the most God-awful thing you're going to see in a fortnight. 

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/sherlock-holmes/trailer

I like liberties, new directions, and the like, but for Christ's sakes...

You know, during the production, a Madonna stalker allegedly snuck on set with the intent of attacking Guy Ritchie.  Watching the trailer makes me wish the stalker would have gotten the chance. 

 

[Niv]

Oh my word...No amount of bracing could prepare me for that utter **** D:

 

[Yeomann]

This movie looks like it's going to suck.
Big time.

 

[Dain Ironfoot]

I can hear Sir Arthur spinning in his grave now.

Looks fun though.

 

[El Perro Finlandese]

I can hear Sir Arthur spinning in his grave now.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I presume?

 

[Almalexia]

I can hear Sir Arthur spinning in his grave now.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I presume?

o' course.

 

[Dain Ironfoot]

Which puzzles me. If this weren't called Sherlock Holmes, and didn't have those character names in it, you would not associate it at all would you? If you want to do a rip-roaring adventure set in Victorian London (which is what this looks like, and looks fun in that regard), why not just go and do it without restricting yourself or going to the bother of aquiring the license. Why do Hollywood execs buy licenses or remake films with barely any respect for the source material? You will inevitable get backlash from fans of the franchise/original.

I suppose the inevitable answer is money with the more easily marketable name.. but still... seems daft to me.

 

[ash12181987]

I saw this trailer a few days ago. Now someone tell me if I was hallucinating:

Sherlock holmes (As played by Robert Downey Jr, who forgot he still wasn't playing Tony Stark from Iron man, because Stark and THIS holmes seem to look, act, and think alike), fighting the badguys from an Ed Wood film.

And despite my want to rant on this for about 3 consecutive pages, I wont. So: Maybe it will be entertaining, but I'm seeing too many set pieces to call this any kind of original (Especially since it looks like Richie ripped Bodily, the boxing scene from one of his good movies, Snatch, and put it in here.... well I don't know why, Holmes knew Japanese wrestling and could box pretty well, but he didn't go out to prize fights to see if his morphine high could sustain him through 14 rounds of pain from someone twice his girth)

 

[Barry_bon_Loyale]

Which puzzles me. If this weren't called Sherlock Holmes, and didn't have those character names in it, you would not associate it at all would you? If you want to do a rip-roaring adventure set in Victorian London (which is what this looks like, and looks fun in that regard), why not just go and do it without restricting yourself or going to the bother of aquiring the license.

My sentiments exactly.  Why use the name Sherlock Holmes?  The only thing that will do is anger the fans of the actual works. 


Now I don't mind taking liberties with the character, but there's a difference between taking a slight spin and bastardizing the material.  Sherlock Holmes never became one of the world's most beloved fictional characters because his stories were full of explosions, sex, and guns.  Sherlock Holmes is perfectly interesting on his own without those things.  Hell, I still watch the Jeremy Brett episodes whenever they come on and love them. 

When this film was announced, there were also talks of a Sherlock Holmes parody coming out with Sacha Baron Cohen starring, but it would seem that it's not longer necessary.

 

[Weren]

For Sherlock Holmes?

That's crazy ****!

 

[arbites_augmented]

And to think I thought it was Hugh Jackman.

 

[fisheye]

It looks like good silly idiotic fun! It's totally camp and dumbass.

R Downy Jr and Jude Law are two of my favourite actors. Love to see them ham it up.

 

[iamahorse]

Which puzzles me. If this weren't called Sherlock Holmes, and didn't have those character names in it, you would not associate it at all would you? If you want to do a rip-roaring adventure set in Victorian London (which is what this looks like, and looks fun in that regard), why not just go and do it without restricting yourself or going to the bother of aquiring the license. Why do Hollywood execs buy licenses or remake films with barely any respect for the source material? You will inevitable get backlash from fans of the franchise/original.

I suppose the inevitable answer is money with the more easily marketable name.. but still... seems daft to me.

You gave yourself the answer: Monies. Monies monies monies. Hence why we have ****ty sequels year after year- brand names are accessible and gobbled up by the sheep-like mass far more than something new. More so in the dodgy nature of the economy who wants to take a risk?

 

[El Perro Finlandese]

What? No Penises?

 

[Yeomann]

Seriously, what is up with everybody's obsession with penises?