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re: Does it bother anybody else? (Sherlock Holmes)
Posted on 12/15/11 at 10:45 am to BayouBlitz
Posted on 12/15/11 at 10:45 am to BayouBlitz
Have you ever read the actual source material? If you think Holmes was simply an erudite intellectual, you did not pay very close attention, and Watson was not simply Holmes' biographer, he was a decorated military hero.
Holmes was said to be exceedingly strong to the point of almost superhuman abilities in the stories. He could bend steel bars with his bare hands, and often engaged in physical violence during the course of his adventures. Admittedly, most of this occurred off-stage, and we only heard about it as he related his adventures to Watson.
He was also a manic-depressive who went bat-shite crazy when he did not have a case to solve.
Though Ritchie's modern portrayal of Holmes and Watson might be a bit over the top and not strictly canon, it is not a complete departure from the original stories. In fact, it is closer to the source than what many consider to be the true "Sherlock Holmes".
Holmes was said to be exceedingly strong to the point of almost superhuman abilities in the stories. He could bend steel bars with his bare hands, and often engaged in physical violence during the course of his adventures. Admittedly, most of this occurred off-stage, and we only heard about it as he related his adventures to Watson.
He was also a manic-depressive who went bat-shite crazy when he did not have a case to solve.
Though Ritchie's modern portrayal of Holmes and Watson might be a bit over the top and not strictly canon, it is not a complete departure from the original stories. In fact, it is closer to the source than what many consider to be the true "Sherlock Holmes".
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Posted on 12/15/11 at 10:47 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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He could bend steel bars with his bare hands,
I've got the complete book collection, but I don't recall this.
Posted on 12/15/11 at 10:48 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I just can't get into it for some reason. I fell asleep on the last 30 minutes on three separate occasions and finally watched the end the other day. The new trailer doesn't really do anything for me either.
Posted on 12/15/11 at 3:32 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Holmes also drank a cocaine elixir which probably helped him not only with his physical abilities but intellectual as well.
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Holmes occasionally uses addictive drugs, especially when lacking stimulating cases. He believes the use of cocaine stimulates his brain when it is not in use. He is a habitual user of cocaine, which he injects in a seven-per-cent solution using a special syringe that he keeps in a leather case. Holmes is also an occasional user of morphine but expressed strong disapproval on visiting an opium den. These drugs were legal in late 19th-century England. Both Watson and Holmes are serial tobacco users, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Holmes is expert at identifying tobacco-ash residues, having penned a monograph on the subject.
Dr. Watson strongly disapproves of his friend's cocaine habit, describing it as the detective's "only vice" and expressing concern over its possible effect on Holmes's mental health and superior intellect.[21][22] In later stories, Watson claims to have "weaned" Holmes off drugs. Even so, according to his doctor friend, Holmes remains an addict whose habit is "not dead, but merely sleeping".[23]
This post was edited on 12/15/11 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 12/15/11 at 11:20 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Holmes was said to be exceedingly strong to the point of almost superhuman abilities in the stories. He could bend steel bars with his bare hands, and often engaged in physical violence during the course of his adventures. Admittedly, most of this occurred off-stage, and we only heard about it as he related his adventures to Watson.
I don't remember the bending bars thing, but I do know that Sherlock wasn't a giant nan-nan. Nor was Watson, just like you said.
So, does it bother me that the new Sherlock Holmes is a bad arse? No. That he knows martial arts? No. Particularly because of the way he breaks down a person's anatomy and sees the way a fight will go down prior to the actual fight. I think that's awesome and is a characteristic that Holmes would have as someone with such deductive reasoning.
Is it over the top? Of course. It's a Guy Ritchie movie. But don't you ever speak ill of RDJ, BayouBlitz, you no-talent arse clown. That man is brilliant.
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