tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post5581918021007323748..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-9566886924310198202011-09-13T11:17:07.395-05:002011-09-13T11:17:07.395-05:00"i don't think anyone could handle that m...<b>"i don't think anyone could handle that much coke and booze in a single story!"</b><br /><br />HA! :DMichael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-543020684867465802011-09-13T06:42:52.455-05:002011-09-13T06:42:52.455-05:00@MM - i don't think anyone could handle that m...@MM - i don't think anyone could handle that much coke and booze in a single story!<br /><br />@tanner - i never thought of it that way, pretty interesting.ben chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349928470726845343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-40946760557799136162011-09-07T15:35:21.305-05:002011-09-07T15:35:21.305-05:00@Ben: I was gonna say I don't think I could ha...@Ben: I was gonna say I don't think I could handle the awesomeness of a Holmes/Nick Charles crossover, but I'd man up for that.<br /><br />@Tanner: Thanks for that insight on Watson. That makes a lot of sense. I've just watched the second film and Watson's already goofier, but then...everyone in the second film is pretty goofy.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-39853753342674020192011-09-07T15:26:53.438-05:002011-09-07T15:26:53.438-05:00Yeah, definitely stick with these! If you liked th...Yeah, definitely stick with these! If you liked that Universal Monsters vibe, just wait till you get to The Scarlet Claw and The Spider Woman! (Which are probably my two favorites in this series, but there are so many great ones!) Personally, I think it's kind of cool to see Holmes battling Nazis, but I think that only happens in two of them. (Secret Weapon and In Washington. Maybe there's another though.) For the most part, the "contemporary" movies are still pretty timeless. <br /><br />Watson does become more bumbling as the series goes on, but I think it was Alan Barnes in the excellent Sherlock Holmes On Screen who pointed out that Bruce, often wrongly credited with ruining the Watson character, actually SAVED the character. Before him, filmmakers didn't seem to know what to do with Watson. He barely registers as a character in most of the pre-Rathbone movies. By making him a comedic foil, Bruce gave him PURPOSE on screen, and suddenly he was an equal to Holmes in billing, if not intellect.Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-3296918485673246622011-09-03T22:52:43.577-05:002011-09-03T22:52:43.577-05:00you REALLY have to watch the BBC eps. there is onl...you REALLY have to watch the BBC eps. there is only possibly one or two adaptations of anything that i've thought were decent (even if i liked the film/show on it's own, it's not been a good adaptation). but without being faithful to the law, the BBC stories are shockingly faithful to the spirit.<br />also, if you like baskervilles, you should check out "the scarlet claw", in the same rathbone series. it's contemporary (1944), but everything happens in an isolated, gothic village in quebec that is timeless, so you'd hardly notice (although at the end holmes blathers about the importance of the british empire in the war, or something like that). obviously the story isn't as tight as baskervilles, but it's a lot of fun in the same moorish vein.<br /><br />although, since 20th fox was so free with settings, in a perfect world there would have been some sort of holmes/thin man crossover!ben chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349928470726845343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-70966451116126360662011-09-03T12:49:07.657-05:002011-09-03T12:49:07.657-05:00I remember the Rathbone and Bruce Sherlock Holmes ...I remember the Rathbone and Bruce Sherlock Holmes movies quite fondly. My Dad was a sucker for old detective movies so we could always look forward to either Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan or Nick and Nora on the weekends, they were always fun, but very different from movies today, feeling more like word for word adaptations or stageplays for better or worse.<br /><br />I agree I that it was weird to see the series shift to then present day and frequent references to Hitler and the war (and how totally frickin' awesome America is in "Secret Weapon") , my guess is they thought that would make the character more relatable and cheaper to make.<br /><br />Watson became a bumbler later on certainly, but not as bad as he'd become in "Young Sherlock Holmes". <br /><br />I can relate to all of what you've said with the classic horror movie feel, going to an isolated atmospheric mansion in search of a monster, establishing Holmes' deductive style, relationship with Watson and mastery of disguise, plus a suspenseful climax involving escape from an underground trap.Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-31877668039257972212011-09-02T21:22:09.051-05:002011-09-02T21:22:09.051-05:00I can't wait to watch that BBC series, but I&#...I can't wait to watch that BBC series, but I'm making myself hold off until I watch some of the old ones first. Sometimes it's hard to be a nerd.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-73107750004506477962011-09-02T20:03:42.881-05:002011-09-02T20:03:42.881-05:00Side note.
Dammit X 2.Side note.<br /><br />Dammit X 2.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-48841931376202603982011-09-02T20:02:38.917-05:002011-09-02T20:02:38.917-05:00I think these two are my favorite Holmes/Watson co...I think these two are my favorite Holmes/Watson combo. Just might be because I first saw them as the characters, but I think they hold up pretty damn well, too.<br /><br />A couple of months ago, I finished Volume One of the complete Holmes tales. Loved it and am anxious to read the Second Volume, but wanted a bit of a break to catch up on the ton of books that have been piling up.<br /><br />Saw this film again, too, around that time and loved it just as much. They just don't make them like this anymore. Dammit.<br /><br />And as a side not, my daughter has liked Holmes for a good number of years, but now she is INFATUATED with the new Sherlock Holmes BBC series, with the characters set in the modern time. She just ordered a tee with the characters on it!Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-5253346365532197032011-09-02T19:08:02.469-05:002011-09-02T19:08:02.469-05:00Rathbone is still my favorite Holmes, despite bein...Rathbone is still my favorite Holmes, despite being followed by more faithful portrayals such as Jeremy Brett.<br /><br />As for the time shift, it becomes less jarring after the three WWII-based entries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com