Who was the best Sherlock Holmes?

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Wacky Racer

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Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Who, in your opinion was the best occupier of 221B Baker Street?

I would have to say Basil Rathbone in the classic 30's/40's episodes along with his bumbling sidekick Nigel Bruce..(Dr Watson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sFAWk7k-A8

vescaegg

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166 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Current BBC series for me (series 3 not as much though...)

vxr8mate

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188 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Johnny Lee Miller

zoom star

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150 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy brett did a half decent job in the late 80s / 90s, a modern version of basil possibly

FourWheelDrift

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283 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy Brett.

FourWheelDrift

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Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Wacky Racer said:
along with his bumbling sidekick Nigel Bruce..(Dr Watson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sFAWk7k-A8
It's a poor representation of Watson who is not the doddery old fool as Bruce played him.

MacW

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175 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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FourWheelDrift said:
Jeremy Brett.
Definitely.

I really enjoy Johnny Lee Miller in the current series but it's just not quite Holmes.

tobinen

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144 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy Brett for me by a very long way. Superb

tr7v8

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227 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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tobinen said:
Jeremy Brett for me by a very long way. Superb
This, all the others seem quite poor by comparison.

Riley Blue

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225 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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tr7v8 said:
tobinen said:
Jeremy Brett for me by a very long way. Superb
This, all the others seem quite poor by comparison.
I wouldn't say 'poor', they just didn't capture the essence of Holmes as well as Jeremy Brett did.

motco

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245 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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FourWheelDrift said:
Jeremy Brett.
yes

Watchman

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244 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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I like the Robert D Jr version along with his Jude Law Dr W, but Benedict & Freeman are also good, as are Johnny LM and Lucy Lu.

In fact, I quite like all the modern ones because they all show both Holmes and Watson to be competent *physically* as well as mentally.

ZesPak

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195 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Rule #34 of the internet; if it exists, Watchmojo made a list of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSdTl4fYyLk

They seem to agree with "Jeremy Brett" touted on here.

I'll throw in Data as a left field contestant hehe

Beati Dogu

8,861 posts

138 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy Brett nailed it, but Basil Rathbone was a close second.

Edward Hardwicke was the best Dr Watson.

Xtriple129

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156 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Just been watching a Jeremy Brett episode on the box. I've always thought he was 'The Best'. Read his account of playing the part, sounds like it nearly drove him insane!

SWTH

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223 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Many actors played Sherlock Holmes.

Jeremy Brett became Holmes.

Morningside

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228 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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motco said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Jeremy Brett.
yes
yes

Still wonderful to watch on the ITV repeats.

Alex

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283 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy Brett most accurately portrayed the personality of Sherlock Holmes, but Basil Rathbone *looked* more like him.

Most of the Jeremy Brett episodes were word-for-word from the books and are the definitive adaptations IMO.

Wacky Racer

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Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Nobody could "deduce"like Basil Rathbone......(imo)...biggrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o30UY_flFgM

RichB

51,430 posts

283 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Jeremy Brett no doubt about it.

The Cumberbatch & Freeman combo works well although the last series was a disappointment. The other modern attempt is farcical, unless that is, you are of the game station generation which is why, I suppose, it needs the constant CGI action to keep one's attention. That's not IMO what Sherlock Holmes is all about.