TDMcKinney

It would be lovely for him to do it with the Brit accent.

Isn't Hugh Laurie already doing Sherlock? And doing him extremely well.

Pudgy!Watson is an invention of Hollywood. Doyle describes Watson when he first appears as "as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut" and later--on the few occasions when he is described--as a well built, muscular sort of guy. He was an athlete in university and played rugby for Blackheath. Though Watson stated he wasn't in the same peak condition he was in when he was a pro athlete, he was still in good enough shape to chase around after Holmes, scaling walls and chasing bad guys. All the Paget drawings show a tall, nicely built man. David Burke in the Granada series probably came really close to the Doyle description. Jude Law is also close, but is a too light on the muscles.

Sadly, that is so true.

There's a fic there, somewhere. No. No. That plotbunny is just too ugly. Even for me.

OMG, that's hilarious! I bet that was fun. File that under "Things that make you wonder about people."

To quote Spock: "An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." So not just "fashioned on" but actually "descended from." Apparently Amanda Grayson had Holmes blood in her veins.

Misters Cumberbatch and Freeman make a perfectly believable, wonderful Holmes and Watson. Doyle would be pleased - well, as much as he could be, considering how much he hated Holmes.

David Burke and Edward Hardwicke were both great Watsons, the two greatest ever along with Martin Freeman, but I prefer Burke. I think it's the boyish charm for me. I will admit that a bad Watson can completely spoil a Sherlock Holmes adaptation. It's why I can't watch the Basil Rathbone movies. The minute Nigel Bruce's Watson appears, I want to throw something at the screen. Jude Law is an excellent Watson as well, and looks almost exactly like the Paget drawings.

I agree, Alice. They are both wonderful portrayals.

I have trouble watching the final few where Jeremy is so very, very ill. m0r1arty, the episode you mean is "The Marzarin Stone" and is an example of what I'm talking about. Jeremy was only well enough for a cameo in that one. It's the next to last episode of the series. If you're interested in the making of the series, there are a couple of great books: The Television Sherlock Holmes by Peter Haining which is pretty cheap if you get a used copy. It has information on Holmes in general as well as the Granada series. It also contains a copy of the famous "Baker Street File." The foreword is written by Jeremy Brett. There is also, of course, Bending the Willow - Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart Davies. Until this past month it was only available in out-of-print copies and it was frightfully dear. You were lucky to find a used copy for 125 pounds. I lucked up and found a pristine hardcover for about half that and guard it with my life. It's one of the centerpieces of my Sherlockian collection. But the book has been released for Kindle now at affordable prices. It's beautiful and tragic. Yeah - can you tell I've spent way too much time and money on that series and Holmes in general? I don't regret a single bit of it.

Jeremy Brett is still the definitive Holmes for me. I suspect he always will be. He just fits the mental image I have always had in my head whenever I read Doyle.