A Scandal in Bohemia...

[starvinbohemian]

Having now read several of the Holmes stories, I have to say that A Scandal in Bohemia is my favorite. I laughed aloud several times and just had a general good time reading it. All the characters are kind of on crack, particularly Holmes, who is just generally hysterical as he does ridiculous things to capture Irene. You can also feel Doyle having fun while writing it, as opposed to when he's clearly phoning the work in because his damn editor and public won't let him move on from Holmes already.

Irene Adler rocks my socks. Huzzah for devious, cross-dressing opera singers! She's an entirely different bird from the Irene of the Guy Ritchie movie, and I'm not really sure how I feel about the changes that were made now that I'm aware of them. Hmn.

Also? I fell unexpectedly in love with Godfrey Norton. He's essentially the Watson to Irene's female!Holmes. A better comparison than, say, the Moran to her Moriarty since Irene is the least villainous villain possible to the point of not really being one at all. Irene and Godfrey deserve fic love like whoa. But alas, no one whose name is anything other than Holmes or Watson gets any fandom love. Yes, I'm bitter.

Comments

[baggyeyes]

Have you ever watched the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett in the title role? Damn, he was good. They adapted the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, and having read the books, I can say that they stayed very close to the books.

I haven't seen the current film, yet. Brett is still THE Holmes in my mind.

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been working my way through the Jeremy Brett and the Nigel Rathbone episodes/movies. I like Brett, and I know that he's the quintessential Holmes for a lot of people, yourself included. ;)

But I'm going to be a horrible noob and say that Robert Downey, Jr. is my quintessential Holmes. For superficial reasons like the fact that he was my first Holmes and because I'm in love with him. But also because I really like what he brings to the role.

I hope you will see the movie so we can talk more about it!