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olivia_suttonHi all,
Some updates from Facebook, expanded a bit for this Journal.
Thursday I received a sympathy card from my vet's office. And it just made me cry, not only because I lost my dear cat, Cal (short for Caligari), but because they cared enough to send a card. Cal was a sweet, loving and highly intelligent cat. He actually figured out that when I turned off the TV at night it was time for bed -- and sometimes he even meowed at me 'cause he didn't want to get off my lap yet. He also kept his food plate from moving away by holding it down with a paw. He was truly an adorable cat, and I'll miss him.
Over the last couple of days, I watched a little of Granada's wonderful "Sherlock Holmes" with Jeremy Brett over the last few days. The episodes I watched included, "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House". Brett truly is the world's best Sherlock Holmes. Brett played Holmes manic-depressiveness perfectly. The series got the historical detail beautifully perfect, and, of course, Granada actually adapted the stories written by Conan Doyle, which truly needs to be done. To really, really appreciate Sherlock Holmes as a character it is best to see him in his original element and to watch stories based on Conan Doyle's original brilliant stories.
Now, the new movie (with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law) was fun (see previous entry for full review) but, I was right in that they mispronounced Irene Adler's name - it's I-REIGN-ah not I-reen. And she's unlucky in love, not a thief.
In the actual story "A Scandal in Bohemia", the King of Bohemia, who is about to be married, hires Holmes to recover some incriminating letters and a photograph that prove his earlier affair with Miss Adler. In turn, Miss Adler is holding onto the items to ensure her own marriage to a solictor (lawyer) she's fallen in love with. It's a complicated plot, however, Miss Irene (pronounced I-REIGN-ah) Adler does get the best of Holmes, earning his respect and the noted title of "The Woman".
"The Final Problem" is, of course, the story where Holmes meets his doom and "dies" along with his arch-enemy Professor Moriatory (sp?). And "The Empty House" brings Holmes back, three years later (and introduces a new Watson in the Granada TV series). The filming of "The Final Problem" is quite brilliant - the scenery is gorgeous, and Watson's reaction to losing Holmes is heartfelt.
"The Empty House" brings Holmes back, and is best known for Holmes quick-change from intinerant bookseller to himself, which causes Watson to faint in shock. The scene is brilliantly played between the two actors, and brilliantly written by Conan Doyle. As is Watson's both astonishment and his perturbed stance that Holmes let Mycroft know he was alive and not Watson himself.
--Olivia
Some updates from Facebook, expanded a bit for this Journal.
Thursday I received a sympathy card from my vet's office. And it just made me cry, not only because I lost my dear cat, Cal (short for Caligari), but because they cared enough to send a card. Cal was a sweet, loving and highly intelligent cat. He actually figured out that when I turned off the TV at night it was time for bed -- and sometimes he even meowed at me 'cause he didn't want to get off my lap yet. He also kept his food plate from moving away by holding it down with a paw. He was truly an adorable cat, and I'll miss him.
Over the last couple of days, I watched a little of Granada's wonderful "Sherlock Holmes" with Jeremy Brett over the last few days. The episodes I watched included, "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House". Brett truly is the world's best Sherlock Holmes. Brett played Holmes manic-depressiveness perfectly. The series got the historical detail beautifully perfect, and, of course, Granada actually adapted the stories written by Conan Doyle, which truly needs to be done. To really, really appreciate Sherlock Holmes as a character it is best to see him in his original element and to watch stories based on Conan Doyle's original brilliant stories.
Now, the new movie (with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law) was fun (see previous entry for full review) but, I was right in that they mispronounced Irene Adler's name - it's I-REIGN-ah not I-reen. And she's unlucky in love, not a thief.
In the actual story "A Scandal in Bohemia", the King of Bohemia, who is about to be married, hires Holmes to recover some incriminating letters and a photograph that prove his earlier affair with Miss Adler. In turn, Miss Adler is holding onto the items to ensure her own marriage to a solictor (lawyer) she's fallen in love with. It's a complicated plot, however, Miss Irene (pronounced I-REIGN-ah) Adler does get the best of Holmes, earning his respect and the noted title of "The Woman".
"The Final Problem" is, of course, the story where Holmes meets his doom and "dies" along with his arch-enemy Professor Moriatory (sp?). And "The Empty House" brings Holmes back, three years later (and introduces a new Watson in the Granada TV series). The filming of "The Final Problem" is quite brilliant - the scenery is gorgeous, and Watson's reaction to losing Holmes is heartfelt.
"The Empty House" brings Holmes back, and is best known for Holmes quick-change from intinerant bookseller to himself, which causes Watson to faint in shock. The scene is brilliantly played between the two actors, and brilliantly written by Conan Doyle. As is Watson's both astonishment and his perturbed stance that Holmes let Mycroft know he was alive and not Watson himself.
--Olivia
