That's interesting. It's probably different (less Fryed-out!) in Canada, but here in England Stephen Fry is now so ubiquitous that it is getting a bit much. He is on tv most days, chairs so many organisations, on radio a lot, reads many audiobooks, and seems to pop up to comment on just about every topic...and is out of favour a bit (thought still beloved) amongst my friends at the moment because of his appalling remarks about men having bigger sex drives than women.
So I have gone from massive, MASSIVE crush in my teens (I have signed photo of him somewhere too) to just thinking very fondly of him and wishing he'd wisen up a little.
But really he should always have been the one to play Mycroft. He just had to age into the part.
I'm sure it won't matter if he aint in the Cumberbatch ones (maybe he is...) as they are so very different anyway and so good in their own way. I find they are completely different but still so incredibly faithful to the feel that it is as if Victorian times have been brought to life by being updated. I don't mind their not being my picture of Sherlock Holmes, as the Jeremy Brett ones are that and they are so unlike each other.
My school was by Baker Street and my friend (LJ user) Cdaae and I used to be pretty obsessive fans. I had prints of all the Sidney Paget illustrations on my wall at college but they eventually fell to pieces.
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Date: 2011-12-18 06:17 pm (UTC)So I have gone from massive, MASSIVE crush in my teens (I have signed photo of him somewhere too) to just thinking very fondly of him and wishing he'd wisen up a little.
But really he should always have been the one to play Mycroft. He just had to age into the part.
I'm sure it won't matter if he aint in the Cumberbatch ones (maybe he is...) as they are so very different anyway and so good in their own way. I find they are completely different but still so incredibly faithful to the feel that it is as if Victorian times have been brought to life by being updated. I don't mind their not being my picture of Sherlock Holmes, as the Jeremy Brett ones are that and they are so unlike each other.
My school was by Baker Street and my friend (LJ user) Cdaae and I used to be pretty obsessive fans. I had prints of all the Sidney Paget illustrations on my wall at college but they eventually fell to pieces.