Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock????

wintermute · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:12 am

LL wrote:

Looks to me like a hopeless attempt at a hybrid: Victorian stories told with Modern Hipness.

One can't wear a tweed coat and double-billed cap all of the time. I'm looking forward to it - Downey Jr.'s a great actor.

Lees · Number of posts: 40 Location: Arkansas Registration date: 2009-05-13

Bad poster. He looks like a Pimp. Definitely not tall enough.

A much better choice would be Robson Green, but he already has a successful crime drama that is currently in production, Wire in the Blood, one of my favourite series that I came across while searching for something on Netflix. He can do the quick talking style that I come to associate with Holmes. He has the lankiness and the serious eyes, too.

Lisa Marie

Benjamin Button · Number of posts: 254 Age: 29 Registration date: 2008-10-10

New trailer is out!

I'm on the fence, but I have faith that this will be good. Smile

http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/05/18/must-watch-first-trailer-for-guy-ritchies-sherlock-holmes/

Check it out!

-Adam

Aaron · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sat May 23, 2009 8:02 pm

I have faith in rdj and I like the trailer. I do hope they put out a commemorative pipe for the movie. Anyone know what type he was smoking?

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jhuggett · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 9:33 am

I think it looks good. Obviously not true to the character but has enough "Holmes" to keep us that love the character interested. I like that they put the stick fighting (can't remember what they called that) in there.

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Aaron · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 12:10 pm

Escrima. It's a form of Filipino martial arts using sticks of various sorts, usually called "escrima sticks" very unimaginative but effective. Smile

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jhuggett · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 12:17 pm

I was actually thinking of baritsu:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu

The system includes parts of cane fighting which also has double cane techniques. May be a stretch to say that was what was being displayed but it's kind of cool to think it was.

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JT · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 2:19 pm

jhuggett wrote:

You didn't like Snatch? That's one of my all time favorite movies.

Dittos, Jason! Snatch is right there at the top of my favorites list, too.

Wish I could say the same for this movie. It appears to me that Holmes will become a Hollywood-ized cross between Antonio Banderas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I detest poorly-cast remakes of classics, especially those become nothing more than a vehicle for gratuitous explosions and strained one-liners. I'd rather watch a re-run of Jeremy Brett on PBS.

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jhuggett · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 2:31 pm

I can totally understand how it can be viewed as Holmesian heresy but I think I can take it on it's own merit. It may inspire a new generation to go back and read the originals.

The stick fighting part of the Bartitsu system was derived from the French fighting system, la canne. Here's a video that demonstrates the dual cane style at the end of it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6923237699114385757

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Aaron · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 3:47 pm

jhuggett wrote:

I was actually thinking of baritsu:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu

The system includes parts of cane fighting which also has double cane techniques. May be a stretch to say that was what was being displayed but it's kind of cool to think it was.

Oh yeah. I forgot that holmes said he had some knowledge of baritsu in "the adventure of the empty house" I think it was. Good call. Could have sworn it was escrima. I stand corrected.

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"I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few: a pipe of briar, an open fire, and books that aren't too new" -Robert Service

"I am lost without my Boswell." - Sherlock Holmes

Dubbya · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Sun May 24, 2009 7:05 pm

Aaron wrote:

Escrima. It's a form of Filipino martial arts using sticks of various sorts, usually called "escrima sticks" very unimaginative but effective. Smile

The old Filipino guys around here call them Baston(bah-stone).

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jhuggett · Subject: Re: Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock???? Mon May 25, 2009 12:31 pm

Aaron, I think it did look a lot more like Escrima too. Like I said it may be a stretch to say they were being that true to character. Laughing

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