Robert Downey Jr. Is an Impostor

When is the Sherlock movie coming out?
 
Richard Cribb said:
PS: Long time since I read those Doyle stories, and can't really remember Holmes flinging that many harpoons in the story about Black Pete. But it is true that he on many occasions proved that he while perhaps not being an action hero, was fully capable of holding his own also in physical combat.
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Oh sure. The guy was transfixed by a harpoon, so Holmes went down to a butcher's shop to try to recreate the incident using a large slab of meat, to figure out if it were practicable by people who don't make their living as harpooners. Apparently he spent quite a few hours there one morning. Or afternoon. It's been awhile.
 
Earthling said:
Movie discussion and eventual spoilers to follow...

http://sherlock-holmes-movie.warnerbros.com/

I for one am outraged at the barbaric attempt to portray dear Sherlock in the film due this upcoming holiday season. The inaccurate and fictitious Sherlock Holmes depicted therein is an insult to everything the man held dear. Undoubtedly we shall be presented with a lowbrow character who lacks all of Sherlocks' sophisticated intelligence and would clearly have fallen, for good, to the devious Moriarty. This isn't even to begin to mention the anachronisms and absurd happenstances likely to occur in this ridiculous sortie of Hollywood's culture of meaningless violence and explosions, yet I am outraged enough. Opinions of yours in mutual anticipation of this travesty?

Spoiler :
I have it on good confidence that you organisms might enjoy "cookies." The sharpest among you may merit one.
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... I'm pretty sure that the "accurate" Sherlock Holmes was also fictitious.
 
Imperialmajesty said:
... I'm pretty sure that the "accurate" Sherlock Holmes was also fictitious.
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Um, yeah, thanks. If the first guy who said this also was right about me, I would have responded then. That said it seems no one has figured out what I was parodying/referring to in the OP.

However, I do say that regardless of the above I share the general sentiments of what I wrote in the first place. I don't really approve of Sherlock Holmes as a Hollywood action icon - I might end up seeing the movie anyway, but I can't help but imagine I'll report back with fury. Never-ending "remakes" and "reimaginings" of stuff that doesn't need it isn't a good sign of cultural creativity. For instance, if everyone wanted a 19th century Britophile thing that was cool AND original some studio should have worked out the movie rights to Jonathan Strange (the book, not the poster ;)) and gone from there.
 
Looks like a good movie to go to the cinemas and enjoy the visual spectacle on the big screen. :)

And isn't imposter simply the exact job description of Mr. Downey Jr?
 
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