tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post1243042419589250051..comments2022-03-10T03:34:03.084-08:00Comments on The Psychotronic Kinematograph: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (aka The Valley of Fear) (1962, Terence Fisher)Glen McCullahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post-77016583659254846322015-06-29T06:03:41.958-07:002015-06-29T06:03:41.958-07:00I am racist against men with moustaches — they do,...I am racist against men with moustaches — they do, indeed, all look the same to me. My confusion was fuelled by the fact that Holmes, standing next to the auctioneer, is wearing the pitying, supercilious expression he generally adopts in the presence of Watson.<br /><br />If what you like in your Arthur Conan Doyle is London pea-soupers, horse-drawn transportation and meerschaum pipes, <i>Sherlock</i> isn't really going to float your boat. I like it for what it is, but it's not very Victorian.<br /><br />The name Thorley is overdue a renaissance.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post-56811706756114493562015-06-28T23:31:37.705-07:002015-06-28T23:31:37.705-07:00I was going to type a lot of stuff about Teutonic ...I was going to type a lot of stuff about Teutonic languages, but decided that it's too early in the morning, but yes. And no, Gove matters not. At all. Ever. The evil vent's doll from 'Magic' that he is.<br /><br />The 'deadly' element of the necklace is all the people willing to kill for it (it's meant to be a Cleopatran relic), rather than it possessing deadly properties in and of itself. That's not Watson holding it, though, that's the auctioneer. Thorley (it IS a good name, isn't it?) Walters as Watson is in the two pics above that one. Maybe all these men with moustaches, like corridors, look the same.<br /><br />I gave up on Sherlock a while back, as it's just not my cup of Conan Doyle, so Bilbo's political shenanigans don't trouble my waking consciousness. I quite liked him as Arthur Dent, though.Glen McCullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post-90432069123609695362015-06-28T12:04:33.597-07:002015-06-28T12:04:33.597-07:00I like the fact that 'neck' in German is k...I like the fact that 'neck' in German is kind of the same as it is in the Middle Englishes that I've read. Which reminds me that there used to be lots of different Englishes, so I don't know what Michael Gove's getting so worked up about. However, I guess it doesn't really matter what he thinks.<br /><br />Is 'Thorley' a real name? Reminds me of Thorlac Turville-Petre, who edited a book of Middle English alliterative verse. I used to have a copy of it but I don't any more.<br /><br />What was deadly about the necklace? Watson is proudly holding it aloft like it's a prize he's just won in the village fête's tombola. I prefer him to Martin Freeman because Freeman was on TV doing an advert for the Labour party. He was pretending to be all normal and blokeish, just one of us proles, but you could tell it was ultra-fake because (a) he's an actor who's been acting 'that awkward guy from the office' for all of his career, and (b) where his career is now, he's super-rich and he's been to award ceremonies and stuff.<br /><br />I'll probably still watch the next series of <i>Sherlock</i>, though.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post-724090970992824702015-06-28T01:23:14.490-07:002015-06-28T01:23:14.490-07:00A Comment! At long last... (Crumbles into dust).:...A Comment! At long last... (Crumbles into dust).:p<br /><br />I assume that since it was a co-production with Germany, with a lot of German actors in the supporting cast, they just shot it 'wild' without any sound (like a lot of Hong Kong pics) and looped everyone later. It's a bit mad, though, when pretty mucheveryone's giving their dialogue in English.<br /><br />It's a very decent film - at least as good as the Basil Rathbone Holmes movies.Glen McCullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491519916964943188.post-36596639500415829102015-06-27T15:47:52.661-07:002015-06-27T15:47:52.661-07:00Sorry I missed this review before Glen, your fault...Sorry I missed this review before Glen, your fault for being so prolific :P<br /><br />How strange they had their voices redubbed, was any reason why given? Looks like a good film nonetheless.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.com