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- Still on my mystery kick, I felt like saying (probably again) that Mrs. Oliver makes Poirot 100x awesomer. XD The more Zoe Wanamaker can join the cast, the better. Mrs. Oliver is the perfect snarky, slightly scattered, foil for Poirot.
- Out of viewing material mystery-wise, I watched a Jeremy Brett episode of Sherlock Holmes. It only confirmed my notion that Sherlock Holmes is okay, but I really am not interested in that character much at all. The whole mythology just doesn't appeal to me. (It's a bit like Superman in that way - doesn't matter much who plays the roles or writes it - I just can't get excited about that story.)
- DW-related, all I can say about that DT Rex clip is it's probably a very good thing the show got trashed. D: (Oh, the comments on youtube. No. Just no.)
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She's not in very many of them, but when she makes an appearance it's GREAT. :D
And Holmes is a very different type of detective - both in terms of style of mystery and character himself - than a lot of the others.
And I just can't get into that whole "ultra genius but disengaged" thing. (Hmmm. That could be why I like incarnations of the Doctor that are a bit more...engaged. Or maybe I simply don't like Four very much. XD)
Lol DT.
*pats*
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I liked the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie, but he wasn't particularly emotionally distant in that one, he was just kind of cool. And I like the Mary Russell books quite a bit since he seems more like a real bloke in those, too.
I think I agree in part, though: to really love a character there has to be something human about them. I can adore douchebag characters (which Holmes is), but they have to be sympathetic too.
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*nods* That's it exactly.
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NEVER DO IT
LEARN FROM MY FAILURES
ETC
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