Oh noees!

[derien]

I just spent I don't know how long watching the first episode of the Russian "Holmes and Watson" series on YouTube - someone made subtitles for it! (I think that this is the only place it can be found with subtitles. They're not perfect subtitles by any means - whoever did it didn't check back to canon for spellings, and "the speckled band," after translating into Russian and back becomes "the motley ribbon," but it's totally worth it for the looong buildup where Watson first moves into the flat and he at first finds Holmes pretty freaky and spooky.

They don't stick to canon, as the first ep is called "Red on White" and seems to start out kind of like "A Study in Scarlet" and then segue into "The Speckled Band." Don't be put off by the fact that the first part is "1 of 14" - that first episode ends at 7 of 14.

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[captainpellew.livejournal.com]

Haha! I've been doing the exact same thing. It's about 10000 times better than the British version, which is ironic.


AND Watson is NOT portrayed as a fat,bumbling fool. Yays!

[derien.livejournal.com]

Don't you like the bit where Watson says, "Holmes, one can tell that you don't read much. Latest research indicates that snakes are deaf." It deals with the big hole in Doyle's story with the other thing I always thought was a hole - how can Holmes ever KNOW which junk it's going to be worthwhile to have in his attic?

[captainpellew.livejournal.com]

That's probably why there's so much junk. :)

My favorite bit is Watson's theory that Holmes is a criminal mastermind. I had a good laugh over that.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Shades of "The Last Sherlock Holmes Story." It was quite good, though, with Watson getting all freaked. :)