The Amazing Avian Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Yeah, picked up the entire Holmes collection, 4 novels and 56 short stories. Freaking addicted to it. Discuss the world's greatest detective (inb4Batman) as he was originally meant to be seen. Though I admit Downey portrayed him very well in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have yet to read the books, but I know they're good. Do the movies follow any of the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amazing Avian Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Not really. There are a whole bunch of short stories and the movie doesn't cover any of them. I have yet to read Study in Scarlet, so maybe it follows that. Apparently, the second one loosely follows The Final Problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The books are amazing, from what I remember. I should read them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 The books are amazing. My favorite would be The Final Problem. As for Guy Richie's movies no, their just based loosely on the books. The first one is based on several books and also the young sherlock adventure tv series while the second was based on The Final Problem. Also, do check out the bbc's tv series. Their as good as the Guy's movies but was update to a modern day setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirun Wolf Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 To be perfectly honest, many people don't know that: [spoiler=Original End to the Series] Sherlock Holmes dies. Moriarty and he get into the fight seen at the end of the second movie, and they both are meant to perish at the bottom of the waterfall. Technically, it is not known if Moriarty dies, but Holmes was supposed to have. Moriarty was "infinitely more devious." He was Holmes match, and was supposed to beat him. The outcry from fans that Doyle received caused him to bring the detective back from the dead to write more adventures. Moriarty never reappears, but he is never confirmed as deceased.[/spoiler] I love Holmes. The books, the movies... they are both particularly entertaining to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 [spoiler=Spoiler]Even if he was supposed to die, seeing the oxygen thing and then having Holmes come out of the chair in the 2nd movie was so freaking hilarious.[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='Doctor Whooves' timestamp='1326425645' post='5762156'] [spoiler=Spoiler]Even if he was supposed to die, seeing the oxygen thing and then having Holmes come out of the chair in the 2nd movie was so freaking hilarious.[/spoiler] [/quote] [spoiler='Spoiler']You misinterpreted what he said. He was saying that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle actually planed to end Sherlock's story in The Final Problem with him and Moriarty fight to the death. Ritchie's sequel was an independent movie that was based mostly on The Final problem.[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='Phantom Stranger' timestamp='1326458603' post='5762446'] [spoiler='Spoiler']You misinterpreted what he said. He was saying that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle actually planed to end Sherlock's story in The Final Problem with him and Moriarty fight to the death. Ritchie's sequel was an independent movie that was based mostly on The Final problem.[/spoiler] [/quote] No, I understood what he said, I was just bringing up a different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='Doctor Whooves' timestamp='1326508013' post='5763293'] No, I understood what he said, I was just bringing up a different matter. [/quote] My bad then. Anyway, I heard a third movie is fast-tracked and Arsene Lupin is rumored to be the next big bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 *looks up Arsene Lupin* Monocle... top hat... Yup. Big bad material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amazing Avian Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 If that is true, I'd like to see that. Arsene is the greatest thief ever and hes taking on the greatest detective ever. I'd definitely like to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Watch the modern BBC adaptation with Freeman and Cumberbatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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