Comments on: The Game’s Afoot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1094124 Sid Morrison Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:08:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1094124 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans was interesting both in that it centered around secret submarine plans and Sherlock's even-smarter brother Mycroft Holmes figured int he plot. It would have been a good one on this list. Or how about any of the stories in the last series of stories, "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes". The Casebook (1927) didn't come into the public domain (in teh US anyhow) until a couple of years ago, so the stories tend to be lesser known. They are also a little wackier [SPOILER ALERT!] including a story about a guy turning into a monkey from taking a drug derived from monkeys and another apart (seemingly anyhow) a vampire. Happy reading! The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans was interesting both in that it centered around secret submarine plans and Sherlock’s even-smarter brother Mycroft Holmes figured int he plot. It would have been a good one on this list.

Or how about any of the stories in the last series of stories, “The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes”. The Casebook (1927) didn’t come into the public domain (in teh US anyhow) until a couple of years ago, so the stories tend to be lesser known. They are also a little wackier [SPOILER ALERT!] including a story about a guy turning into a monkey from taking a drug derived from monkeys and another apart (seemingly anyhow) a vampire. Happy reading!

]]> By: Simon C http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1093920 Simon C Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:07:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1093920 Yeah - 100%! W00t! I thought they were going to do some of the lesser-known ones though - "The Bruce-Partington Plans" anyone??? Yeah – 100%! W00t! I thought they were going to do some of the lesser-known ones though – “The Bruce-Partington Plans” anyone???

]]> By: Brian http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1093460 Brian Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:17:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1093460 3 out of 8. I have never read them but I used to watch them religiously with my mom when I was a kid. I will always remember the Edward Gory animation at the opening of PBS Mystery! 3 out of 8. I have never read them but I used to watch them religiously with my mom when I was a kid. I will always remember the Edward Gory animation at the opening of PBS Mystery!

]]> By: intelnm http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1093109 intelnm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:44:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1093109 i got one right and it was the first one i got one right and it was the first one

]]> By: TeaFizz http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1092931 TeaFizz Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:13:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1092931 No... the game is a game and a foot is a foot... No… the game is a game and a foot is a foot…

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1092693 Sid Morrison Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1092693 Yeah, I got 100% as well. It wasn't too hard if you had ever read the stories. If you hadn't... well, then you are screwed. Yes, Jeremy Brett did a fine Holmes. That was a nice series ... decent production values all around and ((usually) reasonably close to the stories. It would have been great if Granada had produced adaptations of the entire "canon", but alas, Brett had to screw things up by dying. Bummer. Yeah, I got 100% as well. It wasn’t too hard if you had ever read the stories. If you hadn’t… well, then you are screwed.

Yes, Jeremy Brett did a fine Holmes. That was a nice series … decent production values all around and ((usually) reasonably close to the stories.

It would have been great if Granada had produced adaptations of the entire “canon”, but alas, Brett had to screw things up by dying. Bummer.

]]> By: Bell Pepper http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/20/the-game%e2%80%99s-afoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1092644 Bell Pepper Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19804#comment-1092644 wooohooo.... 100% And I haven't read or watch Holmes since I was ten! I had such a crush on Jeremy Brett. Ummm, yeah I was a strange little girl. wooohooo…. 100%

And I haven’t read or watch Holmes since I was ten! I had such a crush on Jeremy Brett. Ummm, yeah I was a strange little girl.

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