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Starring the composer, Hans Zimmer, along with Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr (doing crazy antics. DANCE!…. but no Jude Law! Bummer!), Davey Johnstone (banjo), Anne-Marie Calhoun (violin), Tina Guo (cello), Lorne Balfe (co-wrote music), Aleksey Igudesman (another violin… the dude on the elephant), Satnam Singh Ramgotra (guy with full beard and the stand up big wide drum) Diego Stacco (crazy but awesome looking & sounding violin/viola/cello instrument), Atli Örvarsson, Bob Badami (don’t know exactly which one they are…maybe on the boat? or drumsticks?).

I wondered about the crazy locations and found the answer at Igudesman’s YouTube channel where he also has the video:

“Hans asked the musicians who participated on the soundtrack to video themselves, wherever they are in order to make this little video. Aleksey happened to be on an elephant in Thailand…”

What the video also pointed out to me was the different nationalities: British, German, Russian, American, Italian, Canadian…

Another thing I noticed: this is one of the few videos for a soundtrack where there are absolutely no clips of the film, just the cover for the CD.

And this weekend are the Oscars, and I sure hope that the soundtrack wins for best score. It should!

DVD/BluRay to be released….

According to Amazon, the movie is to be released later this month, March 30. The BluRay is where a lot of the extra features are at… bummer. I am hoping to get a digital copy so I can put it on my Creative Zen

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I wasn’t sure on what to expect from the movie.  I’ve been a Sherlockian for over 20 years. I was excited.  It was the first Holmes movie in more than 20 years.  I had my doubts about Downey.  Not in his acting however or that he was not British.  One of the big complaints from some Holmes fans about Downey was the fact that he was not British. Having seen him numerous times in Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin was British) where he had to learn 2-3 different accents to cover different eras of Chaplin’s life, I knew he could handle that.

Jude Law looked excellent as Watson, and from the trailers he seemed good, but I was going to hold off final opinion until I saw them in action.

I also had never seen a Guy Ritchie movie before.  Other than having violence in his work, I really didn’t know what form he would take Holmes.

I went to the theater the day after Christmas.  It was a busy Saturday afternoon and a lot of people were outside. I stood in one of the two lines.  And as I stood there, I listened to what people were getting tickets to see.  Most were for Holmes shich made me smile and also made me nervous.  What it gets sold out before it was my turn?

“Sorry, it was just sold out.  The last ticket was to the person right in front of you”

But I held my breath and waited.

“Three for Sherlock Holmes. Five for Sherlock Holmes. Two for Sherlock Holmes…”

After serveral people on both sides getting Holmes tickets, it was my turn.

“One for Sherlock Holmes”

After the poor guy had to type in my number because the card was worn, which also added a little tension thinking that it would sell out, he gave me the little ticket to sign, then handed me the movie ticket and receipt ticket.  I smiled and headed in.
I gave it to the guy inside who was talking to a couple of the other patrons about how he was having trouble saying awake while working.

I walked in the room where it was playing.  Packed!  I looked around for a place to sit.  Down…Down…Down the aisle I went.  Finally I settled in the middle of the third row.  They were playing one of those commercials for Coca-Cola and Walmart with the young guy going through a party, singing.  I looked around.  There were young teens, older couples, and people my age or thereabouts.

Good size crowd.  Very good size.

Trailers started.  First one showed Robert Downey Jr sitting in a crowded courtroom.  It was a trailer for Iron Man 2.  After a few other trailers, the cobble streets of London filled the screen…

The Review

I was afraid I wouldn’t like Downey as Holmes, mainly due the physical differences.  It doesn’t seem right that Holmes is shorter than Watson.  And the hair didn’t seem right either.  While I watched the trailers and see Downey, I mainly saw Downey play Holmes… I didn’t see Holmes.  And I was afraid that would be too distracting.  So I decided I would go in based on the other factors, his acting (wasn’t too worried about that) and how he sounded.While it was a little distracting in looks, I quickly was able to put that aside and enjoy the film.  His accent was very good.  He sounded like I expected Holmes to sound.  I liked how he talked his way on how to attack an opponent and the result of hitting/ kicking would do to the poor soul he was fighting.  His meeting with Watson’s fiance Mary (one of the actual characters from the original  stories, first in Sign of Four).  She insists that Holmes give deductions about her, all the while Watson is trying to talk her out of it. Holmes goes through a rapid fire list of things about her, resulting in her throwing her drink in his face (I don’t think Holmes saw that coming ).

Other deductions were also great such as when Holmes has a bag placed over his head so he couldn’t see where some men were taking him.  When the bag is removed after arriving in a chair in a secret location, the host doesn’t expect Holmes to know where they are at or who the host is.  Holmes then goes through a list of smells, sounds, turns of the carriage that he observed while riding in the carriage and gives the location of where they are and who the gentleman is.

Also I liked how the film showed Holmes’ lack of socializing and “absurd” (to society anyway) way of living. which Watson hits Holmes with while being held in a pen.

Also interesting brief look into why Holmes does not socialize much during the scene with him in the resturant and the sounds and appearances of people get to him for a brief moment as he tries to block it out.

Big arguments about the fighting scene with people saying that Holmes didn’t fight.  While he did not fight a lot, he certainly knew how to and was familiar with martial arts and how to wield a cane.  The picture on the left is from “Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, published in 1904.

Ultimate was at the end where Holmes explains how everything happened (though I’ll let you find out what Holmes discovered.)

Things like that gave me a thumbs up for Downey (though Jeremy Brett is still my favorite Holmes).

And now Jude Law as John Watson.  The guy was good. So, so good!  The look, the way he talked.  One hundred percent believable. Unlike Downey, when I looked at Watson, I saw Watson, I didn’t see Law playing Watson.  I put him right up there with David Burke and Edward Hardwicke as great.  Just like the Watson in the stories, he is faithful to his unusual friend but also brutally honest when there’s something that he does not agree with him about.

Rachael McAdams was good as Irene Adler, though I must say I am sick and tired of people putting a romantic spin between her and Holmes.  Though credit goes to the film for showing Holmes not totally interested in her romantically.  And yes, Adler is American (I’ve read some grumblings about that).  She is another character from the original canon, A Scandal in Bohemia (one of my favorite Holmes stories) which was the first Holmes short story.  And yes, she outsmarts Holmes in that.  But there was no hanky-panky with them in there.

Mark Strong was good, though a bit of the stereotypical bad guy.  In parts he kind of reminded me of Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs.

And hooray for them putting Inspector Lestrade in it, played by Eddie Marsan.  I was wondering if he was going to be in it, and also how his name would be pronounced.  Marsan didn’t look rat faced enough so I still will mark down Colin Jeavons as best Lestrade (from the Brett/Burke/Hardwicke series).  And the name is pronounced the same in this film as it was in the Rathbone films, with a short “a”.  When I originally read the stories, I read it with a long “a”, like in” trade”.

The soundtrack

The minute I found out that Hans Zimmer wrote the soundtrack, I knew I would like it.  Turns out that not only the main theme is great, but the whole thing is good!  Love the sound of a broken piano, it added a new fresh sound to Holmes.  While listening to it at home, I looked through a bunch of pictures of Rathbone/Bruce and Brett/Burke/Hardwicke, the music still fit.  Thumbs up for Zimmer (again)!  I am listening to it repeatedly as I am writing this review. Click hear to have a listen from the movie official site.  Just let it play and you can listen to the whole thing.  If press the triangles, it’ll just play samples.  Here’s a great article from the London Times about how Zimmer created the unique sounds: “Hans Zimmer: ‘The sound of Sherlock Holmes? It’s a broken piano’”

Overall

I had the theme song stuck in my head a couple hours after the movie, my mind a whirl wind of positive things things to say about the film.  I was smiling throughout the whole thing, totally taking up in what was going on, and trying to figure out the little mysteries as they came up.  And with all the positive things I’ve see in tweets and reviews, looks like there will be more interest in the great detective, which, for a long time fan, is always a good thing

Favorite Scenes/Lines

(Holmes pointing his violin bow at Watson)
Watson: Get that thing out of my face
Holmes: It’s not in your face, it’s in my hand.
Watson: Get that thing that’s in your hand out of my face.
———————–
Scenes with the Big Guy that Holmes fights twice, and they talk French to each other. Ha! Very good!  A Indiana Jones moment at the shipyard when Holmes throws a small hammer at him and it just bounces off. Reminds me of when Indy fought that big Nazi by the fighter plane in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
———————–
Holmes: Save your bullets Watson.
(a few seconds later they both fire their guns, Holmes doing most of the shooting)
Watson: What was that about saving bullets?
———————–
Holmes trying to unlock a door. Watson comes up and kicks the door in.
———————–

Not a deerstalker/curved shape pipe/”Elementary my dear Watson” in sight! Yay!

————————

There were a few of classic Holmes sayings. Two that I remember:

“Data, data, data.  I can not make bricks without clay”

“”It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

And finally, a cool trailer….

I had posted trailer #2 in my last regular post, but a much better one was released later:

This movie will definately be on my “DVDs to get” list!

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Basil Rathbone (left) and Nigel Bruce play the crime fighting dou

detective and and his trusty companion.  We were reading Hound of the Baskervilles (considered by many fans to be the best of the Holmes stories) and watched the 1939 film version starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce  it in class.  We had an assignment of pretending to be a news reporter covering the murder.

I’ve never cared too much for mysteries. It was usually someone gets killed (kind of a downer). Detective investigates and usually solves case. Killer is usually hateful/jealous/mean streaked.  Then justice is done.

But the characters of Holmes and Watson really got my curiosity.  Holmes was stand-offish and not social. He could tell you where you came from and what you do for a living within the first second of meeting you.  But he was not a romantic, but rather preferred facts when dealing with people… or rather, people’s cases.  Along with his cocaine addictions, violin playing, and pipe smoking.

Watson was loyal.  Ready to help his friend when needed. And wrote about the cases that he and Holmes took on.  Handy with a revolver.  If Holmes asked him to go off and do something, Watson went without question.

I happened to mention about the story to my mom, telling her that I thought it was really interesting and not hard to follow the decades old story.  So when I graduated the grade, my parents gave me a book that had several stories in it (most of the Holmes stories were short stories), including Hound.  The book had the original illustrations by Sidney Paget, which were originally with the stories when they were originally published.  Considered to have cemented the “look” of Holmes to the public.

I read those stories. Inhaled them is a better way of putting it.  The stories were also out of the ordinary.  Some were murders, though the cause of death no always easy: an animal in self defense or the victim died out of terror or a guilty conscious.  Or perhaps faked their own death.  Or something was stolen.  In addition to that,  I watched more of the Rathbone/Bruce movies on the local tv channel. I believe it was every Sunday afternoon.  Rathbone was my Holmes.

Until…

Jeremy Brett as Holmes (left) , Rosalie Williams as Mrs. Hudson (center) and David Burke as Watson standing in front of the infamous 221B residence

I saw Jeremy Brett and David Burke.

Oh. My. Gosh!!!

(that’s right, I said gosh. Deal with it! )

The performances of those two men really shot the characters out of a canon and onto the small screen.  Brett’s portrayal was spot on. He set a very high standard of how someone should play Holmes. And Burke’s Watson as well as Edward Hardwicke’s Watson was much more faithful to the Watson that Conan Doyle wrote about.  And the rest of the cast: Rosalie Williams who played their landlady Mrs. Hudson, Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade, and a bunch of others who appeared looking like what I had pictured in my head when I first read the stories.

And shooting it out of a canon can be taken another way… it was almost 100% Canon (canon – meaning the original stories).  The stories were as close to word-for-word as one could fit into less than a 60 minute program.  Costumes were beautiful. Sets were marvelous.  The Baker Street residence was not too ornate.  Everything was so… well…. perfect! (Except for the last few episodes. Production got lazy, and Brett’s health got worse and passed away in September 1995 :’( ).

Even when I watch them now, they do not look like they are 25 years old.  I

Brett again as Holmes, and Edward Hardwicke picking up the role of Watson

am picky when it comes to period films and if there is too much 1980s in something that is supposed to be 1880s, then I’m not happy.  But this was, as I already said, perfect.

A few years later I became a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin.  And to my delight, one of Chaplin’s early acting childhood gigs was that of Billy the Pageboy in the Sherlock Holmes play written by William Gillette.  There were two men who played Holmes for the play, Gillette and H A Saintsbury, and Chaplin worked with both of them, commenting in “My Autobiography” that he thought Saintsbury was the better Holmes.  Many years later when he was making Limelight, he brought on Nigel Bruce to play Mr Postant, largely due to his Watson role.  Which is another reason why I have kept the name Calvero for so many years… it connects some of my favorites together .

And speaking of the Holmes/Chaplin crossover, there is the “Sherlock Holmes” movie to be released later this year starring Robert Downey, Jr. who playrf Charlie in the 1992 film “Chaplin”.  Loved him in that!  And now he’s playing Holmes.  While I can’t think of anyone better to play Chaplin than him, it will be real tough to even equal Brett’s Holmes.  But he can do a very good British accent (he did a couple different ones in Chaplin).  Jude Law has a very very good look for Watson (He also had a small part in the Granada series, “The Disappearance of Lady Carfax”).

The trailer looks good:

I’ll just have to put Brett’s image to the side when I go to see the new movie.

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The 4th Doctor, aka Tom Baker. One of my, and Kristi's, favorite Doctors

I remember when Kristi was 3 (she’s now 10), she saw one of my old Doctor Who VHS tapes in the cabinet, “Full Circle” starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor.

She put it in the machine and started watching it. And then she watched it again. And again.  And again.  I had a few others but for some reason she liked this one a lot.  She would get scared of the monsters and laugh whenever the Doctor who give off his big toothy smile.

I should add that I did not watch Doctor Who much when Kristi was awake. Usually it was her shows like Blue’s Clues, Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, etc. so it’s not like she just watched it when I watched it.

Since then she has become a fan of the renewed Doctor Who series and likes David Tennant as much as Tom.

And just yesterday I was watching Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights while folding the

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laundry.  Kristi was watching Pokemon videos on Youtube (She loves Pokemon!).  When I got up to put some clothes away, I left the movie playing.  I came back a couple minutes later and there was Kristi laying on the sofa watching City Lights. Not her Pokemon!

Since she caught it in the middle of the movie, I explained some of what was going on, like why the millionaire treated Charlie different drunk versus sober, and that the young lady who Charlie falls in love with is blind.

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The controversial brothers from the 1960s got the attention of my almost 3 year old

wall. The Smothers Brothers.  She often sits on my lap watching YouTube videos, and the other day she saw the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Season 3 DVD set sitting on my desk where my computer is. She pointed to it wanting to watch it.  She likes watching them sing. Even when they are talking she will sit there glued as they talk about the Vietnam War and student protests and so on.  I don’t go into explaining what happened back in the 1960s, what the protests were about or anything… I’ll wait to explain that when she’s older .

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Can’t find my notebook that had ideas & notes from last couple years May have to start over again. Do remember most of the good stuff #

good morning! Had a hectic busy last couple days. Still haven’t found my writing notebook. Have a blue comp book now… always liked blue #

good morning! Looking up showtimes to see #julieandjulia again, this time w/ my aunt. I bragged about it so much, she wants to see it too #

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while they're out, I'm going to do some shopping and see a movie about cooks (Julie & Julia). Looking forward to a great day! #

I did have one of those people 3 seats away on my left who made comments out loud during the movie, but that didn't dampen my enjoyment #

good morning one and all! (and that means you!) #

bed time. good night! #

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North Korea gives special pardon to American journalists http://ping.fm/4jbYL #

@uncultured "Snakes…why'd it have to be snakes?" #

http://ping.fm/lFAQp Fun game on testing your geo knowledge while giving poverty a kick up the back side (Thanks @BarbInNebraska!) #

another workday done. Even though it was a long day, I was in another great mood at work. Haven't figured out why but I'm not complaining #

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whole bunch of friends and family over right now celebrating my parents 40th anniversary #

party went really well. Saw people I hadn't seen in years. Plenty of food. Everyone seemed to have a good time! #

watching #doctorwho trailer for End of Time shown at #comiccon http://bit.ly/PvCjX
via @LouisTrapani #

home from work. Not as worn out as I usually am at this time of night (morning?). Feeling pretty good, even with having a cold #

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feeling a bit more up. Managed to eat a decent-size meal and not throw up #

time to get to bed. Fortunately I have another day off tomorrow to recover #

g'morning! Feeling back up to speed today . Time to catch up on some errands today. #

good morning! #

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forgot to say good morning…well, now it'll be good afternoon! #

relaxing at the computer. my weekend has begun #

@noebie didn't realize it was Woody's birthday! Classic music he did and his "This machine kills fascists" quote. Thanks for reminder in reply to noebie #

@bego I envy you . Wanted to go to a midnight showing but unable to. Looking forward to your review! Have fun! in reply to bego #

good morning #

@Catholic_Hack thanks for the links started listening now in reply to Catholic_Hack #

watching "Elephant Song" by Eric Herman with Katie right before nap time http://bit.ly/9FgT6
one of her new favs #

Wordpress's Visual Editor is now showing text! Hurray Hurrah! So far, update is looking good #

@BarbInNebraska 1000 today? wow exactly! You're becoming a celebrity tweeter in reply to BarbInNebraska #

good morning! #

now "Back in the USSR". From what I read, only two songs were shown on Letterman, so Sir Paul gave great bonus stuff to live audience #

@Dougkranz good luck in finding a sponsor #nascar in reply to Dougkranz #

@FatherRoderick I rarely open Facebook's inbox. Filters *would* be great in reply to FatherRoderick #

@TupeloRob They totally should, like they do colors w/ Nintendo DS. I would want a royal Blue Wii in reply to TupeloRob #

how sad Another icon leaves us: Walter Cronkite at 92 (!) http://ping.fm/4ey8l #

good night #

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Good afternoon. Was busy with things around here that I haven't had a chance til now to sit and relax #

@Montymark penguin is cute! Makes me wonder what was in *front* of that guy's camera in reply to Montymark #

bed time? already? Awww #

Katie in for a nap. Now I'm going to try and install CivCity Rome. Research for book #Rome #pcgames #

@nerdwriter Disney Karaoke with kids is better than other types of karaoke in reply to nerdwriter #

home from work, picked up Kristi, and dinner is underway. And my feet are feeling better now that I'm sitting down for a few minutes #

watched Agatha Christie's Poirot story "Mrs. McGinty's Dead". Doctor Who's "Unicorn and the Wasp" makes more sense now http://is.gd/1sUSY #

cooking dish with celery, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and green beans. Modding recipe as usual #

Awesome! got @chamcircuit 's album in the mail today http://is.gd/1tUji #dftba #doctorwho #trock #

decided on blueberries … yum! #

cleaned the bathroom. Lemony fresh! glad I ate blueberries beforehand #

time for bed. good night #

home from a busy day at work. eating a small bowl of cherries (because that's what life is ) #

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@factory_worker that was awesome seeing Neil Young and Sir Paul rocking out! thanks for sharing! in reply to factory_worker #

@AlanDistro http://twitpic.com/8uvaj – LOL. yes, we all know better #

@MikeKuypers I better have a ustream tab open and ready then in reply to MikeKuypers #

@uncultured Not good to announce it on the WORLD web web. I wonder if anyone is China is going to be watching him in reply to uncultured #

up and about and feeling better #

Benny & Joon is now on Hulu.com http://bit.ly/1J9Ish
I know what I'm watching tonight! #

home from work. I think everyone in the state came through our store the last couple nights! Glad to be home #

watching NASCAR with their Pit Buddy http://ping.fm/fOv9C 4 camera angles at once. very cool. Go 48! #

just came back inside from watching neighborhood fireworks with Kristi. Came in when the mosquitoes got out of control. Fun otherwise #

@dislp38 that sounds painful eck! Glad it's getting better in reply to dislp38 #

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ate some wheat noodles and a slice of homemade bread. good stuff #

good morning! #

@GSPN good luck Cliff! looking forward to hearing your talk #cnmc #cnmc09 in reply to GSPN #

waving back at @BarbInNebraska in reply to BarbInNebraska #

@GSPN very good. I hope you don't have gremlins! in reply to GSPN #

@GSPN I got to see most of your interview before being yanked away by my 2yr old. Great job! and no gremlins! #cnmc #cnmc09 #

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Katie is watching Toy Story for the second time. She watched the teaser for TS 3 sooo many times, I thought she would like the 1st #

@TheeRebel thanks but (just to avoid any confusion) I didn't didn't take it. I saw it posted on http://iran.twazzup.com/ #iranelections in reply to TheeRebel #

@NameCheap Sahara desert? in reply to NameCheap #

@jmfield be prepared for 90ish degree weather here in central FL . It's scorching outside in reply to jmfield #

laundry folded and put away. One less chore to do! #

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good morning! First day of summer break (cause weekends don’t really count ) #

watching Toy Story 3 teaser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-MYl-HzNw YAY! #

Kristi – “When I’m old enough, I want to try root beer!” That got a laugh out of me #

raining in the backyard. Not in the front yard. Go figure #

@realjohngreen if your still typing, then you survived it . That’s the bright side of it in reply to realjohngreen #

good afternoon #

good afternoon! Just turned on my computer… still feeling under the weather #

writing parts of my Roman story. Always cheers me up #

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home from work, and ready for my weekend! #

gooood morning! Already dropped Kristi off at school and took Katie to the store to pick up some things. #

watching Wheels on the Bus with Katie…sung with Roger Daltrey? Yup, it’s her generation now http://bit.ly/8HrQZ #

noticed some of my pants are getting baggy. More fruit and nuts and less sweets does actually work! Just call me fruity and nutty! #pabl #

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(if the below video does work, here’s a direct link)

So there you have it, the Vulcan salute is the name of God .

For more info on the  Jewish connections in Star Trek, check out TrekJews.com run by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom.

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I have thought of other things that I wanted to add to it:

Random thought: Was anyone else surprised that Winona Ryder was in it?  And that she played Spock’s mom? Assuming that you did not know who was in the movie prior to seeing it, that is . That surprised me when I was watching the credits and thought “She was in this?”

More on Roman history: And while watching the TOS episode “Amok Time” (the one where Spock returns to Vulcan and first does the Vulcan salute),  I suddenly remembered the relationship of Vulcan (the Roman god of fire) and Spock’s home planet (D’oh!). It’s because the planet is volcanic (ah, the wonders of Roman mythology on the English language!), and therefore hot and the air is thin. And then I remember the scenes in the movie seeing the outside shots of Vulcan. I knew there had to be something connecting the two!  My mind just went blank when writing my earlier review.

And to talk about something not directly related to the movie, here’s a connection with TNG:  Back in 1976, BBC aired a 12 part television series called “I, Claudius” about the goings-on of the Julio-Claudian household from Claudius’ point of view (like a soap opera, but with more literal knife stabbing and poisoning and it’s pretty close to being historically accurate). Claudius was one of the family members and would later become emperor.  It had a big cast, among them Patrick Stewart who play Sejanus, the captain of the Praetorian Guard (the emperor’s elite bodyguards) under Emperor Tiberius, and who is believed to have tried to become emperor by killing off people.

Eleven years later Stewart would become Captian Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) , a much more noble man.

I hope to write a review of that BBC series. I’ve seen it a few times and love it.

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and now it’s time for some shut eye! good night #

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good morning! #

another night of work over. And now my “weekend” begins #

cooking beans and rice for dinner. My kids love it #

very cool! Youtube has all 3 seasons of Star Trek TOS. For *free* http://ping.fm/896eR #

@MysticKid Thanks in reply to MysticKid #

decided on “Greek Interpreter” http://bit.ly/a3xGx
. Love Sherlock’s brother Mycroft #

and now it’s time for some shut eye! good night #

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