Sherlock Holmes

[daisyhall1]

Rathbone re-mastered box set and Cushing BBC box set for just over £23 for both from Amazon!

[CaptainWaggett]

name='daisyhall1']Rathbone re-mastered box set and Cushing BBC box set for just over £23 for both from Amazon!

Whoo! Has anyone seen the remastered Rathbones? Do they look good and is it worth upgrading my ancient off-air recordings?

[Lord Brett]

They do look very nice, though I think (and I could be shot down in flames here) that the project was to produce the best possible film prints for projection, rather than to produce a pristine DVD, so there are still odd speckles which you kight have thought would have been removed. Well worth getting, especially at these prices.

[wearysloth]

...and if you are in the US, Walmart (of all people) are peddling the Cushing-Holmes set for $19 to cash in on the Holmes craze.

[cornershop15]

I'm looking for somewhere to post a 1970 TVTimes listing for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. This isn't the right place but I've noticed two missing posts ... Worth resurrecting, if only to see Captain Waggett's use of the word "Whoo!" (cue George Formby I think) ...

# 1:

name='daisyhall1' timestamp='1262263207' post='370765']

Rathbone re-mastered box set and Cushing BBC box set for just over £23 for both from Amazon!

#2:

name='CaptainWaggett' timestamp='1262265805' post='370776']

Whoo! Has anyone seen the remastered Rathbones? Do they look good and is it worth upgrading my ancient off-air recordings?

Amazon update:

The Digitally Remastered Basil Rathbone collection is currently £16.39, while the Pete Cushing set is £7.93. I should point out that since the last post Douglas Wilmer's series has been released ($15.99 at Amazon US, Region 1 only) and the complete collection of Jeremy Brett episodes is now £26.97. All excellent value.

[jaycad]

i may finally purchase the rathbone collection for the sake of it!

[batman]

name='jaycad' timestamp='1287750002' post='485088']

i may finally purchase the rathbone collection for the sake of it!

I think you'll enjoy them ..... they may not be 'canonical' (apart from HOTB), but there are loads of Holmesian touches to enjoy.

[jaycad]

name='batman' timestamp='1287750646' post='485092']

I think you'll enjoy them ..... they may not be 'canonical' (apart from HOTB), but there are loads of Holmesian touches to enjoy.

i think i've gotten over my 'canon' and 'modern day' settings problems thanks to 'sherlock' and related programmes such as 'the baker street boys','baker street irregulars' et al and can enjoy the characters more than when i first joined the forum,i am a stubborn and blinkered t****r at times!

[didi-5]

name='jaycad' timestamp='1287751556' post='485094']

i think i've gotten over my 'canon' and 'modern day' settings problems thanks to 'sherlock' and related programmes such as 'the baker street boys','baker street irregulars' et al and can enjoy the characters more than when i first joined the forum,i am a stubborn and blinkered t****r at times!

Surely not ...!



Let us know how you get on with the Rathbone set.

[jaycad]

name='didi-5' timestamp='1287756661' post='485117']

Surely not ...!



Let us know how you get on with the Rathbone set.

ha ha!! of course i will!

[Harbottle]

They would have to pay me to accept those awful Rathbone Holmes films....and then I'd bin them

[didi-5]

name='Harbottle' timestamp='1287771760' post='485165']

They would have to pay me to accept those awful Rathbone Holmes films....and then I'd bin them

Blimey ... they're not that bad!

[will.15]

name='jaycad' timestamp='1287751556' post='485094']

i think i've gotten over my 'canon' and 'modern day' settings problems thanks to 'sherlock' and related programmes such as 'the baker street boys','baker street irregulars' et al and can enjoy the characters more than when i first joined the forum,i am a stubborn and blinkered t****r at times!

I think this list of the best Rathbones is pretty accurate, particularly the first five. The best Universals are the middle entries. The first two where Rathbone has weird hair and Nazis are the weakest.



http://www.bestofsherlock.com/movies...0-rathbone.htm

[jaycad]

name='will.15' timestamp='1287794232' post='485222']

I think this list of the best Rathbones is pretty accurate, particularly the first five. The best Universals are the middle entries. The first two where Rathbone has weird hair and Nazis are the weakest.



http://www.bestofsherlock.com/movies...0-rathbone.htm

cheers will! the non canon stories do seem to have very lazy titles!