Three of my favourite scenes from Soviet Holmes...
The carriage ride. Of course. Seldom was there a more caring Holmes. And there's no actual reason for Watson to lean against Holmes like that. Other than for them to look adorable.
Watson gets angry at Milverton and Holmes can calm him with just a touch of their hands. And the way he instinctively grabs his hand.
And the third one is them reuniting after being apart during HOUN and it really depicts them being close. They miss each other and they're delighted to see each other.
This Holmes and this Watson are probably closer than any other pair.
My favourite Holmes adaptations (in no particular order)
-> #6 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона) (1979 - 1986)
now see it’s times like this I wonder if the original Russian sentence was different and can’t be translated properly because who says that. What kind of thing is that to say. What’s wrong with this guy
This Watson is still my favorite, he can be serious with an expression like 'I'm an army doctor, I can name every part of your body while shooting you', but all that falls apart when he's smiling, so he's so cute. And he's handsome, but he's so cute when he blushes.
He's the most seriously cute Watson ever.
He became interested in Holmes' personality the minute he laid eyes on the peculiar man, and then he beat himself up for 30 minutes of Show because he thinks Holmes is a criminal genius (like a Moriarty), so he doesn't know if he admires Holmes anyway, if he fears him, or if he spies on him and then decides what to do after. hahaha.
I love that this Show gave Watson some substantial screen space, even gave space for Watson in the Show Title.
I really appreciate that, and in the end it works perfectly because this Watson is adorable.
He was so sad when he thought his Holmes was dead. He played Holmes's violin so sadly. And he was so thrilled, so emotional, when Holmes returned!
It was the best cutest scene, I swear, neither the book nor any other adaptation could top this Watson and Mrs Hudson hugging Holmes in his return on this Show!
And you know, Watson is described as very handsome in the book, in one case Holmes is complaining that Watson should have used his physical attributes to his advantage to get more data for the case.
And this Watson is like: 'yes, Holmes is the smart brain and brilliant detective with a magnifying glass, and I'm the handsome army doctor who has already won the hearts of many on three different continents'.
See... All this Watson needs to do for stole my heart is appear on the screen.
And yet it is such a soft show, it can perfectly be my Comfort Show for hours.
ahhhhh finally there are 2 episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in German.. Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century on Google TV. That makes my day. 😭😊😊
This is literally all I could think about and it has been haunting me for the past two weeks so I'm gonna set it free onto Tumblr.
[ID: a screenshot of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Watson is leaning closely forward towards Holmes who's looking at him. Mrs Hudson is standing next to them both, looking up at them. There's a red square added around her and text that reads "Live Mrs Hudson Reaction". /End ID]
Tryna convert them to my style, dont beat me up i promise it will get better, practice makes perfect little old men, thats what the grand Artist manuscript says yes yes
I'm making my house a Murder Mystery Christmas. My newest acquisition is a Department 56 Literary Classics model of Sherlock Holmes' house, with Sherlock and Watson!
It's all set for the season with garland and wreath, a table full of tiny British Xmas foods, a Christmas tree, and three annoying carolers. Miss Marple, Father Brown, and Hercule Poirot watch over them like Guardian Angels.
Dr. Moriarty left them a plum pudding. I don't think they'll eat it.