Yes, I do mean My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn. I don't think there's another one by that name.

I only read a section of Pygmalion for one literature class, never really thought to read the whole thing. That was G. B. Shaw, wasn't it? Apparently he wasn't pleased with the state of communication and what he considered the lost art of conversation.

Well, it's old, I have no idea if there are other versions or not XD

Wow, we veered off the topic of Sherlock though, didn't we...

Well, sort of. I think there is a movie or two called "Pygmalion" but only one "My Fair Lady."

I was staring at Freddy each time he came on to see if I could recognize him. Never worked. The exception was that his voice would remind of his occasional Sherlock Holmes laugh. Brett was fond of barking out this sudden "hah!" in his Sherlock Holmes role. I always liked that quirk. Distinctive.

Heh, when I re-watched A Room with a View after seeing Sherlock, Rupert Graves' voice sounded exactly the same in both and that weirded me out a little bit.

I would have to go with Jeremy Brett (the man, the myth, the legend, as they say). His performance in the Grenada version was unreal, especially given what he was dealing with at the time. I will say though, that Benedict Cumberbatch makes for a good modern!Sherlock. In fact, for a modern adaptation, I was rather surprised by how many thing the BBC version got right / that seemed to make sense (dominatrix Irene Adler anyone?).

Wait, you thought the BBC version of Irene Adler made SENSE?

Uh, I... do not agree.

It would have not beeny first choice of her profession but BBC Irene was well portrayed and captured the spirit of an actual Domme not just someone playing it. I liked her all in all.

No.... no she didn't.

The whole point of Irene Adler in the original story is that she wasn't actually committing any crime at all.

I do feel the urge to point out that she never committed any crime....her clients were the ones who technically committed the crimes in revealing the information to her. Possession of such information isn't a crime...it's what she does with it that matters. Sherlock committed more of a crime in cracking the code...

Edit: Following my own logic...she does, but only once in revealing the cracked code to Moriarty. Look at the original portrayal of her though...she did indeed commit something similar in the form of blackmail.

Not really. The king THOUGHT she would blackmail him, but she was only holding onto the photos because she was afraid HE was going to do something to HER. She never wanted to hurt him at all, just wanted to go on with her life and marry the guy she loved and get everyone to leave her the heck alone.

She was up to absolutely nothing at all.

i haven't seen the movie yet, but i'm planning to! (the one with robert)
i also think the show is really good! the BBC show