SH and The Case of the Silk Stocking

[shakatany]

Last night I watched Rupert Everett play Sherlock Holmes in "The Case of the Silk Stocking" which I thought was probably the worst SH I've seen in ages. RE's SH is so athletic that he leaps around demonstrating how he might later have survived the Reichenbach Falls but puts me in mind of bad wire-work action movies. Mrs Watson-to-be has the lousiest American accent and I think bears little resemblance to the few mentions of Mrs Watson in canon (for fun go to http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/Who_is_Sherlock/WatsonsWives.html where the author hypothesizes that the good doctor may have had 6 wives!!). If they ever make a sequel I doubt I'll watch it.
Speaking of accents as an American I find that many British actors cannot do good American accents and I'm sure the opposite is true too. In BtVS we were blessed by the fact that Marsters and Denisof were very good at Britspeak or so I'm told by nativespeakers.

On another note I'm so pleased that Lazuli, lit_gal, riani1, tabaqui, authoressnebula, nwhepcat and others have updated their fics. Such abundance makes me extremely happy.