John Watson, Sherlock's stupid, fat, bumbling companion

[katikat]

Yes, I'm annoyed. How did you guess? There's a Sherlock Holmes movie on TV right now, the one where Sherlock is portrayed by Christopher Lee. And honestly, I was more than slightly irked when I saw this movie's Dr. John Watson. Why?

Because it's your usual slow, fat, slightly dumb guy with a mustache and a benign smile - again! Come on! Someone, a long time ago, cast a guy who looked like that in the role and since then, every movie/series just copied the type! It's like with Holmes and that stupid hat of his! Whoever came up with that one, should've been kicked in the nuts, really *huffs*

Boy, you can't even imagine how grateful I am that the character of John Watson is portrayed by Jude Law and Martin Freeman in its latest incarnations. I love, really love the way John Watson was reinvented.

I mean, I know what Doyle's Watson is like, I'm reading the short stories now, but come on! Do we really need 20 mirror copies of one product?

Comments

[keire_ke]

Did you see the parody, in which Sherlock has an epiphany and shags Watson? It always makes me laugh. :)

Huh, Watson was also very easily impressed in the self-insert short JM Barrie wrote for Doyle. I guess it's because it's easy to mistake a smart man for an idiot around Sherlock.