(January 27, 2010 at 5:40 pm)Watson Wrote: Saerules, Sherlock Holmes is kickass, isn't he? It's the very thing that inspired me to want to write detective novels, and no, he never said Elementary my dear Watson! He did say things similar to it, though...

Thanks again, all, ofr the gracious welcome.

Yes He's one of those characters that is truly 'alive'

Doyle's vivid biography of Holme's life is a wonderful read through any of his noted cases

I haven't watched the new movie yet, but i intend to someday

It's interesting that the techniques described in the Holmes stories are now

an integral part of police forensics.

P.s welcome to the dark side Watson

Bwa ha ha ha

^Well his methods were sincerely far ahead of his time, so it stands to reason they would be implemented nowadays, and with greater technology required to do them for us haha!

Saerules, I'll have to check out Doyle's biography on him, it must be outrageously awesome! What is so fascinating, to me, about Holmes is that despite all of his callous behavior, his rudeness, even his own opinion on the field of detective work, he was one of the most compassionate men in all of fiction. That is to say, to him it was second nature to care so deeply for all of mankind that he would undertake, even at great pains to his own mental health, the task which he did.

It'swhat makes him so intriguing.

Compassionate even when pumped full of cocaine.

(January 28, 2010 at 8:16 pm)Watson Wrote: ^Well his methods were sincerely far ahead of his time, so it stands to reason they would be implemented nowadays, and with greater technology required to do them for us haha!

Saerules, I'll have to check out Doyle's biography on him, it must be outrageously awesome! What is so fascinating, to me, about Holmes is that despite all of his callous behavior, his rudeness, even his own opinion on the field of detective work, he was one of the most compassionate men in all of fiction. That is to say, to him it was second nature to care so deeply for all of mankind that he would undertake, even at great pains to his own mental health, the task which he did.

It'swhat makes him so intriguing.

Lol silly I said that in reference to how well the author portrayed Holmes as a real character

He was also often on heroin, if my memory serves

(January 28, 2010 at 8:43 pm)Saerules Wrote:

(January 28, 2010 at 8:16 pm)Watson Wrote: ^Well his methods were sincerely far ahead of his time, so it stands to reason they would be implemented nowadays, and with greater technology required to do them for us haha!

Saerules, I'll have to check out Doyle's biography on him, it must be outrageously awesome! What is so fascinating, to me, about Holmes is that despite all of his callous behavior, his rudeness, even his own opinion on the field of detective work, he was one of the most compassionate men in all of fiction. That is to say, to him it was second nature to care so deeply for all of mankind that he would undertake, even at great pains to his own mental health, the task which he did.

It'swhat makes him so intriguing.

Lol silly I said that in reference to how well the author portrayed Holmes as a real character

He was also often on heroin, if my memory serves

LOL oops! Don't I look goofy? haha

Holmes did do cocaine, not sure about heroin though. I haven't read all of the books. xP Holmes basically used cocaine as an outlet for hyper-charging his brain when he didn't have a case or problem to put his mind to.