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And they’re both been Sherlock Holmes. (Sorta.)

*shrug* Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to speculate on a vague, 2-minute trailer.

His accent wasn’t terrible in August: Osage County and I say that as an Okie.

Like hiring Yo Yo Ma to play the piano at your wedding.

Ooohhh...good point. I would love to have been a fly on the wall at some casting meetings for this movie.

OMG Those shoes!

Two Things:

This is a gift.

Also this:

Sure. But it was going to do bank the first weekend regardless. That should not be a surprise at all. I could take a dump in a shoe box, slap the name “Jordan” on the outside, and still sell it to any number of my students.

Too bad their wasn’t some shade as well. ;-)

Never have heroes.

Fuckin’ A, that was a fantastic joke.

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I mentioned in another thread that Cumberbatch played Laurie’s son in a show called “Fortysomething”. They’ve remained friends. And now the more I think about it, I would not be the least bit surprised if BC was specifically going for a House vibe. (And House is based on Sherlock Holmes so that’s another little layer

Cumberbatch actually played Laurie’s oldest son in a show called “Fortysomething”. It was totally believable.

Oof. I know the catchphrases are fun but I hope they only make a nod to them in the film. One of those things best left on the page.

Michelle Yeoh.

I vote for Michelle Yeoh.

I can only assume Marvel was going for some sort of ambiguity with regard to ethnicity and gender...Which would be totally fine if this were an original character. I’m down with the “I’m so old and powerful I’m basically not human anymore” trope. But, yeah. This ain’t that.

They put him in the...