HooperCast Episode 19

This week Dustin and I devote an entire episode to 

BBC's "Sherlock" series and warn against the upcoming

American version "Elementary" (and also our distate for changing the race and sexual orientation of

existing comic book characters)

0:00 - Intro

1:30 - G.I. Joe Retaliation is getting pushed back 9 months, and why it's probably not for the reasons they said it was.

3:26 - We begin our discussion of BBC's "Sherlock"

10:14 - Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes

17:36 - Martin Freeman as  Doctor John Watson

22:18 - Irene Adler

27:00 - Andrew Scott as James Moriarty

35:46 - Mycroft Holmes

39:11 - Text on screen

43:10 - We quickly rank our favorite episodes

46:33 - We fart, i mean, blast off into SPOILER territory.

57:33 - SPOILERS END

58:00 - We talk about "Elementary", America's horrible counterpart / why it sucks that John Watson will be Joan Watson / a related tangent about why there is NEVER an excuse to change the race, gender, or sexual orientation of an existing character in literature or comic books (and why that is NOT racist, sexist, or homophobic).

1:14:05 - More on Joan Watson and why we don't blame Lucy Liu for taking the role.

1:21:49 - Our final endorsement for "Sherlock"

1:22:23 - Episode 20 tease. Seriously, I am PUMPED for Episode 20!

1:23:28 - Goodbye / us doing voices / a crude insult from Roger Klotz