Anyone else miss David Burke?
I find that I've lost a great deal of interest in the series because I can't help but miss him as Watson
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Both of them have their good points, I think. Give Edward a chance.
shareI loved Burke-he had more of a fun, mischievous naivety as Watson. Some of the faces he pulled were hilarious.
Ed will grow on you if you stick with it. He was an amazing Watson in his own right but seemed, to me anyway, more of a mature older character. Which kind of suited considering he spent years thinking his best friend had died.
Watson:The Borgia Pearl is inside that?
Holmes:If it isn't i shall retire to Sussex and keep bees!
Yes, I miss him but the new Watson brings his own interesting character to the series.
shareI have always found them both similar and also both great. The Watson of the early years before Sherlock Holme's apparent death at Reichenbach and the three years morning for his friend is a subtly different character from that of Watson after Holmes's return. Holmes was "dead" for three years and in both the books and show Watson was obviously very agreived by this. It makes sense that the Watson in later years would be more mature and have a slightly different outlook.
"Nothings gonna change my world!"
Funnily enough, the way I was introduced to the series, I saw Hardwicke first, so I'm more used to him. I like both of them. David Burke ended up growing on me greatly, but I like the subtlety I see in Hardwicke's characterization. Burke was almost goofy at times by comparison.
shareYeah. Likeable though Burke was, his sort of "by jove!" goofishness and almost prissiness at times kind of dilutes the effect of Holmes.
Hardwicke seems more comfortable. His intelligence also helps realise, to some degree, the notion that Holmes, or at least our perception of him, could be a figment of Watson's imagination. In somes scenes where Burke might be astonished by something Holmes does or says, Hardwicke displays a knowing smile or does not betray what he's thinking at all.
Take the scene at the end of The Six Napoleons where Lestrade and Holmes have a little moment. Singular though it may be for both men to show such magnanimity to each other, Watson does not seem to react except to observe, everything. A gesture or a remark from Watson at this point might have spoiled that scene in my opinion.
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I refused to come to this board until I got used to Hardwicke because I knew I would hate him at first... and while I didn't hate him, I really, really, really missed Burke, who's so lovable as Watson. But Hardwicke has come into his own (actually, I noticed he was completely comfortable as Watson right off the bat, which impressed me)—so The Empty House was a difficult episode to sit through for me because of Watson, incredibly.
But now I like Hardwicke 100% and though I miss Burke's very subtle acting, even when he was in the background, I can now say I like both of them. However, I did come here specifically looking for a thread like this. I had to know what others thought as well.
I really, really liked David Burke. . .. so sad that he left the series. Hardwick is okay, but I miss Burke.
shareMe too.
shareI am new to Sherlock Holmes, well relatively although I have a Box set with Rathbone, I have seen both David Burke and Edward Hardwicke as Watson and can only think of David Burke when Reading the Stories.
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