My penchant for black haired insulting types...

Before there was Snape

There was Jeremy Brett  

Now it's Benedict Cumberbatch (leave the name alone, people).

If you haven't seen the BBC three-episode series on PBS' MYSTERY!, then you have missed out. I didn't think anyone was better at insults than Alan Rickman (with the Rick-plan) as Snape, and I didn't think anyone was better with scathing commentary than Jeremy Brett as Holmes, until I saw Cumberbatch as Sherlock. Amazing script (though I do wish that they'd be more careful with Watson's character), well-shot and with a really hip look. Cumberbatch is amazingly fluid and at times seems to be channeling Brett.

I have purchased the DVD  of Season I (that's right: there will be a Season II in the Fall). I will be obsessing over the episodes it between classes and studying.  

Welcome to the geekdom that is my life, people....