Robert Downey Jr. is Sherlock Holmes, Alucard and Carmen Sandiego

Posted on 20 May 2009 by Philbert Lui

I exploded in my pants after watching this trailer:

Omigad so excited! Other than the Robert Downey Jr goodness and Guy Ritchie action, I was really looking forward to the type of British accent RDJ would use. I assumed he wouldn’t mimic his Charlie Chaplin performance. I-can-not-wait.

WouldYouLikeSomePie sent me an image a few days ago (scroll down), which extends my Sherlock Holmes vs Alucard comparison:

Ah yes, how the media “recycles constantly”.

Original image from TotallyLooksLike.com

And to continue the fun:

[Source - AwardsDaily]

That’s the end of my break. Now back to writing a 3000-word analysis on this awesome commercial (filmed in Hong Kong by the way):

-phibz.

1 Comments For This Post

  1. Shirley Says:

    Totally cool Nintendo commercial!
    What is it about the commercial that requires 3000 words to analyze?

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