And speaking of the opposite of that, Goldman also wrote They Might Be Giants which might be my low key favorite Holmes adaptation

I liked him in Deep Cover! And yeah, he was always kind of a blank slate pretty boy with an inoffensive lilt. When that was the role, he was perfectly fine. Now that he's got a little seasoning I'm curious what he does with it.

Reminded me of sword and sandal epics from the 50s. Fun side characters chewing the scenery but the lead is usually a stuffed shirt (or doublet or whatever)

The Robert Sheckley book is pretty good too

I do, although it's the one I got in 1996 and used for about a year before it broke. They were indeed well liked by concert bootleggers and field reporters as they could record lots of high quality audio pre-SSD. Not sure I'd have much use for a mic, but if you find the unit let me know

Especially like the bit with the dripping blood and the trees

They were really ahead of the curve on that crunchy lo fi look. Was real into them at times and then years later Hutch dropped into a poker game I was in and cleaned everyone ouy

AND animal medicine!

No wait I'm a liar, it was Returning to the Fold. They shot our bit in the alleyway behind Rontoms

Fun fact I was an extra in that music video

Keep stepping on those prehistoric butterflies, I say