New Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Trailer Approaches Revenge of the Fallen Levels of Retardation

Way to make me pull a 180 of my feelings there, Guy Ritchie.

The first trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows from back in July I liked fine. But only under the terms it promised more of the same. That was a-OK in my book, since I quite enjoyed the 2009 original and preferred it, and its Robert Downey Jr. performance, to Iron Man.

This new trailer (available through iTunes Movie Trailers and below) is...off. It plays similar to the afore-mention first trailer only longer, with more face time for Jared Harris' Professor Moriarty, a brief glimpse of Rachel McAdams (How quickly are they going to kill her off is my question), some time for the lovely Kelly Reilly and obviously more action. Way, way, more action and too much of the "Sherlock-Vision" used just enough in Sherlock Holmes.

Sitting here next to my cup of coffee in my office, that last part (the overuse of "Sherlock-Vision") is what's giving me such strong Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen vibes. Everything that worked in Holmes ramped up to extreme levels it reaches full-retard. Minus the racist 'bots, of course. My anticipation on this sequel which I'm still looking forward to has suddenly turned to caution.