# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3624
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3624 "2022-01-17T15:19:15Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I think a story focused on Mycroft Holmes would make a great movie too. He is one of those characters who has a respected reputation from when Conan Doyle wrote him into the original books but never really explored. From what we know from his literary character he is more gifted than Sherlock but not the inclination to use it. He is a key government official who has used his influence to help his brother occasionally but exactly what and how he does it is open to interpretation. And why. Why is it that a man who is described as being superior to his great detective brother is content in staying in the shadows of bureaucracy? I always thought that question got answered shortly after it came up: “You are right in thinking that he is under the British government. You would also be right in a sense if you said that occasionally he _is_ the British government … They began by using him as a short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential. In that great brain of his everything is pigeon-holed and can be handed out in an instant. Again and again his word has decided the national policy.” If we take Sherlock at his word, then the question isn’t really _Why Does Mycroft Spend His Time Bringing Stuff To The Attention Of The British Empire?_ Instead, the question is, _No, Seriously: Why Did Sherlock Spend The Better Part Of A Month Disguised As A Panhandler Of Chinese Ancestry To Investigate A Single Back-Alley Killing While His Brother Was Ably Solving Global-Ramifications Problems Involving The Royal Navy?_ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906)._