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PBS "Sherlock Holmes" Updated for the 21st century
Front-Ranger:
Yes, Mycroft is very active in the new series.
I'm sorry this doesn't interest you, friend. I would have loved to hear your reactions.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 19, 2010, 12:26:06 pm ---Yes, Mycroft is very active in the new series.
I'm sorry this doesn't interest you, friend. I would have loved to hear your reactions.
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I'm a little surprised that it interests you. I thought you didn't like fan fiction. ... ;D
Front-Ranger:
I don't have anything against fan fiction. I read four chapters of Leslie's book and enjoyed them very much. She is a good writer and did her research. Plus, and this is a very big plus, Jack was in her story. Most of the other fan fiction I've seen has no Jack and "you can't have Ennis without Jack" as Ms. Proulx said. Or it is very badly written and someone who works with words all day long, as you and I both do, can't tolerate bad writing. There are so many wonderful books in the world, I have no time to waste!
As for Sherlock Holmes, I am in the midst of reading the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I'm beginning the second volume. He is such an incisive writer and both lead characters are so wonderfully drawn. Doyle portrays both the bold facts that are there for everyone but the actors to see as well as the elusiveness and complexity of the human soul.
The series accomplishes the same thing. It's interesting the way they've updated the turns of phrase as well as the criminal pathology, while keeping touches of the original stories, like the mysterious Indian touches and the victim dressed in, in this case, pink. The new Sherlock is a fascinating character and Holmes has much promise as well. The contemporary setting is not intrusive and technology doesn't overcome the story...it's still based on that ever changing inscrutable eccentric and fascinating creature, the human being and its psyche.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 19, 2010, 01:50:58 pm ---
The series accomplishes the same thing. It's interesting the way they've updated the turns of phrase as well as the criminal pathology, while keeping touches of the original stories, like the mysterious Indian touches and the victim dressed in, in this case, pink. The new Sherlock is a fascinating character and Holmes has much promise as well. The contemporary setting is not intrusive and technology doesn't overcome the story...it's still based on that ever changing inscrutable eccentric and fascinating creature, the human being and its psyche.
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Agree. If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, the producers, who are fans themselves, put little tributes from the original in the new series. They have turns of phrases, play on words, etc., that allude to the original Sherlock.
Unfortunately, I'm not a fangirl of Sherlock, the original, other than just casual knowledge so most of them fly by me, but my sister is, and she's catching all the little homages.
Three pipe problem? Three patch problem. :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 19, 2010, 07:59:36 pm ---Three pipe problem? Three patch problem. :laugh:
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Haha, I just got this last nite when I watched A Study in Pink again on my computer. Also, I loved the first look at Sherlock's messy apartment and his lovely relationship with Mrs. Hudson (I want to be Mrs. Hudson!!) I love how Sherlock pretends to be all serious and blase but you can just see how he wants Watson to move in with him and be his sidekick. Summed up in the following exchange (paraphrased from memory):
Sherlock: "So, you're a military doctor...seen a lot of destruction, violence and gore on the battlefield?"
Holmes: "Yes" (said in a "where is this going and what am I getting myself into?" voice)
Sherlock: "Want some more of it?"
Holmes: "God, yes!"
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