Sherlocks to the left of me, Sherlocks to the right ...

I'd not describe myself as an old-school Holmesian, mostly because I have enjoyed so many Holmeses, starting with the books and moving onto the films with Basil Rathbone and TV series with Jeremy Brett (neither of which are actually true to the books, despite what some people my age and older will tell you). Holmes, Watson and their mysteries are strong enough characters and vibrant enough stories to remain open to endless interpretations without suffering (caveat: I say this as someone who has never watched that one with the chap from Torchwood, which I am informed may actually involve a wee bit of suffering.)

So, despite having a perfectly good post of news and thanks underway, this will instead be a quick though not as brief as it ought to be reaction to this week's Holmesarama.

To begin with, the Ritchie film, A Game of Shadows. And it is naturally cut for spoilers, since it's still rolling its way out around the world (quite new here).


( To start with the likes ... )

( Moving on to the not so thrilled bit ... )

Which leads me to Season 2 of BBC Sherlock.

This occupies a strange place in my mental roll of Sherlock adaptations. It's wavering on an edge and may very well end up being filed under 'good professional fanfic', rather than under 'actual adaptation'. The reasons for this are mostly the insistence on quite a lot of clever clever (The Speckled Blonde. Really, Moffatt? Really?) and the fact that I am not yet sure whether the stories will end up being Holmes stories, or investigation of the Holmes canon stories. Both make for perfectly fine and enjoyable television, but the latter is a job for fanfic (NB quite a few films, books and TV shows are basically fanfiction of source material, it's in no way a pejorative term to my mind, just different to the purpose of an adaptation.)

Again, there were things I loved, and things that made me go ARGH!

( The LURVE ... )

( The not-lurve (in which I complain about bad writing, AGAIN) )

Now to try and catch up on that personal post. Apologies in advance if it takes a day or two, this took a day and a half more than it was meant to as I have injured myself in a mild and deeply silly fashion that makes typing a bit painful. The embarrassing tale will form a part of that post, do feel free to make mock when you hear it.

Sherlocks to the left of me, Sherlocks to the right ...

I'd not describe myself as an old-school Holmesian, mostly because I have enjoyed so many Holmeses, starting with the books and moving onto the films with Basil Rathbone and TV series with Jeremy Brett (neither of which are actually true to the books, despite what some people my age and older will tell you). Holmes, Watson and their mysteries are strong enough characters and vibrant enough stories to remain open to endless interpretations without suffering (caveat: I say this as someone who has never watched that one with the chap from Torchwood, which I am informed may actually involve a wee bit of suffering.)

So, despite having a perfectly good post of news and thanks underway, this will instead be a quick though not as brief as it ought to be reaction to this week's Holmesarama.

To begin with, the Ritchie film, A Game of Shadows. And it is naturally cut for spoilers, since it's still rolling its way out around the world (quite new here).


( To start with the likes ... )

( Moving on to the not so thrilled bit ... )

Which leads me to Season 2 of BBC Sherlock.

This occupies a strange place in my mental roll of Sherlock adaptations. It's wavering on an edge and may very well end up being filed under 'good professional fanfic', rather than under 'actual adaptation'. The reasons for this are mostly the insistence on quite a lot of clever clever (The Speckled Blonde. Really, Moffatt? Really?) and the fact that I am not yet sure whether the stories will end up being Holmes stories, or investigation of the Holmes canon stories. Both make for perfectly fine and enjoyable television, but the latter is a job for fanfic (NB quite a few films, books and TV shows are basically fanfiction of source material, it's in no way a pejorative term to my mind, just different to the purpose of an adaptation.)

Again, there were things I loved, and things that made me go ARGH!

( The LURVE ... )

( The not-lurve (in which I complain about bad writing, AGAIN) )

Now to try and catch up on that personal post. Apologies in advance if it takes a day or two, this took a day and a half more than it was meant to as I have injured myself in a mild and deeply silly fashion that makes typing a bit painful. The embarrassing tale will form a part of that post, do feel free to make mock when you hear it.