Friday, June 15, 2012

Obsessed

With
BBC One's Sherlock based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Mysteries
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Probably because

“The Implicit Holmes”, Edgar W. Smith, 1946

And then there is inspired retelling of the Holmes' mysteries in the modern age and the logic of why it needed to be done:

Mark Gatiss, writer of BBC One's 'Sherlock':
"This may sound like heresy but really it isn't. Although Steven and I are second to none in loving the flaring gas-lit atmosphere of a lovely old London, it felt as though Sherlock Holmes had become all about the trappings and not the characters.
Also, the original stories are models of their kind. Incredibly modern, dialogue-driven, fast paced and short! What better way to get back to the roots of these fantastic creations than to make Holmes and Watson living, breathing, modern men just as they had been originally?"

2 comments:

  1. I join you in your obsession. I haven’t seen season 2 yet but just got my hands on the DVD yesterday. Am counting the hours to the weekend – a Sherlock marathon on the cards!

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  2. Ohmygod, you're going to love it. :)

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