Well I love 'Sherlock' because it is such a throw back to the original books by ACD... Doyle thought that Dr. Watson would be the hero, and instead all his readers loved and respected Holmes (who was supposed to be drug taking anti-social freak). Stephen Moffat is trying to get us to see that Sherlock is NOT an admirable character, except in that he has learned to value Watson. Watson is the admirable character, and Holmes is a misogynistic freak. I think that complaining about the Sherlock Holmes character means that the writer doesn't understand that. JMPO of course.
I think partly I like this so much because I've always disliked making Holmes the hero... I mean I love Robert Downey, Jr, but he is definitely from the tradition of making Holmes the hero (and I'll continue watching all movies RDJ makes, naturally).
I do agree that London could be more gritty, showing the under belly more (as it were)... I loved that about the RDJ movie: that really looked like dirty stinking Victorian London!
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Date: 2010-08-12 11:50 am (UTC)I think partly I like this so much because I've always disliked making Holmes the hero... I mean I love Robert Downey, Jr, but he is definitely from the tradition of making Holmes the hero (and I'll continue watching all movies RDJ makes, naturally).
I do agree that London could be more gritty, showing the under belly more (as it were)... I loved that about the RDJ movie: that really looked like dirty stinking Victorian London!