[ SECRET POST #2374 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2374 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[A7X]


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[Archer]


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[x-files]


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[Danisnotonfire/AmazingPhil]


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[Earth2]


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[Saving Hope]


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[Kim Coates]


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[DeliciousCinnamon]


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[Moyashimon]


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[Lucy Lawless]


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[Richard Armitage]


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[Chuck]


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[Keeping Up Appearances]


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[Star Trek]


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[Hannibal]














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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 035 secrets from Secret Submission Post #339.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

I didn't necessarily mean the BBC show (though I definitely found it more enjoyable than Elementary), but I meant more like the character himself. I personally find Elementary!Sherlock to be quite removed from how I originally perceived the character in the books. I find BBC!Sherlock to be closer in spirit. Hell, I even think the RDJ!Sherlock succeeds more in that sense.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

That's funny, because the Elementary Sherlock is the only one (obligatory aside from Granada) who has felt close to Holmes from the books to me. I feel like he's the only version who didn't have his sense of genuine compassion almost entirely erased from his character.

But yeah, Elementary is totally a straight-up crime drama. Which is fine with me, I love crime dramas, but whenever I recommend it to people I always make sure to emphasize that its not like, a Sherlock Holmes style murder mystery. It's a standard cop drama with Sherlock Holmes characters.

[fenm]

I always make sure to emphasize that its not like, a Sherlock Holmes style murder mystery.

You know Holmes dealt with many things aside from murder, right? In fact, I'd argue that a lot of adaptations focus way more on murder than canon ever did.

[(Anonymous)]

yesssssss, I know, I've read all of the books multiple times. But it did codify (not initiate - that was Blicher and Poe) the style of crime fiction that the whole murder mystery genre has evolved from. I'd totally agree that most of the adaptations focus on it way more than the books themselves, and anyone who went into the books expecting a who-dunnit like the ones that are popular these days wouldn't find what they were expecting.

I guess my wording was off, but my point was just that Sherlock Holmes stories these days are often adapted as murder mysteries, and are generally culturally recognized as such? At least in my experience? So someone going into Elementary might be expecting that, not a procedural cop drama, and might be disappointed... which is something I've been seeing happening online. Therefore, if I recommend the show to a friend, I would point that out to start with so they know what they're getting into.