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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-08-17 01:14 pm

[ SECRET POST #2419 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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sootyowl: (Default)

Re: The Lambeth Poisoner (fictional version)

[personal profile] sootyowl 2013-08-17 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, whoops. I'm so used to books coming before movies, I just assumed it as such. I would think then, the books are like the filling of the show? They expand what the show brought forth, and that's why Cream is more central to the story telling?

Or possibly in the show, they wanted to go for the one case per episode forumla, but in the books, the author was able to expand on Cream's storyline. Give the audience what they were looking for. (Am I making sense or totally off base? I'm in need of some sleep, sorry.)

I guess I need to read the books now, as all this is speculation on my part!
dreemyweird: (austere)

Re: The Lambeth Poisoner (fictional version)

[personal profile] dreemyweird 2013-08-17 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Kind of: they do contain some of the events described in the show (the pilot episode is all there, and The Patient's Eyes), but these mostly remain untouched - original material constitutes the main part of the trilogy. Cream becomes a local Moriarty who turns out to be behind every single case Bell and Doyle investigate (The Patient's Eyes story being an exception). I usually dislike the whole concept of archnemeses, so I have no idea why it doesn't rub me the wrong way :/ He's, like, the king of ridiculously powerful villains. He's also quite scary.

Nah, it does make sense! But I'm not sure why - the easy way to make a Holmes (or a Holmes-like) TV production seems to be to introduce one powerful antagonist (the way they did in Sherlock) and keep him going. What the Murder Rooms folks did is probably more about the inner logic of the series, the overall atmosphere and idea.

The books are fun, so I recommend reading them if you have a chance. They're absolutely cheerless, though - not like the show in this regard - with quite a few Gothic elements (...yeah, I don't even know. Gothic!Murder Rooms).