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⌈ Secret Post #2560 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's not the most accurate adaptation ever, no. Um. By which I mean, it's a cheerful steampunk AU in which Sherlock Holmes is apparently a Victorian James Bond.

On the other hand, it's a steampunk AU, has John and Mary being awesome and adorable, has John Watson pull a giant fuck-off cannon to take down Moran, and has quite possibly the single slashiest interpretation of Holmes/Watson that I have ever seen in my life. Which takes some doing, let me tell you.

... I can roll with this, is what I'm saying.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, I fail to see the bad here. Haters to the left.

[(Anonymous)]

...pretty much this. ^_^ I really don't care about faithfulness to canon. I've never quite seen the point of canonical rigidity with a pop cultural icon like Sherlock Holmes, which has been adapted a good 200 times so far. By this point in time, the whole point of adapting him is to do either AUs or expansions. I mean, if you're hankering for something more like canon, we already got Granada, right?

However, I'd describe RDJ-Holmes more as Victorian Indiana Jones than Victorian James Bond. He's more IDK MAKE EPIC SHIT UP than suave and crazy-prepared.

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AYRT

I mean, if you're hankering for something more like canon, we already got Granada, right?

Always true and always a joy, the occasional dodgy storyline aside :)

I do have certain types of Holmes adaptations that I prefer more than others, and certain facets that I like to be closer to canon than others. Ethos and characterisation being the main two: I don't like veering too far into 'darker and edgier' Holmes. I liked the 'help the helpless' vibe from the earlier stories and the camaraderie of the leads, which I prefer to be carried forward if I'm going to favour an adaptation. Things like plot elements and setting and the plausibility of the crackpot crazy crimes, those are much further down the list.

Which is why I'm cheerfully on-board for things like the RDJ movies, absolutely loathe things like Sherlock, and am mostly sort of confused by what little I've seen of Elementary.

However, I'd describe RDJ-Holmes more as Victorian Indiana Jones than Victorian James Bond. He's more IDK MAKE EPIC SHIT UP than suave and crazy-prepared.

Hmm. Personality-wise, you have a point, but plot-wise, he's aaaalll Bond. Admittedly, Moriarty was always a sort of proto-Bond villain, but the RDJ movies have kind of gone full circle through a century's worth of Dr No and Blofeld and back around into a retro steampunk version of the great granddaddy of them all. I actually think it's kind of awesome.

And, really, suave and crazy-prepared vs make shit up on the spot really depends on which Bond we're talking about ...