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I finally watched an episode of Sherlock which has started running on PBS. While I have to say this version of Sherlock Holmes is fairly true to the one found early in the original story "A Study in Scarlet," I'm not sure that's a good thing. I think the original had matured a bit or at least Watson understood his behavior a bit more by the end of that first story.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes seemed to fit into his era, and take things as they came. This one is totally out of place and spent the opening correcting a criminal's grammar. It's something the original one might have commented on later, but certainly would not have gotten huffy about as this one did. This is Holmes, the unpleasant, overgrown adolescent. Most of the Holmes we've seen over the decades have been toned down; dedicated still , focused still, but not quite so annoying. It's as if the great detective had a child by Temperance Brennan of Bones who inherited her inability to behave in social situations, and his inability to find constructive ways to amuse himself between cases. Bones is best when she isn't so abrasive, Holmes is best when he's a bit more mature.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes seemed to fit into his era, and take things as they came. This one is totally out of place and spent the opening correcting a criminal's grammar. It's something the original one might have commented on later, but certainly would not have gotten huffy about as this one did. This is Holmes, the unpleasant, overgrown adolescent. Most of the Holmes we've seen over the decades have been toned down; dedicated still , focused still, but not quite so annoying. It's as if the great detective had a child by Temperance Brennan of Bones who inherited her inability to behave in social situations, and his inability to find constructive ways to amuse himself between cases. Bones is best when she isn't so abrasive, Holmes is best when he's a bit more mature.