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Yes, it is the imaginary birthday of a made-up character.
I plan to celebrate by reading a few of my favorite stories from Sir Arthur’s works.
This past Sunday PBS aired the one-off Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, which was taking the modern version of Sherlock back to the time period it was originally written. With all the Victorian trappings and social mores and commentary on each.
There were copious nods to the Jeremy Brett version including parts of the title and end sequence. A lot of ‘wink wink nudge nudge. Aren’t we clever’ going on. The translations of some things that they do in the present are translated nicely into the past.
Overall I enjoyed it. I really don’t mind that we got played at one point or rather several points. I had fun watching it and isn’t that the bottom-line for this sort of thing to be entertained?
I have gotten a lot of entertainment from Sherlock Holmes over the years. I have had stories to read, film and television to watch, and radio drama to listen to.
This past year for DragonCon I did several sets of the characters for the Art Show.
My Art table at DragonCon 2015
The only ones I didn’t get done were the set from Elementary. I sold the Basil/Nigel set at DragonCon.
My favorite version remains the Granada series, which is probably closest to the original works as I am going to see.
So the toast today is The Detective.
Happy Birthday Sherlock, long may you reign.
I am grateful for all the people I have met because of the works of Conan Doyle.
I plan to celebrate by reading a few of my favorite stories from Sir Arthur’s works.
This past Sunday PBS aired the one-off Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, which was taking the modern version of Sherlock back to the time period it was originally written. With all the Victorian trappings and social mores and commentary on each.
There were copious nods to the Jeremy Brett version including parts of the title and end sequence. A lot of ‘wink wink nudge nudge. Aren’t we clever’ going on. The translations of some things that they do in the present are translated nicely into the past.
Overall I enjoyed it. I really don’t mind that we got played at one point or rather several points. I had fun watching it and isn’t that the bottom-line for this sort of thing to be entertained?
I have gotten a lot of entertainment from Sherlock Holmes over the years. I have had stories to read, film and television to watch, and radio drama to listen to.
This past year for DragonCon I did several sets of the characters for the Art Show.
My Art table at DragonCon 2015
The only ones I didn’t get done were the set from Elementary. I sold the Basil/Nigel set at DragonCon.
My favorite version remains the Granada series, which is probably closest to the original works as I am going to see.
So the toast today is The Detective.
Happy Birthday Sherlock, long may you reign.
I am grateful for all the people I have met because of the works of Conan Doyle.
