There may be less changes in Moffat's Sherlock sure.
Except... when you get down it, I'd say not really. While there may be fewer changes to the basic premise (it's still set in London, Watson is male) they make huge, in some cases fundamental, changes to the stories themselves. They had to change a character's NAME (Henry Baskerville -> Henry Night) because they changed so much about a story. And Moffat's one to talk abut changes; his Irene Adler is nothing like her canon counterpart. In some ways, I kind of prefer Elementary creating its own stories instead of taking canon and twisting it to the point where it's pretty much completely different anyway.
As for Joan, I really love her. I love that she's enthusiastic about The Work, and that she's GOOD at it. I love what we see her observe things in a very Holmesian way.
Also, and I don't think this is a small point: In an era where Asians STILL often get shafted for roles--even in stories about real, living Asian people--CBS cast an Asian woman for a role that could have easily gone to woman of ANY color/ethnicity. I think that's awesome.
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Date: 2013-02-10 11:47 pm (UTC)Except... when you get down it, I'd say not really. While there may be fewer changes to the basic premise (it's still set in London, Watson is male) they make huge, in some cases fundamental, changes to the stories themselves. They had to change a character's NAME (Henry Baskerville -> Henry Night) because they changed so much about a story. And Moffat's one to talk abut changes; his Irene Adler is nothing like her canon counterpart. In some ways, I kind of prefer Elementary creating its own stories instead of taking canon and twisting it to the point where it's pretty much completely different anyway.
As for Joan, I really love her. I love that she's enthusiastic about The Work, and that she's GOOD at it. I love what we see her observe things in a very Holmesian way.
Also, and I don't think this is a small point: In an era where Asians STILL often get shafted for roles--even in stories about real, living Asian people--CBS cast an Asian woman for a role that could have easily gone to woman of ANY color/ethnicity. I think that's awesome.