Sherlock versus Sherlock (from the Radio Times)

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

How does CBS series Elementary stack up against the BBC's Sherlock? Paul Jones compares the Holmeses, their styles and their partners in crimes...

Paul Jones
4:28 PM, 17 May 2012

When US network CBS first announced that it would be creating its own modern-day Sherlock Holmes series, Sue Vertue, executive producer of the BBC's Sherlock, confessed herself "worried". CBS had previously approached her and husband, Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat, about translating the show to America. The fact that they were turned down yet went ahead and did their own version, Elementary, had some people whispering "rip-off".

Having now seen a synopsis and a trailer for Elementary, Moffat has gone the other way, suggesting that its hardly Sherlock Holmes at all. Meanwhile, fans are wondering how it stacks up against Sherlock.

Well what better way to find out what's really going on than to compare the two detectives across some of the areas that really matter, from dress sense to addiction, sidekicks to solving crimes...

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Comments

[jiokra.livejournal.com]

If Moffat thinks Elementary being set in America is changing too much, I really want to know his opinion on the Russian adaptions.

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong... don't the Russian adaptions portray the stories as they are meant to be (Baker Street, London, Dartmoor, etc), but the only thing that really sets them apart from Western versions is the actors are Russian?

[jiokra.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the setting is in London, except that the actors, language, and such are in Russian. It's kinda funny in an adorable way because the things they say are as if they're British, but they're speaking Russian. :D It reminds me of tv shows and movies with Ancient Romans speaking British accented English instead of Latin.

What I meant with the joke about Moffat -- I think his point about the setting in America changing too much is unfair. The geographic location is different, but Holmes is still a consulting detective and has a working relationship with Gregson, so the essential parts of the setting are still present. Even though the location is in America, it's still a recognizable Holmes adaptation. Being set in America is like the Russian adaptation having the characters speak Russian -- it's different from ACD, but not so different that it's made things too different.