CBS Jumping on Sherlock Holmes Bandwagon
IT’s really no surprise that Sherlock Homes tales have lasted as long as they have. While being great stories, they have a certain mystery solving about them that intrigues most readers of the CoSir ARthur Conan Doyle libraries. Sherlock Holmes is one of th e most portrayed storybook hereoes of all-time and with the blockbuster movies out now CBS obvioulsy wnats on board. Of course…the movies aren’t actually the main reason I am guessing, which is really what my main intent was for introducing this subject.
BBC has produced a phenomenal rendition of the Holmes legacy the past couple years that is probably one of their more well known shows over the eyars. At least it is one of the only that I can remember that many Americans watch as it airs rather than hearing about it years later when someone else copies it. It is simply titles Sherlock, and each episode runs approximately 90 minutes. So far they have complete 2 seasons of 3 episodes each. At 90 minutes this is a typical season length (Brits call a season a “series” in case I screw up somewhere you know what I mean) for a British show equal to about 6 episodes.
Sherlock portrays Homes in modern times and utilizes his investigative skills in modern police work. The show is very good at keeping true to the original stories, however. They just do it all in modern times and make the necessary changes to fit it in. For instance, Watson instead of writing short stories in books runs a blog. Sherlock is actually becoming well known in the world and is sort of a media sensation of sorts. Problems arise from this of course, but it doesn’t make the show any worse for it. The writing is top notch and this show is by far one of the best shows running right now. Highly recommend you watch if you are a fan of Homes at all.
Why I said it’s not surprising that many jumped on the bandwagon is that Holmes is a very unique character. Debuting way back in the 1800′s he was already using many forensic science methods for solving crime. So to have him in modern times seems to be a very easy stretch really, and quite an interesting one. His use of forensic methods in those times seems quite a ways a head of the times, and to see him demonstrate his amazing abilities in current times is no surprise.
CBS is planning to run a show in which Homes moves to New York City. I’ll hold off on any judgments until it is on. They run the hell out of CSI shows so they probably have a plan on how to do this, although living up the the BBC version will be very tough to do. Maybe he’ll find Mrs. Hudson doing house cleaning services raleigh nc.
BTW…if you don’t know the Holmes stories…shame on you, but you might know of someone who is exactly like him. That would be House. Gregory House is loosely based on Homes and you can tell very easily if you are familiar with both characters. House even has the same address as Homes does. 221B.
