30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 29

Day Twenty-Nine–Your Favorite Adaptation Quotation

Another easy one.

My favorite quotation is:

John:  So why do you put up with him?
Lestrade:  Because I'm desperate, that's what.  And because Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day, if we're very very lucky, he might even be a good one.

I've said this a zillion times, but Arthur Conan Doyle just didn't get it, I don't think.  Great does not equal good.  ACD's Watson rarely asks himself or the reader if Holmes is good, because his being a genius is (apparently) enough.  And this has always frustrated me.

Moffat and Gatiss's adaptation is, to quote Sherlock (and I'm pretty sure Holmes... just can't remember where),  "finally asking the right questions."

Answers in the fall?  Here's hoping!

:-)

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 29

Day Twenty-Nine–Your Favorite Adaptation Quotation

Another easy one.

My favorite quotation is:

John:  So why do you put up with him?
Lestrade:  Because I'm desperate, that's what.  And because Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day, if we're very very lucky, he might even be a good one.

I've said this a zillion times, but Arthur Conan Doyle just didn't get it, I don't think.  Great does not equal good.  ACD's Watson rarely asks himself or the reader if Holmes is good, because his being a genius is (apparently) enough.  And this has always frustrated me.

Moffat and Gatiss's adaptation is, to quote Sherlock (and I'm pretty sure Holmes... just can't remember where),  "finally asking the right questions."

Answers in the fall?  Here's hoping!

:-)

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 30

Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

You all know by now (I'm sure) that despite being a Sherlock Holmes fan since middle school, I have a very healthy dislike for so-called "scholarship" on Sherlock Holmes, as well as little to no desire to play "the great game" of making the Holmes canon internally consistent (for the simple reason that if Doyle couldn't be bothered, I don't see why I should...).  

That being said, I find this timeline to be useful for putting the characters into historical context:

http://webpages.charter.net/lklinger/Chrotabl.htm

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 30

Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

You all know by now (I'm sure) that despite being a Sherlock Holmes fan since middle school, I have a very healthy dislike for so-called "scholarship" on Sherlock Holmes, as well as little to no desire to play "the great game" of making the Holmes canon internally consistent (for the simple reason that if Doyle couldn't be bothered, I don't see why I should...).  

That being said, I find this timeline to be useful for putting the characters into historical context:

http://webpages.charter.net/lklinger/Chrotabl.htm

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes

• Day 01 – Your Favorite Canon Quotation
• Day 02 – Your Favorite Canon Story
• Day 03 – Your Favorite Adapted Story
• Day 04 – Your Favorite Holmes
• Day 05 – Your Favorite Watson
• Day 06 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
• Day 07 – Your Favorite Piece of Music You Relate To Holmes
• Day 08 – A Holmes-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
• Day 09 – A Holmes-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
• Day 10 – A Holmes-Related Photo That You Took
• Day 11 – Your Favorite Adaptation
• Day 12 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
• Day 13 – Your Favorite Villain
• Day 14 – Your Least Favorite Villain
• Day 15 – Favorite Holmes-Related LJ-Comm
• Day 16 – Your Favorite Holmes-Related FanFic
• Day 17 – A Piece of Holmes-Related FanArt
• Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
• Day 19 – The Scene That Made You Cry the Most
• Day 20 – The Character Who Is Most Like You
• Day 21 – Your Favourite Scene
• Day 22 – A Holmes-Related Site
• Day 23 – A Holmes-Related YouTube Video
• Day 24 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
• Day 25 – Favorite Actor in any adaptation (not Holmes or Watson)
• Day 26 – Favorite Actress in any adaptation
• Day 27 – A Story You Wish Had Been Adapted
• Day 28 – A Story You Could Do Without
• Day 29 – Your Favorite Adaptation Quotation
• Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy