Okay okay so I just saw the trailer for Holmes and Watson with Will Ferrell (have you seen it?). I feel like it is going to disrespect the Sherlock Holmes legacy. I just cant believe more people arent talking about it! Yes the movie might be funny but it really takes away Sherlock Holmes all together. I feel like Elementary would be a better option than this. I'm probably overreacting but this should be talked about!!
Hi Lovely! *hugs*
Yeah, I saw it too, obvs, and I’ve mixed feelings about it. I’ve sat on it a few days (which I think is what we all should do), and now that I have, I’m actually looking forward to it, and I think it will be entertaining in the least, if only because Will Ferrell is entertaining. I don’t think there’s every been a feature-length comedy made of Holmes outside of sketch comedies, so I think it will be first in that regard.
That said, I don’t think it will ruin any legacy of SH; I mean… this is a story that’s been around for over a century, and there have been literally dozens if not hundreds of reiterations and retellings of the original canon, especially more now since it’s mostly in public domain. I’m not trying to be a jerk, but if we’re talking “legacy ruining”, we have Sherlock Holmes as a lawn gnome, two Sherlock Holmes in modern-day adaptations, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century wherein Watson is a robot, Sherlock Holmes as mice, Sherlock Holmes as a disgruntled drug-addicted doctor, Sherlock Holmes fighting dinosaurs, Sherlock Holmes in space, Sherlock Holmes as an alien lizard lady married to a human woman, Sherlock Holmes in a gritty Victorian reimagining, several Sherlock Holmes-as-dogs adaptations, Sherlock marries Irene and has a kid… LOL I think you get the picture here, hah. If “legacy” is adaptations, well, I think we’ve long passed “ruined” here, hah.
But it’s not, and many of us enjoy all these various adaptations (stories would be boring if they were all the same, wouldn’t they be?). What is important, I think, in any adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, is the relationship between Holmes and Watson… the relationship is what MAKES the story and when you take that away… well, we are very familiar with that with Sherlock S4, aren’t we?
All I’m saying is I don’t think there’s any way to ruin anything at this point with the Sherlock canon. It’s a series, I for one, am glad that future generations can still enjoy. I hope they keep making more and more… Adaptations make it timeless, and so long as the relationship / partnership is there, then I think it will be alright.
That said, it’s TOTALLY okay to not want there to be a comedy version of the canon – I totally get it – but I say let’s give it a chance… remember when Sherlock was announced and the uproar that happened because “you can’t MODERNIZE Holmes!! That’s going to be terrible!!!”? Well, 8 years later we have 3 modern adaptations (that I know of) and probably more in the works, who knows, LOL. And if it’s a terrible movie, like I suspect it may be, well, we had a good laugh at it anyway :)
I remember going through a period of time, from somewhere before s3 to around maybe a year after it, when i was so hungry for more sherlock, and s3 really didn't do it for me, that i had a hard time enjoying any other adaptation, and especially any that were humorous at all. I could just barely tolerate granada, it was that bad. Thank goodness i got over myself, and i credit @threepatchpodcast for helping, they have an infectious sense of humor. I havent watched this particular trailer yet, but i can guess from reactions that i might be up for seeing it on the big screen IF the firsthand fan reviews are good, otherwise i will wait to get the dvd out of the library. That way i can nope out if i have to, and enjoy it if it's fun. Sherlock Gnomes was fun, those silly norwegian guys on youtube are a hoot. There is room for humor!