Paul Jones 2:11 PM, 09 March 2012
They're united in their passion for Sherlock Holmes but divided by their views on the two (soon to be three) modern takes on the great detective. And this March, the opposing camps will join battle in The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate... 2!
The first event, in November last year, drew live online participants from 23 countries around the world, creating millions of pages of comments on social networking sites.
Since then, the BBC's Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, has returned for an even more highly acclaimed second series, while the action-packed Warner Bros movie franchise, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr as Holmes, has proved it has staying power with the hugely successful release of its second instalment, A Game of Shadows.
On 18 March, 25 of the world's top Holmes experts, including actors, directors, historians and writers involved in each of the franchises, will meet in person to once again argue over which is the best Holmes adaptation – and to share their thoughts on Elementary, the controversial modern-day take on Sherlock from US TV network CBS, set to star Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu.
Read more: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-03-09/it's-sherlock-v-sherlock-in-the-battle-of-the-holmes-experts
2 comments:
I am in the minority when I say this, but in my humble opinion, both these adaptation take significant departures from the canon.
As an avid Sherlockian, I would rather re-watch the classic adaptation with Jeremy Brett, Vasily Livanov and Basil Rathbone.
Just my two cents though..
Cheers!
I never really liked the Robert Downey/Jude Law version and I did love Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone, agree with you fully. I am liking Benedict Cumberbatch more and more though. I would love to see him do a straight Sherlock in period setting.
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