The original canon Irene Adler is all mixed up in my head with Carol Nelson Douglas' books about the character, the recent movie version, and now the Sherlock version. Even as I'm rereading the story, my minds pulling in allusions that Doyle never intended, given that they lead to writings from 2,000 or so.
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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Calli - Jan 06, 2012 9:30:04 am PST #9398 of 9843
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Amy - Jan 06, 2012 9:30:57 am PST #9399 of 9843
Because books.
I was at the bookstore last night, and the woman who rang me up was reading this: The House of Silk, by Anthony Horowitz. He was apparently commissioned by the ACD estate to write this new Holmes novel.
DebetEsse - Jan 06, 2012 9:33:02 am PST #9400 of 9843
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Calli, the showrunners have said that they consider all previous incarnations are part of their source material (c.f.--Mycroft), so you're not off-base there.
Zenkitty - Jan 06, 2012 9:38:54 am PST #9401 of 9843
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
(c.f.--Mycroft)
What source material besides Doyle did they use for Mycroft?
DebetEsse - Jan 06, 2012 9:47:58 am PST #9402 of 9843
Woe to the fucking wicked.
They cite Christopher Lee's portrayal.
Calli - Jan 06, 2012 9:58:26 am PST #9403 of 9843
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Calli, the showrunners have said that they consider all previous incarnations are part of their source material (c.f.--Mycroft), so you're not off-base there.
Wow. That's a lot of incarnations. Heck, Gaiman just wrote a Holmesian short story a couple of months ago and, as Amy mentioned, they're even putting out new novels. Still, more power to the showrunners.
I wonder--can anyone else think of a Victorian literary work that's been worked, reworked, and expanded upon the way Doyle's Holmes stories have? Maybe Dracula, but that had a folktale base going in that Holmes doesn't. (Maybe I should take this question to Natter.)
DavidS - Jan 06, 2012 10:02:19 am PST #9404 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dracula definitely. Whatever folktale elements were minor compared to Stoker refining the core mythos.
Tarzan is a little later, but comparable.
P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 10:03:50 am PST #9405 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Gatiss basically imprinted on The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (the one with Christopher Lee as Mycroft) as a young fellow.
P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 10:04:32 am PST #9406 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Frankenstein is pre-Victorian, but it's been worked and reworked in a similar way.
Atropa - Jan 06, 2012 10:17:07 am PST #9407 of 9843
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Plus, hell, you can be kind and still scheme. These are not mutually exclusive, Watson's lens aside.
Yes, and anyone who thinks otherwise is more than a bit naive.