BBC Sherlock 4 - BBC Sherlock

First of all, who is Sherlock Holmes? Here's a little help list according to a very reliable source, Youtube.

a- A vampire
b- A sorcerer
c- A meowling werewolf
d- Casanova (I know, weird)
e- James Bond (oh come on!)
f- Another victim of the Brockeback mania (franckly, what's with that movie anyways?)
g- Dr Who's budy
h- Dr Who's budy (yes, again)
i- Dr Who's challenger on running after cabs
j - Dr Who's date for tonight
k- Aw come on, he is Dr Who, you dummy!
l- Well, of course he is.
m - Ah, no, wait. He's Bridget Johnes actually. My bad.

So, according to our sources (still Youtube for those who don't follow), Sherlock Holmes is kind of a magic / alien dude with a fondness for action, doctors, girls, saving the world, arrogance, writing diaries and saying nonsense.

What's BBC's answer to that?

O-kay... so the only thing we actually figured is that "Sherlock" is the newly found target of fangirlism.


And how does BBC describe Sherlock?

And here's a view summing up quite well the birth of this series [taken here].

BBC to Re-imagine Sherlock Holmes with a Modern Twist

March 24, 2010 By jonathan 2 Comments

In an attempt to capitalize on the success of the recent Robert Downey Jr incarnation of Sherlock Holmes (which we thought had promise but fell short), the BBC are filming a new spin on Sherlock with a modern day take.
I was going to ignore this news but then I read that Stephen Moffat is behind it – for those not in the know – Stephen Moffat is the new showrunner on Doctor Who Series 5 and also wrote some of the best episodes of Doctor Who (Blink, Children of London). He also created the hit comedy series Coupling.
From the BBC release:

BBC Wales Drama, BBC One and Hartswood Films announce the start of filming on Sherlock, a contemporary remake of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Starter For Ten, Stuart: A Life Backwards) as the new Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (The Office, Hot Fuzz) as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson. Rupert Graves (God On Trial, Midnight Man) plays Inspector Lestrade.
The drama is co-created by the amazing partnership of Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Coupling) and Mark Gatiss (The League Of Gentlemen, Doctor Who, Crooked House) and produced by Sue Vertue (Coupling, The Cup).
The three x 90-minute films, written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Steve Thompson (Whipping It Up, Mutual Friends), are being directed by Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin, Gangster No 1, The Acid House) and Euros Lyn (Doctor Who, Torchwood).

Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced take on the crime drama genre set in present day London.
The iconic details from Conan Doyle’s original books remain – they live at the same address, have the same names and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them.
Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, says: “Our Sherlock is a dynamic superhero in a modern world, an arrogant, genius sleuth driven by a desire to prove himself cleverer than the perpetrator and the police, everyone in fact.”

Sounds very interesting. I’ll give it a chance! No word yet on when it will air but it’s filming now and will probably air on the BBC in the fall and come over to America shortly after that.
[Comments on that post

1. Natasha says:
   June 27, 2010 at 5:06 pm
   Capitalise on the movie? Because no one has ever thought to produce Sherlock for the screen before that absolutely stunning and accurate homage…. And now a movie (not ‘the’) has been released, no one is allowed to use the Sherlock character again? I guarantee that ten seconds of any of those new episodes will be better written and contain more emotional and intellectual depth than the entirety of that film.
2. Bernard John Marks says:
   July 26, 2010 at 4:41 am
   briliant just watched it bbc at its best]

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And...

A website (obvious)

And...

Sherlock's blog, The Science Of Deduction (yes, his blog. The makers of that series want us out of the Matrix - or filling in lunatic asylums)

John Watson's blog (definitively lunatic asylums)

Molly's website (did I say lunatic asylums? I meant, the morgue)

And...

*Dies of fangasm* (Yes, that is possible. ... Wait. Can ghosts type?)

* Bonuses *

Sherlock's fanmade Facebook account
John's fanmade Facebook account
Lestrade's fanmade etc.
Moriarty's fanmade etc.

And there's probably more to come. The world is CRAZY out there. I'm gonna lock the door and never go out again.
With anybody.
Even Sherlock.
...
Wait.