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Moffat’s thoughts on Elementary

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Steven Moffat has given his reaction to Elementary, the American “retelling” of the Holmes novels.

The Sherlock writer told the Insider: “What we did with our Sherlock was just take it from Victorian times into modern day. They’ve got three big changes: it’s Sherlock Holmes in America, it’s Sherlock Holmes updated and it’s Sherlock Holmes with a female Watson. I wonder if he’s Sherlock Holmes in any sense other than he’s called Sherlock Holmes.

He added: “It’s almost like they should have made Watson a woman but kept the show in Victorian times. Actually … that would actually be quite interesting.”

Back in March, Moffat was concerned the show could damage the BBC hit: “The bigger problem for us with Elementary is, what if it’s terrible? What if it’s awful? Then it degrades the brand,” he said.

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  • Chris

    I really like this version of sherlock but the rest sucks

  • I am kinda unhappy…. like majorly angry about this….>:(((((((((((((

    • TheFezAndTheBowtie

      I am furious about it. They have disrespected the whole story and, well it seems to me anyway, that they are only using it for money and don’t actually care about the history of the Sherlock.

  • None of his ‘big changes’ are to do with Character so his conclusion is seriously flawed, and it was he who originally argued, quite correctly, that making Sherlock modern was not a big change but actually in line with the orignal stories which were never intended as period pieces, in fact it was the norm for adaptions to have the characters as contemporary for quite some time. I mean the Bond films are all contemporarily up-dated, but no one considers that a ‘big change’ in terms of the actual story or character.

  • Shall_be_lifted_Nevermore

    WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

  • Katherine Ledson

    UGHHH, typical Americans! This is so stupid! – Morgause

  • Nike Ryder

    I can’t like this… I think Sherlock has ruined any other Sherlock Holmes franchise for me because it’s just too brilliant: Nothing can compete ^u^, It’s like the upset from the thought of and American Doctor Who, and I’m American :-D

  • CarmelCorn24

    I’m American, but this new Sherlock series will be so bad! Ugh! Especially since nothing can compare to Sherlock because it’s so fantastic! Some things should be left British (like Doctor Who ;) )