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I've just subscribed for a whole year ;)
It's really a splendid publication.
Mine too.
Now, what if Sherlock was a woman and lived in Tokyo ? Well, somebody thought of that, and created a TV series around it :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sherlock
Seems fun.
I agree. And here's yours truly ;)
Funny enough, in this number there's also a text about His Last Vow with Roger Moore's photos as Holmes and as Bond.
https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2021/05/31/out-now-sherlock-holmes-magazine-4/
And while on this subject, one of the channels here in France has decided to reair the old (1970s) Arsène Lupin series with Georges Descrières, and on saturday, one of the episodes is none other that "Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes" here the british detective was played by Henri Virlojeux, a part he would replay a few times in the series.
https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2021/08/02/out-now-doctor-who-takes-center-stage-in-the-sherlock-holmes-magazine-5/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_in_Russia
https://www.collectionsherlockholmes.fr/
Note that his main french rival, Arsène Lupin, has already had the honours of a similar collection, which collected all the works of Maurice Leblanc, but also pastiches by various authors, like Boileau and Narcejac (of Vertigo fame).
Well, that collection will not only reprint the Canon (the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), but also the pastiches written by writers contemporary of Conan Doyle. That's how I just learned that Mark Twain had written an adventure of Holmes : A Double Barreled Detective Story, in which Holmes go to the wild west to solve a case :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Double_Barrelled_Detective_Story
The novel will be the 15th volume in the collection. The following one will be Arsène Lupin Vs. Herlock Sholmes.
After the First World War, the rights of the series were given to a dutch/belgian publisher, who decided to publish them in Belgium, but changed the name of the protagonists to Harry Dickson, The American Sherlock Holmes, and his young assistant Tom Wills. One of the translator they used for that, Jean Ray (later author of, among others, Malpertuis), getting bored with having to translate the not so good original stories, later asked his employer if he could write his own plots instead. The publisher said yes, but on the condition that in each story, he had to write a scene where what was on the cover happened. The new series lasted for 1929 to 1938, and had 178 issues. It has since been reprinted, and even had a few adaptations in graphic novels.
Well, the Sherlock Holmes Collection I've been talking about has seen fit to reprint the original Holmes stories, with two stories per book. So far, we have had the following titles :
17) The Enigma at the Gambling Table (and In the Amorsälen)
18) The Pawnbroker's Daughter (and The Death's Head Medalion)
19) The Red Widow of Paris (and Donna Maria's Ring)
20) The Queen's Laces (and The Disappeared Fiance)
21) Blackwell, the Thames Pirate (and The Slave Handler's Treasure)
22) The Attorney General's Mistress (and Oceana, Queen of the Air).
23) A Murderous Docteur (I don't know yet the second one's title).
I don't know also if they will reprint only the novels published in french, or the whole series. Guess we'll have to wait and see. Still, I would very much like to know if they will also reprint Gillette's play. What do you think ?
The production seems to have actual medical professionals on board too, which should add more legitimacy to the stories being told. Interested to see who they get to play Watson.
https://www.gamesradar.com/enola-holmes-star-millie-bobby-brown-releases-graphic-novel-trailer-for-mycrofts-dangerous-game/[url]
At least CBS is isn’t giving Chuck Lorre another sitcom. It’s another one of their crime shows. CBS has been mixed with one or the other over the last 20 years.
The thing that kills network TV for me is that the seasons are usually way too long, which leads to shows that have a lot of filler episodes that go nowhere just to fill the requirement for the order. The streaming model is where it's at, taking the baton from the old British style of minimal episodes per season that focus the narrative more.
On this topic, I tried watching Elementary a long while ago during my college days and I just couldn't get into it long term because it was exactly that: had long seasons with too much filler. I enjoyed the major arcs, like Holmes dealing with his addiction and all the stuff with Irene, but those moments were just too few and far between a bunch of other stuff I didn't care for. At the end of the day, it's just not worth it and I could watch BBC Sherlock instead and come away far more rewarded for less time spent.
Later on, I will mention the Baker Street Irregulars, who have also been the stars of a series of french graphic ovels, as well as a TV series.