Yes, very disappointing. 

The answer shows that they do not understand what the show is about. That it is not an average crime show and why the BBC puts it in the British Drama section. 

Thank you, Susi for writing to the ARD.
"Britishness". Hmm. And I was thinking "42" was the answer to everything...
Well, at least we will have loads of fun watching TSoT with the best man siezing the bride and groom and their baby.
But excuse my biting the tabletop while watching...

Susi, wow, thanks for writing to the ARD and getting this ridiculous explanation, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. And since I consider myself to be a very eccentric person, too, from now on I will say "Sie" instead of "Du", to all of you.

Seriously, it's interesting... yesterday I was in a huge book store and started to read a bit in the Sherlock casebook (in German it's the "Fallsammlungen"). The book is pretty crappy, but they mention why Moffat and Gatiss decided to have Sherlock and John address each other as "Sherlock" and "John" and not as "Mister Holmes" and "Doctor Watson". And in my opinion you can easily transfer this to the "Sie" and "Du"... Moffat and Gatiss thought that formality wasn't what they wanted for the show, they wanted something else. And maybe someone should inform the ARD about this, because when we're talking about formality and Moffat and Gatiss not wanting this formality for the show... well, then having them say "Sie" changes the whole tone of the show as it was conceived.

Well then, let's prepare for some pretty ridiculous and not at all touching scenes when watching those dubbed episodes...

I will have a look at the casebook and maybe write again to ARD, being an annoying dick and all that. 


 

Last edited by SusiGo (April 26, 2014 3:04 pm)

I do not think the quote would change anything as it is directed at a British audience:

"What do they call each other?" asks Steven. "It was immediately obvious they couldn't refer to each other by their surnames."
It has always been Holmes and Watson, in the stories; the idea of "Sherlock" and "John" at first feels against the grain. 
"It takes a lot of getting used to", Steven agrees, "but the alternative would have been awful. It would have made them sound like public schoolboys, it would have made them sound boorish."

Even with all their flaws, I don't like that ARD bashing. After all, they are broadcasting it - for which I am really grateful, because otherwise I would have never heard of BBC Sherlock or Benedict or you guys. So, I think it's ok to criticize them (they surely deserve it), but to act as if they are complete morons seems a bit unfair to me. Complete morons would have ignored the show.

Last edited by Harriet (April 26, 2014 7:55 pm)

Yes maybe I was too harsh and I discovered Sherlock on ARD, but I am still sad, that I didn't get the emotions through the dubbing.

And the thing is - there are many really difficult things but the form of address was no problem at all and they got it wrong. 

DU
ARD slipped up. They made a mistake. Because the one word they thought didn’t matter at all to us was the one word that mattered the most.