Suppose “Sherlock” had been set in the original Victorian era, just like the Granada series adaptations with Brett and the RDJ films, instead of the 21st century? What would it be like? Would the series have been just as successful?
 
I think it would have. Ben and Martin would still be great in their roles even though they would certainly be younger than they are in the original stories (Martin would have to have a moustache). Moftiss could still write great stories but they would have to be even more truer to the Holmes canon. For example, I would imagine Moriarty actually to be depicted as a Professor who is rather cold and urbane as opposed to being a comical psychopath like Andrew Scott's. Some of the supporting actors in the cast overall might have been different. Considering that Victorian times was a time before the Suffragette movement there wouldn’t be much for female characters to do in the cast as women roles in society during that period were restricted.
 
However, I think it would be cool if the series did a fantasy scene with Sherlock and John in the classic late 1880’s/1890’s format just for fun.

 

Last edited by BrettHolmes (July 25, 2014 6:51 pm)