BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Moffit and Gattis took canon and threw it in a pot and stirred

**Posted by SherlocklivesinOH** January 21, 2014 1:03 am

They pull out elements from multiple stories and put them into one episode.

Example: Irene Adler with compromising information is from "A Scandal in Bohemia," (and Moriarty was nowhere near involved with that) and Holmes demanding to know who his high-profile client is is from "The Illustrious Client." Is the mixing-and-matching necessary?

**Posted by Wholocked** January 21, 2014 1:43 am

There's a thread in "It's Canon" forum here: http://sherlock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=230 where people have 'collected' all the canon nods in the episodes.

I take it you're not a fan of how they've done it, but I think it's perfect. Some canon stories can't believably be recreated in modern times, so they've taken features from them. It's wonderful.

**Posted by belis** January 21, 2014 9:21 am

Personally I find that it adds to the enjoyment of the show. If it was a straighforward adaptation simply set in modern time I would know what's going to happen after reading the books. The mixing and changing adds an element of surprise.

**Posted by SusiGo** January 21, 2014 9:25 am

This is their creative fan-oriented way of dealing with the material. They never denied that they came to ACD as fans and wanted to do something to bring SH into the 21st century. Of course they had to adapt the originals and chose to use elements from different sources for one episode. And I think it is a work of genius how they modernised many elements: turning the orange pips into mobile phone beeps, the parsley in the butter into the flake in the ice-cream cone ... I do not want to have it any other way.

**Posted by SolarSystem** January 21, 2014 9:51 am

I think it would be pretty boring if they took the stories from Canon one by one, it's far more surprising and creative to mix it up and come up with something new.

**Posted by SusiGo** January 21, 2014 9:58 am

It would be as boring as an adaptation I will not mention here for fear of being stoned to death. (irony)

**Posted by Schmiezi** January 21, 2014 10:20 am

SusiGo wrote:
It would be as boring as an adaptation I will not mention here for fear of being stoned to death. (irony)

And while absolutely not referring to this post, let me add that with the Granada series there already is a show that sticks to the canon very closely.

**Posted by Be** January 21, 2014 10:25 am

Don't let them know that you suspect them stirring the canon pieces. They might read it and get upset. And you might regret it.

They try to tell a story and use pieces of the Doyle puzzle to paint a picture. I'd like to think that they are authentic and truthful with their approach, but sometimes it clearly looks like a deception played for our mind only.
How can they present us a deception to prove authenticity?
The problem is to have the right perspective. Or to be able to look through the mirror and not being reflected in it.

**Posted by sj4iy** January 21, 2014 2:22 pm

Personally, I think it's brilliant to find ways to rearrange the pieces to create an entirely different puzzle. It's entirely too easy to copy what came before...it's genius to remake it into something completely new while keeping the original elements.

​Moffit and Gattis took canon and threw it in a pot and stirred

SusiGo wrote:

Moffit and Gattis took canon and threw it in a pot and stirred