r/Holmes • u/Otaku-chan1412 • 8d ago

Why?

A whole new side of Sherlock Holmes: In this new series, the master detective gives relationship advice.

https://www.tvinsider.com/1295231/scarlett-holmes-cast-premiere-date-trailer-details/

https://www.c21media.net/news/roku-giving-sherlock-holmes-a-rom-com-makeover-with-limited-series-greenlight/

Why do you have to do this to Sherlock? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/jeffcabbages 8d ago

I have no problem gender-bending Holmes, but gender-bending AND making them some kind of romance detective feels like we’re now just playing to gender stereotypes.

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u/Stormfeathery 8d ago

Also makes me wonder why you’d make it Sherlock Holmes if you’re going to change almost everything about them.

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u/CapStar300 8d ago

Honestly if you want to do something like this and still have a tie to a famous authour, do a Agatha Christie's Parker Pyne series! Miss Lemon shows up in a few stories, even, you could make it a Poirot prequel.

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u/TeacherOwn9142 8d ago

Please leave beloved books and characters that you did not create, alone. Please and thank you.

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u/catgirl320 8d ago

Ugh...how inane and awful sounding. I usually give the various series a chance but this is a pass.

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u/Bodymaster 8d ago

Anything but an actual adaptation.

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u/Not-a-Cranky-Panda 6d ago

Now lots of times it's just a name for them to use.