Sherlock Holmes

After watching "A Scandal in Belgravia", I had to write my post before my comparisons between the BBC version and the short story weren't as fresh. While watching the BBC version, I noticed how almost every aspect of the short story was used in the episode, just in a more modern way. Sherlock for instance had Watson punch him and pretended to be a priest to get into her house instead of using the fake paint and pretending to be dying. Having someone punch you so it looks like you got mugged is a more modern way of getting into situations as seen in many films and tv shows now a days. Another example was the picture. In the short story, Sherlock wanted a picture to remember "the woman" by, but in the BBC version, he wanted her phone. Instead of having a simple picture that could be damaged, in the BBC version of Sherlock he wanted the phone which is now how everyone has their pictures. Last (there were more examples these three I found the most interesting and paid the most attention to) is Sherlock being outwitted by a woman. In the short story it was the only thing that Sherlock cared about--he got outwitted. In the BBC version--contradictory to the conventions of Detective Fiction--there seemed to be a romantic interest between Sherlock and "The Woman". Was he interested in her? I think he was interested in her, although you can never tell with Sherlock, mainly because of how she outwitted him. She kept him on his toes and was difficult to figure out. The romantic-ish interest between Sherlock and "the woman" was also a more modern touch because modern films and TV shows seem to need a romantic interest to keep the watchers interested. I do not think it took away from the plot of the detective fiction, but it was interesting to have just learned that in detective fiction they don't have a romantic interest so to not distract from the main purpose of the story, but in today's detective shows they seem to need to have that.
Overall, I was very glad we had the extra credit opportunity to watch the BBC version of Sherlock after just reading the short story that parallels it. I have watched the BBC series before but I never would have read the short stories before watching it if it wasn't for this class. It makes me want to look into what short stories parallel the BBC shows so I can read them then rewatch the show.