u/martin__26

I always got the feeling that Mycroft in this series feels like a more classic Sherlock aside from a few throwaway lines about not having enough interest to do legwork in cases and his government role. The classic victorian like outfit with the watch chain and walking stick, the mannerisms.

I think Benedict Cumberbatch could make a more likeable Sherlock if given a script that respects the source material more without wanting to subvert and invert it.

If there was a episode where they removed the few Mycroft characteristics in Mark Gatiss's Mycroft and added just a little more eccentricity to his portrayal i think he would play a great Sherlock.

I don't like the more mean, cold and many times pretentious reinterpretation of Cumberbatch Sherlock, but it's funny to see that right there in the same exact show there is a better, more classic option walking around as another character.

This series is inspired stylistically by the Guy Ritchie films. Though it has it's own flair, the mannerisms and character of Sherlock and Watson feel similar enough to the movies to where it feels like it could be a prequel series in a way to the movies, focusing more on classic mysteries than the action movie style of the Guy Ritchie films.

It loosely adapts remixed versions of the book stories.

It feels like a cross between the soviet 'the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Watson' and the movies. What i appreciate is that though it's faithful enough to the style of the books it gives it's own fresh flair to the mannerisms and behaviour of Holmes and Watson.

A detail i enjoyed in the movies is that they make Mrs. Hudson younger, the series also does this. She's more involved and more of a character in some ways in this series. There is a good bit of Russian humor and charm throughout the series.

I'm on episode five right now and as someone who doesn't know russian i still find the series very charming and lovable. It gives Watson more of a spur on the story and more personality without departing from the good hearted, nice personality of the books.

It's a charming remix of events and characteristics from the books that i would reccomend to Holmes fans.

On first impressions from the poster i thought it would be a lower quality series hinging on the Holmes name to draw in viewers, but i found it to be a very love filled and faithful Holmes series aside from making Holmes twice as sassy.

Every aspect of Holmes character feels well represented. The deductions, the disguises, the hard and logic based thought process that sometimes leaves him emotionally lacking and also the warmth and kindness of Holmes.

This holmes calls everyone "My dear - - - -" and "my dear friend - - - -" about as much as he does in the novels with it feeling natural which i feel like few adaptions manage to integrate :)

Amelia, Holmes's alleged daughter in the show is a charming new addition to the cast and doesn't feel forced in or awkward.

I like the actor for Watson, he strays a little from the typical face you imagine for watson while still adapting his description from the books. The action is placed in a tasteful ammount, lesser than the stylized manner of the Guy Richie holmes content. Also i appreciate that this show doesn't feel the need to shove in every familiar name into it, Lestrade, Irene Adler and others although some similar new characters are introduced to fill their roles

This feels like a very love filled adaption down to the details, stylish and well thought out. Waiting for season 2