It is and it isn't the Holmes of the book and this frustrated me a couple of times. First of all, the characters are depicted young. The 21th century Holmes looks like almost a teenager, in his early twenties. Watson is around 27-35, judging by appearance. Combined with the Holmes depicted, this brings series a bit closer to "The Big Bang Theory" than I'd care for, with Sherlock as a more worldly Sheldon.
The Sherlock of the episode is initially shown as utterly cold, rational and energetic. While this may be closer to the book, as I started watching the episode, I preferred the Sherlock of the Russian TV series of 1979-198x (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079902/): a mature, intelligent man, rather than the totally driven "sociopath" (as he calls himself) Cumberbatch. However, if we consider that this is a rework for 21th century, then the present-day Holmes would make more sense for a contemporary figure.
The episode is based, as one can judge by the name, on the "Study in Scarlet". I would agree with those reviewers who say that the plot of the original story is followed reasonably closely, but with some nice quirks for those who know the book. Those are lost on the ones, who don't, though, making the experience a little bland.
As I watched the episode, I did cover my head a couple of times when it seemed to me that the Holmes I was watching, was too cartoonish and flat or the filming just sub par. On remembering the episode AFTER watching it, though, the experience seems worthwhile and one that opened a new perspective on the great story, so I will definitely watch the next one, just to check out how Holmes is developing.
The Sherlock of the episode is initially shown as utterly cold, rational and energetic. While this may be closer to the book, as I started watching the episode, I preferred the Sherlock of the Russian TV series of 1979-198x (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079902/): a mature, intelligent man, rather than the totally driven "sociopath" (as he calls himself) Cumberbatch. However, if we consider that this is a rework for 21th century, then the present-day Holmes would make more sense for a contemporary figure.
The episode is based, as one can judge by the name, on the "Study in Scarlet". I would agree with those reviewers who say that the plot of the original story is followed reasonably closely, but with some nice quirks for those who know the book. Those are lost on the ones, who don't, though, making the experience a little bland.
As I watched the episode, I did cover my head a couple of times when it seemed to me that the Holmes I was watching, was too cartoonish and flat or the filming just sub par. On remembering the episode AFTER watching it, though, the experience seems worthwhile and one that opened a new perspective on the great story, so I will definitely watch the next one, just to check out how Holmes is developing.