Colin Dexter vrs Conan-Doyle

[Shadow Man]

How many similarities are there between Dexter's "Inspector Morse" and Conan-Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes".

So far I have:

Both are very cultured
Both are grumpy old bu66ers
Both have a loyal sidekick who is the brunt of the main protagonists frustrations
Both are excellent detectives
Both have vices (Morse likes a beer, Holmes his pipe/opium)
Both have a love of classical music (linked to cultured)


Any others.

Thank you.

[Shadow Man]

Ermmmm, not mush help there Mr Zac.

I have some others in that John Thaw and Jeremy Brett (the best Holmes) are sadly no longer with us.

And both have an air of mystery and a quaint sense of lonliness about them.

[marwel7]

Surely you could make this comparison with any number of 20th century detectives as Holmes was the archetype,if not the first,of private detectives.

[Shadow Man]

Marwel like who???

Philip Marlow??? No

Frost???? No

Jane Tennyson??? No

Rebus???? Maybe a few

Alex Cross??? No

Cracker??? No

Van der Valk??? No

Tom Barnaby??? No

Wexford??? No

Jill Gasgoine??? No

Colombo??? No

Bergerac??? No

Please enlighten me to whom you are referring to.

[SpiderPig]

Both unmarried..............and not gay

[marwel7]

Shadow - I had no-one in mind,merely making the pooint that as an archetype there could be similarities.Rebus qualifies for more than most.Vices: Cracker,Bergerac.Loyal sidekick: Barnaby,Bergerac,Cracker,Wexford.
Marlowe is,of course,another archetype and Robert B Parker's Spenser is probably the best modern example of this type of gumshoe.
Shadow,what is a subtitty?Not some kind of sandwich,surely.

[vehelpfulguy]

>and Jeremy Brett (the best Holmes)

Funny, I never liked him playing Holmes and could not bear to watch it. I found him too creepy.

Even now, when there is a show with him a Holmes on the Sky channels I start to watch it and have to give up after a few minutes.

I liked Robert Stephens in the film Private life of Sherlock Holmes.

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[Hellyon]

Both have unusual names

[twaflooers]

Although Mr Brett did do a very fine job of portaying Holmes I consider Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce to be the original and best. (Not what you asked but thought I'd share my opinion anyway ;-)