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In some new BBC footage of Sherlock series 3, our detective is shown enjoying a view of London from atop the roof of Whitehall's Department of Energy and Climate Change. Earlier today I was discussing with friends (who share my love of both Sherlock and Bond) that the shots of the Sherlock footage were very reminiscent of one of the final scenes in Skyfall, where Bond takes in that same view. One of them thought it would be great if an artist did some magic to assemble a montage of the pictures, and I naturally accepted the job with relish. Since just one comparison shot of Sherlock and Bond from the same view was a bit boring, I added respective frontal portrait shots of the characters at the very top (acting as a bit of an introduction) as well as a side profile from each to try and create as much symmetry as I could. I also love how the lighting of Skyfall's shots juxtapose against the more gloomy of BBC Sherlock's. Overall, I am happy with this piece, and I enjoy the image of my two favorite British characters both taking in the same magnificent view, and the shots actually add to who both men are in their own roles.

While Bond is a direct hero who has made it his profession to protect and serve MI6 and England as a whole, Sherlock is a more inadvertent hero who through more indirect actions is in many ways a heroic figure. What is more interesting is just how similar Sherlock and James are, considering they are deep characters who often become their own worst enemies, fighting to keep their own emotions tucked away.

For Bond, his job must be done coldly and without regret (as he is ordered by superiors), so naturally he tries his hardest to steel himself against the dangers and murder around him that could eat away at his soul if he let them. Though as we have seen during Daniel's masterful Bond tenure, he is a man who can't help but get personally involved. He breaks his guard for Vesper, only to be left broken and in extreme denial. He acts unaffected and impervious, yet he is quite visibly shaken and breakable, showing that he truly loved her. Bond also realizes part of his job involves killing, but it isn't something he enjoys doing and only does so to complete his mission as ordered. It is that constant fight to add a little humanity to his more robotic job that makes him successful, and he has M (like Sherlock has John) who keeps him in check and helps to nurture him from a reckless agent into a competent and unstoppable force of good.

Sherlock is also at a constant war with his own self, and at times becomes defeated by the sentimentalism he lectures Irene about. He tries to act like a sociopath, yet John, Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson and Molly collectively show that he does care for others and can hold deep feelings of regret and guilt. During his contentious cat and mouse game against Moriarty, he proclaimed that he wasn't "on the side of the angels" and claimed that heroes didn't exist, adding to John that he wouldn't be one if they did. Yet, he proves (though rather inadvertently) that he does do heroic things and helps the greater good at the end of the day by being a consulting detective and solving crimes. He risked his own life to protect others who could've been in harm's way, and did so willingly. If that isn't a hero, I have no idea what is. And though he may hate to admit it, he is human, and those heroic ideals that he argued to be nonexistent are what set him apart from men like Moriarty at the end of the day. He may not be an angel, but he hasn't clipped his wings yet. And though Sherlock values the challenge, the excitement and the puzzle of his cases above all else, I truly think deep down inside that Sherlock also keeps at his self-made profession to help others. It could be John's good influence rubbing off on him, eh?

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In some new BBC footage of Sherlock series 3, our detective is shown enjoying a view of London from atop the roof of Whitehall's Department of Energy and Climate Change. Earlier today I was discussing with friends (who share my love of both Sherlock and Bond) that the shots of the Sherlock footage were very reminiscent of one of the final scenes in Skyfall, where Bond takes in that same view. One of them thought it would be great if an artist did some magic to assemble a montage of the pictures, and I naturally accepted the job with relish. Since just one comparison shot of Sherlock and Bond from the same view was a bit boring, I added respective frontal portrait shots of the characters at the very top (acting as a bit of an introduction) as well as a side profile from each to try and create as much symmetry as I could. I also love how the lighting of Skyfall's shots juxtapose against the more gloomy of BBC Sherlock's. Overall, I am happy with this piece, and I enjoy the image of my two favorite British characters both taking in the same magnificent view, and the shots actually add to who both men are in their own roles.

While Bond is a direct hero who has made it his profession to protect and serve MI6 and England as a whole, Sherlock is a more inadvertent hero who through more indirect actions is in many ways a heroic figure. What is more interesting is just how similar Sherlock and James are, considering they are deep characters who often become their own worst enemies, fighting to keep their own emotions tucked away.

For Bond, his job must be done coldly and without regret (as he is ordered by superiors), so naturally he tries his hardest to steel himself against the dangers and murder around him that could eat away at his soul if he let them. Though as we have seen during Daniel's masterful Bond tenure, he is a man who can't help but get personally involved. He breaks his guard for Vesper, only to be left broken and in extreme denial. He acts unaffected and impervious, yet he is quite visibly shaken and breakable, showing that he truly loved her. Bond also realizes part of his job involves killing, but it isn't something he enjoys doing and only does so to complete his mission as ordered. It is that constant fight to add a little humanity to his more robotic job that makes him successful, and he has M (like Sherlock has John) who keeps him in check and helps to nurture him from a reckless agent into a competent and unstoppable force of good.

Sherlock is also at a constant war with his own self, and at times becomes defeated by the sentimentalism he lectures Irene about. He tries to act like a sociopath, yet John, Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson and Molly collectively show that he does care for others and can hold deep feelings of regret and guilt. During his contentious cat and mouse game against Moriarty, he proclaimed that he wasn't "on the side of the angels" and claimed that heroes didn't exist, adding to John that he wouldn't be one if they did. Yet, he proves (though rather inadvertently) that he does do heroic things and helps the greater good at the end of the day by being a consulting detective and solving crimes. He risked his own life to protect others who could've been in harm's way, and did so willingly. If that isn't a hero, I have no idea what is. And though he may hate to admit it, he is human, and those heroic ideals that he argued to be nonexistent are what set him apart from men like Moriarty at the end of the day. He may not be an angel, but he hasn't clipped his wings yet. And though Sherlock values the challenge, the excitement and the puzzle of his cases above all else, I truly think deep down inside that Sherlock also keeps at his self-made profession to help others. It could be John's good influence rubbing off on him, eh?