Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Valley of Fear [Adaptation]

The Valley of Fear written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted for motion picture by Luis Voltaire Castillo

Sherlock Holmes lived of course while Professor Moriarty met his end. But there are his associates who will avenge his death. Colonel Sebastian Moran the shooter and the man they call The Jackal Fred Porlock. We will toggle the present and the past to narrate the singular tale of John Douglas aka Jack McMunro. As you know cinematic license is the right of the writer to alter scenes that would make the story more compelling. I decided to start the movie with The Tragedy at Birlstone in which a Mr. Douglas was murdered and how Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson was entangled in this mystery. Chapters 1-6 of the present will be distributed as applicable and the past stays as it is.

Sequence

Present
1 - The Tragedy at Birlstone, Darkness, People of the Drama, The Dawning Light, The Solution

Past
2 - The Man
3 - The Bodymaster

Present
4 - The Warning, Holmes corresponds with Porlock on the cipher message
5 - Sherlock Holmes Discourses

Past
6 - Lodge 341, Vermissa
7 - The Valley of Fear. Guns rule the Wild West as analogous as Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp. Roses are laid to those who rest in peace.

Present
8 - People of the Drama
9 - The Dawning Light

Past
10 - The Darkest Hour
11 - Danger

Present
12 - The Empty House, Holmes traps the sniper Colonel Moran
13 - Porlock Gets His Due

Past
14. The Trapping of Birdy Edwards

Present
15. Epilogue


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