With the TV series "Sherlock" premiering its season 3 in October this year, and scriptwriters scratching their heads raw to come up with an exciting script for Robert Downey Jr.'s third Sherlock movie - which one is the mass pleaser?

A Younger Benedict vs. an Older Downey

Robert Downey Jr's star is definitely shining now - with both "Iron Man Franchise" and "Sherlock Holmes" being hits respectively. But he is definitely an older Sherlock Holmes than the relatively smoother visage of Benedict.

Sherlock vs.Sherlock

Robert Downey Jr is a rough and tumble Holmes - he's happy to get into the midst of action and flex both brain and muscle. Cumberbatch as Holmes has a mind which is perpetually on a roll and while he too mistreats his body - not eating, smoking - it's his brain that's supreme!

Jude Law vs. Martin Freeman

Everyone is in love with the new Dr Watson - completely human and with normal intelligence; he's the heart of Holmes - literally. He keeps Benedict the Sherlock's "Spock" avatar human and touching ground and in turn proves to be Holme's biggest asset. Jude Law is the usual blithering idiot as Dr Watson always is in all of Doyle's books with just some more action skills than before. Martin's sensitive protrayal of a war-veteran and doctor, and long-suffering friend, is from another plane of thought.

Old Fashioned vs. New Age

The new Sherlock Holmes aka Benedict Cumberbatch is a bit of Dexter, CSI, The Mentalist, Lie to Me and probably the entire Behavioral Science Unit of Criminal Minds all rolled into one. That he is a genius, there is no doubt - but the logic, the means and the methodology are all new and scientific. The old Sherlock Holmes was more deduction and the science of that time was old. Robert's Holmes is perhaps as intelligent but more human - and more instinct-based than Cumberbatch's Holmes.

Old London vs. the New London

The Robert Downey Junior movies have a period-feel to them while Sherlock is based in today's London. Both are very British down to the very tea, if you excuse the pun - but while Robert's movies are great to watch but difficult to identify with, Benedict's TV series is instantly identifiable with the modern adaptation given to it.

Sherlock's Methodology

Robert Downey Jr's interpretation of Sherlock Holmes was a little more hands on - a bit of a fighting and ladies man - sort of a Jack Sparrow meets Sherlock Holmes. Benedict's Holmes is a little quainter and very British - he is a restless spirit, not prone to self-harm but destructive in his own way, quite uncaring of emotion on the whole and yet is a master genius. The vulnerability of the man without friends shines through endearingly.

This newer adaptation of Sherlock Holmes is more in sync with today's world and though classic Doyle fans may not like it straight away - Holmes in it is as fascinating as Doyle portrayed him to be. Robert's Sherlock Holmes is raw while Benedict's is terribly intense. The good thing, we don't have to choose!

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