Series/Sherlock

^That would be fun.

In case somebody's somehow managed to miss this bit of information: they are making a second series.

edited 20th Sep '10 11:47:24 PM by IronyAdams

SWEEET.

Also apparently Martin Freeman turned down the role of Bilbo in the Hobbit movie to stay faithful to his homies in the Sherlock crew.

^ Sorry, not true. The Sun (notoriously unreliable) reported that, but then Freeman was confirmed as being cast for Bilbo. He did originally have a conflict with Sherlock, but the schedules were reworked so that he can now do both. Thank God.

Also, just on the series: love, love, LOVE. As a character-oriented person (in opposition to plot-oriented), I adore the interpretations of Sherlock as a high-functioning sociopath (probably) and John as a war junkie. I think it's faithful to the original in surprising ways. For example, in the original Holmes makes heavy use of telegraphs, which was the most advanced form of communication available to him. So it makes complete sense that modern-day Sherlock would be absolutely married to his phone. I think the acting is superb, the writing brilliant (especially Sherlock's more cutting remarks), and the direction very well-paced. I like the whole aesthetic of the show as well.

As to the great Moriarty controversy, I'm one of the few people who actually likes his character, mostly because I read him as "terrifyingly insane" rather than "camp." He comes off as camp, sure, but I think that's him messing with Sherlock. I see the real Jim Moriarty as being the one who, when told people will die, screams: "That's what people DO!" That Moriarty is an unhinged, dark man, who acts ridiculous because he loves how people don't know how to react to him. Pure sadism. But that's just my opinion.

^ Well, I'd like to point out that I made that post in September, which was back when there still was a schedule conflict, almost a month before he was actually officially announced as having accepted the role.

But hooray anyway.

Saw the second episode last night when it aired on Masterpiece Mystery. I was a happy squeeing fangirl. And the third episode airs next Sunday! I'm avoiding other means of viewing since I want to see it (and the new interpretation of Moriarty) on a decent TV and have it be fresh. I may be completely spoiled plotwise, but that's okay.

I love Watson to bits. Sherlock is awesome and brilliant, but give me cuddly-jumper-kickass Watson any day.

^^ Yeah, I apologize for that, I didn't notice the time stamp. Silly me. I reacted partly because I hadn't heard the original story, just the one that he had accepted the part, and I was terribly worried he'd revoked that and had to go do some research. It was a moment of panic, because I want Martin Freeman as Bilbo and John Watson, dammit!

I'm glad he's able to do both as well.

I just saw the first episode. It made me very happy. I'd better cut myself off now, before I take up several high-resolution screens gushing about how awesome it is.

ohhdamnation i am not a fan of that cliffhanger -.-

If it is going to explode I would have preffered they have exploded it at the end of this episode and gone into whiteout/credits. That way it's still a cliffhanger, but if they hadn't gotten the second season it would have still been an ending. Yes, a somewhat ambiguous, depressing ending, but more of an ending than OBVIOUSCLIFFHANGERISOBVIOUS. This way just felt like they cut off the last bit =/

Buthey, hugely entertaining otherwise.

nother slight , was Watson's limp phsychosematic in the books? I kind of liked the cane, especially the way Jude Law did it. Like, there was just enough imbalance that he's probably actually using the cane sometimes, but you're not really positive, maybe he's just being classy, and then when he gives it up and starts running, it still doesn't seem unrealistic. I guess the problem in a modernization is that physical therapy and the like have made slight limps in young healthy people extremely uncommon, and nobody ever uses a cane just to be classy anymore.

edited 13th Nov '10 1:39:26 PM by DaeBrayk

In the books he had a limp whenever Doyle was saying he was injured in the leg and then again sometimes he was injured in the shoulder. Making it psychosomatic is a way of solving the inconsistency: he was shot in the shoulder but his psychosomatic response is a limp.

Who here would like to see other characters from the Doyle versions crop up in some form in this series?

I'd like an Irene Adler to show up, if only to get some good estrogen into the show. And there was that one guy who was supportive of his wife even when he found out that she'd previously had a black husband and currently had a child she'd lied to him about because she was afraid of his reaction. He was adorbs.

Oh, that chap in The Yellow Face. That story was rather...lacking in terms of actual investigating and stuff, but he was the only good part. The ending made me awwww. I wonder how they'd modernize that.

That sounds like, in any other series, that would make a good character episode that is light on the investigation to spend time on some more personal points for Holmes and Watson. However this series has each episode being equivalent to a 90 minute movie so it wouldn't work.

I think one of the important parts of that story was that it showed that Sherlock could be wrong - that he could focus so much on the details and be overwhelmed by his inflated view of himself that he lost sight of simple solutions. That'd be worth running around aimlessly for an episode, I think.

I watched the first episode on PBS, downloaded the rest of the series os I wouldn't have to wait, and have spent quite a bit of time enjoying the Blu Ray release. The commentary is absolutely worth it, as is having the pilot.

Speaking of, wow. The pilot was hardly bad, but it's much, much weaker than the 90-minute Study in Pink. The killer's confrontation with Sherlock, instead of being a marvelous match of wits, was rushed and clumsy. I'm much more impressed that the final version had the killer play Sherlock's personality against himself. Furthermore, John catching the cabbie was much more exciting when you saw him actually working it out for himself and making a split-second decision. I imagine the pilot would have been fine had it been part of a theoretical 6-part series, but I'm much happier with what we got.

There was a chat with the writers on the pbs website , and I thought this bit was pretty exciting:

• Masterpiece Moderator: We've received numerous questions about this - Any hints for the second season of "Sherlock"?

• Gatiss/Moffat: 3 words, make of them what you will (and don't be obvious). Adler, Hound, Reichenbach....<

It would be interesting to see a modern Hound of the Baskervilles (assuming that's what they meant) ...not sure how they would do that, but still, awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating, by the way!

Oh FANTASTIC! I can't believe we have to wait until next year...I do hope they make Adler interesting besides just generic Femme Fatale outsmarting Sherlock. That's been done a thousand times.

Addler could be very awesome. So much for the theory that the pool cliffhanger scene was Riechenbach.

Just saw all three episodes. Awesome.

I definitely hope to see Adler in the second series. She would be an awesome foil for Sherlock, especially as he is now used to dismissing women.

I like that instead of shooting V.R. into the wall, he was now shooting a smiley face. It's a bit of Fridge Brilliance when you realize that his most often form of communication is the text message and what often accompanies a text message? :)

Dude! That is brilliant.

What does VR stand for?

Victoria Regina. Queen Elizabeth II is ER - Elizabeth Regina.

edited 28th Nov '10 2:34:09 PM by Bluesqueak