Sherlock (BBC) - Page 3

Thanks to KCET being majorly funky right now, they're showing Rain Man (Rain Man!) instead of this. Sherlock is instead showing on KOCE, which DirecTV doesn't get in HD. Way to go LA market.



I mean, I shouldn't be complaining, because I've already managed to see the whole series, but it would've been nice to watch it in HD in my living room.

EDIT: NVM. KOCE is in HD. They were just playing some weird standard def program earlier.

Awesome to finally see this on a large screen and in full rather than in small chunks on YouTube. Still love the end to the first ep and the confrontation between Mycroft and Sherlock and showing them both to be childish even with their genius.

"Try not to start a war before I get home - you know what it does to the traffic."

I love that bit too, at first I thought that character was going to be Moriarty, so it was nice surprise that he turned out to be Mycroft.

I woke up on Sunday to find the first episode waiting for me on XBox. The high of seeing Holmes in action again and performed and presented with such enthusiasm, brilliance and wit, almost ruined my enjoyment of The Walking Dead. Which played achingly slow after Sherlock. Very different shows, but I was almost all smiles during Sherlock. I love that Holmes' Science of Deduction still has relevance in modern society. And the show's fearless steps to portray the true Conan Doyle Holmes with his arrogance and childish attitude at times are extremely refreshing. Sure, all us sociopaths out there feel a connection, but we're half crazy. Watson is supposed to be our "everyman" guide. I'm sure I'm just repeating shit, sorry.

Then on Monday, after the update, there was the second episode. Pretty great. Slightly more ridiculous than the first, but I enjoyed it none the less. I'll have to watch again, ...

**SPOILER** for I missed the relevance of spray painting the message on the brick wall and then covering it up. And never explaining how it disappeared. But the gag payoff was brilliant! **END SPOILER**

Freeman is just a joy to watch, that bit on the stairs while their waiting for his date was so corny, but still got me. Gemma Chan as Soo Lin Yao was gorgeous and I can understand why Al Weaver's character was one step away from a harassment lawsuit.

Can't wait for the next one. It is just cruel that there are only 3 episodes.

The last episode of Sherlock made my mom curse out loud. Pretty funny. And having watched Moriarty now a 2nd time, I think I actually quite like the performance there.

And I could go for a series of just Mycroft manipulating world powers.

After the last episode, I really hope it becomes a regular series. Its kinda weird watching an episode of House right after it ..

Yep. The Great Game ending almost killed me. At least I can take comfort that there will be 3 more, eventually.

Does anyone else think that BBC films could try to give these things a limited theatrical release before TV? the feature length episodes seem to lend themselves to it, the talent is clearly there and they're going for some big stories in the new season.

Watched the third installment tonight. I actually loved the way Moriarty was presented, but I could have done without his last-minute change of heart and the seemingly tacked-on cliffhanger. Still, awesome show.

I thought it was a nice version of the fight on the cliff. Obviously they are compressing a lot of Holmes lore.

From what I've heard they're doing Reichenbach Falls next season, although I must admit I did think that is what they were doing with the swimming pool.

there's cheaping out and there's bbc cheaping out but substituting a public swimming pool for reichenbach falls is a whole new level. Plus there was very little about the exchange which reminded me of the final problem, if it is a set-up reference for when reichenbach rolls around, then fair enough.

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! I can wait a year for Walking Dead (which I loved) to return. But not Sherlock. Get season two going, people!

Hahahaha. Nice to see you liked it Jamie. How was that for an ending?

That is a cliffhanger, my friend!

I can't wait for this to come back around again. Such a great show.

Just finished the three episodes on Netflix Instant.  Can't wait for more.  In full agreement of the idea to show these theatrically.  Would be way more satisfying then most of the movies in theaters these days, at any rate.

Yeah saw it in Netflix as well. Fucking great stuff. Gotta love British tv. Hour and a half episodes=awesome.

Had guests over Friday night, and it was suggested to me most forcibly that I was an idiot for letting this fly under my radar. Turns out they were right, at least regarding the first episode. This was a blast.

Late to the party on this, but it was only 3 eps this season because they had to re-tool/re-shoot the pilot. There were meant to be 6 eps in all but the budget/schedule got eaten up. So I'd guess 6 eps for next season.

 

 

Not technically true. They never commissioned or intended a "full" series of any specific amount of episodes. They re-shot the pilot which lead to the 3 episode order. Season 2 will also be 3 episodes.

 

1 "A Scandal in Belgravia" Steven Moffat 

2 "The Hounds of Baskerville" Mark Gatiss

3 "The Reichenbach Fall" Stephen Thompson

I mentioned this on a fellow Chewer's FB page, but when the inevitable Sandman movie or television series is made, Benedict Cumberbatch needs to play Dream.

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This was recommended to me by someone over the Summer.  Eps 1 and 3 were fantastic.  2 was good but not up to the other two episodes.  Can't wait for the new season.

Uh oh. While I loved A Study in Pink and The Great Game, The Blind Banker was a weak link that only gets a pass for being sandwiched between two bits of greatness. Letting Thompson write the finale makes me worried.

 

 

I REALLY didn't like The Blind Banker.  The only one I haven't bothered rewatching.

Yeah, disappointing that Stephen Thompson will hen writing an ep, and the finale at that. Hopefully he's picked up a trick or two from Moffat and Gatiss on how to write a good hour of Sherlock.

Some more stuff on the upcoming season.

No word on the new episode last night?

I liked it. An intriguing plot, a hot naked dominatrix, the royal family, Jumbo Jets and the Holmes / Watson chemistry is still there and has yet to become tiresome. Typically inventive camera work, especially "Holmes-vision" complete with wacky subtitles when he evaluates someone. I didn't guess the twists either. Neither did Holmes either, at least not as quickly as he usually does. That was refreshing.

My only minor gripe is a far-fetched twist near the end and the actor who plays Moriarty. So far he has seemed more like a screaming queen than a threatening bad guy. He was only in it for a couple of minutes but he's the big bad.

Great eppisode and loved the little nods to James Bond that they added in.

 

 

Hated the 'Text Message flying through the air by the power of raspberries' gag, enjoyed most of everything else.

Agreed, that was prehaps the low point.  I did love the bit where he couldn't read Irene so tried reading something else just to see if he still could. 

I really liked the raspberries!  

Anyway, that was fantastic.  I was a bit lost during the middle, but I suppose that was the point.

This was my favorite episode of the entire series yet!  I'm totally thrilled, blown away.  Tour de force.  An excellent way to wash out the shitty after taste of Game Of Shadows.

 

I loved the first scene settled.  A funny gag showing that Moriarty uses cheesy 70's music as his ring tone set the mood perfectly, and it only got better from there.  The fun montage of John and Holmes at work, the brilliant scenes when Holmes is first sussing out Addler, the safe etc.  Every little beat or moment when Holmes looks at somebody and text pops up allowing us to easily and quickly follow his thought process and observations is and continues to be brilliant.  I was so fully invested in Holmes sadness that by the end when I heard that sexy sigh text message sound I jumped up and clapped.

 

Loved it loved it loved it!

The way the episode made Irene Adler feel so vital to the story and Sherlock as a character...

 

I feel really sorry for Rachel McAdams.  Obviously, there's nothing to feel sorry for her about... but STILL!  I can't recall a thing about her part in the first RDJ Holmes movie.  I haven't even seen the second one, but I don't think I'm out of line in saying that they seem like jokes compared to this series.

 

I still want this show to be shown in theaters.  Fully satisfying as feature films.

The first RDJ Sherlock flick gets shit on for some stupid reason, I really liked it, loved it even.  It was the gate way drug that got me interested enough to check out the BBC series in the first place.  I feel sorry for McAdams too, but her performance in that movie really isn't that bad or unbearable, it's just that the Holmes Watson chemistry in that movie DOES work, so when you get to a relationship between two people that doesn't work as well it seems that much more blatant.

I loved this episode.  It was probably the best of the series so far and as about as good as TV or Sherlock Holmes entertainment gets.  Which is why I found that last twist unforgivably stupid.  

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After so much intelligent writing, this was moronic beyond belief.  

 

Agreed also about the depiction of Moriarty.  Not the actor's fault, as he's clearly doing what the writer/producers want.  I get that they want to depict Holmes and Moriarty as two different kinds of ultimate nerds: men who have endless resources of knowledge and reasoning power, but their social graces are terribly flawed.  But making your main scary villain a shrieking prissy infant is not the way to do this.

 Yes that ending was a bit disappointing. Also as much as I liked the episode there seemed to be a bit more excessive cheesy melodrama. Still head and shoulders above most things on tv though.

You guys are NUTS!  That ending was powerful!  Gigantic!  Adjectives!

It's the sort of last minute nonsense I can accept from Moffat when he's working with the fanciful universe of Doctor Who and The Doctor's incredible uses of his space/time machine.  But not something that Sherlock Holmes is capable of doing.

 

Whatever.  I was disappointed there, but I could write a whole book about everything that was great about this episode.  Writing, directing, acting, everything was first rate.  And Moffat even got me to laugh about last season's cliffhanger, which I hated even more than this ending.

 

And also, Lara Pulver...

 

 

I mean... goddamn!  She's got a seriously sexy Eva Green thing going on.

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Mixed with a young Courtney Cox!

American through the window, my vote for most satisfying gag.

First of all, those complaining about the ending are mad. Of course Sherlock could pull it off. When he's not being confused by overt displays of sexuality he's playing a whole different game than everyone else around him. And Irene living is definitely the correct choice. In the coming conflict between Holmes and Moriarty, a third person with ties to both of them and of uncertain allegiances, an intellectual equal in many ways, is going to be a great addition if the show chooses to go that way. Which I hope it will. Because you shouldn't think that the Karachi events mean she's in Holmes' camp for good.

 

Damn, it feels good to have this back. So, so good.

I just feel uncomfortable about the way that ending happened.

 

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I don't disagree at all that Adler should live but there was no need for last minute Karachi beheading savings.

 

Having said that it's not a big complaint when you look at this gem of an episode. Seriously that Rachel McAdams casting for Irene Adler looks beyond hilarious when you look at this depiction.

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The Daily Fail chiming in trying to stir up some "WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!" controversy over the "nude" scenes.

 

And Moffat's response on Twitter.

 

 

 

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The texting sound was just a cute reveal.

 

 

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Sherlock Holmes since his inception has been a superhero in all but name. Just because some people fall in the "It's depressing therefore it's meaningful" trap, doesn't mean the show should feel that way too.

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You might want to switch to spoiler text about the ending, as this episode doesn't air in the States until May.

I don't understand the nit picking of Holmes and his occasional mistakes.  If you'll recall he blindly foolishly makes a MASSIVE mistake near the climax of this episode simply to show off.  He has no other motivation for doing that.  As brilliant as he is, he's commonly brought down a level or two in this show and displayed as a flawed human.  He's borderline Abed from Community.