Sherlock - BBC ONE & HD - Sunday 25th
- Thread starter Bob The Skutter
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There's a really good book that I think you'd be interested in. It's called Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, and it's written as if he were a real person. It's a fascinating read.
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Unauthorized-Nicholas-Rennison/dp/0802143253/
^^ Cool, I will add that to my cart. Reminds me of PJF's biographies of Tarzan and Doc Savage.
Yeah, I wonder if another detective and body of work would have taken his place, and how that would have effected the tropes of fiction and culture in general.Perhaps they say "No shit, Dupin"?
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I wonder if they had to close the area off when they filmed the first series,I know spooks sometimes film without closing a area off.
Yeah, I wonder if another detective and body of work would have taken his place, and how that would have effected the tropes of fiction and culture in general.Perhaps they say "No shit, Dupin"?
In first Holmes story, (A Study in Scarlet), Watson compares Holmes to Dupin: "You remind me of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.". Perhaps in this universe Dupin has really taken the place of Holmes, with dozens of movies and apocryphal stories. And a summer blockbuster with Robert Downey jr
And... a new TV series set in the present day.Yeah, I wonder if another detective and body of work would have taken his place, and how that would have effected the tropes of fiction and culture in general.Perhaps they say "No shit, Dupin"?
In first Holmes story, (A Study in Scarlet), Watson compares Holmes to Dupin: "You remind me of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.". Perhaps in this universe Dupin has really taken the place of Holmes, with dozens of movies and apocryphal stories. And a summer blockbuster with Robert Downey jr
OK, I just watched the three episodes. The first episode was really well done and had me really intrigued. I thought it was a really clever modern day reinterpretation of the material. Loved the characters. Loved the tension they built just over an old man talking to him across a table.
The second episode was utterly uninteresting and bored me to tears.
The third episode was much better, fast paced and frantic, but the ending was just horrible. I really, really, REALLY did not like the guy they got to play Moriarty or they way they chose to play him. It was like the Master in "The End of Time", just ridiculously over the top and goofy. Not cool. He was NOT menacing or clever. They spend 4.5 hours building him up as this ultimate evil and then he's this mincing little boy.
So... I have mixed feelings about it as a whole. Will watch the second series though.
The second episode was utterly uninteresting and bored me to tears.
The third episode was much better, fast paced and frantic, but the ending was just horrible. I really, really, REALLY did not like the guy they got to play Moriarty or they way they chose to play him. It was like the Master in "The End of Time", just ridiculously over the top and goofy. Not cool. He was NOT menacing or clever. They spend 4.5 hours building him up as this ultimate evil and then he's this mincing little boy.
So... I have mixed feelings about it as a whole. Will watch the second series though.
^The way he was played he actually felt like he was crazy to me.
Yup. It was over the top and unpredictable, but not totally off the wall. It was acceptably "movie mad", if you know what I mean.
Guessing it means crazy in an entertainment friendly way, and not an uncomfortable actual mental illness kinda way.
Damn you Brits... I gotta wait another two months to see this show...
Almost enough to make me go Pirate.
Almost enough to make me go Pirate.
It's been confirmed Sherlock is back for 3 more 90 minute episodes for next Autumn.
^Well Steven Moffat is busy making 13 or 14 episodes of Doctor Who a year too.
If the drop in writing/story quality since the Davies days is any indication, he should have plenty of spare time.
I actually preferred series 5 of Who to previous series, so I wouldn't agree with you there.
Does that matter these days?Can Downey do a French accent?
By the way I agree with what you said earlier. I think Moriarty's vocal modulations were about attempting to confuse his identity while talking to Holmes.