I like Moriarty and the actor playing him. *Shrug.
Sherlock - Series 2
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How's it supposed to be pronounced? I've always taken it the way it's spelled -- three syllables, roughly "kuhv-en-tree."
That's also how I say it.
It's a reference to a throwaway line in one of the Holmes stories (can't remember which one) in which Holmes remarked that he'd been distracted by "the affair of the Vatican cameos for the Pope" (I paraphrase, from lack of memory). We don't get more detail in the original story, but I think it's OK to assume that in the BBC1 Holmes universe, the resolution of the case involved a similarly dangerous hiding place, making the shout a warning to Watson to duck.
cov-un-tree.
a short o sound not an uh.
a short o sound not an uh.
As mentioned above, the "Vatican cameos" was something mentioned by Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles", but no more details were revealed. There was also a text based game (or text adventure) based on it, but I never played it, so I have no idea if it was a reference to something that happened in it (I wouldn't put it past Moffat and Gatiss).
Why can't they kill her?
Why can't they kill her?
I'm not a student of Holmes adventures, but I'd love to see a list of all the throwaway references and inside jokes that got tossed into the story.
Ohhh, a return visit someday then?
Ohhh, a return visit someday then?
Why not? The character only appeared once in the Holmes cannon. Everything is up for grabs in an adaptation, especially for one set in a completely different time period.
After all, the movies killed her off, too (although I doubt she's actually dead there either).
Have to admit I wasn't sure the first time of viewing, but recently rewatched series 1 and I warmed to him, and I don't think he's that like Simm's MAster.
That's the way that most Brits would say it although I guess the authentic way would be with a West Midlands accent. Bruce Boxleitner pronounced it as "cove-en-tree" which really jarred with me. Anyway let's not derail the thread.
I expect Ms Whiplash, I mean Adler, to make a welcome return in future. No one has yet mentioned that the character was originally written by ACD as being American. I guess dominatrices are generally expected to be British.
You mean most English people, maybe - us Scots would say Cuv-in'reh...
Sounding more Gordie to me in my head with the way that looks.
I expect she probably does have a future role to play to justify that rather out of place ending.
She and Moriarty are less modern updates of their respective characters from the stories and more original characters filling in the archenemy and female adversary roles in the Sherlock series.
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They could do whatever they want I suppose, but she seems too big and iconic for them to just kill off in short order. That's what I was thinking. I wasn't concerned about her fate because of that.
check the mythology gag section of the TV Tropes page for the series.
Yes, the way they did that and Holmes' subsequent reaction was brilliant.
