TV BBC Sherlock Holmes
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Ch3tan
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It was fun, but at times they tried too hard to portray Sherlock as super intelligent, and mainly by making everyone else appear very stupid. Which was insulting to the audience.
Case in point being the GPS tracking on the mobile, with the cabbie standing right there and being mentioned several times by Sherlocks landlord. The police and watson simply not thinking of another reason they phone could be there was ridiculous.
old.Whoodoo
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It was "OK", but again the beeb show a distinct lack of imagination, coiing the name Sherlock Holmes to turn out yet more rehash material.
I also see they are bringing back Upstairs Downstairs, All Creatures great and small and some other 70s drama rubbish, it seems they are determined to keep dragging back old series rather than making something new!
I also see they are bringing back Upstairs Downstairs, All Creatures great and small and some other 70s drama rubbish, it seems they are determined to keep dragging back old series rather than making something new!
Lamp
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the original All Creatures Great & Small was very enjoyable. Beautiful countryside, the animals, great actors, very gentle comedy. Thats one series they shouldn't remake. Ever. And I bet they fuck around with the theme music as well...why can't TV people just leave well alone and stop making inexorably shite remakes?
old.Whoodoo
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Its one of those things that should remain part of TV history, Sherlock Holmes was a classic too, for gods sake, get some imagination BBC!
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Apparently in the original both vials are poisoned, the murderer just happens to have an antidote...
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Watched the first one. It was great fun but as pointed out above, complete hokum. I get the feeling that Alaistar Moffat basically wrote the character as Dr. Who as a detective.
Plot was not awesome, in fact was a direct steal from a British detective series from not so long ago but I can't remember exactly which one. It was something along the lines of Prime Suspect or Trial & Retribution or something like that.
Excellent characters, mediocre plot, great one-liners helped along by good actors. I loved some of the little touches like how text messages were shown to us, the audience. Slick.
Looking forward to seeing the second.
Plot was not awesome, in fact was a direct steal from a British detective series from not so long ago but I can't remember exactly which one. It was something along the lines of Prime Suspect or Trial & Retribution or something like that.
It was pretty obvious it was going to be a taxi driver right from the get-go and it was a bit tedious waiting for super intelligent Sherlock to figure it out. Thats the kind of thing you get in Z-grade TV series.
However, I liked that the real fun started after the cabby had been uncovered and the game of chance that occured between the two.
However, I liked that the real fun started after the cabby had been uncovered and the game of chance that occured between the two.
Excellent characters, mediocre plot, great one-liners helped along by good actors. I loved some of the little touches like how text messages were shown to us, the audience. Slick.
Looking forward to seeing the second.
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Sherlock Holmes perhaps : A Study in Scarlet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No, it ripped one scene from ASIS and bastardised it.
The first 2 eps were garbage POS, the third ep was good though.
I liked the characters a lot, but seriously the first two episodes were atrocious.