Mr. Holmes

[Overdriven]

Anyone other than myself watch this?

 

[MYstIC G]

Anyone other than myself watch this?

just waiting for it to kick up on iplayer

 

[Edmond]

I was about to switch it off after the first 2 mins, but then i realised it was ok

 

[Scouse]

Yeah, first few minutes were annoying. But it got a lot better.

It's entertaining throwaway pap, no more.

 

[Ch3tan]

They've dumbed it down a lot for this season it seems.

 

[Chilly]

They've dumbed it down a lot for this season it seems.

yeah, i realised I was predicting a lot of what would be happening way earlier than I normally do on sherlock. I shouldn't be able to out-guess holmes!

 

[Edmond]

Something about Molly's boyfriend though.....

Also loved the fact they used Benedict Cumberbatch's real mother & father

 

[DaGaffer]

I enjoyed it. Not really fussed about the so-called "dumbing down", as the whole episode was obviously a set-up for the new series (Mary is clearly a wrong 'un - too clever by half). Shame the main plot device was a straight rip from V for Vendetta though.

 

[old.Tohtori]

yeah, i realised I was predicting a lot of what would be happening way earlier than I normally do on sherlock. I shouldn't be able to out-guess holmes!

Better then something coming out of the blue at the last minute, ruining the whole thought process.

"Ah yes we've been investicating this for a good week now, but look, suddenly there's an orphan child no one knew anything about with a bottle of poison in his medicine cabinet where we just happened to look for pain killers for a headache."

 

[Chilly]

Something about Molly's boyfriend though.....

Well, he's a decent lookalike of Sherlock, that's what they were all sniggering at.

 

[Edmond]

Well, he's a decent lookalike of Sherlock, that's what they were all sniggering at.

Ahh, I see

 

[Edmond]

Just watched that bit again, and now I get it. Can't believe I didn't see it at the time, the way they are all looking him up and down

 

[Overdriven]

Anyone notice the underground lines/stations that were being used to record? This is just being a pedant..

Spoilers I guess?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/the-london-underground-lines-in-sherlock-are-all-wrong

 

[DaGaffer]

Anyone notice the underground lines/stations that were being used to record? This is just being a pedant..

Spoilers I guess?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/the-london-underground-lines-in-sherlock-are-all-wrong

Its called dramatic licence. People really need to get out more.

One question I do have; is it a legal requirement that all British iconic characters have to stand on top of Whitehall at some point?

 

[Edmond]

Also if you don't use the tube on a regular basis, you would never know, I didn't. And I bet the majority of people who do use a small section of it on a day in day out basis wouldn't have noticed either, as they don't use that section of the network

 

[Edmond]

One question I do have; is it a legal requirement that all British iconic characters have to stand on top of Whitehall at some point?

Yes, there was bill passed in 1975

 

[DaGaffer]

Yes, there was bill passed in 1975

Is the black overcoat compulsory as well?

 

[Edmond]

Is the black overcoat compulsory as well?

Yes, yes it is....

 

[Turamber]

The episode this evening was absolute rubbish. Starting a story about six times, flashbacks, dream sequences and lots of other nonsense to confuse the viewer and hide the fact the story was paper thin. Embarrassing.

 

[Shagrat]

I quite enjoyed it

 

[Edmond]

I liked the fact it came together at the end, which it what it usually does. And that we got to see a slightly softer side of Sherlock

 

[Moriath]

I much prefer elementary it has a darker, ex addict Holmes, and Lucy liu doesn't hurt either. The Brit version seems very sanitised. He has no addictions and seems too happy by half. I always saw Sherlock as a tortured genius. He just comes across as smug to me in the UK Sherlock

 

[Scouse]

Kinda agree with that, but still liked this episode. Just finished it now. Twas entertaining twaddle.

Wish he was hopped up on opiates tho.

 

[Ch3tan]

Hrs a nicotine fiend in this one.... also elementary is American gash. I wrote liked this episode, soppy though it was.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Crap stories this series so far. Immense amount of padding. Its entertaining in a BBC light entertainment kind of way, but really not up to par with the first two series. Dumbed down a lot and Sherlock is now being written as a kind of detective version of Sheldon Cooper.

Mainly it gets by on the abilities of the actors but had hoped for more given that they only make 3 episodes a year. I did laugh at the various pratfalls but unless the third episode of series 3 really ups the quality it is time to stop making this.

 

[Chilly]

Dumbed down a lot and Sherlock is now being written as a kind of detective version of Sheldon Cooper.

This is exactly it: nail on head.

 

[MYstIC G]

Crap stories this series so far. Immense amount of padding. Its entertaining in a BBC light entertainment kind of way, but really not up to par with the first two series. Dumbed down a lot and Sherlock is now being written as a kind of detective version of Sheldon Cooper.

Mainly it gets by on the abilities of the actors but had hoped for more given that they only make 3 episodes a year. I did laugh at the various pratfalls but unless the third episode of series 3 really ups the quality it is time to stop making this.

Indeed it's a real shame, so we've got one episode now to see who we were dealing with at the end of the first episode, this will doubtless be a fudge.

 

[Turamber]

That was more like it! And an episode written by Moffat, the only one this season.

 

[DaGaffer]

I enjoyed it. Not really fussed about the so-called "dumbing down", as the whole episode was obviously a set-up for the new series (Mary is clearly a wrong 'un - too clever by half). Shame the main plot device was a straight rip from V for Vendetta though.

Called it!

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Last episode was great. Some cracking dialogue, none of the sitcom crap - when it was funny it was because the dialogue was sharp.