Sherlock...

[fajrdrako]

Watched Sherlock "A Study in Pink" this evening with maaseru, explodedteabag, and Yolande. We all loved it.

In my teens, I read every Holmes novel and story written - and then decided I didn't like the self-absorbed, arrogant character of Holmes, and avoided every version till the recent movie with Robert Downey, Jr. Which I liked.

This was loads better. If Holmes had been this entertaining in other versions, I'd've been a fan. The modern setting was irrelevant: the same style and casting would work just as well in a Victorian setting. But seeing Holmes texting and deducing passwords was fun.

Comments:

1. It was written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, of Doctor Who fame, and it showed. They wrote Holmes as if he was the Doctor. But as we all discussed afterwards, he was like many hero geniuses of recent pop culture: Spock, Dr. Rodney McKay, Avon, and the Doctor. All good characters, especialy when written well. It takes a certain skill and some slight-of-hand to convincingly write a genius. I found myself picturing some of Benedict Cumberbatch's lines in the Ninth Doctor's mouth, like, "Is it nice, not being me? It must be so relaxing."
   
   
2. Best Holmesian insult: "Anderson, don't talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the entire street."
   
   
3. I thought Phil Davis as the cabbie looked bizarrely like Don Harron in his role as the Parry Sound Philosopher.
   
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4. Loved the innuendo about Holmes and Watson as boyfriends.
   
   
5. Laughed to see Mark Gatiss playing Mycroft.
   
   
6. I'm not sure there was a lot of substance there in terms of plot; it was all smoke and mirrors; but that suits the Holmes ambiance perfectly.
   
   
7. I thought both Cumberbatch and Freeman played their roles perfectly.

Looking forward to more!

maaseru and I both confessed that on our first visit to London, we went to Baker Street. I wonder how many people do that?