Sherlock

[Paul]

I thought it was ace.

[stringvest]

I have swam against the tide since day 1 with this version of Sherlock, watched it tonight and it just reaffirmed my opinion that this whole production, and Cumberbatch especially, are massively overrated, unsuited, and heretical. Style over substance all the way.

 

Holmes is supposed to be a 1 in a billion, razor sharp maverick genius. Cumberbatch's Sherlock is a simpering, pompous, public school, homo fop.

 

Personally speaking, I am not a fan.

 

 

I'm somewhere between this (excellently made) point and a fan.  My cynicism won't quite let go enough for me to completely enjoy it.  

[PestiRed]

I like this although the new episode last night was not as good as usual, probably because they spent too long bringing him back, explaining etc and the case was mostly rushed over. Hopefully it should get back to usual high standard now

[Sugar Ape]

It stands out like a beacon of light in the turgid shite that is British TV.

 

So yeah, I enjoyed it.

[Carvalho Diablo]

As someone who's read Conan Doyles' Holmes stories, I have just been watching Jeremy Brett's in The Sign Of Four and it really does piss all over this glossy new bells and whistles ipad generation ideal.

 

Ironically, it is that very thing, the radical contemporary take, which is I think quite easily the best thing about the new version. It just feels so soulless.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

It stands out like a beacon of light in the turgid shite that is British TV.

 

So yeah, I enjoyed it.

 

Absolutely agree with that. It has style and character in a way most British TV doesn't. I think Cumberbatch is entertaining, if not true to the original Sherlock. Of course, that's not who he's trying to be.

[Sugar Ape]

Nail on head there. It's not trying to be Classic Sherlock Holmes, and shouldn't really be compared to the older versions that were true to the stories.

 

I love the Conan Doyle books, I got the complete works when I was ten and have had to replace them twice because I've read them so much. This is different though and it's just very loosely based on them.

 

Great cast, great story lines and knocks the socks off most of the other shit TV my licence fee goes on.

[Champ]

I was out last night and missed it. I'm gonna have to watch it before my curiosity gets the better of me and I start reading the thread.

I'll be back...

[Son of L8]

Enjoyed that. It wasnt as good as some of the first two series, as I thought the terrorism plot was rushed through, but handling the return along with a standalone mystery was never going to be easy. performances were top notch, the humour was great, and even when the writing stumbles a bit like tonight it still pisses over the rest of the telly right now. Glad to have it back... Cant handle spoiler tags on my phone, or id say something about the bit at the end and the likely plot of the rest of the series!

 

Paulie , 1 & 2 have turned up on netflix if youre on there.

[Carvalho Diablo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25576004

[RedKnight]

That'll be people complaining about the resolution of his 'death'. 

[Unrighteous]

I liked it.  It wasn't brilliant, though.

[Anubis]

It's Sherlock Holmes. I like the stories. I like the older films. I like Jeremy Brett. I like Cumberbatch. I like Downey Jr. Hell, I'll even happily sit and watch Christopher Plummer.

 

I particularly enjoy the reinvention and different take on the character.

 

I look forward to Sherlock Holmes in space. Oh, hang on, I like Data as Holmes as well.

[Sut]

The Downey Jr films are awful.

[Section_31]

Seems to be a lot of snobbery around Holmes, who cares? As someone else said, compared to most of British telly it compares favourably. You've Been Framed was on on Christmas day, true story.

[Anubis]

The Downey Jr films are awful.

 

First one is great popcorn.

 

I concur the second is a stinker.

[Champ]

I liked it.  It wasn't brilliant, though.

I'd settle for that. He played it a bit 'light' for me...and the plot was a bit incidental, as others have said, but I'll be watching on Sunday

[Carvalho Diablo]

First one is great popcorn.

 

I concur the second is a stinker.

 

Ha ha, I thought the second was far better than the first !

[Anubis]

Ha ha, I thought the second was far better than the first !

 

From the evidence  before us - your dislike of Cumberbatch, your failure to appreciate the inventive way in which the modern series presents Holmes' thought processes, and the fact you favour the second Downey Jr film over the first - only one inevitible conclusion can be drawn. You are indeed a wrong'un.

 

But I still like you.

[Stickman]

It's Sherlock Holmes. I like the stories. I like the older films. I like Jeremy Brett. I like Cumberbatch. I like Downey Jr. Hell, I'll even happily sit and watch Christopher Plummer.

 

I particularly enjoy the reinvention and different take on the character.

 

I look forward to Sherlock Holmes in space. Oh, hang on, I like Data as Holmes as well.

 

What about Rathbone?......I loved those early old ones, admittedly it went a bit shite when they went all patriotic when the war was on but some of the early stuff with him and even Bruce (as bad as he was) wasn't too bad.

[Anubis]

What about Rathbone?......I loved those early old ones, admittedly it went a bit shite when they went all patriotic when the war was on but some of the early stuff with him and even Bruce (as bad as he was) wasn't too bad.

 

Absolutely. Rathbone is probably my favourite. I'd encompassed him in the phrase 'the older films.' A superb actor. 

[Tony Moanero]

Sherlock is fucking shite. I've never watched it, I just know it is absolutely fucking shite. Benedict Cumberbatch is a cunt's name. Fuck him and fuck this modern take on Sherlock Holmes bullshit. Old is gold, and don't you fucking forget it.

[Juniper]

Like it, it's better than half the shite on prime time tv these days.

 

All about Martin Freeman though. Nice to see his stock has gone up in recent years.

[Hand Shandy]

I like Freeman. I have to confess I haven't seen the end of series 2/start of series 3 of Sherlock, but when it was announced he was going to be Bilbo in The Hobbit I was deeply unimpressed.

 

He has, however, been excellent in the role.

[Carvalho Diablo]

I like Freeman. I have to confess I haven't seen the end of series 2/start of series 3 of Sherlock, but when it was announced he was going to be Bilbo in The Hobbit I was deeply unimpressed.

 

He has, however, been excellent in the role.

 

He was great in The Shawshank Redemption too.