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rayvyn2k ([personal profile] rayvyn2k) wrote2014-01-21 09:55 am
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Sherlock

Hubby and I finally watched season 2 last night in one gulp. That show continues to amaze, with both the writing and the acting. We love how the writers integrate Doyle's original into the modern show.

I went online (not a spoiler-phobe), and read about the season 3 opener and was happy to see that the writers seemingly gave a wink and a nod to the fans. Love that. We are going to record that ep tonight and watch it later this week.

I told hubby last night I need to see the Jeremy Brett episodes again. Jeremy will always be the 19th century Holmes for me, but Cumerbatch, I think, has to be a close second. The best part of both these versions, to me, (aside from the spot-on portrayal of Holmes) is the fact that Watson is well-served by Martin Freeman and Edward Hardwicke (more thanks to the writers). I always hated the way the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce movies made Watson into a bumbling fool. He's a doctor for heaven's sake.

I particularly liked "A Scandal in Belgravia". I just loved the Irene Adler character (always have) and loved the fact that Holmes wouldn't get dressed to go to Buckingham Palace, and then Irene meets him nude.

And Andrew Scott's portrayal of Moriarty is just terrifyingly crazy. Brilliantly played.

But, you guys are all ahead of me, since you've seen S3 E1 and I haven't, so I'll stop my gushing and go dig out my well-worn edition of "The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".

[identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com 2014-01-21 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
To this day I'm not sure whether I first fell under the thrall of Sherlock Holmes because of reading the stories or seeing Jeremy Brett as Holmes, but I was assigned to read Speckled Band and Blue Carbuncle in class around the same time that I watched the BBC/Granada productions with my dad when they were broadcast on PBS. Honestly, I was deeply suspicious of Sherlock because I didn't think anything could draw me in the way Brett's Holmes did. I'm delighted to have been wrong.

I'm so glad you enjoyed series 2! I particularly loved the use of music in E3 :D There's a lot to like about series 3, though I hope that in future series(es?) they'll get a bit back more to the solving crimes thing. Since, ya know, Sherlock Holmes.

[identity profile] rayvyn2k.livejournal.com 2014-01-21 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I fell in love with Sherlock Holmes while reading the stories. My friends and I would act out the Holmes stories using the books as reference. (Yeah, I was a geek before it was cool.) The only film versions I saw were the Rathbone ones and I was always, as I mentioned, disturbed by the way Watson was portrayed.

I had been married, had two kids and divorced before I saw the Jeremy Brett versions (which shows how old I am, heh) but once I did--LOVE.

And I was nervous about "Sherlock" at first as well due to Jeremy Brett love, but like you, pleasantly surprised.