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I am proud to admit that I did not watch the highlights show tonight.
That's just one indication of how it is no longer able to ensure my attention.
There's too much tedium in it. I am pleased that I was able to break away.
I will still be watching though, but I now know that I can be more selective.


However I watched Sherlock on BBC1.   An updating of some Sherlock Holmes stories.
Set in the present day. The same themes and ideas but in a modern setting.
I am usually wary of re-setting of time but I thought this worked wonderfully.
The forensic scenes and gathering of evidence were brilliantly (and amusingly) done I thought.
I have never seen Martin Freeman so good (as Watson.)
Loved it.
This is only a guess but I suspect I enjoyed it more than I would have the BB highlights.

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Reference: Suzi-Q
I am going to have to dig out my Sherlock Holmes book and re-read "A Study in Scarlet" to see how much it varied from last night's "A Study in Pink".
This is a link to Wikipedia's detailed plot of A Study in Scarlet

You will see that there are some similarities with last night's version but there are significant variations so that it was right to change the name of the episode.  And Moriarty is not mentioned in the book and wasn't created by Arthur Conan Doyle until The Final Problem (the one at Reichenbach Falls where Doyle attempted to kill Holmes off, but of course had to bring him back due to public demand).
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El Loro
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I didn't watch any BB shows over the weekend, as my interest is seriously waning. I watched "Sherlock" and really enjoyed it. I loved the quirkiness of Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock and Martin Freeman is the best Dr Watson I've seen. I'm looking forward to next week's episode.
Same here Yogi, my interest has gone downhill fast with the addition of the 3 new house mates - bad move by BB. Loved Sherlock and agree with you about Beneditc C, briliant performance.
Fairfax
Reference: El Loro
You will see that there are some similarities with last night's version but there are significant variations so that it was right to change the name of the episode. And Moriarty is not mentioned in the book and wasn't created by Arthur Conan Doyle until The Final Problem (the one at Reichenbach Falls where Doyle attempted to kill Holmes off, but of course had to bring him back due to public demand).
I said to Spooks-loving son that I thought you might watch "Sherlock", did you enjoy it, El Loro?
Yogi19
Reference: Yogi
I said to Spooks-loving son that I thought you might watch "Sherlock", did you enjoy it, El Loro?
It's compulsory viewing for me. I've seen the Basil Rathbone ones, the Peter Cushing ones (oddly enough Christopher Lee did one presumably when Cushing was unavailable), the Jeremy Brett ones and various other ones.

So yes, I enjoyed it. Being written by Steven Moffat who writes some of the Doctor Who episodes and is now in charge meant that I could see glimpses of the Doctor in Sherlock. I was wondering if the Tardis was going to materialise.
El Loro
When Sherlock is working through the evidence (which he does quite quickly) - would we call it forensics? - I loved the way the clues and words appeared in various areas of the screen.
As he was thinking it, the viewer was enabled to see it.
That could have been a disaster, but I thought it worked wonderfully, and added a certain panache to the whole thing.
Incidentally Benedict Cumberbatch is the son of actors Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton.
I have become used to seeing Martin Freeman playing, well..Martin Freeman.
I was surprised and impressed with him in this. He gave Watson a real character and identity, yet nothing seemed forced.
Much credit obviously should go to writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.
I loved the economy of words - the very quick and yet pointed scene where they check out and confirm their sexual orientation was funny, comprehensive, yet brief and economical.



Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
brisket
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I loved the way the clues and words appeared in various areas of the screen. As he was thinking it, the viewer was enabled to see it. That could have been a disaster, but I thought it worked wonderfully, and added a certain panache to the whole thing.
I loved it too. (I first saw that used for the subtitles in the film Nightwatch, which is also worth a watch.)
PeterCat
I had mixed feelings about Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes.
It was certainly not UNderplayed. But that was fine because that is where the producers/directors had decided to pitch it.
He definitely developed his own style of Holmes with flair and skill. But that was my problem. I found many of his mannerisms and idiosyncrasies irritating and almost tipping over into farce.
It never seemed quite a balanced performance to me.
In this new "Sherlock" I thoroughly enjoy the interplay between Holmes and Watson - both the characters and the actors.
brisket

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