The Green Room - Sherlock

Oct 24^th, 2010 at 10:17pm

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Has anybody else seen this? The first episode is probably the best TV pilot I've ever seen. A brilliant adaptation of Doyle's A Study in Scarlet that prefectly captured the sessence of the Holmes and Watson characters. The choices made in bringing them to the 21st century are all great, from having Watson still coming home from serving in Afghanistan, to Holmes preference for texting rather than making phone calls (which to me seems utterly true to the character).

I've been a have of actor Benedict Cumberbatch since he played Pitt the Younger in the film Amazing Grace, and of course Martin Freeman is terrific as always (seeing him in this has me even more excited to see him play Bilbo Baggins). I've still never seen a single episode of Doctor Who (and may or may not ever get around to it), but I now have great respect for Steven Moffat as a writer. This is the best thing I've seen on televsion in a long time. I very eagerly await the second episode, and hope that Cumberbatch and Freeman's buregeoning film career's don't kill future seasons.

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Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 12:52pm

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Yes yes yes! And the other two are even better!

And Benedict... Oh I could drink that man.

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Reply #2 - Oct 27^th, 2010 at 2:54pm

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I've been interested in watching this too! Where are you guys finding it online?

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Reply #3 - Oct 27^th, 2010 at 7:47pm

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The Kaylee and the Ivy wrote on Oct 27^th, 2010 at 2:54pm:

I've been interested in watching this too! Where are you guys finding it online?

They're watching it on PBS. PBS is playing all three over three successive weekends. So far 'dem folks, I'm presuming, have only seen the first one, but the other two are just as good or better.

If you need it online, PM me.

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Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2010 at 9:00pm

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The ad after the show said they were on DVD. I'll definitely be buying these.

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Reply #5 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:17am

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Silent Knight wrote on Oct 27^th, 2010 at 9:00pm:

The ad after the show said they were on DVD. I'll definitely be buying these.

I have them on pre-order for my mother. I managed to get her interested in them too.

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Reply #6 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:40pm

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I don't think that I liked the second episode BETTER than the first, but I probably liked it just as well. I really wish there more than 3 episodes.

I think one of the great strengths is that they don't get too hung up on or self-congratulatory about gimmicks involving modernizing it. The stories and characters are the center of it, not the time period in which it takes place (which the writers quite rightly point out is true of the original Doyle stories as well).

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Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 10:29pm

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Silent Knight wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:40pm:

I don't think that I liked the second episode BETTER than the first, but I probably liked it just as well. I really wish there more than 3 episodes.

I think one of the great strengths is that they don't get too hung up on or self-congratulatory about gimmicks involving modernizing it. The stories and characters are the center of it, not the time period in which it takes place (which the writers quite rightly point out is true of the original Doyle stories as well).

Wait till next week.

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Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 11:01pm

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Mister Grinch wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 10:29pm:

Silent Knight wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:40pm:

I don't think that I liked the second episode BETTER than the first, but I probably liked it just as well. I really wish there more than 3 episodes.

I think one of the great strengths is that they don't get too hung up on or self-congratulatory about gimmicks involving modernizing it. The stories and characters are the center of it, not the time period in which it takes place (which the writers quite rightly point out is true of the original Doyle stories as well).

Wait till next week.�

I'm very excited.

I intend to buy these on DVD, but there's a nostalgic thing for me in watching there on PBs as part of "Mystery" which reminds me of eagerly awaiting new installments of the Jeremy Brett series. Watching this makes me giddy in the same way that the latest Star Trek movie did.

Again, I'm just really afriad that Cumberbatch and Freeman are getting too in demance for Season 2 to happen. Cumberbatch just wrapped Steven Spielberg's War Horse, and, is moving on to to a play, and Freeman is, of course, doing two Hobbitt movies. Thrilled to see these guys attached to films I'm so eagerly awaiting, but I didn't think I coould still get this addicted to TV drama. I want as much Sherlock as possible.

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Reply #9 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 9:30pm

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For some reason, I blame Mister A for the fact that the series ends there.

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