Sherlock BBC1

[Nick Armstrong]

after a while I get tired of the tiresome badinage. Am I alone in wishing that TV would grow up just a little bit ?

Agreed, the relentless quippery was my reservation... the whole thing seems like an exercise in style, all nods and winks.

[geofflikesmusic]

Agreed, the relentless quippery was my reservation... the whole thing seems like an exercise in style, all nods and winks.

the whole boomerang solution was a bit of a disappointment too.

[Anna]

Agreed, the relentless quippery was my reservation... the whole thing seems like an exercise in style, all nods and winks.

All style and no substence. Like all fur coat and no knickers? But, terrific fun, for a limited time.

[mangerton]

Thrill to his mastery of the recitative and the Da Capo aria here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZUibOUX28

(It's available on "Toe-Curling Tunes" from S-Hits Records)

And don't forget the wet cake song.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Just caught up with this on the i-Player. Loved every minute of it!

[Mr Pee]

Just caught up with this on the i-Player. Loved every minute of it!

Not everything has to be serious drama. As entertainment, Sherlock is an absolute gem. Nobody's pretending it's Harold Pinter.

[amateur51]

Thrill to his mastery of the recitative and the Da Capo aria here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZUibOUX28

(It's available on "Toe-Curling Tunes" from S-Hits Records)

Lovely stuff!

[Anna]

It's the last Sherlock tonight, I think the showdown with Moriarty. I watched the repeat of episode 2 last night, I still don't think it worked (I was not paying attention first time around), I feel the first series was brilliant, the second one is far too tricksy and knowing nods and winks and has somehow lost it. Was it significant that no-one posted about the second episode? One can be too clever, and then it backfires I think. Interested to hear other views.

[amateur51]

It's the last Sherlock tonight, I think the showdown with Moriarty. I watched the repeat of episode 2 last night, I still don't think it worked (I was not paying attention first time around), I feel the first series was brilliant, the second one is far too tricksy and knowing nods and winks and has somehow lost it. Was it significant that no-one posted about the second episode? One can be too clever, and then it backfires I think. Interested to hear other views.

I thought Series 2 Epi 1 (Scandal in Belgravia) was outstanding but I found Hounds of the Baskerville was as you described it, Anna - too clever by half and it was not as satisfying as the previous one.

I hope that tonight's is a stunner - tho I shan't get to see it til Tuesday evening, at a guess

[Nick Armstrong]

I shan't get to see it til Tuesday evening, at a guess

Coo-ee guvner, social diary a bit chokka?

What breathless spa is Sir gracing between now and Tuesday?

I agree with Anna about this and am prepared for disappointment at the last one as their Moriarty is a very unconvincing and unthreatening young chap. Bad casting

[Serial_Apologist]

It's the last Sherlock tonight, I think the showdown with Moriarty. I watched the repeat of episode 2 last night, I still don't think it worked (I was not paying attention first time around), I feel the first series was brilliant, the second one is far too tricksy and knowing nods and winks and has somehow lost it. Was it significant that no-one posted about the second episode? One can be too clever, and then it backfires I think. Interested to hear other views.

I'm afraid I felt much of your criticism applied to the first series, Anna, and I gave up after that particular episode 2, feeling that the original Sherlock Holmes of the books, and as played by eg Peter Cushing, was all very well in an imaginary 19th century context, but that to expect viewers to suspend disbelief when he was relocated to the world of today was asking too much.

[Jonathan]

I've been watching Sherlock on BBC1 and also saw the film (last week) and thoroughly enjoyed both. The Robert Downey Jr. film was much funnier than the first one which helped plus I think his English accent had improved (we thought he mumbled rather deeply in the first one).
On the strength of the recent Sherlock Holmes popularity, I've started re-reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" again and put the Jeremy Brett TV version complete set on my Amazon wish list.

[amateur51]

Coo-ee guvner, social diary a bit chokka?

What breathless spa is Sir gracing between now and Tuesday?

I agree with Anna about this and am prepared for disappointment at the last one as their Moriarty is a very unconvincing and unthreatening young chap. Bad casting

Oh beggin' yer parding, young Sir, but that Moriarty is an absolute terror, frikens the life outta me! It's his sudden changes from psycho to smoothy that does it, I reckon

[amateur51]

I've been watching Sherlock on BBC1 and also saw the film (last week) and thoroughly enjoyed both. The Robert Downey Jr. film was much funnier than the first one which helped plus I think his English accent had improved (we thought he mumbled rather deeply in the first one).
On the strength of the recent Sherlock Holmes popularity, I've started re-reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" again and put the Jeremy Brett TV version complete set on my Amazon wish list.

The JBrett is ludicrously cheap by this Jonathan - you will NOT regret it

[Mr Pee]

I agree with Anna about this and am prepared for disappointment at the last one as their Moriarty is a very unconvincing and unthreatening young chap. Bad casting

Well I think if you prepare for dissapointment, you will be dissapointed.

I thought last week's episode was a very ingenious update of the original, and I could not disagree more about the casting of Moriarty. It would have been very easy to go for the cliched TV baddie that we've all seen thousands of times before, but instead we have Andrew Scott's wonderful creation- slightly camp, yet very menacing, and clearly teetering on the brink of insanity. I think he is one of the absolute highlights of "Sherlock", and I can't wait to see him in full flow at 9pm tonight!!!