[Closed] Sherlock

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Bendy Cummerbund.

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Cunedict Bemberbatch.

It's all a bit dull, isn't it?

It's all a bit dull, isn't it?

Weak plotting. Tremendous overacting. Nice reference to the original Six Napoleons story. THe US Sherlock Holmes program Elemental is better.

I liked it, but think it needs another watch to get the best from it.

Yet another out of the blue culprit paired with the world's most amateurish dying last words scene ever. Fact.

The storylines are utter tosh and a real missed opportunity for great family tv.

That was a bit "Quantum of Solace" for me. Not the greatest, but it felt like it was necessary to kick off the series.

Agree on the Napoleons reference, though. Clever.

It's all a bit dull, isn't it?

shite if you ask me, the show, much like the main character, is not as clever as it likes to think.

Disappointed somewhat. I want to see crimes being solved by a smart arse, not watch a soap.

Disappointed somewhat. I want to see crimes being solved by a smart arse, not watch a soap.

Exactly. Dr who went the same way.

Exactly. Dr who went the same way.

Dr who went the same way.

Yeah, then they started on the hard drugs.

Still the Christmas special was a bit of a return to the older style, and included some hints that it may represent a change of direction.

Actually, Dr Who was pretty rubbish after Patric Troughton, Pertwee was camper than a Boy Scout jamboree, Tom Baker was OK, but it basically sucked after him.
Actually, thinking about it, it went downhill after William Hartnell, it's only now that Capaldi's playing the Doctor that it's really starting to get somewhere.
I'm showing my age, aren't I?

So, 3rd brother?

Glad I recorded it then, seems like you lot didn't like it.

utter bilge.

And only a few hours earlier I had been enjoying this so much more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cm07d

I loved series 1, thought series 2 was quite good but found series 3 to be full of terrible overacting and attempts to be clever. I too prefer Elementary.

wysiwyg - Member
So, 3rd brother

Oh DO lighten up, you miseries.

I love trying to second guess this stuff. The only one I managed to predict was the identity of "the English woman" after Lady Whatsername said it wasn't her.

It's a bit camp and a bit over-twiddly on the plotting but so what? It's not pretending to be Shakespeare.

Suspend your disbelief and enjoy it's compact own universe. If you want reality there's always the News and don't we just need the occasional escape from that horrorshow right now?

Preposterous contrived bullshine badged up as Sherlock Holmes. Cucumberpatch playing Cucumberpatch as he does in all things he appears.

They put a "tracker" in her USB stick.

But surely the battery in there would have been so tiny that it would only have lasted a day or two at the most.

(And I think you would also struggle to get a sensible length antenna in there as well).

And that's assuming it doesn't have GPS, which would make it completely impractical.

But without GPS you would have to rely on IP geolocation unless you could persuade all the telcos in the countries she visited to hand over base station information, more-or-less in real time.

So I find it quite hard to believe.

Not helped by the terrible over-acting and implausible plot lines.

And knew exactly which hotel in Marrakesh she was headed for and managed to get there in advance.

It was alright, it is becoming a bit of a parody of itself though.

Martin Freeman is quietly one-upping Baldrick Thrustersnatch in the acting stages too I reckon.

And knew exactly which hotel in Marrakesh she was headed for and managed to get there in advance.

And when the guy went to get tea he didn't comment "Mint tea, Moroccan whisky" with a big grin, as every single Moroccan is legally obliged to. It's like they've never been there. 🙂

Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her 'travel montage' I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage.

The introduction of Mary, possible the least plausible secret agent mega ninja ever, was the ruination of the last series, so the episode at least had a good conclusion and some hope for the future.

It was turning into a more expensive version of Spooks.

As above, smartarse solving mysteries is what we need.

It was... alright. Mary was annoying. And yes, Elementary is better and Jonny Lee Miller is a lot easier to look at than Bunberry What'sischops.

Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her 'travel montage' I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage

I think someone's been sucked in by the magic of television.

Wasn't that magical, to be honest. 😀

I enjoyed it, still prefer the old Granada tv series though, and having got Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's complete works for Christmas i shall mostly be reading the adventures this year.

I liked it - I'd have been disappointed had there been anything other than daft plots and hammy acting from Benelux Cambersands

We watched the last of the previous series before the new one, was much betterer.

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martinhutch - Member
Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her 'travel montage' I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage.

IIRC an hour of high quality drama costs £300,000-400,000.

Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her 'travel montage' I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage.

Contract crew on location shoots a few minutes of footage, with a double in it. Editing team stitch it together.

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Forgot about this - caught it on the telly this afternoon... much more enjoyable.

Good grief, it's only telly.

It was ok, too much focus on Mary IMHO throughout the series she's been in, and as has been mentioned, not the most convincing casting for the background...

Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

As above, smartarse solving mysteries is what we need.

Perhaps...but given in real-time they are separating it makes sense that in the made-up world he also kills her off...

Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

I thought something similar.

you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

He was distracted by thinking about the woman he met on the bus....

a few good bits, a few clever bits, all wrapped up in a great big stodgy layer of bilge. My 'watch-again-ometer' gives it a big fat zero.

hummernunk rumblepatch.

It was a bit to noisy at times, ad to keep turnin it up then down.

Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

😯

Did they not teach you that one at paramedic school Drac? 😉

I must have skipped school that day.

Nam?

In the intro of it, Mycroft mentions that he isn't into brotherly misgivings and we know what happened to the last one...what was that referring to?

Sherinford. I reckon third brother, "put me through, yes I'll wait" so, institutionalised? "We know what happened to the other one"

Having given up all hope after the last few, I didn't think it was too bad.
Lots of geeky references for Holmes nerds, and they managed to get much of the original story in there.

Don't think the latter part of the Mary storyline worked at all.
Agree with the Dr Who comparisons, last Sherlock series reminded me of the worst of the Who reboot.

Self Indulgent piffle.

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Bandersnatch Cumberbund.

I enjoyed the first series, the second series wasn't quite as good, third series was dire, can't be bothered with this one.

Michael Bentine's Cumbernauld

Well I've just watched it, whilst the cimematography was intriguing, set design and scope exquisite, the story was irritatingly bland.

Cumberland SausageBreath.

I like the fact there wasnt a "mega" baddie ... just a little old lady

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crankboy - Member
Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

That only works with dikes.

palmer77 - Member
It was ok, too much focus on Mary IMHO throughout the series she's been in, and as has been mentioned, not the most convincing casting for the background...

Given the details are key to Sherlock, i was also disappointing with the casting. In the flashback in this episode the way she held a gun was unconvincing (to my very untrained eye).

Watson's bus-girl = Moriarty's sister out for revenge. You heard it here first.

I turned over and watched Jaws 2 instead.....much better. But then again what could be worse.....Mmmm Sherlock I think.

Good grief, it's only telly.

Watson's bus-girl = Moriarty's sister out for revenge. You heard it here first.

Damn you, I was about to post the same. Irish accent, 'chance' meeting on bus.....it's Moriarty's revenge.

The casting of Mary was odd, until you realise that the lady who played Mary is also Martin Freeman's (Watson) other half . Actor nepotism strikes again

On a random note, I got drunk at a festival with Martin Freeman's brother (whose band had played before us). Nice bloke.

The casting of Mary was odd, until you realise that the lady who played Mary is also Martin Freeman's (Watson) other half .

Was...not now.

So, seconds anyone?

Toby Jones has never failed me yet.....

We're watching.

Hopefully this one won't have all the identifying a cat's parentage from a distance of 100m stuff in it.