Sherlock

[gwaevalarin]

First of all, a warm welcome to my new friends!
Here's drinks and snacks and a comfy blue sofa. So make yourselves comfortable and feel free to look around.

I just finished Sherlock. I did mean to watch the finale last night but I got so tired halfway through and it's difficult enough to keep up with Sherlock's train of thoughts when I'm fully awake. I'm still kind of waiting for Sherlock to reveal that he is, in fact, the Doctor.
I just love the interaction between Sherlock and Watson. I might even like it better than their counterparts's from the 2009 movie. I'm still undecided on that.

"I'm glad noone saw that."
"Hm?"
"You, ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk."

Bwaahahaha! Oh, John!

Are we sure there isn't a fourth part to series 1? How can they just leave us hanging like that? I hate cliffhangers. Actually I don't, not really. But they're still mean. I guess it's safe to say now that there will be a series 2. Yay!
But to be honest, while I love pretty much everything else about this show, I find Moriarty terribly annoying. That might just be his voice, though. I'm not sure.
In case you're one of the roughly two people who haven't seen the show yet, go and change that.

Comments

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

omg thank you so much! I find Moriarty most annoying! I can deal with the changes they did to Mycroft but Moriarty is just awful. He's so stereotypically crazy. And his voice! GRRR That was my main complaint too.

let me just copy&paste this from my own journal:
Moriarty, for example. Why does he need to be your typical crazy genius. I do not want. Moriarty is Holmes gone wrong, not Holmes gone schizo and that kind of crazy. I also think it's too cliche for the show. They're so innovative in many ways, why do they need this stereotypical Bad Guy. I really couldn't enjoy the whole thing because I was so busy being angry and frustrated with the way they handled Moriarty. I mean, the way he talked was so fucking distracting :( I am disappoint:( I hope he will be more awesome next season. And maybe talk a bit more like a normal person. I really don't appreciate crazy high-pitched voices :I

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

I can't really say anything about the changes they did to any of the characters. I've seen the movie and the BBC show and that's pretty much where my Sherlock Holmes knowledge ends. You're the Holmes expert on my flist and "Holmes gone wrong" sounds like a way more interesting concept for a nemesis than what they did in the show.

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

YAY I'm an expert (I wish I was lol) But that's just always how I pictured Moriarty. He's not really shown up in the book a lot, but when he did he was always Holmes' equal. I think they actually do the "You're already know what I'm going to say - and you already know my answer" thing in the book. But I'm not sure. Maybe I'm imagining things. And it bugs me that he seems like the everyday bad guy. For heaven's sake. The Taxi-Driver from A Study in Pink was more like the Moriarty I have in mind lol This one is actually more like The Master IDK :o

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

What is it with people comparing Moriarty to the Master? *lol*
I love the Master (well, the Simm!Master anyway) and I don't think he's anything like Moriarty. One, he's not annoying. And two, he has way more character depth. Granted, we haven't seen much of Moriarty yet, but so far he seems to be crazy and evil only for the sake of being crazy and evil.

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

lol I love the Simm!Master too (as much as I can, with my hatred for RTD lol). I think it's the bouncyness paired up with the crazy and evil and given that we haven't seen much of Moriarty yet it's easy to compare him to the Simm!Master, since that's what's stuck to most people. Especially since Sherlock has shown a lot of the Doctor's traits (or the other way around).

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

I think it's the bouncyness paired up with the crazy and evil
Okay, I can see that.
And I wouldn't even be surprised if Watson came home to the flat one day to find a blue box in the middle of the living room. ;)

[ocelli.livejournal.com]

I'm taking the whole sofa for myself. I'm tired.

I'm apprehensive about watching RDJ's Sherlock, because from what I saw from the BBC series and my prior knowledge, the movie remake seems to stray from the source material in a way... But I don't know, I've yet to watch it.

I like Moriarty because he is a lulz psycho. But his voice, yeah, it's okay to talk a little normally. My friend who loves the Sherlock franchise in general says he reminds her too much of the Master from Doctor Who, so she feels he's ripping off the character idk.

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

I don't really know much about the franchise apart from the movie and the BBC show. But RDJ's and Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock are certainly two very different versions of the same character.

I can't say I saw much of the Master in Moriarty. Well, at least not John Simm's Master. Sure, they're both batshit crazy but I enjoy the Master's version of crazy a lot more.

[ocelli.livejournal.com]

I'll say the same on the latter half. I've only seen bits and pieces of the Master, so I have no idea if she's right or not, hahaha. Usually I prefer male villains to be more sociopathic, calm and aloof, while female villains more psychopathic, outrageous and dangerous in a more outward way.

I figured the two were different. I wonder if RDJ's is addicted to morphine, lol.

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

I think RDJ's Holmes is more physical? But I think they actually show similarities. Not only characterwise. The show uses a similar theme as did the movie's soundtrack. And they're both crazy with the violine. And they both have that superior attitude towards John's friends lol

[grashuepfer.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad noone saw that."
"Hm?"
"You, ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk."

I posted the exact same thing in the GH. I just couldn't stop laughing. *g*

just finished Sherlock. I did mean to watch the finale last night but I got so tired halfway through and it's difficult enough to keep up with Sherlock's train of thoughts when I'm fully awake.

Aaaaand another thing we have in common - The first time I started to watch the finale I stopped the episode at about 40min because my eyes were slipping shut in shorter and shorter intervalls. And Benedict Cumberbatch soothing voice sure didn't help. *lol*

@Cliffhanger: It is kinda mean, isn't it? But at last it's official now that there will be a second season, so I can live with that.

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

That quote was just hilarious.

I don't mind falling asleep to Benedict Cumberbatch's voice explaining away. But not when I'm watching the episode for the first time. ;)