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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2010-07-26 10:24 am
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Sherlock

Sherlock was brilliant. Why has nobody thought of doing that with text messages before? Inspired. I love how the set at 221B Baker Street looks like a thirties refit of the set from the Granada series.

Only false note for me (and it was a very slight false note, barely a semi-tone) was the too-whimsical Mycroft, who seemed to have stepped out of an episode of The Avengers. But otherwise - yes, more of that, thank you very much. I request that telly be like this more of the time, otherwise I'll have to go back to my West Wing uber-mega-marathon.

Upon which subject: Jed Bartlet is such an arse.

[identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
But detective fiction and drama is about plot. Which is where this fell flat on its face.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
As I say - I didn't guess the villain and his motivation made sense to me, and that plus the entertainment factor was more than enough for me. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it.