Sherlock - BBC1

[CatherineJ]

Anyone else watching it?

[grumbledoak]

Giving it a chance. Quite good so far.

[CatherineJ]

Yes i'm really liking it.

[rich1231]

its great so far.

[CatherineJ]

What a coincidence that the cabbie is the same actor who plays a police officer in Whitechapel.

Edited by CatherineJ on Sunday 25th July 22:10

[Zad]

It doesn't quite seem to know whether it wants to be CSI: Baker Street or Dr Who.

[chrismcg1]

^^ What he said - Dr Who(esque) but still very enjoyable - loved the modern take on it all...

[Teppic]

Zad said:

It doesn't quite seem to know whether it wants to be CSI: Baker Street or Dr Who.

Given that it is written by Doctor Who stalwarts Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss I though that elements of Doctor Who did drift in to the script a bit too much for my liking, but overall it was quite a good modern take on Sherlock.

I think that Benedict Cumberbatch would make a great 12th Doctor when Matt Smith decides to hand up his bow tie.

Edited by Teppic on Sunday 25th July 22:42

[grumbledoak]

I liked it. "Series record" are us, if the OH is to be trusted.

[BelperJim]

Wasn't expecting much but really enjoyed it!

[captainzep]

CatherineJ said:

What a coincidence that the cabbie is the same actor who plays a police officer in Whitechapel.

Edited by CatherineJ on Sunday 25th July 22:10

What a coincidence that immediately after the episode's end there was an advert for a show about Rupert Everett.

And Martin Freeman as Watson?

The show was trying to bring a brooding and slightly dark quality to Watson's chracter which Freeman can't really fill out on this evidence.

It was watchable but imagine how good this really could be.

[MiniMan64]

Absolutely loved it, very good stuff.

Only thing that irked was how slow they were to catch on to the cab thing, I got that straight away and I NEVER get stuff.

Looking forward to the next one.

[macp]

Yep swmbo and I watched it and enjoyed it, thought there was a doctor who feel about it too.Liked how the viewer was shown the text messages and Holmes findings when inspecting the body.

[Bullett]

I liked it a lot, Series record set. A bit of a cop out on the how did he do it front, but then I was expecting a Princess Bride get out. Easy enough to test both pills though I would think (but the won't).

Nice twist at the end.

[DJC]

Wasnt that one of the original plots?

[trooperiziz]

Sure it felt like Dr Who, but then as Dr Who was based on Sherlock Holmes, that's hardly surprising

I thought it was great

[Northern Munkee]

It struck me, that BBC couldn't afford to do a Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (for TV), the music was a rip off of the movie, and all that period setting costs a fortune to do, which the Beeb can't afford. Hence a modern update. Martin Freeman is no Jude Law, and lacked steel and was very lightweight. Cumberbatch looked as though he wanted to be Tom Baker in Dr Who, and a contemporary setting for a consulting detective, just defies disbelief, no way. Lightweight, and I expect howl of complaints from the Cabbie union, I mean, have BBC got a problem with the taxi fares/expenses, didn't Luther have a killer cabbie not a couple months ago?

[hornetrider]

I thought it was excellent, thoroughly watchable. Great day from the beeb today, I'd happily double the licence fee

Edited by hornetrider on Monday 26th July 01:39

[Poledriver]

I'm really into the 'real' Sherlock Holmes and thought this could be a really good concept... I was disappointed!

[Zad]

Overall, although it had weak spots, I quite liked it and I think it has the potential to have a good run. The plot wasn't the best and the exposition was a bit obvious, but I suppose s1e1 is always going to be like that. Maybe it was me, but it seemed to have quite a dark "autumn" feel to it, somewhat reminiscent of Neverwhere. I suppose that is natural given the script writer.

To anyone in/around central London, am I correct in thinking that actually was 221B Baker Street? I went past a couple of years ago and it seemed to look correct on TV. (That is to say the place assigned that number by Shirley Porter, rather than a place that didn't actually exist anyway)