Sherlock - BBC1

[Silver Smudger]

I thought it was really good, and the first half surprisingly funny - Will definitely be watching again too, as Mrs Smudger fell asleep under the influence of cold & flu meds

ash73 said:

Cumberbatch even says "the curtains are rising" at the start, which I missed first time round, a definite tell as I mentioned on the films thread.

What does that refer to?

[marcosgt]

Disappeared up its own backside in the last 20 minutes sadly.

I'd enjoyed it until then...

M

[Zingari]

I expected a lot but it failed to deliver. Pile of shoite compared to the early stuff and the acting didn't match the period setting. Styling it like Ripper Street and it would have had a chance. Bendedick Cumbersnatch and his chum are too typecast for the modern age

[greygoose]

marcosgt said:

Disappeared up its own backside in the last 20 minutes sadly.

I'd enjoyed it until then...

M

Yeah I thought the same really, it just seemed a bit pleased with itself throughout.

[wolfracesonic]

Did Cumberbatch implore everyone to 'think about the refugees' at the end?

[RizzoTheRat]

Zingari said:

the acting didn't match the period setting.

I thought that to begin with by once you see why/how they're in the period setting it made perfect sense that they seem a bit to modern for it.

[KaraK]

Rather enjoyed it myself, and I liked the "twist" as well. Tying it in to the Moriarty cliffhanger has me rather stoked for the next series - although god knows when that'll appear!

[SpudLink]

ash73 said:

There was no period setting. The virus in the data etc...

Until that line I thought they were mistakenly using modern phrasing. I expect cleverer people then me had already worked out that it was a 'dream sequence'. The idea of Sherlock using drugs to think his way into the 19th century was a good one, but I still felt slightly cheated at the end. Also every time Moriarty is on screen I'm staggered at how badly miscast he is.
On the whole it was a good hour's entertainment, but let down by the final third.

[Mark Benson]

It would really have appealed to the 14 year old me, but the adult in me just finds it all a bit clichéd.

I watched in the hope of a return to the form of the first couple of episodes but if anything this was one of the worst yet.

[Swervin_Mervin]

SpudLink said:

Also every time Moriarty is on screen I'm staggered at how badly miscast he is.

I feel the same. It's partly why I felt cheated that they didn't make more use of Lars Mikkelson as Charles Magnussen in the last run - he was utterly brilliant and yet barely used.

[Rosscow]

I fell asleep, so it couldn't have been that good.

Disappointing for me.

[RichB]

You might have been very tired and it was excellent.

[chris watton]

RichB said:

You might have been very tired and it was excellent.

Hmm, not so sure, my wife absolutely loves Sherlock, even bought the box set of series' 1-3. And yet she also fell asleep way before the end for this one.

I also didn't think it was excellent, I think it was a self-indulgence too far by the writers.

[coppice]

I now have a box set of the borderline bonkers Jeremy Brett's Holmes. Always my favourite of the many who have played the great man - but I hugely enjoyed this year's effort too.

[RichB]

coppice said:

Jeremy Brett's Holmes. Always my favourite of the many who have played the great man

Indubitably

[Halb]

Finally watched it.
Was absolutely loving it up until the time/dimensional/quantum travel stuff.
Loved how Sherlock wasn't quite so uber in Victorian mode, and Mycroft being gluttonous, and a pure mind like the original stories. Really didn't like seeing Moriarty, horribly miscast actor. And I could forgive that scene wishing it was a dream all the way through, and then we get the leap forward, which is where I started to drift off and get bored. I started thinking, this could still be pretty good if they don't go too far...but they went too far, and then some more..and then some more until I dropped in and out of enjoying it as it got very Brazil towards the end. I was still changing my mind as the very end scene aired. Which made me like it again. I'd love a Victorian Holmes with bendydick cummersnatch.

[greygoose]

RichB said:

coppice said:

Jeremy Brett's Holmes. Always my favourite of the many who have played the great man

Indubitably

I agree, of the newer ones I think I prefer Elementary as it gave a refreshing twist to the genre.

[Halb]

Rathbone is still my fave.
Followed by Caine, Cook and Basil is no particular order.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/s...

[NBTBRV8]

I enjoyed it but it did take a bit of keeping up to. Some of the lines are enjoyably witty, it is great how both the lead actors bounce of one another so well.

When is the next episode due?

[maniac886]

Series 4 teaser trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcWFoNqZHc