Sherlock - BBC1
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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
CatherineJ said:
What a coincidence that the cabbie is the same actor who plays a police officer in Whitechapel.
What a coincidence that immediately after the episode's end there was an advert for a show about Rupert Everett.Edited by CatherineJ on Sunday 25th July 22:10
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.
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?
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)
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)
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