Bwah!
Mighty fine shindig.
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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Cass - Nov 07, 2010 6:23:54 pm PST #6523 of 11838
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
sumi - Nov 07, 2010 6:46:33 pm PST #6524 of 11838
Art Crawl!!!
I can't believe that was it for Sherlock.
Too short.
Typo Boy - Nov 07, 2010 6:50:14 pm PST #6525 of 11838
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sherlock for me in around ten minutes. When this ends, total hours will have been the equivalent of a fractional bit more than six American episodes of 43 minutes each. Still less than half an American season.
Barb - Nov 07, 2010 7:00:19 pm PST #6526 of 11838
“Not dead yet!”
Getting ready for Sherlock, right... now.
Connie Neil - Nov 08, 2010 5:54:20 am PST #6527 of 11838
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OK, I do not like this Moriarty. He's too insane. Canon!Moriarty is a mathematics professor as well as a ruthless criminal. And this guy's voice switching all over the place is highly annoying.
Typo Boy - Nov 08, 2010 9:44:44 am PST #6528 of 11838
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I agree, this Moriarity is annoying. But to choose to be a criminal mastermind, in this day and age when you can do essentially the same thing legally as a corporate executive or get into politics requires an extreme degree of eccentricity.
BTW, what is everyone's guess. When this episode was filmed, did the writers know how Sherlock gets out of this one? Or did they/ will they decide while writing next season's opener?
Barb - Nov 08, 2010 5:58:35 pm PST #6529 of 11838
“Not dead yet!”
Moriarty didn't bug me, but neither did he impress me. Part of it was that he was too much visibly younger than Sherlock, even though they were clearly trying to play him as a contemporary.
Few things occurred to me in terms of a perfect Moriarty for this contemporary interpretation:
1) Sting- I think he could be cooly delicious as Moriarty
2) Alan Rickman
Or if you want to totally turn convention on its ear, cast a woman as Moriarty, which would drive this current Sherlock completely batty, I think. And in that vein, how about, Kristen Scott Thomas or Dame Helen?
I dunno... Lewis also seems to think that Moriarty isn't really Moriarty, but just another pawn.
Cass - Nov 08, 2010 6:26:13 pm PST #6530 of 11838
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Part of it was that he was too much visibly younger than Sherlock
Huh. That view leads me to think that the Sherlock you saw is much, much older than the Sherlock I saw. The people you mention play older than even the Mycroft that I saw in this presentation.
Dana - Nov 08, 2010 6:31:01 pm PST #6531 of 11838
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hey, Cumberbatch is my age. Cool. I don't have to go through my usual "I'm so old" angst.
Though I'm not convinced this Sherlock is that age.
Cass - Nov 08, 2010 6:36:54 pm PST #6532 of 11838
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I read Sherlock as younger than actual Cumberbatch. Thus seeming much younger than even a Dune-age Sting (when he was a young-looking 33, in 1984).