Does Moffat's Moriarty feel like book Holmes? I'm thinking I must have forgotten way more than I realised, because this guy isn't so much moustache twirling as he is Black Swan twirling. I do not get him, or his fandom, the oohing and ahing of his every twitch, and the manic Mormor shipping (well, okay, now that it's Fassbender, it's kinda okay).
Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
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§ ita § - Oct 29, 2012 4:08:25 pm PDT #9342 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Oct 29, 2012 4:22:44 pm PDT #9343 of 11831
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Moffat's Moriarty made me stop watching.
SO MUCH BAD.
DebetEsse - Oct 29, 2012 4:43:16 pm PDT #9344 of 11831
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have seriously considered kicking some people off my tumblr reading list because I'm sick of reading the CBS vs. BBC bullshit.
And I continue to have Very Strong Feelings about non-military (or something explicitly parallel) Watson.
sj - Oct 29, 2012 4:46:27 pm PDT #9345 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
And I continue to have Very Strong Feelings about non-military (or something explicitly parallel) Watson.
Me too.
Steph L. - Oct 29, 2012 5:13:17 pm PDT #9346 of 11831
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And I continue to have Very Strong Feelings about non-military (or something explicitly parallel) Watson.
Which is another reason "Elementary" is entertaining, but really not Sherlock Holmes.
They could have called it something else, and I'd still watch it. But if they called it something else, they wouldn't have that hook.
Connie Neil - Oct 29, 2012 5:50:54 pm PDT #9347 of 11831
brillig
to my mind, the BBC Moriarty does not feel like the book Moriarty. Book Moriarty is coldly brilliant and ruthless. He would unhesitatingly remove minions who failed him, but he would not waste energy on mind games and Joker-esque statements.
Steph L. - Oct 29, 2012 6:15:04 pm PDT #9348 of 11831
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yes yes yes, Connie.
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2012 7:45:47 pm PDT #9349 of 11831
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
"'Well, well,' said he, at last. 'It seems a pity, but I have done what I could. I know every move of your game. You can do nothing before Monday. It has been a duel between you and me, Mr. Holmes. You hope to place me in the dock. I tell you that I will never stand in the dock. You hope to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me. If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you.'
"Because you will find me a dangerous companion now. This man's occupation is gone. He is lost if he returns to London. If I read his character right he will devote his whole energies to revenging himself upon me. He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. I should certainly recommend you to return to your practice."
There's very little actual text to base any Moriarty on, but I don't think that BBC's an entirely inaccurate reading of the text.
But then, I thought Andrew Scott was chilling in TRF.
Connie Neil - Oct 29, 2012 7:49:37 pm PDT #9350 of 11831
brillig
Once Holmes destroyed his empire, yes, Moriarty went a bit nuts. But not until then.
Ginger - Oct 29, 2012 7:58:44 pm PDT #9351 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The BBC's Moriarty just didn't seem like the mysterious head of a vast criminal ring.