Wow! Just fininished watching it, and that is NOT what I would have cut.
BTW I don't read Sherlock Holmes as either asexual or demisexual, in either the original or 21st century version. I read him as "I'm a superman and better than everything else at everything I do. So, in any area where I lack special advantages, I won't play and will pretend (even to myself) not to be interested."
Yeah and like everyone else I assumed both pills were poison. Million tricks to either neutralize poison, or substitute something harmless in the pill the cabbie was left with.
In the books, Watson is hoping Holmes will get interested in one of the clients (Copper Beeches, the one about the bicyclist, one of those) because Holmes admires her wit.
But if they want to do the reveal of the villain more slowly it makes sense. I was wondering how Sherlock's fan had found the cabbie.
Eh, I think they thought it was a bit they could edit down with minimal effort just to make room for Alan Cumming being a sexy introduction bitch at the beginning. I mean, they aired it on the BBC with it, and the parts that they could've cut without losing any plotty stuff were more in the action sequences.
PBS airs tons of stuff before and after programs, I bet they cut a good 6-7 minutes out. I really enjoyed it, though!
Hay baling and blacksmithing? Have we snapped back in time?
Here's my contribution: Bob came back from a church event today bandaged up from cutting some croissants. We went to the urgent care "just in case" because he wasn't in that much pain, it was just bleeding. Turns out, he had
cut part of his thumb off!
Ack, bon! I hope Bob bob heals up quickly! Croissants are dangerous!
I have no opinion on Holmes having seen neither show nor movie, and having loved the literature, but prepubescent at the time.
He'll be fine, there's just...less of Bob.
weird double-post. I don't remember double-clicking.
Ouch! Poor Bob!
Also, I would just like to say, for the record, fuck insomnia. I have to get up in less than three hours and commute an hour across LA, and my stupid brain will not shut up. Tomorrow...sorry, TODAY is not going to be pretty.
Eek! Poor Bob! I hope things heal over okay.
As for Sherlock, either the
demisexual or asexual idea
work for me. I could also see
any possible physical sexual attraction being trumped by his being massively turned off by the person's relative lack of intelligence. In short, unless there was a strong emotional connection, we're talking about a very small pool of potential partners.
I agree that the cut regarding
the cabbie
makes little sense.
Also, I adore this version's Watson beyond all reason.
