Sherlock - A Study In Pink
Jul. 27th, 2010 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcI enjoyed that.
Yes, it was slightly less faithful an adaptation than some episodes of Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century[1], but it had Holmes and Watson meeting, and "RACHE", and the bit with the two pills. In fact, really, the only bit that's not the same is the actual motive. Oh, and "RACHE" actually means something, and wasn't added by the murderer to confuse everyone.
The updating was cleverly done; Sherlock has given up smoking because it's impossible to do it anywhere (I laughed out loud at "a three patch problem"), and his deductions based on Watson's pocket watch (from The Sign of Four) are transferred to a mobile phone. The floaty text that shows Sherlock's mind at work is brilliant. And I liked John's encounter with a sinister figure who is watching Holmes, and the subsequent revelation of who he was. Hopefully, we'll see more of him.
Looking forward to next week's. Oh, and the bit where everyone assumes John and Sherlock are a couple was cute for a while, but if it's a running gag I'll get tired of it very quickly.
[1]Not, however, the 22nd C versions of Hound and "The Sussex Vampire", which retain nothing except that it's not really anything supernatural.
Yes, it was slightly less faithful an adaptation than some episodes of Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century[1], but it had Holmes and Watson meeting, and "RACHE", and the bit with the two pills. In fact, really, the only bit that's not the same is the actual motive. Oh, and "RACHE" actually means something, and wasn't added by the murderer to confuse everyone.
The updating was cleverly done; Sherlock has given up smoking because it's impossible to do it anywhere (I laughed out loud at "a three patch problem"), and his deductions based on Watson's pocket watch (from The Sign of Four) are transferred to a mobile phone. The floaty text that shows Sherlock's mind at work is brilliant. And I liked John's encounter with a sinister figure who is watching Holmes, and the subsequent revelation of who he was. Hopefully, we'll see more of him.
Looking forward to next week's. Oh, and the bit where everyone assumes John and Sherlock are a couple was cute for a while, but if it's a running gag I'll get tired of it very quickly.
[1]Not, however, the 22nd C versions of Hound and "The Sussex Vampire", which retain nothing except that it's not really anything supernatural.
