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.
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Date: 2010-07-27 11:30 pm (UTC)Having said that, for me, the only really glaring bad thing was that Watson made that shot with only one hand. With a pistol at that range, through two windows, and at that angle, he (as an ex-soldier) would know he'd be damn lucky to not hit Holmes, and using two hands steadies aiming.
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Date: 2010-07-28 12:56 pm (UTC)According to Moffat, the difference is they approach their similarities from opposite directions; the Doctor is one of a race of aloof and detatched superintelligent aliens. who is trying to form a bond with humanity. Holmes is a superintelligent human who would like to be an aloof and detached alien with no connection to humanity.
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Date: 2010-07-28 01:43 pm (UTC)