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The Almost-Manifesto of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson

Aug 09, 2010 12:47

I've been holding in my love for the BBC's Sherlock, mostly because last week's episode wasn't so bright and shiny as the first, so I wanted to wait and see what the final part of this mini series would be like before I would explode about it. And let me tell you, it delivered. I could go on about plot all day, but there's a million places for that ( Read more... )

slash, meta, the game is on

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quarterwhore August 9 2010, 17:59:50 UTC

AHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SHOW AND I LOVE YOU

GOING TO WATCH THE THIRD EPISODE TODAY ♥

bigmamag August 9 2010, 18:00:56 UTC

:D OMIGOD, YOU WILL LOVE IT. THE FIRST TEN MINUTES AND THE LAST TEN ARE BY FAR THE BEST THINGS ON EARTH.

quarterwhore August 9 2010, 21:46:52 UTC

OMG JUST SAW IT AND I DEFINITELY SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. First and last ten minutes were the BEST.
Also, what did you think of Moriarty?

bigmamag August 10 2010, 01:20:56 UTC

SEE, I AM ALWAYS RIGHT. Or not, but I am right sometimes. :P

I liked the reveal that he was Jim all along, but man, he was annoying. He was almost a camp villain, so over the top and with an accent no one could ever place. I swear I laughed three times, and not when you're supposed to. I mean, I was never really scared of him, just what he was capable of. A good villain will scare you by just the sound of his voice and the way he looks at you. If John wasn't strapped to that bomb, I wouldn't find him intimidating at all.

quarterwhore August 10 2010, 01:50:55 UTC

I agree- I don't know what went wrong with Moriarty, but it went really, really wrong. I hesitate to blame the writing and I hesitate to blame the actor but something just did not work. The Jim reveal was a good idea but I thought it was executed poorly- it kind of came from nowhere, and there didn't seem to be a reason for it.

*deep breath* He's just the kind of villain who belongs in a comedy, not a drama, you know? He's not scary at all, just so campy that it gives him negative scary points and detracts from the tense drama of the situation. I think I'd have been more scared watching Sherlock talk to a wall. And even though he's supposed to be this brilliant professional villain, he didn't seem very clever at all. Idk. That part of it fell completely flat. I'm not sure I can properly explain how baffled, disappointed, and unimpressed I am by Moriarty.

But I didn't watch for the villain or even the plot, I watched for Sherlock and Watson, and that was brilliant, which is the important part, you know? So I can forgive the ( ... )

bigmamag August 10 2010, 01:59:07 UTC

Agreement with everything you've said. *nods* I suppose they really WERE going for the exact opposite of Sherlock, consulting criminal and a friggen idiot all at once. Sherlock, calm, cool, Moriarty a spaz with connections. I hope he gets outsmarted and he's only the first villain and we'll get another, more dangerous one.

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