The Almost-Manifesto of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson

[bigmamag]

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

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[austere_mauve]

Y'know, you could be a professor, OF SLASH. My goodness, I didn't think of half these things as points for the slashers, as it were, but you have so many good points here. I love how Sherlock immediately doesnt wanna share John with Sarah. And of course the ending, when Moriartys gone and he net drops his facade... that was fantastic.

I just LOVE them modern setting! I was the same; I had no idea it was set to be contemporary, and it is just so refreshing! It's kinda all new now that he's got all these different tools (mainly his mobile hehe) at his disposal. It entertains me that he has a website.

I seriously CANNOT believe there are only 3 episodes!!! It's so upsetting, I only got into it like 4 days ago, now I'm in full-on fandom mode and its already over! D:

I do hope you've seen (imho the best ever Sherlock) the 1984 Granada version with Jeremy Brett and David Burke. Its everyone I'm related to's hands-down favourite. My parents never stopped going on about how no one can Holmes like Brett and I really didn't believe it until I saw it. One or two episodes are a bit cheesy, but ultimately, it has magnificent costuming and the relationship between Holmes and Watson is just so nice. It's best aspects are extremely subtle and it's what I love about it. I can't remember the episode, but I remember thinking to myself once that it was the most touching thing I'd ever seen when Holmes was all dejected and upset about a case and Watson says something along the lines of here, let's have our breakfast and then we'll work something out, as he poured him his coffee. Its a bit inconsequential, but it's my favourite interaction yet. This series also depicts quite a bit of Sherlock's fugues where we know hes had opium and we see Watson's reaction to this several times.

[bigmamag]

A professor of slash would be the best job EVER. I would go to work every day like it was Christmas morning. :P I'm strangely okay with three episodes, mostly because they're the length of movies so it's like having three movies. The 2009 movie suffers because there's only one of them and I don't think I've even heard about the sequel yet.

And that sounds awesome! I swear I have watched that as a kid or rather my parents did. It sounds right up my alley and I think I'll wait until next month (when I don't have a big bang to worry about) to watch it and go deeper into this Sherlock business. I'm always such a fandom late comer, but I am a dedicated late comer, lol.