Smarter than a gibbering idiot =/= smart

[donnaimmaculata]

Two weeks ago, I compared the BBC drama Sherlock with the itv drama Identity, and my verdict was that Sherlock is the better production. Now that I have watched all three Sherlock episodes, I have reviewed my judgement; Identity wins, hands down

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[shocolate]

This.

I couldn't work out what felt so wrong about a modern day thing, but you are right.

[donnaimmaculata]

It's like... they bumped up everything to the modern age, except of the one crucial aspect that made Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes, namely the fact that he was far more advanced in his skience skillz than the average Victorian. Of course, that would mean that the writers must be actually knowledgeable, and that's the difficult part.

I've recently rewatched The League of Gentlemen. That was some pretty good and suspense-filled writing there. Oh, Mark Gatiss, what happened to you?

[iibnf]

Plus he's funny looking.

(I'm still gonna watch it and probably read the porn, though).

[donnaimmaculata]

Good voice, though!

It is very watchable, if only because of the excellent production value. It looks like a really good show. Shame the plots and characters are so stupid.

[donnaimmaculata]

I can see how it's so much more difficult to write a character who's an expert in his field and hence useful to consult than writing a character who's the only one capable of thinking, because everyone else is an idiot. But surely, that's the whole point! It's such a shame, because Sherlock has the appearance of a good show, and I like both Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

[cherusha]

the writers should have come up with a new, groundbreaking skill that Sherlock Holmes deploys to solve crime

The writers (a) aren't that smart or (b) are too lazy.

Surely, surely the police could have gotten around the blocked number and tracked the shit out of that cellphone.

I wish they would have gotten Lestrade to feed Sherlock information via suspect interviews, evidence found, etc., so he could make those great leaps of logic he's so good at. But I guess the writers figured it would take away from Watson's importance, so all Lestrade gets to do is stand around looking starry eyed. :/

(That said, I still watch it.)

[donnaimmaculata]

The writers (a) aren't that smart or (b) are too lazy

Exactly. To write someone who is smarter than average, the author must be smarter than average, too. At least in one specialist field.

Surely, the police would have noticed that the left-handed banker didn not shoot himself. Even I know that they always check for gunshot residue on the victim's hands.

Lestrade was so underused. Rupert Graves probably took a good look at the scripts and got out of the contract asap.

(I watch it, too, because it looks really good. And I like both BC and MF.)