Sherlock

SimonAH
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edited January 2012 in Commuting chat
I'm hooked! Watching?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    He's Sherlock Holmes, he ain't gonna die, he's can outsmart both gravity and death.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Haven't watched the TV series, but did go to the cinema to watch the second of the RD Jr films. Mainly to see Richmond Park on the big screen, which didn't disappoint (unlike the rest of the flick).
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Fantastic stuff.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    cjcp wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves.

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    cjcp wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves.

    Woof woof!
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,918
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Oh do keep up. SH was brought back to life in the original Conan Doyle novels after apparently plunging over Reichenbach Falls with Moriarty. I'm not sure how they are going to write their way out of this version, but I'm sure there'll be a clever if slightly implausible explanation.

    Moriarty as slightly bitchy and camp, and the Watson Holmes relationship between Freeman and Cumberbatch are the things that really make this series work so well.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Great show, but they only ever seem to make them three at a time.

    You probably missed the bit where he visited the girl who fancies him and works in the pathology lab before his death. Reckon she could have snuck out with a mattress and some fake blood before signing him off as dead.
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Yes, surviving his own fall to death and funeral is going to be quite hard to explain. Sherlock's last conversation with his lab assistant was odd and completely unexplained - if it wasn't part of the plot why was it there - he was clearly about to ask her for something but what that something was is yet to be revealed.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    rjsterry wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Oh do keep up. SH was brought back to life in the original Conan Doyle novels after apparently plunging over Reichenbach Falls with Moriarty. I'm not sure how they are going to write their way out of this version, but I'm sure there'll be a clever if slightly implausible explanation.

    Wasn't there some speculation, though, that some of the later stories SACD penned after the Final Problem may have been about earlier times, although Watson drops clues to the contrary?

    @deptfordmarmoset -I think he asked her for a body for the burial.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,918
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Great show, but they only ever seem to make them three at a time.

    You probably missed the bit where he visited the girl who fancies him and works in the pathology lab before his death. Reckon she could have snuck out with a mattress and some fake blood before signing him off as dead.

    True, she has to be significant as that was left as a loose end. That said, she might be a ruse on the part of the writers - they used a fair bit of misdirection throughout.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves.

    GF said I looked like him last night!

    I took that :P

    You look like Gavin Macleod from Kelly's Heroes? :P
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    cjcp wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    All I saw was a guy jump from a building, his body bleeding all over the pavement, and the next minute he's standing up, walking around as if nothing happened.

    WTF?

    Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves.

    GF said I looked like him last night!

    I took that :P

    You look like Gavin Macleod from Kelly's Heroes? :P

    It's known as a strong look :D
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  • mrc1
    mrc1 Posts: 852
    I did like how this series seemed to build to a crescendo - last night's episode. Each episode had a distinct story but with an over arching Moriarty story in the background. Take Moriarty out of the equation and it just ends up having the same formula every week (mystery crime, Sherlock rude to Watson, Lestrange a bit doddery, Mrs Hudson complaining, big revelation about who dunnit at the end etc etc) like a big budget Murder She Wrote.

    TV often does this and makes the mistake of doing too many episodes and devaluing a good thing. I totally agree with Ricky Gervais when he ended the Office despite people wanting more episodes.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    mrc1 wrote:
    TV often does this and makes the mistake of doing too many episodes and devaluing a good thing. I totally agree with Ricky Gervais when he ended the Office despite people wanting more episodes.

    Maybe thats why they only do three episodes at a time?
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  • mrc1
    mrc1 Posts: 852
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    mrc1 wrote:
    TV often does this and makes the mistake of doing too many episodes and devaluing a good thing. I totally agree with Ricky Gervais when he ended the Office despite people wanting more episodes.

    Maybe thats why they only do three episodes at a time?

    Hopefully - I don't know Sherlock Holmes that well (I've read the new book House of Silk and a couple of the original series) so not sure how good the post Moriarty death stories are, but my worry is that the BBC bods claim to have been given totally free reign over the plot/direction. Short of inventing a new super villain or Moriarty coming back from the grave I'm not sure what else they can do?

    It's also interesting having two totally different takes on one character runnign at the same time - BBC vs Hollywood.
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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    With the BBC I always assumed it was due to lack of budget that they only did 3 episodes at a time.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,918
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    rjsterry wrote:
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death

    Do you have another link? My computer says "No" when I try to click on any link to the Guardian. No idea why... :wink:
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    cjcp wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death

    Do you have another link? My computer says "No" when I try to click on any link to the Guardian. No idea why... :wink:

    Link works for me Chris?
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  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    mrc1 wrote:
    TV often does this and makes the mistake of doing too many episodes and devaluing a good thing. I totally agree with Ricky Gervais when he ended the Office despite people wanting more episodes.

    Maybe thats why they only do three episodes at a time?

    According to someone at work (Beeb), the three episodes is partly because Steven Moffat is also writing Dr Who - he doesn't have a huge team of writers, and there are only so many hours in a day. Was fab though - last night was the first one I'd seen so I'll have to watch from the beginning...
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Loved'em and looking forward to the next series then I think they should stop there.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Cafewanda wrote:
    Loved'em and looking forward to the next series then I think they should stop there.

    Did I just catch you over on LFGSS cruising for boys Wanda? :D:D:D
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    SimonAH wrote:
    Cafewanda wrote:
    Loved'em and looking forward to the next series then I think they should stop there.

    Did I just catch you over on LFGSS cruising for boys Wanda? :D:D:D

    I was in the thread cos I'm nosy, but I leave my occasional cruising for the 'real world'. Besides I've met some of them and they are way too close in age to my nephews, the oldest of which is 39. They are a fun group :lol:
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    rjsterry wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Great show, but they only ever seem to make them three at a time.

    You probably missed the bit where he visited the girl who fancies him and works in the pathology lab before his death. Reckon she could have snuck out with a mattress and some fake blood before signing him off as dead.

    True, she has to be significant as that was left as a loose end. That said, she might be a ruse on the part of the writers - they used a fair bit of misdirection throughout.

    There's also the little girl screaming when she saw Sherlock thing, there must be someone who looks enough like him, or can be made to look like him. Plus, John Watson was hit by a bloody cyclist on his way to seeing the dead Sherlock, that can't be co-incidence. Cyclists are a bloody menace.
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    rjsterry wrote:
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death

    Ah yes, the dummy Holmes had hanging up for some unexplained reason. http://twitpic.com/87sv4m
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    SimonAH wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death

    Do you have another link? My computer says "No" when I try to click on any link to the Guardian. No idea why... :wink:

    Link works for me Chris?

    :lol: No, it's the Guardian, see?
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    cjcp wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Some theories...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/16/sherlock-how-fake-own-death

    Do you have another link? My computer says "No" when I try to click on any link to the Guardian. No idea why... :wink:

    Link works for me Chris?

    :lol: No, it's the Guardian, see?

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    It's a matter of principle. But my computer's like HAL, you know. Mind of its own. Darndest thing.
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