modern Sherlocks

[pensnest]

Well. My clearest memory of the newest 'Sherlock' episode (from New Year's Day) is saying, out loud, "Hit him! HIT HIM!!" And being in consequence very happy when John did.

Seriously, though. How can the writers think it works to portray Sherlock as that much of an idiot? To re-enter his bereaved best friend's life as a joke? A great detective would *have* to understand human nature rather better than that if he's to be effective in figuring out crimes. It makes no sense. It is stupid.


We've been watching the first season of 'Elementary' for a few days now, and I think it is awesome. JLM Sherlock is a far, far nicer human being than BC Sherlock, and Joan Watson is much more useful than John Watson, even though they are both medically qualified. John seems to be much more the bloke who runs around in Sherlock's wake being nice to people; Joan points out useful and salient facts which contribute to the solving of puzzles.

And although Benedict Cumberbatch plays his part very well, Jonny Lee Miller's acting is so, so beautiful, and subtle, and complex, and everything.

There are people in both settings who'd happily wallop Sherlock with a very large mallet—in JLM-Sherlock's case, I don't want them to.

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[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

And please don't get me started on the amount of fan service. *makes face*

(this coming from the person who is only online at this time to get a dl of the ep before she goes to work. I really do hate timezones.)

[pensnest]

I'll be interested to see what you make of the latest one!

[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

I'm scared, tbh. I did enjoy Empty Hearse muchly, but it left me feeling a little empty (ha!) after I had time to digest it. I still do love all the little bits of character insight (and by god I do love Gatiss's sense of humour), but oh, it could've been so much more. It's just indicative of what I call Mofftiss's Major Malfunction: they seem too caught up in their own cleverness to really put in as much effort as they once did, and it is telling that Sherlock is starting to suffer from the exact same problems that the latest New Who does. Which is a shame, because as Blink and A Study in Pink shows, Moffat CAN be a good writer.