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alias_sqbrJust saw the new BBC "Sherlock". Overall I liked it but I wasn't entirely sold on what little we saw of any female characters and the portrayal of disability was rather worse than I was expecting. (and my expectations were low)
Still, cleverly updated for the modern era and the Holmes&Watson dynamic was delightfully cracked. A bit self consciously slashy (not gay mind you. Just "why do people keep thinking I'm his boyfriend?" slashy) Funny and sparkling except when it descended into slow self important cheese.
SPOOOOOIILLLEEEERRRSSS (sort of)
The nature of the bad guy was so obvious I was genuinely shocked when we reached the "explaining the whodunnit through long slow graphical flashbacks" reveal and realised we weren't supposed to have figured it out fifteen minutes earlier. Perhaps because of certain local events.
And the "Hello male antagonist, I see you are having an affair with your female coworker" line was stolen straight from the pilot of Psych.
Still, cleverly updated for the modern era and the Holmes&Watson dynamic was delightfully cracked. A bit self consciously slashy (not gay mind you. Just "why do people keep thinking I'm his boyfriend?" slashy) Funny and sparkling except when it descended into slow self important cheese.
SPOOOOOIILLLEEEERRRSSS (sort of)
The nature of the bad guy was so obvious I was genuinely shocked when we reached the "explaining the whodunnit through long slow graphical flashbacks" reveal and realised we weren't supposed to have figured it out fifteen minutes earlier. Perhaps because of certain local events.
And the "Hello male antagonist, I see you are having an affair with your female coworker" line was stolen straight from the pilot of Psych.
