Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Pink
Posted By Kathleen David on July 31, 2010
Well Moffat, you magnificent bášŧárd, you got me again. I decided to watch your version of Sherlock Holmes after I got tired of having to skip over the nattering of so many people on the Internet so I could stay spoiler free. And I am going to ask for no spoilers in the comments please.
So I watched the first installment last night. Wow. That’s how you update Sherlock Holmes and keep it real to the cannon. All the dialogue that was pulled from the books and inserted into the show was masterful(it should say additional dialogue by Sir Arthur). And putting modern sensibilities like cell phones and the Internet so seamlessly was brilliant.
The casting was top notch all across the board. You had me from the first shot to the end and I’ll follow this series wherever you want to take it.
I am grateful that we sat down and watched this show.
I just watched it a few hours ago, and absolutely loved it. Despite being a huge fan of Moffat’s other work, I was worried about this one. A modern-set Holmes didn’t much appeal to me. But I’m so glad I gave it a try. Fun, funny, interesting and well-acted, with some genuinely great character moments. Freeman makes an excellent Watson. While I don’t think I’ve seen Benedict Cumberbatch in anything before, I’ll be keeping an eye out for him in the future.
As great as last weeks episode was it’ll be interesting to see the first pilot and what was sufficiently not right about it that they’d trash it and start again, although it can’t be all that embarrasing if they’re releasing it on DVD . . .
I think Moffat is the British Joss Whedon.
I felt it stayed very true to the source material and made accounts for how it would be today.
Just saw at
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ask-Matt-True-1021612.aspx
that Sherlock will be airing on PBS this fall.
“Mark your calendar for Sherlock, a three-part series of Masterpiece Mystery! movies on PBS in October that updates the classic detective to the 21st century. Looks like great fun.”