A Study in Pink

Aug 10, 2012 08:04

Last night I rewatched A Study in Pink for the first time, and I loved it. It seemed pretty much flawless.

So I find myself wondering, why wasn't I that into it the first time? I can only assume that they didn't do enough to get the viewer invested in the characters. Now, after having watched two series, I am very invested in the characters. I ( Read more... )

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daasgrrl August 11 2012, 00:55:45 UTC
I loved it from the start, but then I always loved Holmes - were you already familiar with the canon? Maybe they had the angle of preaching to the converted rather than trying specifically to draw 'new' fans. Or not.

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teflon_woman August 11 2012, 12:11:37 UTC
But I was familiar with canon: I had read every story! If I remember correctly, I had trouble adjusting to the modern setting; the very end of the Victorian era was a compelling time for me. And I didn't like Mycroft (*ducks*), and found Sherlock a little overblown.

Last night I rewatched The Blind Banker, and it was so riddled with plotholes that I'm still offended this morning. I have a feeling that may have coloured my impression of Study in Pink, when I first saw it.

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daasgrrl August 12 2012, 05:54:20 UTC
LOL, okay, it clearly wasn't that then! Um, yeah, I didn't like Mycroft either, so. And Sherlock was too young. But I loved the show anyway XD

The Blind Banker was just...weird, for me. I kind of knew the ye-olde-exotic feel they were going for, but it was jarring.

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evila_elf August 11 2012, 07:40:20 UTC
It took me until s2 to become OBSESSED over it. Actually, the first time I started ep 1, I stopped after 20 minutes (distracted) and never started it up again until 4 months later. I enjoyed it and thought it was cool but...I have no idea WTF was wrong with me lol

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teflon_woman August 11 2012, 12:15:06 UTC
Same! I really do think they stepped up their game for S2: It felt less derivative of Doctor Who; each episode has a clear theme (which I am fan of); Scandal was lol funny; Hounds was legit scary; Fall I didn't actually dig so much (Moriarty does nothing for me) but the ending was so eviscerating and Freeman's ACTING... guh.

See also my reply to daasgrrl above.

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evila_elf August 11 2012, 17:41:13 UTC
I didn't find Hounds all that scary. It was scary for a little while, but as soon as I figured out there was no hound...uugh. I didn't want something that could be explained away. It has some great moments, but it is my least fav ep because of the disappointment.

Moriarty made me uncomfortable in his first ep, but by Reichenbach, I totally loved him (in an I HATE YOU! sort of way).

As far as canon, I hadn't read the books at all. My only familiarity with it was my love of The Great Mouse Detective when I was 10.

I started watching some of Benedict's stuff in the few months leading up to s2. Started with Last Enemy. Was bored and stopped before the first ep was over. Watched something eise and thought meh. Then someone posted a link to dl Third Star. I was disappointed in it at first. Then something made me watch it again. Then again. I've probably watched it at least 20 times since and bought my own copy. Just about everything else I've seen BC in I have loved (still need to get back to Last Enemy).

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teflon_woman August 11 2012, 18:35:48 UTC
There's no way I'm ever watching Third Star. I don't need that kind of pain in my life.

The only thing of Benedict's that I had ever seen was Creation, in which he has a very small part but stood out for me as the best part of the movie (and probably the most accurate)... and the most attractive. Which is weird, because it took a very long time for me to jump on the Cumberstruck boat. (I didn't initially recognize it was the same actor.) When I did, it was via a photo from the Van Gogh piece, in which he is also ginger and bearded.

Now I'm so Cumberstruck that today's article from the Telegraph in which he talks about having been "broody" since he was 12 is really upsetting me, because there is no way in hell I am raising another baby, so that makes him not an option (not that he was ever really an option, but that's how my poor brain works). It would probably help if I weren't sick in bed...

I wish there articles about John Finnemore and Steven Moffat in the Telegraph.

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