BBC series SHERLOCK: An Overview

[writer_craft]

I was surprised to find out that season one of BBC's Sherlock has only three episodes. But each of them are 90 minutes long anyway so it was generally satisfactory for me. I finished watching all three episodes last Friday night and it as utter magnificence so far. I have to gulp large amounts of air to keep breathing while watching the series.

Comments

[meridianiplanum]

Totally agree with your review of Sherlock, it brings the flavour of Conan Doyle into the 21st century so perfectly! The only gripe I have with the series, though is that it's paying far too much attention to the Moriarty arc... I guess it might be necessary for a modern TV series to have an overall arc, but what made Conan Doyle so appealing for me was the fascination each short story brought without it having to link to any other. The whole "Moriarty is the most dangerous man in London" thing only came about because Conan Doyle was sick of writing Holmes and was trying to kill him off with a supervillain, only to have the public outcry bring both Holmes and the unintended supervillain back.

[writer_craft]

Agreed on that account too. There's going to be a version of Holmes-Moriarty in the upcoming Guy Ritchie movie already. I don't know what's the deal, really. I mean, I think they want to cater to the good-vs-evil kindda thing because, let's face it, that concept sells. But I hope that BBC would approach the whole Sherlock-Jim thing differently if they do plan to pursue that.