The Adventure of the Illegal BBC Adoration

[xjill]

One holiday season many years ago I worked at Barnes & Noble, happily ringing up book sales and spreading goodwill towards men. As part of our bookseller orientation we were to find our favorite book in the store and then sell it to the other trainees i.e. why this is a great book everyone should read. I grabbed a big ass hardcover version of "

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[lovelokest]

I live in Wisconsin and my local PBS station has it listed as starting to air on October 24. I'm really glad that BBC America isn't showing it, God knows what they would cut out (I've seen what they do to Top Gear and Doctor Who *shudders*)

Plus, this has competent Watson and competent Lestrade! Which makes them even hotter, ngh.

I, um, may have seen the first episode enough times that I can speak along with the dialog in places. And seal clapped while squeeing loudly when I found the unaired pilot/making of.

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH! :D!

[wounded_melody]

I'm in NJ HAI ALL U EAST COAST PPL!!!
um, anyway...
I have ordered the DVD but have also watched all the episodes. Funny thing is, people on my lj friends list, in places like Singapore, are also watching it XD

[koshartu]

New Yorker here. This is an awesome post, man. I agree with pretty much everything.

Don't harpoon me, but the thing that got me reading the stories was the Guy Ritchie movie. Sooo it has a special little place in my heart since it introduced me to my (now) favorite piece of literature.

But, I definitely think the BBC version is closer to canon than the '09 movie...and it's executed so well. I can't even.

And YES. I'm dying for Sherlock to premiere over here ;-; People need to watch it. I'm trying to get my friend to watch it now so we can squee together. October is far away. :(

[xjill]

Wow, that's totally cool that the Ritchie movie got you into the fandom! Whatever gets it done, I say :) Thanks for the comment!

[madrona_8]

Another WEST coaster here...though up in the Bay Area. I have been telling all my friends about this. How absolutely stunning they are in the show. They think I'm touched... Checking out "To the Ends of the Earth" and "The Last Enemy" from the library and telling the librarian exactly why and who and that there is a new Sherlock and that they absolutely MUST see it. Most of the librarians get really excited actually....
I had seen all the Granada productions ( I interned at a PBS station) But had never read the books. Never saw the movie...still haven't.
I'm hoping to have a watching party with my family, maybe some friends...I just can't wait!

[xjill]

LMAO at "they think I'm touched..." - what a wonderful way to put it! BTW, alright West Coast!

[cdewilde]

Midwester from Minnesota!

I will admit, I loved the Guy Ritchie movie. My friend and I went to the theater intending to see Avatar, and when that was sold out, we saw Sherlock Holmes instead. And then I went back three days later and saw it again. (I still haven't seen Avatar.)

BBC's Sherlock, though, drove me through the fandom roof! Mostly for the reasons you've specified--great casting, true to the spirit of the original, the awesome wardrobe--and I certainly don't feel bad for watching them illegally at this point, because I know I'll be watching them again on PBS (after taping friends and families to chairs in front of the TV) and buying the DVDs. It's not our fault that fans are like high-speed internet and networks are still lingering somewhere around the dial-up era.

[xjill]

Yay Midwest! (I think I'm getting every U.S. region - booyah!) Anyway, love the fan/network simile and yes, we are champions of the show so I really don't feel guilty. At all. :) Thanks for writing!