Gungnir wrote:Incidentally, Luinennion, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the BBC's 'Sherlock', if you have managed to see it yet.
"Sherlock" is right up my alley. At this point, I have the books, and Jeremy Brett's Holmes in the excellent and very faithful Granada series. So I'm interested in faithful and respectful new takes. This was why I liked the Robert Downey, Jr. film.
The very idea of an "updated" Sherlock Holmes intrigues me, particularly when made by Steven Moffat, whose other work I'm a big fan of. When the stories were first written, they were set in the present day, in modern London. London's changed since then, so it's fun to see how that would change the characters as well.
I absolutely loved the first episode. It captured everything about Holmes and Watson, blended perfectly with the "updates".
I liked the second episode. I agree with Elmtree. It was good, but not quite the level of the first episode. I thought Watson got a bit of the short shrift -- unlike the intriguing first episode, the second one seemed to pick on him a bit. Still, excellent performances in both episodes, and nice to see in this one Sherlock's fighting ability and affected charm with the ladies.