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Was initially nervous of the modern day Sherlock, courtesy of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss but have to admit I am totally hooked on it even if the "series" only run to three episodes at a time.
The productions are fantastically well crafted and both the leads play their parts with conviction and yet have pathos too. Benedict Cumberbatch, especially, is a tour de force as Sherlock.
Having enjoyed the first series and, during the time between the second making it's appearance and the end of the first, I have become something of a Sherlock Holmes fan. I have, in the past watched various Sherlock Holmes episodes and films but have now pretty much exhausted them all, I think, taking in the few remaining Peter Cushing episodes, the entire Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone series', the Ian Richardson film, the first of the Robert Downey Jr films, and even the slightly more spoof-y Michael Caine "Without A Clue" and the Moore and Cook version of The Hound Of The Baskervilles. I did watch the "mock buster" film but that was appalling even after the spoofs! So far I have seen no less than six versions of The Hound Of The Baskervilles and it was always going to be an interesting episode in the modern version which gave us Moffat and Gatiss's take on the legendary Holmesian story. I was, quite frankly, amazed at the audacious retelling but it worked so brilliantly and the cast were so convincing that it too will be joining the other six versions on my DVD racks once it is released.
What do others think of this modern day version?
The only down side I can see doesn't actually affect Sherlock and it's quality but rather Moffat seems better suited to this series than his other major project of Dr. Who, which I have to say hasn't been as coherent or brilliant as the RTD days. Despite the cast and crew giving their all I have to say Dr. Who was better for me under RTD.
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:41 pm Author: Kaledmutant Post subject: Sherlock
