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2013-05-10 14:37 #21E. Body
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2013-05-10 17:03 #22Relic Shield
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Earlier in this thread I'd said that I wouldn't watch anymore episodes. Well, I got bored and I'd heard good things about the season, so I did a binge a couple of weeks ago. I'm so happy I did, JLM was awesome in that final scene in last night's episode.
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2013-05-10 19:03 #23
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Yeah, this show is fantastic. I hated lucy in the beginning but I've since warmed up to her
I thought this was the finale tbh because of person of interest but a 2 hour one next week is great news
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2013-05-10 19:59 #24Chram
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Agreed wholeheartedly, great show.
Extremely sad that I have yet to find the OST to the show. My god the opening theme is amazing.
Edit: Not it but loving them strings!
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2013-05-17 00:06 #25Old Odin
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Anyone watching / watched this!?
Wow. Great finale.
Great Moriarty
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2013-05-17 01:20 #26
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Yep, I just watched.
Damn good. Interesting way to end the season because it's kind of like... "the fuck even happens next?" At least for me, anyway. I'm not familiar with the story of sherlock at all so I might just be uninformed here
for some reason "can I.. call home?" was the most memorable part of the episodes lol
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2013-05-17 03:00 #27E. Body
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Next season starts off in London but I don't think it will stay there long. I've read all the Holmes stories but instead of doing direct translations like Sherlock(BBC), Elementary seems to pull stuff from several stories per episode. They've used specific characters from the canon but they use them in different ways. Which is cool because I have no idea what they will do or when.
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2013-05-17 15:09 #28Chram
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Natalie Dormer is so fucking hot...
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2013-05-17 15:33 #29Salvage Bans
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Ya, I'm really loving this take on Sherlock. Second best Sherlock since the BBC one.
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2013-05-17 18:54 #30
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Hmm, is the BBC one worth watching? I saw like 15 minutes of it and I hated the guy playing sherlock but obviously that's not a fair take on it lol
I mean, this one is fuckin' good and if that one's better..
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2013-05-17 19:32 #31Relic Shield
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The BBC version is probably an acquired taste. The interplay between Watson/Freeman and Sherlock/Cumberbatch is what drew people in I think. Sherlock grows on you, kinda like Nathan on Misfits. I hated the bastard at first, but he became my favourite character.
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2013-05-17 19:35 #32Old Odin
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the BBC Sherlock > all Sherlocks
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2013-05-17 19:59 #33I'm almost as bad as Mazmaz
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The writing for the BBC version is infinitely better than this one. It's not even comparable.
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2013-05-17 20:21 #34
Except the Baskerville episode...
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2013-05-17 21:13 #35Shootin' rocks at monsters
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Elementary is very, very much about Holmes as a character and the twists and tweaks to the familiar characters. For what it is, it works very well, and its Sherlock is quite memorable and well acted.
Originally Posted by Thunder
BBC's Sherlock is *ALL* about the interplay between Holmes and Watson and, later, Moriarty. Its stories are more familiar if you've read the originals, but man... the interaction between those three characters is astonishingly well done. While I can see the case between the Sherlocks being a toss-up, and while I *LOVE* Elementary's Moriarty, BBC's Moriarty is hands-down the best I've ever seen, and BBC's Watson is head and shoulders better than Lucy. Where Elementary is a re-imagining of the Holmes mythos, Sherlock BBC is essentially a modernization. Both are enjoyable, but I would definitely agree that the BBC one is vastly superior in entertainment value and intrinsic art.
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2013-05-17 22:24 #36Old Odin
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Also to note the BBC episodes are only 3 per season if I remember at 1.5hrs each?, so its like 6 mini movies atm.
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2013-05-19 16:39 #37Relic Shield
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And the 2nd episode in the 1st series... Originally Posted by Zeb
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2013-05-19 23:00 #38Cerberus
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BBC sherlock is like the bestestestest Sherlock ever
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2013-05-20 05:59 #39Relic Shield
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To round up though, I like all the current iterations of Sherlock Holmes - the films and both tv shows. Each one brings something different.
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2013-06-02 13:51 #40Cerberus
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Been watching this the past few days, and almost finished.
I'm really enjoying it. I didn't think I would like Lucy Liu for Watson, but she plays the role quite well. I would definitely recommend this to others to watch.
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