Sherlock

[Stargazer]

Has this series lost the plot? It is too ridiculous to waste time trying to fathom it out.

[Mamyalynne]

Moriarty's mind games require total concentration - I loved it.

I know not everyone has.


http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1532291.html

[New Judge]

I watched ten minutes of Episode One, Series One, and realised that it was going to be a load of tosh, suitably hyped up by the producers' PR department. From what I've read it seems I was right.

[ummmm]

NJ - You base that opinion on watching 10 minutes?

[chelle7272]

I loved it :)

[Mamyalynne]

NJ, your decision was right for you - obviously not your type of programme.

//The slick, contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories – which the BBC has sold to an astonishing 240 territories around the world – was the most popular programme over the festive period, save for the New Year’s Eve fireworks, attracting in excess of 11 million viewers during its three-week run.//

But for many it worked.

[woofgang]

I really enjoyed it, brilliantly conceived, written and acted.

[GenuineclAss]

Having read your link thread, Mamya, I wish I'd seen series 1 and 2 now. I'm staying at my sister's for her birthday and I'd never seen this version of Sherlock before. I've thoroughly enjoyed the last three episodes and may try and find it from the beginning on iplayer.

[andy-hughes]

I haven't watched any of it, but The Mail's critic today was absolutely savage in his condemnation of the final episode.

[Mamyalynne]

I think you should yes SirA, you'll love them.

[rockyroad]

Not very good, glaring holes in plot or maybe they were supposed to be there? That ghost women: I can't stand at the best of times.
Cumberwhatever is making the mistake of becoming his own caricature.

[New Judge]

I can usually tell very quickly whether a production is going to worthy on its own merits or will simply be a "success" because of good publicity and media hype.

"Sherlock" clearly fell into the second category. Benedict Cumerbung is a second rate performer who has been similarly hyped up (for reasons that escape me just for the moment). I know a few people who have persevered with this series to the bitter end. Every time I discuss it with any of them they tell me that they have watched so much of it that it would be foolish to stop now, but wish they'd done so earlier. Not really a ringing endorsement and such remarks make me glad I dipped out when I did.

[ummmm]

So why do you even bother posting on such threads?

[GenuineclAss]

I thought it was a nice touch that the people playing Sherlock's parents, are actually Benedict Cumberbatch's real parents.

[Mamyalynne]

Lots of things I don't like on TV .

I don't watch them.

[rockyroad]

Ummm YOU are losing the plot.?The subject of the Op is "Has this series lost the plot? It is too ridiculous to waste time trying to fathom it out."

people are replying. Some yes some no....

[ummmm]

But NJ hasn't watched it. He watched 10 mins of series 1.

[donny48]

I have just watched the last episode on I Player and thought it beyond brilliant, it was superb in every way.

[MargoTester]

Did anybody spot Paul Weller in a cameo appearance as a Viking - I certainly didn't.

[MargoTester]

^ also missed Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton BC's parents

[gness]

A second rate performer, New Fudge?.....In Frankenstein?