BBC Sherlock

[GoggleChild]

British shows can get away with it because they're better :P
Nah, sweeping generalisations like that aren't fair, but I do seem to notice that American television shows tend to have a lot less plot per episode, and a lot of it is just filler material, to take up space. I'm pretty sure that with some careful study and an eager delete finger, I could probably fit most of the sitcoms and such into about a half of the time, without compromising the plot severely. Maybe a third with a full reshoot of everything.

Sitcoms are more comedy based, not plot based. Any arching story is usually just to keep things from getting stale. The time "wasting" is used to add humor. I'm not defending the choice (I don't watch sitcoms for that exact reason: I like plot over humor.), but it is very deliberate.
That's one reason why I like Sherlock. It is entirely plot based, but manages to fit in clever humor that isn't shoehorned.

[BRPXQZME]

Yeah, over here we’d probably call this a miniseries if it were aired on a major network (instead of on PBS where the regulars tend to know it’s a BBC import and what the deal is with those). Those are what it would be fairest to compare this to, and there have been some really good ones over the years that you would be hard pressed to shave minutes from (it’s not a completely fair parallel; miniseries tend to be treated as something special).

Unfortunately, the miniseries format in the U.S. is (perhaps) in something of a slump of late. The most recent time a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries was given to one from a broadcast channel (i.e. not a British import on PBS, nor one of those channels you tend to get from paying for cable or satellite service) was 2005. That’s not to say they’ve been bad since, of course; it’s to say they haven’t really been on normal TV as a widespread pop-culture phenomenon like they once were.

[williamcll]

got a copy of the the two seasons of sherlock, and then the region code screwed up for me.

[smograth]

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everything is amazing

when they make tea there's at least 20 different shots

and also MORIARTYY
MORIARTY

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[gottiger]

i loved sherlock!! i can't find season 2 anywhere for free, though. id really love to watch it up-to-date! the show is done very well i believe :3

[williamcll]

uh um bluh uahfkjavkrgnag

everything is amazing

when they make tea there's at least 20 different shots

and also MORIARTYY
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I prefer the game of shadows movie Moriarty.

[perpetuallySarcastic]

I've only seen the first three episodes but I can't find the next few and it ended on a total cliff hanger and it's upsetting me.

[Graknorke]

I've only seen the first three episodes but I can't find the next few and it ended on a total cliff hanger and it's upsetting me.

Well, looking on Google for "Sherlock season 2 downloads" should at least show that you can get them. Probably on DVD too if mysterious internet downloads aren't your thing.

[xeroticDeceiver]

I've only seen the first three episodes but I can't find the next few and it ended on a total cliff hanger and it's upsetting me.

Yeah, season two's got a better one.

[Blaperile]

I've watched the second season, but I've already forgotten how it ended.

[xeroticDeceiver]

I've watched the second season, but I've already forgotten how it ended.

HOW.

[Graknorke]

HOW.

I dunno, it was almost than a year ago. It's not infeasible for someone to forget in that time.

Though I remember it pretty well because I recorded it and looked over the last bit over and over to try and figure out WTF happened.

[Blaperile]

SOMEHOW.

Seriously, I don't know. Because I haven't been thinking about Sherlock anymore since the time I saw season 2?

[williamcll]

When is the next season coming?

[xeroticDeceiver]

SOMEHOW.

Seriously, I don't know. Because I haven't been thinking about Sherlock anymore since the time I saw season 2?

Fair enough. I'd just... It hasn't been as long for me, but I am still puzzling over that ending. I'm a puzzle/mystery freak, though, so it'll bother me until I figure it out or a solution is presented.

[bloodyEmissary]

Fair enough. I'd just... It hasn't been as long for me, but I am still puzzling over that ending. I'm a puzzle/mystery freak, though, so it'll bother me until I figure it out or a solution is presented.

Beep beep, I just finished watching both seasons today and would like to give some input on this

• Sherlock told Molly that he needed her help some time before he went to meet with Moriarty; specifically, after realizing that Moriarty was going to go after his friends next, which must have been when he realized that he would probably need to fake his death. Therefore, Molly helped him fake his death somehow, most likely by fudging the autopsy in some way.
• When John was running towards Sherlock after he hit the ground, he got knocked down by a biker. This created a ten to thirty-second window in which Sherlock was out of his field of vision; considering that he asked Molly for help in faking his death earlier, this window of time was probably when he carried out the most important part of that plan. Thematically, there is really no other possible explanation for why the writers felt the need to include John getting hit with the bike and lying on the ground for a few moments, as well as being slightly concussed--that is, to give Sherlock a window of opportunity in which to fake his own death without John noticing.

Also: great series, great characters, Sherlock and John have an excellent dynamic I mean just wow what great friends
I can understand why the more, ah...shipping-inclined parts of the fandom would want to do exactly that with them, but I don't really see the point myself because really they would act more or less exactly the same as they do in the show except with perhaps a little more physical contact and really who gives an acrobatic fucking pirouette about that, since they can and they often do do that shit with any two characters.
Really, they're already about as close as it is humanly possible to be without fucking which IMO doesn't really add that much to the relationship and they get on amazingly enough without it already; plus, as everyone knows, more often than not shippers tend to substitute kissing/fucking for actual interesting content.

As you can see, I have Strong Feelings about shipping these two. Improperly.

Pchoooooooo~

Edit: Hmm, now that I think about it, try imagining Sherlock reading that whole post aloud in the same tone of voice he uses for deductions; the rhythm and I think the overall cadence is very, very similar. It seems to have rubbed off on me.

Except perhaps for the "pchoooo" at the end.

[kuribohkun]

I think that this is the best thing I've ever heard anyone say. EVER. There is nothing you said that I don't agree with. Romance is lame. Sherlance is incredible. The friendship between Sherlock and John is incredibly amazing... I personally ship these two, but by ship these two I mean "I hope these two continue to go on amazing adventures forever and ever because there's no better duo." I love this series so much xD

[homostuckEctoflamologist]

A good site to watch Sherlock from is watchseries.eu
Putlocker has good streaming quality

[williamcll]

Care to give a full link?

[Nocturne]

I thought before watching Sherlock that the homosexual subtext was all in the fans' heads.

Turns out it's in everybodys'. "Confirmed bachelor John Watson." Jesus.

[williamcll]

Blame Tumblr for that.

[xeroticDeceiver]

It's really not his fault that his best friend keeps driving the women away. He's probably more married to the work than anything.

[asam]

Not sure. I've always thought in the first episode they were already placing Sherlock as a potential homosexual. Or maybe it's just a running gag, British humour I suppose.

[Maltor Drey]

Not sure. I've always thought in the first episode they were already placing Sherlock as a potential homosexual. Or maybe it's just a running gag, British humour I suppose.

It's a running gag based on the people who, based on very flimsy evidence, believe that Sherlock and Watson had a relationship in the books.

[asam]

Flimsy indeed. Never picked out that vibe when I went through the books.