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user-inactivated  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Voyeurism of the New Season of Sherlock (no significant spoilers)

    Honestly there's nothing about your criticisms I don't agree with. In a me watching Sherlock watching me way, the stories are still pretty good, but they seemed to lose that whiff of real life.

Yeah, they have. I guess I'm not sure I ever expected 'real life' from Sherlock Holmes anyway. (Although -- Jesus, I've had multiple acquaintances who thought he was a real person.)

The more involved the grandiose plots get, the less relatable [why is that not a word suddenly firefox] is Sherlock. Which is why Martin Freeman as Watson is series-saving casting. Cumberbatch is great, but let's be honest, Monk was dull for a reason.

The Milverton story is actually my favorite, maybe, of all of Conan Doyle's efforts, because it's so anti- what they turned it into at BBC. Still scintillating TV, but no longer a small story solely about a facet of Sherlock Holmes' character.

I know what you mean.