"Seduction through deduction."
When you read the stories of Sherlock Holmes in the 7th grade, you never imagined Robert Downey Jr would play the legend, did you? And you certainly weren’t the least bit impressed when Ironman not only destroyed the greatest detective ever lived, but also made Jude Law a completely sexless entity. Or maybe I’m jaded.
However, BBC’s Sherlock is a complete 180 to the movies. It’s smart, suave, and seductive. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (both of the Doctor Who fame) have gone on to completely revamp the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, setting the series in the present-day London where Watson regularly writes a blog about his ‘adventures’ with his eccentric roommate, and the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. Nicotine patches as a replacement for a pipe, and instead of telegrams, Holmes relies heavily on his smartphone and his website to solve baffling crimes and to occasionally converse with his nemesis – Moriarty.
Benedict Cumberbatch, the sadistic rapist from Atonement, is a fantastic choice for Sherlock Holmes – he is physically right, he actually comes across as a high-functioning sociopath (his own words) and most importantly, he is a damn good actor. Martin Freeman is an excellent foil for Holmes without being portrayed as the dorky sidekick that Dr Watson has often been shown in the other adaptations. “Watson is not an idiot, although it’s true that Conan Doyle always took the piss out of him,” says co-creator Gatiss. “But only an idiot would surround himself with idiots.”
The series is simply enthralling with just 3 (90 minute) episodes, it is easy to catch up on, and if you’re bored with the predictable and extremely generic type of detective shows out there (read: Castle), Sherlock is for you.
STARRING:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Martin Freeman
CREATED BY:
Mark Gatiss
Steven Moffat
DATE OF RELEASE:
25th July, 2010
EPISODES:
3
What can I say, Spydistrict is cool to let me use this one for my own blog too. It first appeared here.
When you read the stories of Sherlock Holmes in the 7th grade, you never imagined Robert Downey Jr would play the legend, did you? And you certainly weren’t the least bit impressed when Ironman not only destroyed the greatest detective ever lived, but also made Jude Law a completely sexless entity. Or maybe I’m jaded.
However, BBC’s Sherlock is a complete 180 to the movies. It’s smart, suave, and seductive. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (both of the Doctor Who fame) have gone on to completely revamp the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, setting the series in the present-day London where Watson regularly writes a blog about his ‘adventures’ with his eccentric roommate, and the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. Nicotine patches as a replacement for a pipe, and instead of telegrams, Holmes relies heavily on his smartphone and his website to solve baffling crimes and to occasionally converse with his nemesis – Moriarty.
Benedict Cumberbatch, the sadistic rapist from Atonement, is a fantastic choice for Sherlock Holmes – he is physically right, he actually comes across as a high-functioning sociopath (his own words) and most importantly, he is a damn good actor. Martin Freeman is an excellent foil for Holmes without being portrayed as the dorky sidekick that Dr Watson has often been shown in the other adaptations. “Watson is not an idiot, although it’s true that Conan Doyle always took the piss out of him,” says co-creator Gatiss. “But only an idiot would surround himself with idiots.”
The series is simply enthralling with just 3 (90 minute) episodes, it is easy to catch up on, and if you’re bored with the predictable and extremely generic type of detective shows out there (read: Castle), Sherlock is for you.
STARRING:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Martin Freeman
CREATED BY:
Mark Gatiss
Steven Moffat
DATE OF RELEASE:
25th July, 2010
EPISODES:
3
What can I say, Spydistrict is cool to let me use this one for my own blog too. It first appeared here.
