Sherlock (new british TV show)

[davelister55555]

Hi All - Just wanted to let people know of a GREAT new UK TV show called sherlock (BBC) sunday nights at 9pm UK time. Its a combination of Life on Mars meets Dr Who. Sherlock holmes and Dr Watson set in modern city london solving crime. Takes the Guy Richie movie into a TV series with a bit of Dr Who and Life on Mars. GREAT show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)

regards
Dave Lister 55555 (boy from the dwarf)

[Magnus]

I've been watching it. Great show. There are only 3 episodes though. Hopefully they will make more. Anyone else notice the similarity in the score for this show compared to the Robert Downey Jr movie. I must watch it again.

[Jarrak]

The three (yes only three aired episodes) have all been pretty good, the first was the best but good production values and superb casting makes up for such lacklustre investment in the "series".
As mentioned the soundtrack/score is excellent.

The good news is that there will a second batch of episodes but maybe not for a year and in the US the PBS channel has the rights with October 24th slated as the premiere.

[The Naughtiest Monkey]

I get the feeling that the episodes were supposed to be cut in half rather than 90 minutes a week, that said I did enjoy it a lot, and am really curious as to what the abandoned pilot is like... roll on DVD!

[Jarrak]

I get the feeling that the episodes were supposed to be cut in half rather than 90 minutes a week, that said I did enjoy it a lot, and am really curious as to what the abandoned pilot is like... roll on DVD!

They maybe when broadcast in the US, a 45 minute drama on the BBC is fairly rare as they make shows to fill an hour not 40-45 minutes plus adverts. Given what I have read of some BBC stuff being cut for time then having the original easily chopped without losing content is probably a bonus.

I heard the original pilot was not good which makes me want to see what direction they went

[coco]

I finally got a chance to watch the show, and I think significantly, the weakest one was the 2nd one, where it was well acted and everything, but the mystery was really weak and Sherlock and co. were forced to solve everything so slowly in order to fill the whole episode. It was the only episode not written by the creators (Moffat! and some other guy), so maybe it's that.

I like the actor who plays Sherlock, and of course Tim from the office playing Watson. It's kind of interesting that this Sherlock feels a bit similar to the new Doctor.

I heard the original pilot was not good which makes me want to see what direction they went

Huh. I heard that they asked for them to extend the show to 90 mins because they liked the original pilot - so the new pilot is basically the same as the old one, except with more scenes. Not sure which actually happened.

I'm not sure why they only had 3 episodes though. I think it warrants at least 5 episodes (kind of like Torchwood S3). Hope they have a second season for sure!

p.s. I really liked their take on

Moriaty

[Jarrak]

The original pilot is included in the DVD and Blu-ray boxsets due out on the 30th August in the UK. I'm not buying the series straight away, it'll be in the bargain bin within two months then I'll pick it up

[Shalashaskka]

Is there anywhere I can watch this online? I'm quite intrigued.

[Dancapistan]

I wonder if Sherlock-style ratiocination (to use Poe's term) is actually possible IRL. I've seen people try to do it and fail miserably. Is there anyone in real life who does this kind of thing?

[Amberite]

Is there anywhere I can watch this online? I'm quite intrigued.

Hey Shala, Showcase in Canada started running these a few weeks ago, and I think they'll be rerunning them again in October. Last week they ran the third one in the series - awesome!