erilar
7/6/2014 12:29:00 AM
In article <HL2dnenL_5GpnyXOnZ2dnUVZ5jadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 7/5/2014 7:20 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 19:52:51 -0500, erilar wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <lp1f85$umt$4@dont-email.me>,
> >> "Jim G." <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm glad to hear this and I love the fact that the leads both seem
> >>> sincere about wanting to make room for this show on a regular basis for
> >>> years regardless of what other projects they might take on. AFAICT, this
> >>> continues to be Cumberbatch's most popular role, but he made known his
> >>> wishes even *before* his career failed to *really* take off with roles
> >>> in STAR TREK and afterwards, so it would seem that he was committed to
> >>> this one early on.
> >>
> >> Good news 8-) One episode of Elementary was probably not a fair sample,
> >> but it was enough for me. I really like this version of Sherlock.
> >
> > I did too, but as other have observed, "The Empty Hearse" jumped the
> > shark for me. I don't think I even finished the next two episodes.
> >
>
> I finished them. The second was marginally better, and the third, the
> one in which Watson gets married, almost approached acceptability. The
> entire 3-episode season was a bust for me, a huge disappointment. But
> still I look forward to more. When it's good, SHERLOCK is better than most.
The stories haven't been uniformly good, but I find the characters of
Sherlock and Watson really great modernizations.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist