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BBC's Sherlock is a fabulous show--always glad to see others loving it! I think one great thing about it is that it inspires fans to read the original ACD canon--even though he himself hated Sherlock Holmes, it's an important part of the literary canon, and very, very entertaining! As for the show, can we just talk about the effort put into this program? The lighting is fabulous, in the "caring is not an advantage" scene, for example. The writing, acting, ugh, EVERYTHING. So good.
I don't really understand the hate for Blind Banker? Did anyone else enjoy that story?
I think as a whole the second series was stronger, for a few reasons. They definitely found more of their own rhythm this season, but also focused on more well known Sherlock Holmes stories
(IA, the Hound, and the Fall). We got to see a greater relationship on all parts, as well, not just between John and Sherlock, but between our side characters.
Since the series has started it's truly inspired me to read the original books, which I'd only heard of before seeing the show. Everything about the show is incredible. The acting is superb, the lighting and cinematography is insanely well done.
As for the "Caring is not an advantage scene", that was like cinematic porn to me!
gonk It was so incredibly well done it's not even funny
crying heart There's that scene, and then the one with Sherlock inspecting the sneakers in the same episode I believe. Shooting that through that small, square pane of glass...genius
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As for the Blind Banker, I myself am not particularly fond of that episode. While I don't think the acting, cinematography, light, etc. are not as good, worse,etc , I think the amount of dialog needed to keep the audience in tune with everything that's going on is what made it...not as good as the others. In the other episodes, the audience doesn't need everything explained to them because they know and understand what's going on. With the Blind Banker, there was so much going on it leaned towards almost convoluted.
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And I whole-heartedly agree about the second season. I loved the fact that we got to learn more about the secondary characters, and that we got to see a softer side to Sherlock. It was needed after the first season, where we got a great idea of how cold and calculating he can be.
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