Monday 10 September 2012

Sherlock: This Show is Amazing

Apologies to The Golden Eagle who recently also did a post about Sherlock.

I hadn't intended on talking about this show. I had no intentions of watching it either. For the longest time my sister Bree had been badgering me to watch BBC's Sherlock. But I had other shows to watch, games to play and so Sherlock was left on the backburner.

But one evening I decided on a whim to watch an episode and see what all the fuss was about. Just one episode before bed.

I ended up watching the entire first season in one sitting. And it took all my willpower not to start the second and go to sleep.


Unless you've lived under a rock your entire life you probably know of Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective with his assistant Dr. John Watson. They run around and solve mysteries. But the stories were originally from the 19th century. So, what if it took place in the 21st Century? The BBC series does just that, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern day London.

And together they solve crimes using both Holmes' incredible mind and modern technology.


First off, the characters are played by great actors. Sherlock is observant, inconsiderate, brilliant, cold, witty, and eccentric. There were speculations that Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock on individuals with Aspergers and BBC's Sherlock certainly has it. It's convincing and it feels real, not artificial and forced like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Basically, if upgraded Sheldon enough times, you would get Sherlock.

Watson is exasperated, loyal, and does an excellent straight man for all of Sherlock's antics. There are a lot of discussing online claiming that Watson and Holmes are gay. I don't see that at all. Just because two men hang around each other a lot, care for one another in times of danger, and live together in an apartment does not automatically mean they're gay.

Moriarty on the other hand is a completely different story but I'm not going to delve into that too much.


Each season only has 3 episodes but with each episode being an hour and a half long, each episode is like a mini movie. There is a lot of thought put into each episode, the writing is excellent, almost every joke presented required me to pause the show because I was laughing too hard to keep watching. I've never had a show force me to the edge of my seat in anticipation with what happens next. It's an amazing feeling.

Each crime is loosely based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. For example, A Study in Pink is based off of A Study in Scarlet. The crimes are also supposed to be solved in a similar way to the original. Apparently there are tons of little references to the books hidden in the show. This series was clearly made for fans, from fans. So fans of the original Sherlock Holmes story are going to pick up on these things. I didn't. I'm just going to use Wikipedia to find them.

I'm going to watch the second season with Theresa as soon as possible. And then we will sit and wait for the third one to come out. I highly recommend everyone else do the same.



Note: If anyone has things they want me to try and review go ahead and suggest it. Games, books, shows and even recipes. As long as you think I could do something interesting with it, I will try it.

Second note: If you think my reviews suck let me know. :(

27 comments:

  1. This sounds pretty damn brilliant Damien, I have no idea how anybody could think that your reviews suck. Seriously, this review has made me want to watch it so much right now, I'm sorely tempted to download the first series right now!

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  2. I watched Sherlock too after much prompting by a friend, and I don't regret it for a second. I still haven't seen the last episode of series 2 though because I just can't bear the thought of no Sherlock I haven't watched. It's now been so long I can probably start all over again.

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  3. I LOVE SHERLOCK!!!
    But you haven't watched the second season yet so I won't spoil it for you. The second season is WAY better than the first.

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  4. Nice! And there's a us one coming out, right?

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  5. Your reviews don't suck, in fact they are very good :) You've certainly made this seem very appealing!

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  6. You say to let you know if your reviews suck, but what if they're good? Should I say it? ahh heck I will!: Great review! Efficient, quick, interesting! And you don't give anything away! I quite enjoyed it! And I'm definitely gonna go watch this show!

    What else you could review?: Any other show or movie that you like and think others might like to see!!

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  7. Reviews are just fine and yeah this show is great, I was also told to watch it like now and I put it off, then watched it and flew through both seasons.

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  8. OH MY GOSH I FREAKING LOVE SHERLOCK AND I'M GLAD YOU DO TOO!

    Sorry for the all caps. But yes. The writing is brilliant (hats off to Moffat and Gatiss) and the actors mesh so well together! Martin Freeman deserved the BAFTA he won for playing Watson.

    As for whether or not they're gay? Eh, I don't really care, as long as they keep solving crimes and making me laugh at all their antics. I do believe that Sherlock is constantly cock-blocking John though, but I think it's mainly for the sake of solving cases.

    Also, I enjoy your reviews! Keep writing them!

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  9. I'm guessing this isn't the show where Lucy Lui is the female Dr. Watson. Seriously who came up with that one?

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  10. It's so cool that you wrote about Sherlock! I was just going to get into that show and you prompted my decision!

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  11. No need to apologize. It's an awesome show--it's great to see posts by other bloggers about it. :)

    I totally agree with you on the humor and the "Sherlock and Watson are gay" debate. I don't have a thing against gay protagonists, but those two are not.

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  12. I didn't know this exist, and the thought of an hour and a half long episode excites me. Research time.

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  13. Nice post,I must now definitely grab some episodes of the show too :)

    We read a sherlock story in our literature class and I quite liked it.

    I know this is going to sound weird, but whenever I read about Robert Langdon or Sherlock Holmes,there`s this same image that forms in my mind for both of them,hehe :P

    Cheers! xx

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  14. Oooh!!! We're almost caught up on "Breaking Bad" and I'm itching for something new and different to watch...

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  15. I love Sherlock. As I said in Eagles post I like it better than the current movies- though those are good too.

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  16. It's that good, huh? I don't watch too much TV anymore, but I might just have to check it out.

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  17. I LOVE the BBC Sherlock! Absolutely brilliant!

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  18. it's a very popular show, especially in Europe. I don't watch it, since I don't watch crime shows, but lots of people love it.

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  19. sounds like a good show!

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  20. I think I had heard of this new Sherlock Holmes, but didn't realize it took place in modern times. Seems like a premise that might have been hard to work, but sounds like they pulled it off.

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  21. Thanks for sharing about this! I didn't even realize that this show existed!

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  22. Hello! I have no times for wacthing tv...It is interesting...

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  23. Seems like you've been Sherlocked DWei ;)

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  24. I keep hearing about this show, I'll have to check it out...I personally am suuuper stoked about The Walking Dead premiere!!!

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  25. My whole family loves this series. Great review.

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  26. I really like this show. The show is brilliant.

    www.modernworld4.blogspot.com

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  27. love love love thish show. I'm in love with Benerdict Cumberbatch who plays Sherlock, and have the series on dvd so I can stare at him whenever I want *sigh* :D

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