I liked the John's mustache joke once in ep 1, but felt that Sherlock figured out how deeply he had screwed up during the fake French waiter scene, so repeating the joke over and over made him really look like an ass, and took me out of his character. I felt similarly about how Sherlock handled the end of the bomb on the train scare.
I had very much the same reaction but am now wondering if perhaps this is one of those boy things I don't understand--badly timed, inappropriate humor to defuse an emotional situation? I don't know. I'm totally aware this version of Sherlock can be a jerk--it's one of the reasons why I haven't written for this fandom--but that doesn't seem like the kind of jerk he's been in the past.
Motorbike chases, etc. I mean, why?
*sigh* I know. When they did the first, slick, pseudo-Bond version of the fall, I rolled my eyes a bit, because it's NOT THAT FAR OFF, show.
And that made me mad, as if Sherlock is so amazingly brilliant that he can strategically use heroin for a case and be fine, no consequences, even with his history. So, I liked the idea, loved a couple of the scenes, and hated the result.
Yeah. They don't seem to be into consequences in general, do they? I think I'm fundamentally confused by the filming and the acting and the sheer attention to detail that's evident throughout. The production values all lead me to think that this is one genre-- character-driven drama--but really it's another--a superhero flick on the small screen produced with a bit more subtlety than you'd usually expect. I just winced when the flophouse scene began because that wasn't going anywhere good.
I miss the mystery plots, too.
I'm looking forward to your fic! I'm not quite sure where fic is going to go here--as I think I said to rotaryphones the other day, I suspect some of the inconsistencies will actually be a boon for fandom in the long run, after folks have been able to forget or rationalize the parts that don't fit in with their view of the characters. I'm not sure what will happen with the Sherlock/John relationship, though--in a weird way, that relationship seemed open to multiple readings before and now seems curiously flat. I have a hard time reading Sherlock as anything but pining and feel totally adrift from John. Hm.... M.
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Date: 24 Jan 2014 01:38 am (UTC)I liked the John's mustache joke once in ep 1, but felt that Sherlock figured out how deeply he had screwed up during the fake French waiter scene, so repeating the joke over and over made him really look like an ass, and took me out of his character. I felt similarly about how Sherlock handled the end of the bomb on the train scare.
I had very much the same reaction but am now wondering if perhaps this is one of those boy things I don't understand--badly timed, inappropriate humor to defuse an emotional situation? I don't know. I'm totally aware this version of Sherlock can be a jerk--it's one of the reasons why I haven't written for this fandom--but that doesn't seem like the kind of jerk he's been in the past.
Motorbike chases, etc. I mean, why?
*sigh* I know. When they did the first, slick, pseudo-Bond version of the fall, I rolled my eyes a bit, because it's NOT THAT FAR OFF, show.
And that made me mad, as if Sherlock is so amazingly brilliant that he can strategically use heroin for a case and be fine, no consequences, even with his history. So, I liked the idea, loved a couple of the scenes, and hated the result.
Yeah. They don't seem to be into consequences in general, do they? I think I'm fundamentally confused by the filming and the acting and the sheer attention to detail that's evident throughout. The production values all lead me to think that this is one genre-- character-driven drama--but really it's another--a superhero flick on the small screen produced with a bit more subtlety than you'd usually expect. I just winced when the flophouse scene began because that wasn't going anywhere good.
I miss the mystery plots, too.
I'm looking forward to your fic! I'm not quite sure where fic is going to go here--as I think I said to rotaryphones the other day, I suspect some of the inconsistencies will actually be a boon for fandom in the long run, after folks have been able to forget or rationalize the parts that don't fit in with their view of the characters. I'm not sure what will happen with the Sherlock/John relationship, though--in a weird way, that relationship seemed open to multiple readings before and now seems curiously flat. I have a hard time reading Sherlock as anything but pining and feel totally adrift from John. Hm.... M.