Hi r_a! Wanted to thank you so much for sending links to online episode-THANK YOU--I was looking too, and had managed to find one a few minutes before you sent. I have to say that I agree that the Sherlock and Mycroft moments were wonderful--that for me was maybe the best thing about the episode--Gatiss was sort of the heart of this one, I thought. But I'm showing my bias for Mycroft. I liked the humor a lot--and I liked the twistyness of the plot--found the plane thing very "wow." But there was a lot in the show I didn't like --I need to sit on it a day or so, but my immediate reaction was that this didn't quite live up to Study in Pink because John's role was weaker--as was the core friendship--of S and J. I may be reading too much fanfic, but I really missed the warmth of that and the strength of John. But--here are the two big things that hit me right away as "a bit not good." First, I found both Mrs Hudson and Molly a bit cartoonish. Molly in her ridiculous party garb and the whole little exchange with Sherlock there seemed waaay out of character--as did Sherlock's kiss and contrition. And Mrs H --although at first you think she's going to be this lovely motherly presence--didn't have enough strength either--not like she did in ASiP, I felt. Would love to know what you thought--tell me if you think I'm on the wrong track here.
I appreciated the twist at the end--the "gotcha" was great--but HONESTLY--the black garb and the Moorish sword--really? That seemed cartoony and Muslim-bashing to me. Although, perhaps it was really supposed to be read as a throwback to 1930s movies or something? I did really like much of the same stuff you mention. I need to think more about how to describe my reaction to Lara Pulver--there were some parts of her story that I appreciated--and her screen presence matches BC's really well, as you say--they DO have chemistry, but . . . there was something about the way Moffat weakened her towards the end that bothered me, and something not right about a lesbian character falling in love (was that what we were supposed to think?) with Sherlock. I"d believe that in fanfic, because it's fanon that basically everyone is in love with Sherlock deep down (well, in most of the fic I read anyway!) but doesn't seem right in BBCSherlockworld. Would love to talk details with you tomorrow or later this week. Do still need to maybe see it again to analyze it better. I'm hugely looking forward to seeing how people play with all the mad new details in fic and HUGELY looking forward to Hound because it's Gatiss as writer and it looks scary! <3
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Date: 2012-01-02 05:59 am (UTC)Wanted to thank you so much for sending links to online episode-THANK YOU--I was looking too, and had managed to find one a few minutes before you sent. I have to say that I agree that the Sherlock and Mycroft moments were wonderful--that for me was maybe the best thing about the episode--Gatiss was sort of the heart of this one, I thought. But I'm showing my bias for Mycroft. I liked the humor a lot--and I liked the twistyness of the plot--found the plane thing very "wow." But there was a lot in the show I didn't like --I need to sit on it a day or so, but my immediate reaction was that this didn't quite live up to Study in Pink because John's role was weaker--as was the core friendship--of S and J. I may be reading too much fanfic, but I really missed the warmth of that and the strength of John. But--here are the two big things that hit me right away as "a bit not good." First, I found both Mrs Hudson and Molly a bit cartoonish. Molly in her ridiculous party garb and the whole little exchange with Sherlock there seemed waaay out of character--as did Sherlock's kiss and contrition. And Mrs H --although at first you think she's going to be this lovely motherly presence--didn't have enough strength either--not like she did in ASiP, I felt. Would love to know what you thought--tell me if you think I'm on the wrong track here.
I appreciated the twist at the end--the "gotcha" was great--but HONESTLY--the black garb and the Moorish sword--really? That seemed cartoony and Muslim-bashing to me. Although, perhaps it was really supposed to be read as a throwback to 1930s movies or something? I did really like much of the same stuff you mention. I need to think more about how to describe my reaction to Lara Pulver--there were some parts of her story that I appreciated--and her screen presence matches BC's really well, as you say--they DO have chemistry, but . . . there was something about the way Moffat weakened her towards the end that bothered me, and something not right about a lesbian character falling in love (was that what we were supposed to think?) with Sherlock. I"d believe that in fanfic, because it's fanon that basically everyone is in love with Sherlock deep down (well, in most of the fic I read anyway!) but doesn't seem right in BBCSherlockworld. Would love to talk details with you tomorrow or later this week. Do still need to maybe see it again to analyze it better. I'm hugely looking forward to seeing how people play with all the mad new details in fic and HUGELY looking forward to Hound because it's Gatiss as writer and it looks scary! <3