couldn't make heads or tails of his accent for a while, until it seemed like it settled down on 'irish' of some kind?
― pies. (gbx), Friday, 13 August 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
The actor's from Dublin, so, yeah, 'Irish'.
Moriarty reminded me of some weird cross between Paul McCartney
Ha, he played McCartney in the recent awful Lennon Naked, with former Dr Who Chris Eccleston. It's all connected...
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Huh. Weird.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL, he was quite convincing as Macca in that
― tom d: he did what he had to do now he is dead (Tom D.), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
What a bloody awful thread title.
START YOUR OWN THREAD 'DAVIDM'
― max, Saturday, 14 August 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
This information is available to anyone who reads a newspaper.
I read one, it didn’t have anything about Sherlock in it.
Wished they hadn’t done a Moriarty reveal so early, but liked him having already popped up and pranked Holmes, and v much liked the shifting accent making him harder for Holmes to deduce anything from.
― bitchmaid (sic), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
NPR coverage:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130572175
PBS is airing this on the 24th on "Mystery!".
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
This is the first thing on PBS "Masterpiece" that I've enjoyed in ages.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
PBS cuts out like 5-10 minutes from each one though, which is pretty lame.
― Loup-Garou G (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 4 November 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i enjoyed this a lot more than i thought i would, considering the granada/jeremy brett series is probably my favorite tv show ever.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 4 November 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like these could suffer to lose five minutes! maybe less so the first episode. It'd depend if it was general tightening-up or if it was just whole scenes gone, though.
― thomp, Thursday, 4 November 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that this has been on PBS, my mom told me that she has a crush on Benedict Cumberbatch. File that under information I really did not need to know.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Thursday, 4 November 2010 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
watched the first two episodes of this over the weekend. it's pretty fun (and looks cool, lots of interesting camera angles - is this common for bbc series?) but i was groaning when the first episode went into princess bride "battle of wits" territory.
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Monday, 29 November 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I've only watched epsiode 1 (excellent!), consensus on other Holmes thread seems to be 2 is a bit rubbish. Can I skip it and still understand 3?
― A brownish area with points (chap), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Confirming that the 2nd ep is not as good as the 1st. Have not seen the 3rd but it is avail online for free viewing as I understand.
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
3rd is wonderful, you can skip the 2nd; it's not bad but it does feel very conventional tv mystery show.
― balls, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
concur
― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
sic did u get my webmail
― Princess TamTam, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
All you really need to know from ep 2:
Watson gets a girlfriend
'M', as mentioned in ep 1, is behind the baddies in ep 2 too
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh and:
Chinesers have alternate numbering system for markets (which I have never seen before and I'm learning the freaken language).
― unintentional boob pic (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The guy playing Holmes too much of an obnoxious twerp for my liking. Maybe living up to his name (Benedict Cumberbatch).
― sam500, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lmfao Cumberbatch
― Princess TamTam, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
It means loads of something e.g. 'oh hai I has baked a cumberbatch of doughnuts, would you like a doughnut'
― best autmn alnamac with ten-letter single-word username (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
TamTam: y but been busy
― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 07:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Boo, Cliffhanger! 3 not as good as 1. I quite like the portrayal of Moriarty (reminds me of Simm's Master), though his various schemes make bugger all sense.
Wonder how Freeman getting Hobbited up will affect series 2.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
The two episodes I've watched have the best use of London locations I've seen for ages. It feels like they actually take place in the city I live in, unlike a lot of things set here.
Also: the planetarium fight was amazing.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
is nu-moriarty still a professor?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 9 December 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
can forgive the nicotine patches but anorexic mycroft is over the line!
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 9 December 2010 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Decision to go with 90-minute films such a good idea.
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Monday, 24 January 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
In the original Study in Scarlet 'Rache' actually IS the German word for revenge!
I'm pretty sure "rache" is also German for "revenge" in real life too.
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Monday, 24 January 2011 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
no, what's meant is that it's the other way round in conan doyle: the cop suggests dude was trying to spell rachel and holmes has a good laugh at him before revealing it's german for revenge.
― zvookster, Monday, 24 January 2011 07:47 (thirteen years ago) link
only got to second ep of this because although b.c. was good, the writing was mostly awful
idk if it's a drama exactly
― if opinions about ofwgkta could fly this place would be the wtc (history mayne), Monday, 23 May 2011 08:03 (twelve years ago) link
How was the writing awful?
― StanM, Monday, 23 May 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
the mystery in ep two was just bad, boring, not good, pretty much like any brit detective show but with a better-than-usual protag
― if opinions about ofwgkta could fly this place would be the wtc (history mayne), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
Episode two was the weakest of the three by far.
― England's banh mi army (ledge), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
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Oh, I agree - if they had only released the first and third it would have been perfect.
― StanM, Monday, 23 May 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
See, I really liked two, I must be the only one - London being interpretable through signs and symbols, the Sax Rohmer nods, erm, some other stuff I liked at the time but now can't remember. It did meander I guess, and was the weakest of the three, but I still really enjoyed it.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
It wasn't bad, but it was like an album track that didn't belong on a 3-track EP.
― StanM, Monday, 23 May 2011 09:28 (twelve years ago) link
aight i'll watch three then
― if opinions about ofwgkta could fly this place would be the wtc (history mayne), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, that sounds right.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the third was pretty weak tbh
― thomp, Monday, 23 May 2011 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
me too, couldn't get through it
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 23 May 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
IMO - 1st showed great potential, 2nd was a let down but watchable and 3rd was a bit rubbish. Ending was poor show. But don't take my opinion - I'm near to completion working my way through 12 series of Poirot box set and loving most of it.
― mmmm, Monday, 23 May 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
All three were terrific. I immediately wished that Moffat would do a full series of this rather than Dr Who.
― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Monday, 23 May 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
last episode of the series 2 is gonna be titled Reichenbach Falls.
― remy bean, Monday, 23 May 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
bah, that's terribly soon. also shush!
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Monday, 23 May 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
it's "the reichenbach fall", so it might not be quite what you think.
― joe, Monday, 23 May 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
3 eps too many imho― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, August 9, 2010 5:21 PM (9 months ago)
― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, August 9, 2010 5:21 PM (9 months ago)
bollocks to the baftas, this show was appalling
― Romford Spring (DG), Monday, 23 May 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Worst show EVER. http://i56.tinypic.com/317cohw.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 23 May 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link