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PBS "Sherlock Holmes" Updated for the 21st century
Front-Ranger:
Moving on, I watched the new version of The Hound of the Baskervilles on Sherlock yesterday. They did a good job updating the old classic. A couple of things puzzled me. For one thing, Sherlock didn't send Watson on ahead like in the original story. I'm glad because the banter between them is one of the best parts.
A chilling twist happened at the end when Sherlock revealed that he had performed an experiment on Watson that had frightened him severely. This convinces me even more strongly that Sherlock has Asperger's. After reading Look Me in the Eye, a man's firsthand account of growing up with Asperger's and the coldblooded way he recounts the practical jokes he pulled, I saw that in the portrayal of Sherlock.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 18, 2012, 01:04:09 pm ---Moving on, I watched the new version of The Hound of the Baskervilles on Sherlock yesterday. They did a good job updating the old classic. A couple of things puzzled me. For one thing, Sherlock didn't send Watson on ahead like in the original story. I'm glad because the banter between them is one of the best parts.
A chilling twist happened at the end when Sherlock revealed that he had performed an experiment on Watson that had frightened him severely. This convinces me even more strongly that Sherlock has Asperger's. After reading Look Me in the Eye, a man's firsthand account of growing up with Asperger's and the coldblooded way he recounts the practical jokes he pulled, I saw that in the portrayal of Sherlock.
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Agree. I definitely thought Sherlock deserved a punch in the face from John about that. Yes, that was cruel, cold and callous of him. John is his friend and that's how he expresses his friendship?
Yet he let that go.
And yes, I know, Sherlock talks down to everyone, but he keeps acting like John is no better than Joe Blow off the streets. I don't know about the UK, but it takes quite a bit of brains to get through medical school here in the US. And John was a captain in the Army. Again, they don't give out rank in the army for perfect attendance. John is nowhere near being an 'average mind' but Sherlock keeps treating him like one.
Front-Ranger:
Interesting discussion of Irene Adlers, past and present:
http://io9.com/5972417/why-cant-any-recent-sherlock-holmes-adaptation-get-irene-adler-right
Front-Ranger:
I had an epiphany about Irene Adler last night. . .I think the reason she was portrayed as so smitten with Sherlock is so that the password that Sherlock finally guessed at the end would work. But it skews her portrayal from the story and stereotypes her. However, I can certainly relate! I am smitten with him as well, as was Irene. . .and John!
I laugh every time I remember the scene where the action is heating up and Watson says, "Oh there you go turning your coat collar up and throwing your scarf over your shoulder to look cool." It is remarkably effective!
At the end of the month I'll be going to the annual meeting of Dr. Watson's Neglected Patients, which is affiliated with the Baker Street Irregulars, and I'm thinking about wearing a pea coat and scarf.
Jeff Wrangler:
Apparently, this week on the other "updated" Sherlock Holmes, we get to learn more about his Irene Adler, and we also learn about a mysterious person called "M." 8)
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