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[Melange]

As far as I know, it hasn't made an appearance in the U.S yet

But I enjoyed every Episode of the 3 Episode pilot of this. What also stood out was the music, some of which was gripping. Plenty of lietmotif. Last night, Holmes was sitting around bored waiting for a case, and when he picked up the phone, his 'theme' as such began to play . And the finale of last night's one had gripping music. Decided to finally see who had composed the music, and apparently it is David Arnold and Michael Price. The 3 episodes are on BBC Iplayer if you're in Britain and missed the three episodes.

I hope they make more, and I hear it has been very successful so I would think we will see more. I think the casting was superb. It was one of those ideas that right away I interestingly thought - "Yeah, that will work" when the premise was a modern day version of Holmes and Watson. Here is the basic intro theme, but clever variations of this appear through the episodes in a more orchestral form. Unfortunatley there are no example of its music, to share yet. Although I'll try and grab some from Iplayer sometime.

[Greg1138]

I think I read the second series has been commissioned.....goood job too!! Loved the way the Conan Doyle stories were woven in - some more subtle than others.....felt the second episode dragged a bit, but the third made up for it big-time....

[Quint]

Yeah I've been hearing good things about this show. As I'm sure people here know, theres more ways than one to catch it if you're outside the UK

[Richard]

Absolutely brilliant! What a fantastic way to end the series. Benedict Cumberbatch for The Doctor, please.

[Maxxie]

Fabulous show. Truly impressed.

[fommes]

Me too. My favourite series of the moment, definitely; too bad it's already over. Good news, if true, that they commissioned more!
The music is fantastic, of course. One of the now rare instances when the theme gets stuck in your head immediately.

[Docteur Qui]

Absolutely brilliant! What a fantastic way to end the series. Benedict Cumberbatch for The Doctor, please.

He was offered the job but turned it down.

[Richard]

Absolutely brilliant! What a fantastic way to end the series. Benedict Cumberbatch for The Doctor, please.

He was offered the job but turned it down.

[fommes]

Thank god he's not wasted on some silly British series about some Dr What!

[John Crichton]

US broadcast of this is supposed to start on PBS stations October 24. I can't wait.

[The_Trout]

Absolutely brilliant! What a fantastic way to end the series. Benedict Cumberbatch for The Doctor, please.

I'd say he'd actually make the perfect Master.

But yes, this was three brilliant episodes of television.

[Richard]

Thank god he's not wasted on some silly British series about some Dr What!

Get thee to a nunnery, now!

[Melange]

Benedict Cumberbatch makes Sociopathy look cool

His cunning Cat like eyes are perfect for the character.

And the music certainly has a Bourne edge to it at times (which is why I love it)

Below are a couple of 30 second clips of music (plays online) from it, for ya (temporary titles,given by me)

On Fire
Crossed My Mind

[Richard]

Benedict Cumberbatch makes Sociopathy look cool.

Please believe me, Melange; it isn't...

[Charlie Brigden]

I'm going to try and watch this again, I got put off by the words coming out of cellphones. I will say Moffat is the person that has made the newer Who's watchable.

[Melange]

Please believe me, Melange; it isn't...

Yes, but his character can make it appear so ......until described

Profile of the Sociopath

[Richard]

Told you. Take it from someone who knows.

[Melange]

Your Good Self? Or someone in the family?

[Richard]

Neither (chuckles). I am a psychiatric nurse, and have nursed some sociopaths in my time.

[Greg1138]

Some news here - http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-10925753 - so the gang will be back....

[Marian Schedenig]

I first heard about this when David Arnold started twittering about it (later Neil Gaiman mentioned it, too). It's Moffat, so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it.

[Melange]

Neither (chuckles). I am a psychiatric nurse, and have nursed some sociopaths in my time.

Did they manage to charm, then manipulate and exploit you for their own ends without remorse?

[Richard]

No, they were men.

[Melange]

No, they were men.

Excellent!

[publicist]

Saw the first episode, liked it very much. Brits just know how to do this stuff.

Minor quibbles:

SPOILER!

In some scenes, the killer's victims seem to be alone or nervously running around with the pills. This doesn't make sense in light of the setup of the revelation to Holmes.

Holmes realization about the killer's profession is milked like he discovered the relativity theory, while he solved much smarter riddles with seemingly no effort.

Some minor characters from the PD are written just as cardboards poo-pooing Holmes; they seem a bit too flat.

[ChrisAfonso]

Just watched the first episode... Great writing, great acting, gripping music I'm looking forward to the other two.

[Chaac]

I saw the first episode of Sherlock. I enjoyed it inmensely. Which is a triumph for the episode, because ususally it's very hard for me to get into these kind of stories.

[John Crichton]

I saw the first episode of Sherlock. I enjoyed it inmensely. Which is a triumph for the episode, because ususally it's very hard for me to get into these kind of stories.

The first ep is easily the best, as it's the only one the Moff wrote himself, but The Great Game is really damn good too. One of the best things on TV in '10, without a doubt.

[Chaac]

Watched the second episode of Sherlock.

I was told this one was weaker, and I still really enjoyed it. I need to say, Cumberbatch looks and acts a awfully lot like I had imagined the character when I was reading.

The main difference between this episode and the first is that the first episode is more like a package of information that is always making the story jump forward where there is always more information and so on. It's very cohesive and dynamic. Moffat does this a lot and it's one of the reasons he's great for Tintin. The second has a lot of great moments in itself, but they are isolated from each other. There's a storyline that carries us from a "moment" to the next "moment" and it doesn't work all that well because it looses its rythm.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Watched the first episode last week. It was pretty good, I liked the two main actors (though the guy playing Sherlock is one WEIRD looking man!)

Does anyone know if they finished filming a second season before Freeman had to move to NZ to film The Hobbit for a year?

[Stefancos]

Well Moffat says that they loaned Freeman out for The Hobbit, meaning that he's doing both.

[Jason LeBlanc]

I'm sure he's not flying back and forth. I'd guess they finished filming on a bunch of episodes before he flew down there, and its in post production now. Maybe he'll record ADR down in NZ or something

[Melange]

....I liked the two main actors (though the guy playing Sherlock is one WEIRD looking man!)

Cumberbatch's look helps add to the whole enigma of holmes in this, for me. Sort of a fusion between one of those 'Grey' Aliens and a Cunning Cat

When I first saw him on Sherlock, he seemed he would have been excellent as Dr Who.

Later I heard he apparently 'did' dabble with the idea of going for the role, but decided not to.

[Richard Penna]

I got the impression they'd finished filming Sherlock before Freeman went out to NZ. But as Jay said, I can see Freeman being available for ADR when PJ isn't doing scenes with him, if needed.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Before signing as Bilbo, Martin had agreed to make three 90-minute TV films in London, again playing Dr Watson to Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes. No worries: he'll be back in Middle Earth after our first hiatus, during which Peter Jackson will have spare time to edit the scenes already completed. The rest of the cast remains on duty for another few weeks, working on hobbit-less sections of the film.

From http://www.mckellen....ovie/110510.htm

So what does that mean, they haven't even starting filming season 2 of Sherlock yet?

[Stefancos]

They probably haven't done the parts that require Freeman.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Well, he's in just about every scene

[Stefancos]

Maybe not in the new season.

[Quint]

No shit Sherlock!

The first two episodes of this were good, but the third was a bit weak.

[davros72]

No shit Sherlock!

The first two episodes of this were good, but the third was a bit weak.

I thought the middle episode was the weak one. Got a bit boring in the second half, IMHO. The first and third episodes, excellent.

Again, IMHO.

Mark Gatiss twittered a pic today of of Benedict and Martin at what looked like a table read.

http://twitpic.com/4vx025

(On a side note, nice to see Sylvester McCoy directly and pretty-much-officially referred to as actually being in The Hobbit. I haven't been watching things too closely, but every time I'd read about Sylvester, it was always "unofficial", I never saw an official press release specifically stating Sylvester was in it. Not that I doubted he was gonna be in it, just that it all still felt weirdly unofficial. It's gonna be sooooooooooo weird seeing the Seventh Doctor in Middle Earth...)