We watched "A Study in Pink" with Not So Small Anymore Child yesterday. [note to self: come up with better pseudonym] She enjoyed it, but not as much as she likes Elementary, and I think that might be because she saw the latter first.
Or it might be because the writing is actually much better! I love Sherlock, but it has all kinds of fail in it, and it hurts me sometimes. I do think there's misogyny in some of the stories, and really poor handling of race (especially in "The Blind Banker"), and there are just writing errors and a lot of improbabilities and inconsistencies. And yet I love it anyway.
Whereas Miller!Holmes is really rather a sweetie underneath it all. Cumberbatch!Holmes is merely slightly less of a complete jerk underneath it all. That is perfect! It took me a while to warm up to Jonny Lee Miller. I'm still a Brett girl above all when it comes to Holmeses. BC's Sherlock is not among my most-loved characters on his own show! I love his interactions with John, but if I'm rating characters, John is my fave, with Molly, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade all jockeying for position as second by the time we're through the second series.
I think JLM's Holmes is much closer to my own mental picture of Holmes than BC's, although it took me a while to get past some things—his tattoos and sex life being two of my chief obstacles.
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Date: 2013-05-27 09:39 pm (UTC)Or it might be because the writing is actually much better! I love Sherlock, but it has all kinds of fail in it, and it hurts me sometimes. I do think there's misogyny in some of the stories, and really poor handling of race (especially in "The Blind Banker"), and there are just writing errors and a lot of improbabilities and inconsistencies. And yet I love it anyway.
Whereas Miller!Holmes is really rather a sweetie underneath it all. Cumberbatch!Holmes is merely slightly less of a complete jerk underneath it all.
That is perfect! It took me a while to warm up to Jonny Lee Miller. I'm still a Brett girl above all when it comes to Holmeses. BC's Sherlock is not among my most-loved characters on his own show! I love his interactions with John, but if I'm rating characters, John is my fave, with Molly, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade all jockeying for position as second by the time we're through the second series.
I think JLM's Holmes is much closer to my own mental picture of Holmes than BC's, although it took me a while to get past some things—his tattoos and sex life being two of my chief obstacles.