My Mum is the Internet

[awanderingbard]

I've gotten Mum into Sherlock, and watching with her is great. She talks to the TV and makes all the same guesses as I did my first time through. She was totally confused by the ending of Scandal ("but why did he save her?") but my favourite reaction so far was during Baskerville.

Mum: Sherlock's driving?!

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[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I love Sherlock, but it has all kinds of fail in it, and it hurts me sometimes.

I enjoy the plot of Elementary more, which always wraps up neatly without me going 'wait, what?' about an hour later, but enjoy the character interactions on Sherlock more. Sherlock has the benefit of being 90 minutes, so it has time to breathe and show things like the Christmas party scene or Sherlock freaking out in Hounds. Elementary only has 45 minutes to tell a story, and once the mystery is done, the character stuff doesn't have as much room.

It took me a while to get into Brett!Holmes, because I found the pacing quite slow, but I have been catching up since then and enjoying them. His Holmes is delightfully cheeky, though I must admit to not caring for either Watson particularly, though Hardwicke matches my Watson better than Burke.

Have you seen the Hound of the Baskerville with Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart? It's one of my favourite adaptations, and on screen Holmes and Watson pairings.

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.

I can justify the tattoos by canon!Holmes being very fascinated by them, and maybe in modern times when they are no longer only sported by sailors and prisoners, he might be inclined to experiment with them. But the sex life is still just screaming 'we need a romance!' to me. I'd like to see Watson dating a bit more. Book!Watson was always very appreciative of the opposite sex, after all.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I do love all the character interactions on Sherlock. We get good moments with Sherlock and Joan on Elementary, but not every week, and not a lot besides that. (I did like Gregson's awareness that Holmes had been in rehab, and the fact that he kept quiet about it.)

The Christmas party was wonderful! I suppose in Sherlock, I'm really watching for the characters, and the mystery is less important—which is good, because some of my "wait, what?" moments come before the episode even ends!

Jeremy Brett was my first screen Holmes, and he may always be my favorite; I grew up on him. I preferred Hardwicke to Burke as well.

I have not seen the Hound with Roxburgh and Hart; I just had to look it up.

Yes! Watson had a pretty active love life! ACD's Watson, though, strikes me as a bit more outgoing than Joan Watson. She seems more introspective and, dare I say it, more intelligent than most Watsons? One can hope, though. They've worked in Ms. Hudson and tackled both Adler and Moriarty; I'm not sure we need a Joan Watson with “an experience of [men] which extends over many nations and three separate continents.” A less lonely life would be good, though. I liked when they showed us some of her friends—and her friends deciding to stage an intervention!—and her friends realizing they were wrong.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I have not seen the Hound with Roxburgh and Hart; I just had to look it up.

It's up on youtube, if you're curious. I'm very fond of Hart's Watson.

A less lonely life would be good, though.

Yes! That's what I meant, more than 'she needs a man/woman in her life to be happy'. Any relationship with Sherlock Holmes, no matter who is playing him, is going to be a bit dysfunctional. I'd like to see her having more support. Friends are fine, too. I was just thinking of Watson's romantic exploits from the books. I also think they would be able to write a nice Mary Morstan version that wouldn't place her in a position of having to tone down her awesome, if you know what I mean. Woman tend to get gooey on TV shows when they fall in love, but I have faith in the Elementary team to find her a partner that would respect her abilities rather than try to subdue her, and I'd like to see that.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I can't imagine Joan getting sappy! She has an ex, at least. But yes, she needs friends!