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[gategrrl]

The new Sherlock series on KCET (via BBC). Is awesome. At least the first episode was. Functioning sociopath, eh? I liked that the police detective wasn't a daft idiot in order to make Sherlock look smarter. I also liked that yes, Sherlock admitted that sometimes HE was suspected in some of the murders he worked at solving. And Mycroft!  Bwahaha! And Sherlock chiding Watson for not taking the money-that they could have split it!  Gonna have to watch it again. Can't wait for next week.   --oh, and although the serial killer's modus opperendi (sp?) seemed familiar, it was still a good mystery. And he was devious.

OTHER:

CSI: Vegas, WTF are you all about?  Splashy dinosaur killing. And Katie Sackoff playing a brown-haired Starbuck detective. I know she does anger really well, but honestly, can't she play anything else?   The big win in this recent episode was the (to me) twisty main mystery about where those two 15 year old girls were buried. I thought the anguish of the mother came across as very real, and honestly, I kept flashing on, What if that were MY daughter? I'd probably go insane with grief, too, not knowing what happened to her or where she was. I don't know how real parents of real murder victims who disappear deal with that pain.

Bones is another death show that's showing it's ass. WTH? I still ff past most of the personal stuff. No one's changed, everything's the same--except I really like Hannah, that new character. I get that, as a viewer, I'm supposed to secretly root for Bones to get together with Sealy's character, but I really couldn't give a shit, and hope she finds someone as literal, brilliant as she is. Cuz he isn't it. Proximity doesn't make a match. Let's light that fire, okay producers? Just, clear that will-they-won't-they relationship totally off that crap table and move on completely? But anyway.  Guidos? Really? The best part is when they show the body at the beginning, and then talk about how the person might have died.

I don't watch The Mentalist anymore. It lost my interest. So not into the tiresome Red John adversarial thing. Bored. The characters I like the best are shown the least (argh, the asian detective, spacing out on his name, he's fantastically dead-pan and gets some of the best lines)

Psych is coming back! I can't wait!

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[nialla]

I was a good girl and didn't procure Sherlock via alternate means and waited for it to show up on PBS. While I enjoyed the first episode, I was disappointed to hear from others that some scenes were cut, including at least one more with Sherlock and the killer.

It's PBS, why are they cutting it down? To put the "Mystery" tags at the beginning and end, I guess. I think I'll want to rewatch on DVD anyway, so I can literally get the full picture. At least they know they're going to get another series.

I don't watch Bones, but "Proximity doesn't make a match. Let's light that fire, okay producers? Just, clear that will-they-won't-they relationship totally off that crap table and move on completely?" sums up my reaction to a lot of shows recently.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but really? PBS cut out some scenes? Do you know what they cut out that went on between the two? (I'd wager it was when Watson was looking in on them from the other building)

Heh. I had the DVR running it again. The Guy was in the computer room looking up new cars (he's got the car bug) but when he walked out to get something, Sherlock drew him in after a few minutes. At the end, he told me to make SURE that I recorded the rest of the episodes. When I told him it was created by the same guy who did Dr Who, he said that figured, what with all the gay "are they dating" jokes inserted in the story. In this case, c'mon--Sherlock Holmes? Watson? Even the new Sherlock Holmes movie plays that up!

The production values are excellent, as is the editing, AND I don't know if you noticed (I'm sure you did) that it also had a full music score. You so rarely hear that in a USA show these days.

[nialla]

I haven't been able to find exactly what was in the scenes that were cut, except one quip where Sherlock insults the forensics guy he doesn't like.

Looks like they shaved off about five minutes total, but I only see reference to two specific scenes; the one mentioned above plus one at the end with the killer. Some could have just been establishing and/or scenery shots.

Apparently there's also an unaired pilot that will be included on the DVD release as well. It appears the music score was created for it and then used when the BBC decided to switch from a potential 13-episode one-hour series to three 90-minute movies.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I saw a few episodes of the Sherlock Holmes series while we were in the hotel this weekend. I liked it, too. I need to start recording it. Or something.

For some reason, I have never liked Bones. So many on my flist watch it that I've tried watching it a few times, but I think the problem is that I just can't stand the main actors--either of them. It's more a me thing than a them thing. ;) Sometimes I just really love an actor and sometimes I just don't.

I still watch The Mentalist, but I think you're right in that it's sort of...meh a lot of the time now. I think they've made Patrick more of an idiot, too, which I really don't like. In the beginning he was clever and a shit stirrer, but now he's just making mistakes and acting like a jerk for no apparent reason and so on. I like the same character you like, but I can't remember his name either. In fact, I barely remember the name of Patrick, and that's pretty much all I remember, even though I've been watching the show for 3 season. heh

I've been watching Psych also, and it's always fun to watch. It's not my favorite show, but maybe because I don't expect much, I'm rarely disappointed. :-) Well, I admit, I really, really dislike the new kid they have playing young Shawn. :-)

Sherlock

[mysterymeg.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the update, especially the actors used. Benedict Cumberbatch (BEST. NAME. EVER.) is absolutely perfect, and funny as hell. Watson's great, no denying that.

One thing that bugs me, though, is that it's still not a true update--after all, more has changed since 1889 than the technology! I couldn't comprehend why, for example, Lestrade couldn't have been portrayed as a woman, or a black man. Now I've never been to London, but I'm fairly certain they have women and minorities there. And why does Moriarty have to be a man? They are losing a lot of opportunities to bring a REAL update to the series. I'm hoping they cast a woman of color as Irene Adler, if nothing else!