Sherlock is a 2010 BBC mini-series (each episode is 90 min) - but only 3 episodes?? I want more! - created by 2 guys who wrote a bunch of (the new) Dr Who shows.
It was critically acclaimed, according to the number of Emmy's it was nominated for (4) and it also won a boat-load of other (FOREIGN, OH NOOO!) awards. Sherlock was so well received that they're filming a new set of 3 due to air next year!
This is a cool update of the classic set in modern day London. Yet it has all the hallmarks of Sir A.C. Doyle: incredible observation and deduction by Holmes (on the borderline of too incredible but hey: it's Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective ever! Sit back and have fun.); great cases, including a famed "locked-door murders"; Holmes is as inept and awkward socially as he is utterly brilliant; and, most importantly, it's genuinely suspenseful.
This show has great writing, acting... maybe a few glitches with directing here or there, but I really enjoyed it! ...Until the ending of the last episode. I'd like to hear other people's opinions but I thought it was a bit contrived.
However, this detraction did not dissuade me from really liking the series. I was riveted throughout. Rent, watch, lemme know what you think.
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I totally agree! This was a great series, brilliantly brought up to date... I hope they'll make more.
The new series (I don't know how many episodes) should be on BBC soon and then on Netflix streaming (hopefully) soon after that.
I hope the next series are as good as the first. I really enjoyed them, as you may have gathered already.
thanks for the update... I hadn't heard a new series was in the works. Looking forward to it.
Just watched the first episode, and I'm impressed. Looking forward to the next 2.
Season 2 ROCKS!!
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