User blog:Legofrodo12/BBC's Sherlock: A Study in Pink

So I just watched the BBC's Sherlock: A Study in Pink. I must say, it was very well done. I have been a fan of Holmes since I read all the books, about five years ago. So I was a bit skeptical when I heard about it. I mean, come on. Holmes in the 21st century? How is that even going to work??? Replacing the telegraph with texting was a brilliant stroke though. Strange seeing Holmes texting at first, but it worked pretty well.

Did anyone else get the "Come at once if convenient", "If inconvenient, come anyway"? That was from "The Creeping Man.  Classic Holmes right there.  As for the vigorous beating Holmes gives the corpse in the beginning, yet another reference.  Not sure if it's supposed to be from "The Adventure of Black Peter" in which Holmes was vigourously attempting to skewer a hung pig with a harpoon, or if it was from "A Study in Scarlett" in which Holmes is mentioned to beat corpses to determine how long it takes for bruises to stop appearing after death... Actually, I believe it was a reference to the latter.   I especially liked the reference at the end: Holmes says to Watson "You did get shot though. In Afghanistan? There was an actual wound." And it turns out it was in the shoulder...  The point there is, in the Conan Doyle books, Watson's Afghanistan wound alternated from the leg, to the shoulder.  Doyle couldn't seem to figure out which it was.

It was also odd not seeing Holmes with his ever-present pipe, resulting in the woeful absence of the Persian slipper... And Watson is not gay. Not. Gay. Holmes is the same way. Watson had a wife, for crying out loud. One other thing... Odd them calling each other by their first names. It was always "Watson" and "Holmes", never "John" and "Sherlock".

And then Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman... Wow, those guys were amazing. I had a tad bit of a hard time understanding Cumberbatch, but I'll get used to it. Man, those quotes of Holmes. So like Holmes, it was incredible! How could they not directly use quotes from the books, and still be dead-on in the kinds of things Holmes would say?

Sorry for the rambling... I need to go to bed... But in short, very good show, it looks like.