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Sherlock - The Reichenbach Fall
Well that was absolutely gorgeous and devastating and pretty much some of the best television I've seen in a long while. Last season was good (Well, minus the Blind Banker?), but this one just surpassed it in the most delightful ways.
Not only because Irene was there (which, IRENE, she makes everything better!), but because Sherlock and John together were pretty much the most amazing thing ever. THEIR LOVE. IT'S SO - WELL NOT PURE BUT VERY GOOD. AND BIG. They get handcuffed! They hold hands while running handcuffed! John pulls Sherlock close by the lapels through bars! SHERLOCK'S GOODBYE.
Moriarty was fantastic and the plot was twisty and fantastic and brilliant and Sherlock's fall from grace was so well done. Him on the roof gave me the hardest Life on Mars flashbacks, I have to say. How did he even fake dying there?? John's faint voice as he tries to get to the boy, oh my heart.
And then John at the graveside absolutely broke me. That was amazing, and a feat of acting, all the kudos to mister Freeman. Just. *flails* It was just beautiful, don't know what else to say. That I loved it, perhaps.
And then I went to the cinema today! And Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows was as gay and delightful as advertised!
Watson's little sad eye-closing after he sees Holmes fall was probably my favorite moment of the movie, it was quiet and understated and yet you could absolutely see how devastated he was. I like this Holmes, but it's Watson that I really adore in this verse (well, let's be honest, also in BBC Sherlock), he's constantly funny and a total badass.
Kate Beaton must be pleased that Cool Watson is back (although mixed with Gay Watson, of course). Which, speaking of, Kate Beaton's FAT PONY EXISTS. IT IS REAAAAL. ♥
Speaking of the gay, that was really gay. Amazingly so, in fact! It's not even very veiled anymore, is it? But I liked how Mary still had a role (next movie I want her to go adventuring with them, make it so, world!) and I REALLY like the idea of Mary, Watson and Holmes pretty much just living in a wacky OT3 situation with lots of imaginative sex. YES.
And last but not least! It was such a thrilling surprise to get Irene in the movie! Didn't know she was going to be in it, I did a bit of a squee noise when she first appeared. I do hope she's not really dead (if everyone else can fake their deaths, so can she!), because I love Irene, all of them. MISS ADLER I LUFFS YOU.
It was slightly strange to see the movie and Sunday's finale pretty much back to back, especially as they did the same story, but while the movie had the most impressive visuals and photography (and actual FALLS), the BBC Sherlock was the obvious winner in quality writing this year. but there's something to be said for the Victorian setting - it feels more Holmsian in a way, although at the same time both adaptations by now are grounded in their own personal universes, almost not depending on book canon.
And anyway, in the end, book!Holmes lies somewhere between these two Sherlocks - not as manic and insane and attention-craving as the movie version, while not as reserved and dettached and almost non-human as in the series. Holmes wasn't as roguish and wild, but he still had that society-demanded 'gentleman of the British empire' veneer that kept him from being absolutely atrocious to people, lol.
Well that was absolutely gorgeous and devastating and pretty much some of the best television I've seen in a long while. Last season was good (Well, minus the Blind Banker?), but this one just surpassed it in the most delightful ways.
Not only because Irene was there (which, IRENE, she makes everything better!), but because Sherlock and John together were pretty much the most amazing thing ever. THEIR LOVE. IT'S SO - WELL NOT PURE BUT VERY GOOD. AND BIG. They get handcuffed! They hold hands while running handcuffed! John pulls Sherlock close by the lapels through bars! SHERLOCK'S GOODBYE.
Moriarty was fantastic and the plot was twisty and fantastic and brilliant and Sherlock's fall from grace was so well done. Him on the roof gave me the hardest Life on Mars flashbacks, I have to say. How did he even fake dying there?? John's faint voice as he tries to get to the boy, oh my heart.
And then John at the graveside absolutely broke me. That was amazing, and a feat of acting, all the kudos to mister Freeman. Just. *flails* It was just beautiful, don't know what else to say. That I loved it, perhaps.
And then I went to the cinema today! And Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows was as gay and delightful as advertised!
Watson's little sad eye-closing after he sees Holmes fall was probably my favorite moment of the movie, it was quiet and understated and yet you could absolutely see how devastated he was. I like this Holmes, but it's Watson that I really adore in this verse (well, let's be honest, also in BBC Sherlock), he's constantly funny and a total badass.
Kate Beaton must be pleased that Cool Watson is back (although mixed with Gay Watson, of course). Which, speaking of, Kate Beaton's FAT PONY EXISTS. IT IS REAAAAL. ♥
Speaking of the gay, that was really gay. Amazingly so, in fact! It's not even very veiled anymore, is it? But I liked how Mary still had a role (next movie I want her to go adventuring with them, make it so, world!) and I REALLY like the idea of Mary, Watson and Holmes pretty much just living in a wacky OT3 situation with lots of imaginative sex. YES.
And last but not least! It was such a thrilling surprise to get Irene in the movie! Didn't know she was going to be in it, I did a bit of a squee noise when she first appeared. I do hope she's not really dead (if everyone else can fake their deaths, so can she!), because I love Irene, all of them. MISS ADLER I LUFFS YOU.
It was slightly strange to see the movie and Sunday's finale pretty much back to back, especially as they did the same story, but while the movie had the most impressive visuals and photography (and actual FALLS), the BBC Sherlock was the obvious winner in quality writing this year. but there's something to be said for the Victorian setting - it feels more Holmsian in a way, although at the same time both adaptations by now are grounded in their own personal universes, almost not depending on book canon.
And anyway, in the end, book!Holmes lies somewhere between these two Sherlocks - not as manic and insane and attention-craving as the movie version, while not as reserved and dettached and almost non-human as in the series. Holmes wasn't as roguish and wild, but he still had that society-demanded 'gentleman of the British empire' veneer that kept him from being absolutely atrocious to people, lol.