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message 1: by johanna (jo), Marchioness Hobbit (new)

johanna (jo) (johannad_m) | 7675 comments Anyone psyched?




message 2: by νєяαℓι∂αιиє , My Preciousssss (new)

νєяαℓι∂αιиє  | 2439 comments Definitely! This is going to be awesome! :D

Lol Rea. XD :D


message 3: by johanna (jo), Marchioness Hobbit (new)

johanna (jo) (johannad_m) | 7675 comments Haha xD It looks so good!! It's coming to cinemas here, but I'm away at the time. :/


message 4: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments This will be the first Sherlock released in Britain and America on the same day!!


message 6: by shrish (new)

shrish (orshay) I wonder if there'll be any Christmas to it? xD


message 7: by johanna (jo), Marchioness Hobbit (new)

johanna (jo) (johannad_m) | 7675 comments Sняιѕнтι ~ qυєєη σƒ тнє ηєω вяσкєη ѕcєηє wrote: "I wonder if there'll be any Christmas to it? xD"

Maybe? It doesn't look like it in the trailer, and it's out awfully late for Christmas, but they might put something in there.


message 8: by johanna (jo), Marchioness Hobbit (new)

johanna (jo) (johannad_m) | 7675 comments Rivka Ray [Rebecca ~ Silvan Elf ~] wrote: "This will be the first Sherlock released in Britain and America on the same day!!"

That's awesome!


message 9: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments I know!!! I'm sooo happy about that!!


message 10: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments *whispers* this airs tonight


message 11: by shrish (new)

shrish (orshay) *whispers* it's out and I'm ready


message 12: by shrish (new)

shrish (orshay) I'm so done. This show is too stressful. I'm never watching it again. (view spoiler)


message 13: by Anny (new)

Anny (annyreads) Now that was one heck of a ride!

TOO DEEP.


message 14: by Rebecca (last edited Jan 04, 2016 12:31PM) (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments I'm hoping this was all a mass hallucination of a deprived fandom. That was the worst episode yet. Just plain abominable.


message 15: by νєяαℓι∂αιиє , My Preciousssss (new)

νєяαℓι∂αιиє  | 2439 comments http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sherlock-sex...

Thoughts? (I shouldn't be looking up articles like this, I still haven't seen it XD)


message 16: by Rebecca (last edited Jan 05, 2016 08:05AM) (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments YES!! I don't think the writers intended it that way, but it definitely came off that way. As soon as I saw the outfits, I thought KKK. It turned the suffragettes into faceless, voiceless women, while trying to preach the opposite. And I don't understand that scene at all. I get that it was meant to solve the murders, but it was soooo poorly handled, it didn't work. There were many scenes in the last half hour that were out of place and redundant.

I have come to expect high quality shows, and this epically fails. I really really hope this is not a sign of where the show is going. Please let them learn from this and make a spectacular comeback in season 4!!


message 17: by νєяαℓι∂αιиє , My Preciousssss (new)

νєяαℓι∂αιиє  | 2439 comments Wow, I'm starting to be put off watching it now... Well, part of me is.


message 18: by johanna (jo), Marchioness Hobbit (new)

johanna (jo) (johannad_m) | 7675 comments Don't be put off watching it, Veral! It was confusing, yes, and you can definitely critique it if you have the energy, but I don't think it's the sort of episode that doesn't have to be taken particularly seriously or really considered canon if you don't wish. I think Moffat and Gatiss jumped at the chance of making 19th century Sherlock and put as much into it as possible. It's not how I would have written it, but it's still worth watching, and the sets and costumes and Martin and Benedict's acting, plus the references to the canon are worth it.


message 19: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments Yeah, I think the not having to consider it canon is the best part about it. Sorry, Jo. I just didn't like it at all.


message 20: by νєяαℓι∂αιиє , My Preciousssss (new)

νєяαℓι∂αιиє  | 2439 comments Johanna wrote: "Don't be put off watching it, Veral! It was confusing, yes, and you can definitely critique it if you have the energy, but I don't think it's the sort of episode that doesn't have to be taken parti..."

I've finally seen it!!! And these are my thoughts...

Benedict's and Martin's acting (along with the 19th century scenes) are really what redeemed this episode... Otherwise I'm afraid I just did not get the point of this it. There were a lot of unnecessary scenes like Rivka said, such as the Reichenbach fighting thing at the ending there... I mean, seriously? What was the point of that except for him to escape his mind palace? And did I miss hear it or did Sherlock call Moriarty a short ass? XD

But anyways... Another whole year to wait for a hopefully better season 4.


message 21: by Kate (new)

Kate It wasn't one of the best episodes, but overall I enjoyed it I do have a question (with a slight SPOILER -- so anyone reading this should not read further if they haven't watched the episode): Has anyone watched the 1985 film "Young Sherlock Holmes," and if so, did the scene in "The Abominable Bride" where Sherlock, John and Mary are in the desanctified church remind you of the scene where young Sherlock Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth Hardy are viewing the ceremony in the underground pyramid of Rame Tep?


message 22: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2113 comments I have not seen that Kate! I might have to look into that.

I do have a question about this episode....how did Sherlock get the drugs to begin with? Wasn't he in a high security prison?


message 23: by Kate (new)

Kate Good point! I hadn't thought about the fact that he shouldn't have had access to the drugs.


message 24: by Rena (new)

Rena | 9 comments It´s been a while since I saw Young Sherlock Holmes ( and I watched the abominable bride with a bby life stream so I could have missed something) but I didn´t see the paralell. But now that you mention ityes, they do have something in common...both trios are watching from the same angle if I recall correctly...and there is the spoiler about Rame Teps leader and who he turns out to be in the end...


message 25: by Kate (new)

Kate I searched for the Rame Tep scene I was thinking of and found a clip on YouTube. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzahX...

As I was watching, I thought, "Well, maybe it's just a coincidence," but another search (why I didn't do this earlier, I don't know) shows that other people also think it was a deliberate reference: http://www.benedictcumberbatch.co.uk/...
http://fanfare.metafilter.com/5525/Sh... (see the post from 2:35 p.m. on Jan. 4 by dlugocjaz.

I love that movie, so it is fun to think there was a deliberate nod to it.


message 26: by Rena (new)

Rena | 9 comments Young Sherlock Holmes is amazing! And yes, that being a reference is more than possible. Gatiss and Mofatt reference everything else that has ever been done about Sherlock Holmes, so why not also this movie?


message 27: by Kate (new)

Kate Glad to meet someone else who enjoys that movie. :)


message 28: by Rena (new)

Rena | 9 comments I´m glad to meet someone else who knows that movie.;)


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