Sherlock Page 40

Quote: Nogget @ January 5 2012, 1:11 PM GMT

Was it really necessary for Adler to keep allowing her phone to leave her possession, if it was her only insurance? I'd have kept it in a safe place and copied the code-which-need-deciphering into some other phone, then sent that to Sherlock.

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I think you're concentrating too much on the MacGuffin, the phone could have just as easily been an amulet or a treasure map - it was there to drive the plot forward.

But if you want to look at it logically - giving the phone to Sherlock provided additional insurance, meaning that even she was captured / killed, the evidence on her phone could still get out there.

Secondly, if Sherlock couldn't crack the code to her phone, then no one could, thus sending out the message that if terrorists want the info, Adler has to be alive to access it.

Thirdly, if she'd sent a fake phone to Sherlock, he would have noticed. He can look at a lapel and know how many dogs you own, etc.

1. Take the phone and destroy it.

2. Sherlock infiltrates al-Qaeda death squad? I don't think so. Awful ending.

However episode was still very watchable.

Quote: roscoff @ January 5 2012, 3:32 PM GMT

1. Take the phone and destroy it.

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Mycroft said that, Adler said there may be stuff on there that will save people.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 5 2012, 3:38 PM GMT

Mycroft said that, Adler said there may be stuff on there that will save people.

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I suspect that line was added five minutes before filming started when somebody pointed out that the phone story wasn't exactly watertight.

Quote: chipolata @ January 5 2012, 6:31 PM GMT

I suspect that line was added five minutes before filming started when somebody pointed out that the phone story wasn't exactly watertight.

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I would expect nothing less from you!

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 5 2012, 6:40 PM GMT

I would expect nothing less from you!

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Pff! You'd kill for my panoramic brain, Stott.

Quote: chipolata @ January 5 2012, 6:31 PM GMT

I suspect that line was added five minutes before filming started when somebody pointed out that the phone story wasn't exactly watertight.

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That's worth a thread, I will try and remember a few clumsy ones in future.

Quote: youngian @ January 6 2012, 12:52 PM GMT

That's worth a thread, I will try and remember a few clumsy ones in future.

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Things that you suspect might, perhaps, but you're only guessing as you don't really know, have been added to a script at the last minute to paper over a problem?

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 6 2012, 1:07 PM GMT

Things that you suspect might, perhaps, but you're only guessing as you don't really know, have been added to a script at the last minute to paper over a problem?

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Thus quoted the Doctor Who fan.

Quote: roscoff @ January 5 2012, 3:32 PM GMT

1. Take the phone and destroy it.

2. Sherlock infiltrates al-Qaeda death squad? I don't think so. Awful ending.

However episode was still very watchable.

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Roscoff like sex with your good self it's got a messy conclusion, but it's a lot of fun along the way.

Quote: chipolata @ January 2 2012, 4:06 PM GMT

The Woman was a good character. And thank God she was travelling in the same timeline as Sherlock.

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She did jump out of the window though like the other bitch.

Sherlock is a thick, quivering, rubbery slab of lifeless tripe. Moffat can't write - he's a gag writer. He strings quips and set-pieces together without soul, depth or revelation. The mysteries are fantastical rather than clever - like say the very best Jonathan Creek, and the air of smugness that permeates the production is suffocating.

He has achieved one remarkable thing - making Moriarty more ridiculous than the original. I can't speak for you lot but nothing strikes more fear into my breast than a midget homosexual threatening to 'burn me' in the voice of Loyd Grossman.

Oh and Moffat, Sherlock would surely know a 'masthead' appears on a newspaper, a website has a 'banner' or a 'header'.

As much as I respect your view on things Godot, I really think you've missed the point entirely. Sherlock, is without a doubt, one of the best written and acted shows on British television.

It really is head and shoulders above any drama which is currently being shown on any of the terrestial channels. Is it slightly bonkers? Yes. Is it fantastically well written? Yes.

I defy you to choose a better written and acted British show on TV at the moment.

Even my favourite Dexter has become embarrissingly shite. So come on Godot, name a better show.

Public Enemies, Boardwalk Empire (you said on not made by), The Booth in the Corner.

Though it's interesting after Public Enemies (amazing it was). I;'m straight off into Cable and US shows. I liked Sherlock but it's far, far from brilliant. It seems more reflective of a derth of good telly coming out of the UK.

Quote: sootyj @ January 8 2012, 7:57 AM GMT

I liked Sherlock but it's far, far from brilliant.

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I'm prepared to say it's brilliant. 90 minutes of intriguing plot, more funny bits than the average comedy, consummate performances, and a gorgeous production. That's plenty for me. OK, so imo at certain points is was a bit muddled, and there's not much pathos, but I can enjoy it fully without those things. If I wanted proper angst I'd watch dreary, worthy plays.

I like it, but in TV detective terms, Columbo and Monk kick its arse. It's around Mentalist level.