besleybean wrote:

I was almost on the floor laughing at this point, cos I'm a grammar freak too!

And Sherlock definitely went total grammar police on that guy! I love that part too!

I'll thorugh my hat in and say I'd love to see some of the other (detective) inspectors too -- although I do love Lestrade (and Rupert Graves)! I think the one I want to see the most is Gregson especially if Lestrade can be around and they follow canon because Lestrade and Gregson do not get along

Hi Marva! Welcome to the board! I joined just a few days ago myself and have felt very welcomed by everyone. I hope you enjoy your time here!

beekeeper wrote:

I dunno, I do struggle with Jeremy Brett. I just find his story so heartbreakingly sad really, such an example of how far we've come as a society in terms of acceptance of sexuality and mental health problems. 

I really love his portrayal of Holmes, they are the ones I grew up with. I think, had he been SH now, he'd have been even better. To an extent Sherlock benefits from our increasingly emotional literacy and acceptance. But the sacrifices he made to do this awesome portrayal just feel so very sad somehow. It destroyed his mental health and, I'm guessing, may have had an impact on how open he could be about his sexuality (he was bisexual but after his second wife died he had no public relationships-of course fine if he just had no relationships but so sad if he felt he couldn't celebrate other relationships in the same way after he becane known for Holmes). Its very mixed for me, this.

Somehow that lines, "don't make people into heroes, John,", really resonated with me as regards Brett. Someone who wasn't allowed to be imperfect :-(

I can't quite agree with your thoughts completely because from everything I have read and indeed the interviews I can find with Jeremy himself seem to at least somewhat confirm what I am about to say. You think he was not free to have any public relationships because of the fact he was so well-known for playing Holmes the last decade of his life and how that would be be impacted if people knew about his private life. I don't believe that was the case as to why there were no known relationships for him because I honestly believe he never ever got over the loss of his second wife.

By all accounts and indeed like I said in the interviews I've seen/listened to, there's a change that comes over him when she is brought up. Again from all accounts he adored and loved her so much and from what I can gather, it sounds like to me that she fully had claimed his heart, so much so I think t

Russell wrote:

Yes, of course! Long-time viewer here, too… it's the one of few shows my dad and I watch together. Seen the team go through so much, but… erf, yes… really missing Ziva nowadays. All the twists and turns they've been doing… Loving how the 'boys' are changing/growing up with each other, though, and they said we'd see a new cast regular very soon!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/scoop-ncis-promotes-zivas-successor-series-regular-first-165945268.html
I like how they're not imitating Ziva… still a competent agent, but more of a analyst thinker, tied to an actual twisty case with long-running roots/implications that brings them all together. But still need more Franks cameos….

Yes, I am also relieved that they're not going to copy Ziva just like they didn't copy Kate with Ziva. I'll always miss Ziva but the door is wide open for her to make an appearance some day and I hope Cote will eventually do one if asked!

And I just realized I became a fan in Sept 2011 because I remember watching half of Season 9 live and all of Season 10 live -- Season 11 is my 3rd live season for NCIS!
 

Davina wrote:

Hello and welcome to the forum. So...you are a sort of reincarnation here,,,

Thanks and yeah I am but only if I did indeed sign up before now. I am not sure I did but the board does look familiar. I just want everyone to know I am not trying to pull any funny business as I've modded boards before and usually when someone on that board signed up for 2 accounts they were up to something.

In anycase this is the account I'll be using from here on out

Neptune Centari wrote:

Ah, The Reichenbach Fall. My absolute favorite episode in the Sherlock Series. I don’t think I have ever been so emotionally devastated by a television show in my life then when I was watching this episode.

It’s not Sherlock’s fall that tears me up inside, its John’s reaction to his fall that does it.

Me too.

When we first meet John he is a broken and lost man. He feels he no longer has a purpose. Then he meets Sherlock and voila! he has purpose again. And as the series continues we see the relationship between these two blossom into something that is just… well… perfect. In the end John cares about Sherlock more than anything else in the world. Sherlock *IS* John’s world. Without Sherlock John is back to having no purpose. He is once again floating through life lost and broken.

John doesn’t just watch his best friend jump from the roof, he watches his world jump from the roof. Everything that matters to John has just vanished. And it’s Martin Freeman’s performance of this that rips my heart out. John’s reaction is so utterly heartbreaking. No matter how many times I have seen this scene I still cry, every time, because of John. I just want to take him into my arms and tell him that it’s ok, that Sherlock will be back. *wipes away a tear* Man, I can’t even write about this scene without getting all teary eyed.

I tell you Martin's acting at the end of TRF is the reason why he edges out Benedict and Andrew Scott for most brilliant. He utterly tore my heart out and I cry every time I watch the very ending. Oh I cry at the scene where Sherlock jumps and during their conversation but the tears really don't come until John is standing at Sherlock's grave alone and he is asking for one more miracle from his best friend. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to step into the scene, and just hug John and then walk across the graveyard to smack Sherlock upside the head and say "How could you hurt

holmes23 wrote:

The Dancing Men is one of my favorites and for me it's one JB's best episodes as Holmes so I say hmm as your reaction

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The Scandal was the first one, and I didn't like it much. I enjoyed Dancing men far better, but the problem is that the story is not one of my favourites in canon

But then when you read the canon first and see it that way, I know seeing an onscreen version can disappointe greatly. For example I read The Hunger Games first and I was highly disappointed with last year's movie version of it!

Yes, that's it. I watched those Granada episodes not only because of Brett, but also coz of my curiosity to see the canonon screen. But then my interest cooled down as I was familiar with the stories and had my own mental images But I think, I should also try Speckled Band. It is one of my favourite stories as well

It appears that Scandal may not be the way to win some folks over to Brett!Holmes

And ah I can understand why you didn't care for Dancing Men if you don't care for that one in the original!

The Speckled Band is one of two episodes I've watched more than others and JB is most definitely at his best in that one, which is why I have watched that one probably more than two dozen times!

josabby wrote:

Sorry, I had to rant.
I don't care that Elementary exists.  I don't care that people enjoy it more than Sherlock.  What burns my biscuits is the Elementary fans, who act like they have some sort of right to rip the BBC show, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Moffit, Gatiss, and everyone else involved to shreds just because some very vocal BBC fans felt that Elementary was ripping off the BBC series, and it wasn't unfounded.  If someone in a BBC vs CBS discussion, expresses why they don't like Elementary, the Elementary fans jump all over the BBC fans and accuse them of being bitter BBC fans.

First thank you, josabby, for posting this because I am one of those who has been ripped apart on Tumblr (had anonymous F-bombs hurled at me) just because I dare express my views on Elementary. Yes I watch and yes I like it sometimes but mostly those times come when the writers leave SH canon alone because I usually hate the twists they have on it i.e. Irene/Moriarty for example!

I agree with everything said here, especially about JLM and Lucy Liu not having any chemistry... they've gotten better as the show has gone on but in the first season they had zero, zlich, nada to speak of whereas the chemistry between Benedict and Martin was evident the moment John steps into the lab and Sherlock asks him "Afghanistan or Iraq?". I have used that scene to win people over to Sherlock because as I said the chemistry between them is just amazing from the start!

Also Elementary fans have nothing to crow about because if everyone will recall the producers of that show originally wanted to Americanize Sherlock but were denied permission by the BBC so their show was born instead! If Sherlock is such crap as the Elementary fans seem to think then why did its producers seek to Americanize in the first place?

Last minor thing... they set Elementary in NYC - BIG DEAL! To me any so-called Sherlock Holmes not set in his beloved London, whether i

Kerkerian wrote:

I think everyone should decide that for themselves. As far as I'm concerned, it's okay if you want to post it somewhere else afterwards.

Yes, I agree completely with this! Let everyone decide for themselves where/when they'll post their stories after the authors are revealed