besleybean wrote:

I think he's trying to make a serious point in a humorous way and yes it is humour: black humour...very British.
 

Just briefly coming back to that statement in Martin's interview .
My english friend also doesn't think that it is funny. So the awareness of "that British humour" differs in the own country. It can't be generalised. Everytime something like this becomes a topic in here I get the impression that the "poor people  from the continent just don't understand."
Sorry for the ongoing off-topic.
 

I hope this is considered on-topic, as it's about the characters:

I like what Maritn said about not being interested in playing a character that was only there to be in awe of another character. John is a strong and impressive man by himself, he's only "over-shadowed" because his best friend is even more awesome and intelligent than he is. And I think that comes across, that John is an interesting and nuanced character in himself, he's not just there to be a stupid contrast to Sherlock's brilliance.

I agree. This John Watson is something new. Jude Law was more of a partner than a bumbling sidekick but Martin is still more of an individual character with a history and issues of his own. 

Well, it would not be the first time in Sherlock that a character comes back from the dead. And I love how the bride is a combination of Moriarty and Mary and probably something we do not yet know. 

Not to mention symptoms of trauma, if not actual PSTD--a psychosomatic limp, nightmares about the war, symptoms of depression, etc.  Plus an intermittent tremor in his left hand, although that might have been caused by nerve damage instead of emotional trauma.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if BBC Sherlock's John Watson also had flashbacks about the war.

What about the Dr. Watson on the Granada series?
 

Last edited by kgreen20 (November 26, 2015 10:26 pm)

Imagine what would happen if the Granada Holmes and Watson and the BBC Sherlock and John could be brought together--what a team the four of them would make! =)
 

lol They'd probably be always trying to one-up the other in cleverness.  Could be disastrous, or they'd just be at their peak observational skills trying so hard to be best.

Yes, I'm very curious about the question, why John's asking it, what the full answer will be, what it will all mean.  It's not the kind of thing I ever really expected to come up, but now that it's out there I am very interested in what it will mean.

I agree. It seems a bit odd to hint at something that we already have been given the answer to. So either there is more to the question/answer then what we see in the trailer, or Moftiss were talking about a different question.

I agree that the "What made you like this" is a really interesting question for John to be asking.  Yes, we already know Sherlock's response - but what is the context of the question?  Why does John have to ask it? That's the part I'm interested in.  It may be nothing and may already be obvious, because certainly we already know Sherlock is unique, but it really is an interesting question - one we might ask ourselves about someone who behaves badly or is mentally ill. Could be that it's a reflection of TGG when John is angry that Sherlock doesn't seem to care about the victims.

I agree with you what you guys say. But then again - if we get some kind of explanation or further information/background on Sherlock in the Special, can that be transferred to the main series?