tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post2592387566886021773..comments2024-03-12T07:24:52.193-07:00Comments on Interesting Though Elementary: An Open Letter to Steven MoffattRob Nunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126012014516886064noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-90959959583186669502018-02-06T20:32:22.047-08:002018-02-06T20:32:22.047-08:00I loved Series 1 and 2 and The Lying Detective of ...I loved Series 1 and 2 and The Lying Detective of Series 4. The rest while fun, are not really Sherlock and bare no resemblance to the original source material and that actually makes me sad. Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790027992309426806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-78830435226517646702018-02-06T16:58:27.362-08:002018-02-06T16:58:27.362-08:00While I cannot disagree with your assessment of BB...While I cannot disagree with your assessment of BBC Sherlock--and in some ways would probably be a bit more negative in my personal opinion--I must strenuously object to your plea to Moffat to stop making more Sherlocks. While I have seen enough of Moffat and Gatiss' interpretation of Holmes and Watson, neither you nor I have any right to stop anyone from doing what they please with Doyle's icons. It is up to the market to decide if there is a continued interest in a product. Given that Dracula will take two years to air, and then might be popular enough to continue on after that, we may have five or more years before the next BBC Sherlock airs. In that time, interest might have waned enough so that the BBC would not want to pay a high price for diminishing returns on future profits. If BBC Sherlock dies a natural death, I think that is fine and just. If there is still a demand for Cumberbatch and Freeman in the early to mid 2020s, well that's fine too. We don't have to watch. Any damage Moffat and Gatiss inflict to the Doyle brand will fade, as the past 130 years have shown us. An actor's star will burn for a time, but inevitably cool; Doyle's work will be with us for a much longer time.James C. O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866010043246236340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-13230933192994327882018-02-05T19:43:16.558-08:002018-02-05T19:43:16.558-08:00I wonder if ever they will reveal why they shifted...I wonder if ever they will reveal why they shifted from a modernized Sherlock to a Post Modern Sherlock. Or why an openly gay man writing and acting in a series would stoop to queerbait? What happened? Did Cumberbatch insist that for his future as a leading man they remove anything that might make him appear effeminate? Did Martin and Amanda's breakup affect the tone on the set? <br />I don't know. <br />I saw Moffat at Comicon and was five feet away from him as he spoke about Holmes. He seemed to genuinely like the character, why do this to a character you admired so much? jcporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394207047568877942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-65118577910898912482018-02-05T17:50:15.440-08:002018-02-05T17:50:15.440-08:00I have no qualms with utilizing inspiration or the...I have no qualms with utilizing inspiration or the “essence” of an idea. I find bait and switch, however, to be in poor taste.Mrs. Sinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552325555580438890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-1097181246238127162018-02-05T17:08:51.828-08:002018-02-05T17:08:51.828-08:00I doubt that I would go to the theater to see a St...I doubt that I would go to the theater to see a Steven Moffatt Sherlock movie. Now maybe if he write an animated movie about a detective garden gnome...Rob Nunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126012014516886064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-62503269179752769762018-02-05T15:17:11.175-08:002018-02-05T15:17:11.175-08:00So if Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman come...So if Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman come back in a major motion picture sequel to the series, does this rage-fest mean you're on board or not? Enquiring minds want to know!Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-63184540649193181762018-02-05T10:36:21.091-08:002018-02-05T10:36:21.091-08:00Thank you and AMEN!Thank you and AMEN!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066417080920042579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-55813105021420376422018-02-05T09:38:29.202-08:002018-02-05T09:38:29.202-08:00This! This is everything I've been wanting to ...This! This is everything I've been wanting to say!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733792489631347089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-31188157744467508212018-02-05T09:17:51.910-08:002018-02-05T09:17:51.910-08:00I agree with the request to stop. It serves absolu...I agree with the request to stop. It serves absolutely no purpose except to generate a social media conversation. It’s pointless and it’s cruel. The general fans will tune in if and when a new installment happens, they will watch and discard and move on to the next thing. It makes no difference to them. But the really invested fans, the ones who are committed to the narrative, to the story and to the legacy; the fan fic writers, their betas, the ACDers, the EMPers, the ones who meta and the ones who draw, paint, edit and create – it’s twisting the knife over and over again. An incredible legacy was created with Sherlock, one that we will forever be grateful for, but stop baiting, either do or do not; we can take it from here.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15965869797002676754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-27236192276507113322018-02-05T08:27:52.380-08:002018-02-05T08:27:52.380-08:00It was just sloppy and sloppier writing. Started s...It was just sloppy and sloppier writing. Started so well, ended so badly. Thank you for this letter. I do hope Moffat takes heed!Teacher Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337579493179702493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-59408782302615496362018-02-05T08:21:08.681-08:002018-02-05T08:21:08.681-08:00This. So very very hard.This. So very very hard.Paul Thomas Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348216825149369535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-22102612792715084522018-02-05T05:30:04.134-08:002018-02-05T05:30:04.134-08:00I agree, though I am a all Holmes is good Holmes g...I agree, though I am a all Holmes is good Holmes gal - yet the line was crossed when John physically assaulted Sherlock beyond the usual anger issues they gave him in previous episodes. Nothing about this was in any way okay. The issue for me is the inconsistency within the verse Mofftiss created. When you switch genre conventions around for no reason, are inherently inconsistent and do not follow through with your (frankly atrocious) character development, then please just move on. You've lost track of the thing you started. I think a lot of us are mostly angry because we see the potential of what could have happened to the show and instead saw its makers set fire to it and watch it burn and call it 'darker' - that's just lazy.traveling by star-lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517442117222814242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-12973673455724119692018-02-05T05:28:48.470-08:002018-02-05T05:28:48.470-08:00I agree. Only season 1 and 2 were great, and that ...I agree. Only season 1 and 2 were great, and that was it. They should have stopped then, but they certainly should stop now.Madeleine Elsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179075469454336602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-47719755915327582812018-02-05T04:19:46.612-08:002018-02-05T04:19:46.612-08:00Hear, hear! I agree with very nearly all that you&...Hear, hear! I agree with very nearly all that you've said, and have no argument with the places we diverge. Well said. Thank you.Random_Nexushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784676645196532501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-44240537801556684212018-02-05T01:54:06.254-08:002018-02-05T01:54:06.254-08:00I agree with you in everything. Well said! I agree with you in everything. Well said! Lilianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193676161985106590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-63692674374518292592018-02-05T00:43:21.169-08:002018-02-05T00:43:21.169-08:00Thanks for this. I have many and conflicting hypot...Thanks for this. I have many and conflicting hypotheses as to what happened to BBC Sherlock, but considering the personalities in charge, I find it very difficult to believe that anything good will happen from here. Hoorah for fanfiction(which Sherlock is anyway, just with a budget and platform) and original canon, and the people who love both.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985284302239377047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70253573396693005.post-19153123193071085462018-02-04T23:44:07.367-08:002018-02-04T23:44:07.367-08:00Well certainly everyone is allowed to have comment...Well certainly everyone is allowed to have comments, but to order to move on?? Well if u don't like it don't watch. As simple as that. I am dyiiiing to see the next season and yes i have read all the books and i am a bookwirm, i have read all the great books there is along with seeing the movies made aspired by them and most of the movies even destroy the essence of the characters but steven moffat from the very start showed us that the stories though inspired by the conan doyle books, was never gonna be the conan doyle books only the essence of the characters and i have to say he has done a brilliant job of that, and that is much more than enough for me. I will support him forever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559725940798068571noreply@blogger.com