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Sherlock! "The game is on!"

bongibongi regular
edited December 2010 in Social Entropy++
So tonight, people [strike]un[/strike]lucky enough to live in the UK get to watch the first past of the awesome looking new BBC miniseries Sherlock.

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Basically it is a modern 'reimagining' of Sherlock Holmes set in the present day.

It is created by Steven Moffat (current head writer of Doctor Who, who also created the awesome Jekyll)) and Mark Gatiss (co-creator of The League of Gentlemen, also a writer on Doctor Who) so it is basically guaranteed to be awesome.

It is on tonight at 9:00pm! Everyone should watch it and then we can talk about how awesome it was and how much we loved it.

Here is the BBC website that is a bit barren: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4pgh

And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQq_bC5kIw

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

    :x

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  • DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    shit this looks so awesome

    watson is the dude from the office, isn't he?

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  • BackwardsnameBackwardsname __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »

    And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

    I don't think I have ever felt bad about not having access to British television

    do you all still use terrible video-recorders there or has someone finally discovered the rare and mystical substance known as "film?"

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Holmes is played by a man named Benedict Cumberbatch. That is the most English thing I have ever heard.

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    oh hey this looks pretty good.

    Disappointed this thread isn't news on a new Sherlock film though.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    and add another series to my watch list

    also this should be phenomenal if Moffat's involved

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    british television is the best television

    that is a FACT based on SCIENCE

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I think bongi is being sarcastic

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I think bongi is being sarcastic

    no because you cannot say Jekyll was awesome sarcastically

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    well that trailer was pants

    the absolute pants

    am I using that right

    I'm not british I meant to say it looks dumb as hell

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    In any case I am pretty sure that it will be shown on BBC America at some point

    It is a fairly high-profile drama series from one of the BBC's best writers.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    well that trailer was pants

    the absolute pants

    am I using that right

    I'm not british I meant to say it looks dumb as hell

    shoe that was actually a mirror that you were looking at

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    shoe how does it feel to be the most wrong person in the world

    is it lonely in your mind prison of cold non-truths and bitter resentment

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    well that trailer was pants

    the absolute pants

    am I using that right

    I'm not british I meant to say it looks dumb as hell

    shoe that was actually a mirror that you were looking at

    impossible, he's not wearing any pants

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  • JAKJAK Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »

    And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

    I don't think I have ever felt bad about not having access to British television

    do you all still use terrible video-recorders there or has someone finally discovered the rare and mystical substance known as "film?"
    This is interesting because I always think that American shows use poor cameras. It must be some sort of conversion issue.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Larlar wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    well that trailer was pants

    the absolute pants

    am I using that right

    I'm not british I meant to say it looks dumb as hell

    shoe that was actually a mirror that you were looking at

    impossible, he's not wearing any pants

    exactly

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    YES

    Sherlock Holmes is great.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    JAK wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »

    And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

    I don't think I have ever felt bad about not having access to British television

    do you all still use terrible video-recorders there or has someone finally discovered the rare and mystical substance known as "film?"
    This is interesting because I always think that American shows use poor cameras. It must be some sort of conversion issue.

    Well I don't think it is a thing nowadays but I think it is something to do with how when US shows are converted to PAL they end up being really yellow or something?

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  • JAKJAK Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    JAK wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »

    And here is the sweet trailer so that we can get excited and so that people in the USA and other parts of the world can feel sad that they miss out:

    I don't think I have ever felt bad about not having access to British television

    do you all still use terrible video-recorders there or has someone finally discovered the rare and mystical substance known as "film?"
    This is interesting because I always think that American shows use poor cameras. It must be some sort of conversion issue.

    Well I don't think it is a thing nowadays but I think it is something to do with how when US shows are converted to PAL they end up being really yellow or something?
    Yellow and fuzzy.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'll have to catch this on iPlayer later

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    That's not Robert Downey Jr.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I enjoyed that film. Took some liberties with the source material but who can stay mad at RDJ

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Took a lot less liberties than most Sherlock movies

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    BusterK wrote: »
    That's not Jeremy Brett.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    BusterK wrote: »
    That's not Jeremy Brett.

    Yes I was thinking this too!

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    League of Gentlemen is so amazing.
    Completely and utterly bizarre, but amazing.

    Bongi are you.... local?

    :3

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    i am!

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    it is funny because to the untrained eye, the league of gentlemen seems like an absurdist comedy

    whereas anyone who's been to norfolk knows it's actually a documentary

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    dang, this looks pretty sweet. sherlock kinda reminds me of the main dude from merlin. pale skinny brits with funky hair all kinda blend together for me

    i caught up with Luther last month, which was another excellent bbc series. it was kinda like sherlock holmes, if holmes was a sexy black dude and watson was a smoking hot psycho lady. love idris elba so much, hope it comes back for a second series

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Liiya wrote: »
    BusterK wrote: »
    That's not Jeremy Brett.

    Yes I was thinking this too!

    :^:

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    it is funny because to the untrained eye, the league of gentlemen seems like an absurdist comedy

    whereas anyone who's been to norfolk knows it's actually a documentary

    hhaha.

    I've tried to get a few friends into it, but they found it too weird.
    It's cool. It's not for them.

    I want to see the movie, but you can't get it in the US :-/

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    The movie was a bit of a letdown for me, compared to the series, but I think that's inevitable.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    yeah i didn't think the movie was that great

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    well i haven't seen it, so

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    maybe we can arrange something

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oh my god this show seems awesome

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    do it toby
    DO IT

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Post it.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    There's no murder or violent crimes in England though. What's Holmes going to solve, the case of the missing tea set or the cricket bat threatening episode?

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited July 2010
    neville wrote: »
    do it toby
    DO IT

    well i mean

    if only i was spending some time near you sometime soon???

    i could get a copy and we could watch it while i was there

    if only

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