Why i no hazz sherlock icon?

[lobelia321]

 I've been feeling a teensy bit shit and started watching 'Agatha Christie's Seven Dials' and Detective Martin Freeman reminded me of Dr Watson, and what do you know? I found myself watching the entire first episode of 'Sherlock' and laughing out loud all over again. What a show that was in its heyday, what a ride, what a fandom. The vids! The fics! Wingfic! Asexualfic! (It's when I first discovered asexuality.) Weird and wonderful I-don't-even-know sex fic! 

It was a wild fandom. And Freeman/Cumberbatch are an utter joy. Anthea, too! I had forgotten Anthea! Mrs Hudson!! It is only now that I cottoned on to her saying that it's not drugs, it's for medicinal purposes, for her 'hip. LeStrade! That madcap run through Soho streets and the inventive camerawork and use of texting! 


Pure glorious joy.

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[igenlode]

Yes, that first series was *so* good.

I'd been a Cumberbatch fan for some time before that (I just like actors who *look* manifestly intelligent) and was excited to hear that he was going to play the role, but the updating and canon references themselves were incredibly clever and the whole thing had me bouncing with joy.

[lobelia321]

Yes, totally, it was so clever. I remember being struck by the credit music - how it combined a contemporary vibe with a sort of honky-tonk tinkly music hall nineteenth-century quality. And the London scenes in cobble-stoned alleys: Victorian plus mobile phones. So good. Also how they styled Cumberbatch - it took me quite a while to realise he was the same actor who was in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. With the blackened hair and the collared coat that gave him that distinct silhouette. Pity about the dreadful downhill slide; I stopped watching during season 3 but s1 and s2 were stellar. I SCREAMED when Sherlock jumped. I replayed some scenes in ep 1 so often they wore a groove in my hard drive: the restaurant ('not a date'); in the car ('what do most people say?' 'piss off'); the end where Sherlock gazes at John across a crowded crime scene and realises he's the crack shot; the meet-cute; 'want to see more' 'god yes'; 'and yet, i said dangerous and here you are'.

[igenlode]

And the "I'm in shock" foil blanket :-D

This Sherlock was finally someone I could identify with -- even (worrying thought) aspire to be...