NP but Quality TV

[rich]

sorry, it's on Hulu. hopefully it'll be available. i hate the way the
tv/movie market is nowadays.

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:51 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not on Netflix streaming yet.
>
>
> On Friday, January 1, 2016, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> enjoying series called Deutscheland 83, a young spy working for the HVA
>> in Bonn and Brussels as an aid-de-camp in the West German army, circa
>> 1983--Reagan paranoia mucho and lots of Bowie and passable 80's pop. lead
>> guy weirdly looks like Oscar from the Tin Drum 15 yrs down the road. oh,
>> and two trysts by and in a lake. i do need to read more about the women of
>> the Stasi. fascinating
>>
>> rich
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:15 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Unrealated, but I just watched the movie Mr. Holmes, and really enjoyed
>>> it.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, January 1, 2016, Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you're in North America, the new episode of BBC's SHERLOCK starring
>>>> Benedict Cumberbatch will premier at 9PM on PBS. (Yes, you can stream it
>>>> from their website)
>>>>
>>>> If you are in Europe, you've already missed it, of course (but it will
>>>> show again in a couple of days)
>>>>
>>>> -Allan in WV where the VPN has once again come in handy and we'll be
>>>> setting down to a meal of Hoppin' John and Sherlock in a few moments
>>>>
>>>> SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE SPOILER-FREE REVIEW * 01 JANUARY 2016
>>>>
>>>> After two years of waiting, we have taken a parallel side step that
>>>> still propels us forwards.
>>>>
>>>> What transpires in this 90 minutes was so top secret the press weren't
>>>> allowed to view the completed episode before its first airing on BBC One
>>>> and in UK cinemas. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is crowd pleasing and
>>>> rather self indulgent (while all the better for it), razor sharp in the
>>>> scripting, tangled in the narrative, occasionally broad in the comedy, all
>>>> while capable of cutting to the heart of the characters in new and exciting
>>>> ways.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, the characterisation is resolutely familiar to the canon
>>>> stories, while also forging ahead with the characters as we know them in
>>>> the series. It's an incredible feat by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss,
>>>> playful and daring in equal measure. Sherlock and John are gone, Holmes and
>>>> Watson are instead present and correct. Benedict Cumberbatch is a stiller
>>>> presence as this version of Holmes, clipped, often polite and full of acid
>>>> wit, but still frequently curt and losing none of the brilliance. Watson
>>>> meanwhile is a boiling kettle of frustration coupled with gentlemanly
>>>> honour and more human observation, clearly essential to Holmes in ways even
>>>> he does not realise - there is genuine concern for his friend here, both
>>>> emotional and stern, and not unwilling to stage an intervention when
>>>> necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Always known as a television show rich in cinematic flair, The
>>>> Abominable Bride ramps this up still further in full justification of its
>>>> cinema release. This episode looks utterly ravishing in the hands of
>>>> director Douglas Mackinnon, not least thanks to the work of production
>>>> designer Arwel Jones and costume designer Sarah Arthur in ensuring that the
>>>> world onscreen feels truly Victorian. Despite the old-fashioned looks
>>>> though, there's no way you could mistake this story as glacial in the
>>>> telling. The episode features some rollicking, action packed adventure,
>>>> fashioned around a genuinely chilling ghost story that has other concerns
>>>> bubbling along under the surface.
>>>>
>>>> There are numerous other observations that rocket to mind. It is
>>>> intrinsically a cutting look at Victorian gender politics, sometimes in
>>>> laugh out loud, show stopping form; in others, emotional tragedy.
>>>> Appearances of numerous characters who never appeared in the trailers is a
>>>> very conscious decision. The new, period ways of implementing the trademark
>>>> onscreen graphics are works of subtle, clever genius. At times, it
>>>> intentionally plays as a subversive package of greatest hits from the
>>>> canon. And everything that occurs after an hour in we're simply desperate
>>>> to talk about. But this is a spoiler-free review, and that first reaction
>>>> is one to savour.
>>>>
>>>> We wouldn't want the series to do this forever, but we'd gladly visit
>>>> again, from time to time.
>>>>
>>>
>>
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