(no subject)
Jul. 30th, 2010 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockFirst and foremost I had a lovely visit with my mom who fell in love with my house and my kitties. We didn't do a whole lot except eat an obscene amount of really good food. I took her to all my favorite restaurants and we ate out twice a day every day she was here. Aelf and I also managed to find her two salwar kameez outfits that she quite liked and that fit her beautifully. I finally laid my hands on a lengha set that mostly works with those worn by Aelf and M- so we'll look mostly cohesive when we perform a week and one day from today. I had to modify the lengha of course, but I think it's workable now, I'll know for sure when we do our dress rehearsal this week. I need to pick up my black choli tomorrow from M-'s place and modify it but that won't take nearly as long, thankfully.
I'm currently enjoying the remainder of my summer vacation which is passing by entirely too quickly. One lovely discovery this week has been stumbling upon the new BBC series, "Sherlock". It's a 3-part series, which is just long enough to enjoy the basic concept, in this case Sherlock and John Watson in modern London, without the premise beginning to wear thin. And yes it's Steven Moffat at the wheel here too, but oddly enough what doesn't work for me with his Doctor very much does with his Holmes. At one point in the premiere ("A Study in Pink") a police officer accuses Holmes of being a psychopath and he snaps, "No, I'm a high functioning sociopath," and that suddenly explained to me why the eleventh Doctor isn't working for me. I'm pretty sure he's conceived the Doctor as a sociopath too, and while I admit that is one way to work around the whole alien aspect of the character, it's not my favorite. It works with Holmes, not so much with a guy who goes out consciously looking for companions to travel around with him.
At any rate, "Sherlock" works for me on a variety of levels, not only do the guys fit the look of the characters (and area quite easy on the eyes), but they're well written, quite well acted and come pre-slashed. The true Holmesian will be absolutely charmed by the attention to detail (how they work in both of John's "war wounds" is downright brilliant) and Holmes' 20th century version of "a three pipe problem" won me over completely. I cannot wait to see more of 221B Baker Street, Mycroft and of course the evil Moriarty. I'm hoping they stick close to the original stories for their inspiration, I can say their take on "A Study in Scarlet" was just delightful. And I have such a crush on Watson already...
I'm currently enjoying the remainder of my summer vacation which is passing by entirely too quickly. One lovely discovery this week has been stumbling upon the new BBC series, "Sherlock". It's a 3-part series, which is just long enough to enjoy the basic concept, in this case Sherlock and John Watson in modern London, without the premise beginning to wear thin. And yes it's Steven Moffat at the wheel here too, but oddly enough what doesn't work for me with his Doctor very much does with his Holmes. At one point in the premiere ("A Study in Pink") a police officer accuses Holmes of being a psychopath and he snaps, "No, I'm a high functioning sociopath," and that suddenly explained to me why the eleventh Doctor isn't working for me. I'm pretty sure he's conceived the Doctor as a sociopath too, and while I admit that is one way to work around the whole alien aspect of the character, it's not my favorite. It works with Holmes, not so much with a guy who goes out consciously looking for companions to travel around with him.
At any rate, "Sherlock" works for me on a variety of levels, not only do the guys fit the look of the characters (and area quite easy on the eyes), but they're well written, quite well acted and come pre-slashed. The true Holmesian will be absolutely charmed by the attention to detail (how they work in both of John's "war wounds" is downright brilliant) and Holmes' 20th century version of "a three pipe problem" won me over completely. I cannot wait to see more of 221B Baker Street, Mycroft and of course the evil Moriarty. I'm hoping they stick close to the original stories for their inspiration, I can say their take on "A Study in Scarlet" was just delightful. And I have such a crush on Watson already...
