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Post by mllemass on Feb 3, 2018 0:10:55 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 8, 2018 12:04:27 GMT
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Post by onebluestocking on Feb 8, 2018 15:05:58 GMT
I agree with you. One of the all-time best TV shows, beginning to end, IMO.
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Post by MagdaFR on Feb 8, 2018 16:24:29 GMT
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Post by sorcerersupreme on Feb 8, 2018 16:52:47 GMT
Why Moffat ? He wrote the best episode of the last season. If more episodes were written by him not many would have issues with the show. Cant say the same for Gatiss.
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Post by onebluestocking on Feb 8, 2018 16:58:08 GMT
Also the 2nd (ASIB) and 3rd (HLV) seasons! And I know a lot of people liked TSO3, it's not my favorite, but SM wrote that too, with Steve Thompson.
IMO SM has always gotten a lot of flack because of grudges people held from other shows he wrote or produced, like Dr. Who.
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Post by roverpup on Feb 8, 2018 17:12:42 GMT
Thanks for posting this. I read this a few days ago on some TJLC site and saw them all bobbing their heads in unison as if this fellow was the second coming of the messiah and they had all just found the golden tablets. To me the whole piece was just a load of self-indulgent, whiny, "I-know-better-than-the-writers" bullshit from someone who thinks they are an "expert" on all things Sherlock, and was upset because he didn't get what he wanted from the show and now wants to act like Steven Moffat personally (I noticed he never once did any of the other people just as involved in the show the courtesy of mentioning their names) OWED him something! My answer to that piece is - get over it, grow up and move on! I don't think SM needs any advice from the likes of this fellow. :-))
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Post by onebluestocking on Feb 8, 2018 17:18:10 GMT
Well, I do agree with this sentiment:
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Post by mllemass on Feb 8, 2018 17:32:49 GMT
That "open letter" is a whole lot of nonsense. He really seems to think that everyone agrees with him - he only liked S1 and S2, he hated S3, he felt cheated by The Abominable Bride. I would have found something else to watch rather than continue watching a show that kept disappointing me.
It's interesting how these people ignore simple facts - the show remains amazingly popular all over the world, it's far superior to almost anything else out there, and a lot of people love the episodes that he hated. But people tend to have very short memories! The beloved S1 and S2 also happened to have the most disliked episodes (The Blind Banker and Hounds), according to most lists. If you look up the reactions to each episode as it aired, you can find lots of negative comments: the show isn't as good as it used to be, the writing has become weak, Moriarty is all wrong, there's too much humour and not enough crime solving, Mary has ruined the show, Elementary is better, the previous episode/season was much better. So this "open letter" is nothing new, even though the writer seems to think he's written something profound.
Do other shows bring out the crazies? I'm trying to think of a situation where I would beg the makers of a show I don't like to stop making it - that's just nuts! I hope they do give us more Sherlock because I miss it so much, but I wouldn't dream of demanding certain things from the writers. I have complete faith that I'll love whatever they choose to give us.
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Post by onebluestocking on Feb 8, 2018 17:45:03 GMT
Neither of which Moffatt wrote, incidentally. I've never understood people's dislike of him.
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