Two installments in, and I can say that the Steven Moffat-Mark Gatiss
"Sherlock" series on the BBC is a distinct pleasure - and, despite
modern tech trappings, much closer to the source material than last
year's Victorian Era-meets-"The Wild Wild West" popcorn-muncher
directed by Guy "Mr. Madonna" Ritchie with Robt. Downey and Jude Law
as Holmes and Watson. I will admit to enjoying the Holmes movie and
the characterizations by Downey and Law as pure entertainment, but
Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes and Martin Freeman's Watson are much
more engaging, multi-layered, and vulnerable. Plus, the first ep ("A
Study in Pink") was tightly, artfully and whimsically directed by Paul
McGuigan, whose "Gangster #1" was at least as good as any of Ritchie's
brutish British crime thrillers. And yesterday's ep "The Blind Banker"
might have been even better, since it didn't have to deal with
introductions and could get right into the mystery. One more to go
next Sunday, although I hear that three more 90-minute episodes are
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