Sherlock is
a British-American crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark
Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as
Doctor John Watson. Nine episodes have been produced, aired as three series in
2010, 2012 and 2014 respectively, while a special episode aired on 1 January
2016. A fourth series has been commissioned, to begin filming in April 2016,
for an intended 2017 release. The series is set in the present day, while the
one-off special partly features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the
original Holmes stories. Critical reception has been highly positive,
with many reviews praising the quality of the writing, performances, and
direction. Sherlock has been nominated for numerous awards including: BAFTAs,
Emmys, and a Golden Globe, winning several awards across a variety of
categories. The show received the most wins at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
including Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for
Moffat, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Cumberbatch, and
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Freeman. In
addition, the show was also honoured with a Peabody Award in 2011. Sherlock
depicts "consulting detective" Sherlock solving various mysteries in
modern-day London. Holmes is assisted by his flatmate and friend, Dr. John
Watson, who has returned from military service in Afghanistan with the Royal
Army Medical Corps. Although Metropolitan Police Service Detective Inspector
Greg Lestrade, and others are at first skeptical of Holmes, over time his
remarkable intellect and powers of observation persuade them of his value. In
part through Watson's blog documenting their adventures, Holmes becomes a
reluctant celebrity with the press reporting on his cases and eccentric
personal life. Both ordinary people and the British government ask for his
help. Although the series depicts a variety of crimes and perpetrators, Holmes'
conflict with archnemesis Jim Moriarty is a recurring feature. Molly Hooper, a
pathologist at St. Bart's Hospital occasionally assists Holmes in his cases.
Other recurring roles include Una Stubbs as Mrs Hudson, Holmes and Watson's
landlady, and series co-creator Mark Gatiss as Holmes' elder brother Mycroft. I
love this show very much because I like these types of shows and books. It has
lots of mystery. It is also written very well. The writers manage to update the
stories without losing any of the charm and remaining faithful to the Conan
Doyle originals. There are some killer lines in the series. Its music is also
very beautiful. At first the main theme is a little bit odd, moving at an
awkward pace that makes you think you’re not quite going to like this. On
further listening however it is a comfortable, warm melody and you want to
spend more time with it, much like the central character. Also, I love London very
much. In conclusion, the reasons why I love Sherlock are the main character Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John H. Watson, their relationship, other characters, its story, its musics and the creators of this show.
Hi Tuğçe,
YanıtlaSilI really enjoyed reading your text about BBC’s Sherlock Holmes series. I like his relationship with the mystic stories. Besides this, I find the actors very talented such as Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and I think Jim Moriarty and Sherlock are complementary characters. As Andrew says, there is more than hatred between Sherlock and Moriarty, there is respect. Also, yes, we have the same ideas about the music of Sherlock. At first, it was like quite slow, but sometime later, I fell in love with this music especially thanks to the violin :) By the way, I like your writing structure. It is fluent and gives many information about the content of series and awards which were given to it. Additionally, you used grammar rules correctly, but it would be better if you used semi colon with the “however” in this line “on further listening; however, it is a comfortable..” but it is not a big deal :) I am waiting for your next journal, please keep writing! :)