Happy New Year… Miss Me?
January is one of those months that really just lead to the rest of the year for me. Nothing interesting ever happens to me in the month of January and from the typically dismal New Years Day to the very last day of the month it has always been dull. This year has been a little different. I still hate January but I’ve had a couple of distractions, which have helped me pass the time towards February.
At the start of the month of gloom I’ve been watching TV and like half the planet I love the TV series Sherlock. If you are one of those people, that for some reason have failed to watch the show, it’s a modern take on Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
If you don’t know what that is then you really need help!!!
At the start of January I was lucky to meet some of the cast of Sherlock. But sadly Sherlock himself Benedict Cumberbatch and Watson played by Martin Freeman was unable to attend the reception for the shows Season 3 finale but the rest of the cast however were in attendance which was great.
Meeting the cast was a real thrill for me as a fan but season 3 of Sherlock was less than satisfying for me with much less detective work and mystery that for me had made the show so interesting to watch. It changed and become more self-indulgent and comical. Also, the two years that had passed since season 2 finished had clearly allowed Sherlock to find a zany personality with a more character driven narrative that was very different to the style that I had preferred.
The new super baddie of Charles Augustus Magnussen played by Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing) was fairly cold and scary but like most of Steven Moffat’s characters, they fail to get used properly and finish before they get started. He had such potential and could have been a fantastic replacement to the amazing Moriarty played by Andrew Scott. However, the tease that the character of Moriarty might be coming back in an exciting cliffhanger for the confirmed season 4 promised at the end of this year.
Sherlock, Season 3 was good but not the show I was expecting and had been waiting a long time for.
Next, my short holiday…
M