![]() ![]() Viewers new to the series probably found this. Back in the 1880s, with Watson as the storyteller and. After the first time slip, The Abominable Brideflirts with narrative structure more and more as it jumps between Victorian and 21st-century London. Already-converted Sherlock fans will be in heaven, while those new to this adaptation are given a self-contained story to lure them in. Season 1 Review: If it takes talent to make a good cliché work, making a bad one brilliant is Holmes-level genius. At the start, The Abominable Bride was absolutely delightful as an alt-history, meta-infused version of the Sherlock we know and love. It turns out the real culprit isn't those meddling kids but instead a cabal with aims sympathetic to modern tastes (even if their methods are suspect). Having the murderous plot at first appear like a ghost story is a fun Scooby Doo touch, too. When an inspector describes a murder scene, we see Holmes' view: He "fast-forwards" through some parts, then freezes the scene right where he needs to see something - a detail anyone else would miss. In a critical review of The Abominable Bride, Vox ’s Todd VanDerWerff made a smart point about the narrative problem Sherlock’s astounding cleverness poses. Review: 'Sherlock: The Abominable Bride' Takes Cliches and Twists Them Into Genius By Kaite Welsh Janu12:12 am History Repeating It’s a genius concept take those most modern of. The Abominable Bride might have been better if its creators were more familiar with the common foibles of fanfic as a genre. ![]() It could well stand on its own, without the series' help or notoriety. But the quick-witted chemistry between Cumberbatch and Watson is as potent in The Abominable Bride as ever, and the swooping camera injects a modern note. The Abominable Bride is a meticulously crafted, wonderfully atmospheric piece of filmmaking. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this Christmas special. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves. The vintage clothing, plot contrivances - retro politics play a big part - and crime-solving techniques are all things that any self-respecting PBS-watcher has seen on other Mystery! series. The Abominable Bride: Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. It turns out that injecting some steampunk-era technology and ghostly imagery into a Sherlock and Holmes procedural is a lot of fun. ![]()
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