the lady and the tiger -- sorry, hound
Jan. 11th, 2012 02:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensMy resolutions to avoid buying lots of new beads in the New Year are not being helped by various stores with online presences having new year sales and sending me invitations to same. (We will see where this one goes.)
It's interesting to see some of the online discussion regarding Sherlock, and A Scandal in Belgravia vs The Hounds of Baskerville. Some people are declaring the first story magnificent, and the second much worse. Others vice versa. I think it's because they are different kinds of story. One's a character study, and the other is more of an action romp. Those who prefer the first type of story are finding the first episode much more to their taste, and vice versa. (I happen to prefer Scandal in Belgravia, but Hounds of Baskerville was also excellent. It just didn't hold me quite as glued to the television.)
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‘In the meantime you should try and forget your troubles, Frodo. I do not know if I can do anything to help you; but I will whisper this in your ears. Someone said that intelligence would be needed in the party. He was right. I think I shall come with you.’
So great was Frodo’s delight at this announcement that Gandalf left the window-sill, where he had been sitting, and took off his hat and bowed. ‘I only said I think I shall come. Do not count on anything yet.’
-- The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
It's interesting to see some of the online discussion regarding Sherlock, and A Scandal in Belgravia vs The Hounds of Baskerville. Some people are declaring the first story magnificent, and the second much worse. Others vice versa. I think it's because they are different kinds of story. One's a character study, and the other is more of an action romp. Those who prefer the first type of story are finding the first episode much more to their taste, and vice versa. (I happen to prefer Scandal in Belgravia, but Hounds of Baskerville was also excellent. It just didn't hold me quite as glued to the television.)
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‘In the meantime you should try and forget your troubles, Frodo. I do not know if I can do anything to help you; but I will whisper this in your ears. Someone said that intelligence would be needed in the party. He was right. I think I shall come with you.’
So great was Frodo’s delight at this announcement that Gandalf left the window-sill, where he had been sitting, and took off his hat and bowed. ‘I only said I think I shall come. Do not count on anything yet.’
-- The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
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Date: 2012-01-11 07:20 am (UTC)As you say, they were simply different in its very core. I am usually more suited for character studies than action, but I still enjoyed the Hound tremendously. Maybe because it was - in a way - a great character study, too.
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Date: 2012-01-11 09:42 am (UTC)