• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        7 months ago

        why does he dislike it? (the video is almost 2 hours long i aint watching all that).
        i disliked it cos i like sherlock holmes, and this wasnt it. and the over-emphasis on moriarty.

        • segfault11 [she/her, any]@hexbear.netOP
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          7 months ago

          there’sa lot of reasons but the two big ones I remember are that they like to do foreshadowing for things that never end up happening, and in the end he always solves the mystery with clues that are never shown to the audience until the end

          it also has a lot of smuglord bazinga very-intelligent that i guess was impressive to audiences of its time but in hindsight is fucking annoying

        • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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          7 months ago

          You’ve basically got it! Your complaints are shared entirely by hbomb. He also draws parallels to other terrible shows that had Moffatt as showrunner (the shittiest Doctor Who episodes and a terrible Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde show that everyone mercifully forgot about)

          • Andrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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            7 months ago

            Moffat has written some truly terrible TV but he was also responsible for many of the best Dr Who episodes, and the Matt Smith era holds up very well imho. Did you ever see Moffat’s Dracula — I think that was the show that best captured his duality as it contained both his best and worst aspects.