new Sherlock

It's on right now, but as usual the cable company's HD to analog converters are screwed up. All I see is a dark pixelated screen with no motion. No sound, of course.

There are three of them in the series broadcast on the BBC earlier this year:

Also various related websites which you might enjoy.

Regards, Martin Brown

Saw it - quite by chance - and liked it too.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Looks interesting. Thanks (also to John ofcourse).

Go HDMI into a big LCD screen. It will change your life.

John

I had an employee once, an engineer, who belonged to a Sherlock Holmes society. They met a few times a year, had a banquet, and tried to stump one another with obscure questions about the various stories.

John

If you liked the first then you'll love the xecond and third. I believe they have signed up for a second run.

Cheers

Ian

Great. Three isn't enough.

John

Not really. I don't watch much TV, and I don't really want to after working as a TV broadcast engineer for so many years. I see every mistake & technical error, which makes it not worth while. More often than not, I just listen to the TV. I have two wide screnn TVs with HDMI inputs. One died and I didn't even bother to switch them out.

Just download the torrents - they have been available for months

The irony being that in both the original and the new Watson is back from being wounded in the war in Afghanistan.

And still can't decide in which shoulder.

John

I thought it was his leg (hence the stick)?

Nial.

Funny in the Russian serial of Conan Doyle (c)1980 they didn't use the word "Afganistan" but replaced it with the vague word "East".

In the politically correct version of our days, Dr. Watson has to be a human rights activist working in Afganistan.

Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant

In the original stories, it was a Jezail bullet wound to one shoulder, but it's opposite shoulders in various stories. In the new TV version, Watson indeed has a shoulder wound; Sherlock immediately spots it, and also comments that the leg problem is psychosomatic. Watson later abandons the stick while chasing a bad guy.

Ripping good stuff.

John

Except he isn't. Army doctor

Yes. The modern Sherlock series is refreshingly real and upbeat, unlike most of the recent british teevee mysteries, which are all gloomy and cynical and full of neurotic, repulsive characters, like Linley and Wallander and what's-her-name.

And Watson isn't suffering from post-combat shock. He misses it. Politically Incorrect.

John

'Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome', a very real and serious mental health issue among returning soldiers. Made even worse by improved medical aid in a war zone where a wounded soldier's chances of survival are higher than in the past. A lot of them have 'TBI" (Traumatic Brain Injury) which requires them to relearn a lot of basic skills including speech and walking. A lot of permanent memory loss occurs, as well.

IIRC recent research suggests that being caught in an explosion, even if not immediately injurious, can cause subtle brain damage.