Somewhere in my Youth or Childhood, I was Badly Misunderstood

[steepholm]

I just had to stop watching the last Sherlock, after it became clear that it was going down the road of...



... his being accused of a crime he did not commit. It's a type of plot I just can't enjoy. I'm moderately good at handling violence, and conflict is fine, but I find increasingly that extended misunderstandings, and false accusations above all, are horribly stressful. This is especially true if they never get resolved - which is one reason why I'd rather watch The Winter's Tale than Othello.

No doubt it reflects some childhood trauma, but am I alone in this reaction?

Comments

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Did you really think that was going to be anything but trash? It might have been interesting if the premise had been that Sherlock was one of the private detectives the Marquis of Queensbury had hired to prove Wilde was a god damned somdomite, but that would never occur to Hollywood.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Ah, I should have made it clear that I'm not talking about the Robert Downey Jr version (which I saw over Christmas, and quite enjoyed - though I could have done with more detecting and fewer action sequences), but rather the finale of the second series of the BBC Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch.