{"id":1798,"date":"2013-08-23T20:28:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T00:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2014-01-21T12:48:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T17:48:54","slug":"9-0-sherlock-bbc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2013\/9-0-sherlock-bbc-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"9.0 Sherlock (BBC TV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sherlock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC goodness with a genius hero who seems to have Asperger’s syndrome and is only tolerable alongside his quietly charming sidekick. Together they are dynamite. <\/p>\n

The Guy Ritchie movies that I love so well (as I do all things Guy Ritchie) actually complement the vision of the BBC show, sharing enough to make them an expansive terrain but bringing such a different set of creative elements that neither really interferes with the other. <\/p>\n

In the end, it comes down to Benedict Cumberbatch<\/a>, a genius playing a genius…<\/p>\n

WEIGHT-LOSS-HAIR-DYE-BO-TOX-AFFAIR!<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC goodness with a genius hero who seems to have Asperger’s syndrome and is only tolerable alongside his quietly charming sidekick. Together they are dynamite. The Guy Ritchie movies that I love so well (as I do all things Guy Ritchie) actually complement the vision of the BBC show, sharing enough to make them an … Continue reading 9.0 Sherlock (BBC TV)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-tv-shows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-t0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2005\/guy-ritchie-classic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1798,"position":0},"title":"9.5 Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels","author":"m","date":"July 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"We went back and dug this one up following our recent obsession with rhyming slang, and were NOT disappointed - the DVD extras include a Cockney Rhyming Slang dictionary! 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