10⁄24(日)よりPBSのMasterpiece Misteryにて米国放映されるBBCドラマ『SHERLOCK』ですが、一足早く、先週末開催されたNew York Comic-Conでプレミア上映があったようです。
Justpressplayによると、
“You guys are the first people in the US to see Sherlock… Legitimately.”
という紹介でSherlockのプレミア上映が始まったそうですが、Legitimately＝合法的に、って[E:coldsweats01] Geekは既にイロイロな手段で観ているだろうコトを前提にしての紹介でしょうか[E:sweat01]
他の記事などを見ても、概ね公表だったような雰囲気だと思います。USでも爆発的に人気が出たら、日本からも買い付けてくれますかね[E:bearing]
Benedict Cumberbatch is just awesome as Sherlock, pulling off a performance that is a walking contradiction. His Sherlock is cold and impersonal, yet charismatic and likable. He spouts genius out of his mouth with complete matured assurance, yet hops and slouches like a goofy kid. In Victorian era, a kook like Holmes is dismissed as a bohemian, but in a modern context, he’s called many things and denies none. A freak, a homosexual, getting off on deaths. In response to a forensics detective calling him a psychopath, he snap back, "I’m a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
Martin Freeman plays Dr. John Watson with a measure of toughness, the character being a psychologically afflicted wounded soldier just back from Afghanistan, a trait of the original Watson that’s ported very easily to the present for obvious reasons. It’s entirely too easy to play Watson as a bemused sidekick taking a backseat to Holmes’ escapades, but Sherlock stays true to the source material by making Watson an active main character and the audience surrogate, a capable and interesting character who just can’t help himself but to follow Sherlock out of curiosity and a personal rush.