Tag: casuals

jvhnlck:

Does anyone else have the same conversation with casual viewers about season four of Sherlock? All of them I talk to disliked this season, hated Eurus, are glad Mary died, and wish Moriarty would come back because they love Andrew playing him so much. I’ve had this conversation now four times with very different viewers/people.

I’ve not talked to a casual viewer who liked s4. Some of my friends watch the show irl and they all thought s4 was poorly written, didn’t make sense, not the same show, etc. to some degree. Basically all the stuff we’ve been saying here for 8 months.

A view from a casual perspective

welovethebeekeeper:

Just home from a professional dinner/awards do. I met up with a friend who I only see occasionally and she watches BBC Sherlock but is not in the fandom. She’s a casual and loves talking to me as she is amazed by my obsession with Holmes and Watson. Anyway, tonight she made a bee line for me and asked me WTF had happened to the show. She herself was disgusted with the inconsistencies of the characters, and the about face in the narrative. Her view had been that Sherlock was gay, any viewer who didn’t see it was choosing not too, he was heartbroken over John marrying, and that S4 would have seen Mary turn into a kickass villain. I of course spoke with passion about my opinion of S4 (she was somewhat alarmed at my vehement hatred of the writers) but finally, as if to counsel me she laid her hand on my arm and said; the obvious answer is the writers were stopped from finishing their story, as S4 was so much in opposition to the 3 seasons preceding it, that it was a fuck you to someone. And that the ‘terrible last ep’ was a parting fart as they walked away. This from a 50 year old psychologist, with zero knowledge of all our ideas and viewpoints, does not know Moffat or Gatiss, and who just watched the show as pure escapism.

Sigh!! Just wanted to share.

shinka:

and dont get me started on the casual audience who has already moved on. they watched tfp like ‘wow that was bad’ and moved on to other shows. there are many many other tv shows and sherlock is not exceptional if you’re a casual viewer. people will laugh at how bad it is and then forget and move on.