Sherlock

[Novia]

I am pretty sure the third series hasnt come out yet

[Emily]

Yeah, but at least they're filming it! It'll be out soon! Like November or something, I don't know really…

[Khanh]

It was supposed to be November but I've heard news of them pushing it back to maybe Jan 2014 :( Either way, filming it is good news :D

[Sinda]

I thought it came out on September 15th.

[Emily]

I don't think they've released the exact date. But they'll be filming the third one soon! I don't know if this is old news or not, but they've released the titles for the first two episodes: The Empty Hearse and The Sign of Four. Can't remember if it was in this group or not, but I was telling somebody what a great episode The Sign of Four would be!

[[deleted user]]

Okay well I started on the weekend I saw A Study in Pink and The Blind Banker and they were amazing just so awesome fantastic and funny and mind blowing.

I keep seeing Bilbo though.

Ok I need some info here so my friend told me there's an episode with a prostitute and I was wondering how far that episode goes. Because Sherlock is rated M, and I watch with my mum, plus I have a little brother, so if that episode goes a bit weird she probably won't find it appropriate. So can you guys please let me know if that episode is appropriate for teenagers and also what its called, thanks :)

[Novia]

I wouldn't call Irene Adler as prostitute. She has more class simply a prostitute.

I love that episode...very funny

[Emily]

I hate that episode. It's the first one of the second season. Irene Adler, the Woman, is naked half the time! It's not even funny until the very end. I would watch the first five minutes (for the cliff hanger) and then maybe the last 15 or so. How old is your brother?

[Pamela Su]

Well, I finally watched A Study in Pink, The Blind Banker and midway through The Great Game.

I love Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock. Freeman is a good foil for him without coming off like an idiot. He makes a likeable and good Watson.

I am, however, perplexed by the camera work and someone's love of having random soft focus shots of scenery. I don't understand the overuse of the soft-focus filters. It seems completely unnecessary and serves no story-telling purpose whatsoever and it is distracting! *grumble*

[Emily]

Kinda like the lens flares in Star Trek xD

[Pamela Su]

I didn't notice the lens flares, so in my book, it's nowhere near as pointless. :)

[Emily]

YOU DIDN'T? There are so many in both the new Star Trek movies! It's kind of hilarious! It's like, I can't even see what's going on here!!

[Pamela Su]

I noticed some lens flares but they weren't as distracting as the soft-focus filters.

Besides, I was too busy drooling over Benny in the newest Star Trek movie. :)

[[deleted user]]

My brother is ten. He might not be there though. When you say she's naked for half the episode, a) do you see anything innapropriate? and b) is that all I have to worry about?

[Pamela Su]

Oh pfft. With all the talk about Irene being naked, I thought there would be actual nudity. It's just walking around without clothes on but with all the important bits (top and bottom) fully obscured.

I don't think there's anything to be really worried about. However, I'm not a parent so I don't know if your parents would freak out over this episode. Also, my moral compass is less likely to spin madly over beautifully flawless, voluptuous flesh in a scene that's not particularly sleazy or cheap. :)

I probably wouldn't let a 10-year-old boy watch it, but again, it really depends on how the family as a whole handles these types of things. I have a friend who lets her kids watch whatever they want (I don't necessarily agree with this) and the kids seem perfectly fine to me.

There's nothing particularly salacious in the episode and everything was tastefully done, in comparison to that dominatrix episode from CSI which had no nudity and definitely more tease in it. If you were allowed to watch that episode (assuming your family watches CSI at all), then this episode should be totally fine.

I rather liked the episode and I was amused by the Bee Gees scene.

[Emily]

I personally found the episode rather offensive. It's inappropriate to show naked people on tv no matter what is "covered" and what isn't. Especially for as long as she is in the episode! You should warn your parents about the bad stuff before watching it so they know what to expect and under no circumstances should anyone under the age of 14 should watch it.

[Novia]

if your brother is ten...I think he shouldn't watch it.

[Emily]

Absolutely not.

[Emily]

The show is rated PG-14 right?

[Pamela Su]

PG-whatever are just arbitrary ratings set by some random board who make up rules based on their own value system.

Edit: One of my little hot topics - arbitrary value systems. You can see my scorn for the people who decide these ratings. :D

I view these ratings more as suggestions than a hard rule. Ultimately, it should be up to the parent to decide what is appropriate for their kids to watch. Not that all parents are able to make wise decisions, but ah well. We're pretty resilient beings as a human race.

Another edit because I forgot to add: Totally agree with Ebony in that if your family would not be very accepting of nudity (even if tastefully covered), then it would be best for you to skip this episode altogether.

Perhaps have your mother preview the episode first so she can decide if it's something you can watch or not.

[Emily]

Yeah, a lot of parents make bad decisions about tv. Many use it as a distraction for the kids while they cook dinner or whatever. I'm just like, tell them to go read a book already!! We hardly ever watched tv when we were younger. And to be honest, we totally looked down on people who did xD

[Sinda]

I find that PG-14 can be extremely varied. Some of those have such a small amount of adult content it could be considered PG, easily. Yet others seem like they should be at least 16+. People need to rate things wiser.

[Emily]

There needs to be more levels of ratings

[Sinda]

Yeah. That would help. Like rating things out of 10 rather than 5.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks guys youre all awesome thanks so much
I think what I'll do is tell her about it then she can make up her mind

[Emily]

Sounds like a plan :)
What we did (although we weren't expecting all that stuff we mentioned) was just watch the episode once so we have the info, but not rewatch it when we rewatch the seasons. And I don't think we ever actually told our parents much… since we borrowed the DVDs it didn't seem important…. Hmmmm

[[deleted user]]

I want to start watching it =D sounds interesting