Sorry, I don't know how to do spoiler tags, but your last point: I thought it was sooo obvious that it couldn't possibly be the case. I guess I outsmarted myself haha!
**that was in response to tweethummels, i screwed up the reply too.
It's a fun watch, and I got interested in the characters. I am also a huge SH fan, and love the original stories, so was a little put out at how they portrayed Sherlock and Watson. But the series is called "The Irregulars" not "Yet another Sherlock and Watson show", so just went with it.I made an attempt to watch an episode of this, but an episode is enough unless someone comes and tells me it gets a lot better... I'm just not liking the show. I'll try watching most things Sherlock Holmes related, but they don't always hit, and in this case I just don't care about any of the cast. Plus the entire thing feels like a stage play, none of these people are believable as street urchins and I can just see the staging (if that makes sense). It breaks my immersion. And I wasn't really expecting this to be historically accurate or anything, but something feels off about it even in a fantasy setting.
I don't really get who the audience for this is either. Right off the bat I would assume children due to the way this is set up, how ham-fisted the writing is, and how the young mains are portrayed. Kids shows often give off a certain vibe which this has. But this show is far too violent to be a kids show, and as a "young adult" show it's really not up to par. And I'm someone who watched all of Cursed which wasn't especially big with critics or audiences, so I don't think I have high standards or anything. I'll watch things if they're just ok if it has something which holds my interest (especially if it's fantasy or sci-fi).
But yeah, I just didn't like this. For those who continued watching, does it get better?
Hmm... I might try an episode or two more to see if it gets better then. And I'm not a Sherlock Holmes purist so don't really mind if they go off-track with that, but I guess it's good to know so I don't get too invested in John or Sherlock as characters.It's a fun watch, and I got interested in the characters. I am also a huge SH fan, and love the original stories, so was a little put out at how they portrayed Sherlock and Watson. But the series is called "The Irregulars" not "Yet another Sherlock and Watson show", so just went with it.