My favorite sequence in a Sherlock episode is when he was shot and has to decide whether to fall forward or backwards, then the viewer is taken thru the stages of what it's like to have been shot.
The scene is nicely done, but there's one thing very annoying, that ruins it for me. There's litterally no point in deducing if the bullet passed through. If it didn't, yes it's good to fall backwards, but if it did, doesn't really matter what you choose, so he might as well fall backwards anyway.
@@LechuvPL Found this after googling (which you should do if you have questions or think something is illogical): "Exit wounds tend to be larger than entry wounds. That being the case, if you have to have one or the other wound pointing down, with gravity draining blood from the body, you want it to be the smaller wound. So, if there had been an exit wound, you would want to fall forward. Since there was no exit wound, the only one he had to worry about was the entry wound, hence his decision to fall backwards." Sounds reasonable to me, hbu?
KindessisEternal I never liked Sherlock, it only had 2 stand out moments that I thought were good, the first being the first episode and the second being the funny stupid visual stuff, like when he sits down and waves his hands around
It's incredible that you made this video in such a short period of time. I know it's not very "business", but some more Sherlock analyses would be awesome, in particular his "mind pallette", like in the wedding episode and when Mary shoots him. This is already quite a bit like that, but a more deconstructed version of that if you will. Congratulations on one million dude! You deserve it every bit
This is, from a technical perspective, the best episode of the series--overall terrific editing, framing, control of lighting, pacing, positioning, etc etc etc. Far superior quality of filmmaking than I anticipated--and the previous episodes had already set such a high standard!
I thought he was shooting heroin. Pretty sure they say 'smackhead' at some point. Plus you can see its brown, the colour of heroin. And a spoon is shown, which is what people use to turn it into liquid
+Salty Taco they both give you physical, and generally shitty withdrawals and therefore they both work for the plot device. But that aside in my personal opinion I think the show only depicts him as doing heroin. Coke gets you super up and stimulated, and I don't remember any scenes where he was very stimulated seeming when he was apparently on drugs. Also just seeing the drug den at the beginning of season 3 I think it is; it's a total opium den everyone is just laying there, and when they woke him up he just seemed high on some opioid, very relaxed, and spacey.
this episode completely caught me by surprise because i absolutely hated the first one in season 4 and i thought that the series couldn't really recover if they stayed down the same path. But oh boy i was wrong i loved this episode and it makes me wonder what happened between creating the first and second to make such a change in quality IMO.
The first one was written by Mark Gatiss,who also plays Mycroft, the second by Steven Moffat. The third is writen by both and has a different director too,it probably gonna be good.
Thisath Ranawaka i don't even think i'm going to watch the next season of doctor who because last season was really not good and i saw the trailer for the Christmas special and i lost all hope.
Sherlock is brilliant. Totally brilliant. I keep coming back to it, and it just keeps getting better. The effects and story this season are so beautifully done, friken leaves me breathless
Great! Yet I have to say this is not the best "thought" moment of this show. I recommend Series 3, Episode 2. (Spoilers ahead) The moment Sherlock realizes there is a murderer at the wedding is, without a doubt, the most achieved and better realized moment in that show. You see how Sherlock goes from nothing to "Someone will die at this wedding and I know who will" in a matter of minutes.
I think when they keep their motive simple, they do better. A single case as the focus, with things going on in the background that all ties together in the finale.
Yes! They tried to be too clever with the writing previous episode! I really didn't buy the Mary/Spy story. It was too convoluted as a plot. And the scenes in I guess India felt like a massive detour. It is nice to see another location but it all felt so unecissary. They should've stayed in London. Although that was not the biggest problem with the episode. And Mary's death scene was the stupidest and most easilly avoided death ever. I get what they were trying to do, trying to show how overly cocky Sherlock has gotten. But I really don't buy that the whole police force, Watson, Mary who is a intelligent spy and Mycroft and his national security team just stood there and let the Norbury just stand there with a gun and all.
I'm completely agree, i mean only with see this video you can evidence how amazing the serie is, and also the way sherlock solve a mystery has always a little bit of surprise that makes you feel very exciting and anxious for knowing the final result.
Episode 3 had a bunch of clumsy shit that made the episode difficult to enjoy :( 1. Sherrinford puzzles ended up being so cheesy, think of Eurus installing flat screen TVs in a bunch of interconnected rooms so she can use them to terrorize her brothers later 2. And who was there dropping the strung up men from the ropes when Eurus pushed her little buttons anyways? 3. Imagine Eurus ordering a custom engraved Molly-sized coffin on ebay, and then installing a camera in her flat 4. Imagine Eurus loading the three men's unconscious bodies into a chopper and flying them over to the burnt down Holmes estate, chaining John to the bottom of a well, installing more flatscreen TVs, making sure John and Sherlock both have their ear mics in 5. Imagine Eurus then going up to her room to wait for that hug she's wanted for 20 years 6. Imagine Mary before her death trying to figure out how to time her posthumous DVD delivers perfectly And don't get me started on how the smartest woman to supposedly appear on the show so far is just a broken little girl whose brother didn't play with her enough
Imagine Mycroft suddenly turning into a giant pussy out of nowhere and crying because he doesn't want to kill someone OWAIT. Totes sure Mycroft never ever ever ordered any dangerous covert ops that would certainly have gotten people killed. /s
I cried for months when Sherlock’s brother said “Goodbye, brother mine”... it still makes me sad, don’t know why, I don’t have a brother nor a sister... did someone else experienced this?
Dimitri Bitu If you read how his character was described physically in the original story "The Dying Detective", they pretty much nailed him with Toby.
The story in which this episode is based is, in fact, The DYING Detective. There are subtle hints at said name in the episode itself, and the character Toby plays was taken directly from the source material. He is basically described as a little, nearly bald, fat man with a creepy-ass smile.
yeah like jellyberg said: you learned something. And just because Sherlock uses that kind of style of filmmaking, doesn't mean its the best and should always be used. IMO it's just one clever way the creator of the series expressed what is going in Sherlocks mind, it fits to the idea behind this character and his stories :)
Don't worry, just piling up original gimmicks is not the same as creating a good movie. This is why a movie like Fight Club, as fancy as it seemed in the beginning, did not mature very well. Also keep in mind that the main thing Sherlock shows is how original its creators are. The early episodes were about telling the Holmes stories in a modern way, but not anymore... So maybe a less original idea which expresses more clearly the point you have (and of course: having a point at all) can be the better solution for a movie than the perfect three minutes of visual wankery.
No, oh god no. SHerlock is a wizard not a detective. You can like it but to think it's the best show ever made? Damn, Walter White was more believeble as a "detective" and he was just a chemestry teachet who cooked meth!
care to provide some evidence for that? Or is your comment itself 'overly emphatic bullshit' in a bid for some kind of pathetic sense of intellectual superiority?
Sergeant Pickles When a guy says that a basic shot-reverse shot followed by a piece of cloth falling at the back of the screen is "the best leapfrog transition of all time" then you know something's wrong. I don't understand how people fall for such artificial devices such as those used in both the Sherlock series and this video. I like some of the nerdwriter's videos, and I consider some of them to be actually great. But, as a rule, half of them or more are just pretentiously delivered bullshit. But I guess that's what happens when you give yourself only one week (or in this case, two days) to write and edit a video essay.
Scenes like this are exactly what elevate this show to such an incredible level. Each 90 minute episode is so brilliant that I could put it up with the greatest detective movies of all time. The wait is well worth it each season.
I think that the most amazing part is that everything that you dissected and explained to us was actually relayed to us subliminally during the episode. Viewers understood, but I doubt any of us could have articulated what we were watching. You helped us put it into words. Good job!
The stories behind every new episode become more and more unreal. Same with the characters' motivation. Like to get Watson back Holmes did drugs, trapped himself into the killer's hands just to be saved by Watson in the very last moment, relied on Watson's predictivity to get that mic... And these are just some of many. You really say wow by looking at great visual solutions, but then again you've got a sour feeling that overall it's a BS.
Same here, I thought this last season was really the last straw. Problem with Moffat, as always -- does great individual episodes (like Blink, and a Study in Pink), but when he tries going for all-encompassing story arcs it's just a major disaster. Every. single. time.
I'm in film school at the moment and everyone adores the way this series is filmed. It's inventive and clever and not much is executed without brilliance.
WOW! finally this video is back! I was searching for this for a few years, I heard that BBC had youtube take it down for violation of their copyright! its great to watch it again!
Sherlock is a masterpiece in all departments, the acting, the amazing scripts and of course the original and always fresh filmmaking that has stayed consistent since the first series. This series deserves so many awards
this episode has always been one of the best throughout the whole series! which triggers another question: *when will we get season 5* ... great video!
Congratulations on one million subscribers Evan , my film professor introduced you to our class a while back and since then your videos give me something to look forward to on Wednesdays. Keep up the fantastic work!
i watched this before i watched sherlock a few months ago. i was bored and had nothing to do so i started watching the show last week and i'd like to thank past me for skipping around youtube instead of studying
This is what makes Sherlock Sherlock. The incredible cinematography, shots, angles, perspectives, transitions, everything. It's just amazing. LOVE IT! Great video explaining this!
This is the best channel on youtube imo, This guys channel is soooo soooo underated when you look at the quality of his content. A true gem this channel is.
Totally better than GOT. GOT went off the rails around Season 4, when they stopped following the books, and it's been all downhill since then. Such a waste of fantastic actors, sets, and cinematography, when the writing has been absolute crap!
Sherlock is the most overrated show on TV. Totally enjoyable but far away from storytelling like in GOT. The pacing is awful, the charakters overacting constantly, nobody seems like a real person and sherlock is the personalised deus ex machina.
you have accomplished your vision. i have already recommended your channel to a friend because its something ive never seen before on TV or UA-cam. you analyze things in a way that is filled with depth, knowledge and sensitivity. The way in which you easily transmit this to the audience is truly amazing. The quality of the videos is always the best. Keep going, i am officially your fan.
I love how this episode was released on my birthday because it was so good. Especially the ending I was floored. This video just puts the cherry on top of what was already a fantastic cinematic experience.
I'm amazed of how good the editing and writing is in all this channel's videos. Plus this episode of sherlock came out like a week or two ago. You work incredibly fast, specialy considering how good the result is.
I feel like the people who don't like this show are the people that watch it, don't understand it, go on the internet for explanations, and still don't understand it. Then get mad and say it's bad because their simple minds can't perceive such a show
alec bizhan like If you watch this show to feel sophisticated and complex you chose the wrong one buddy, in terms of complexity in terms of storyline as you interpret it is alike orphan black
When watching the episode, I couldn't help notice that characters were constantly placed in medium close-ups right at the edge of the frame - the cinematography throughout was fantastic but this was what interested me most. Could you possibly do a video on the cinematography of Sherlock? It's been consistently great since episode 1 but the latest episode makes for a brilliant case study.
This is EXACTLY why this episode was my favourite. Not only did this ep have all the crazy amount of energy in it like the fall scene or the ‘I am sher locked' scene or the ‘it's on...the tip...of my tongue' scene but it was also so outstandingly well made!!!! It's extraordinary!!!!!!!
Wow! That was a very impressive video about the detailed ways the creators of Sherlock show thinking!! 3 min 42 seconds. I'm blown away by both the creative minds behind Sherlock and your brilliant explanation of it! I've just discovered your channel and am now a new subscriber. Can't wait to watch more!
I'll just place that famous 4chan critique of Sherlock here just in case it hasn't been brought up: (Sherlock wasn't a good show) Because it has smart characters written stupidly. Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men is a smartly written smart character. When Chigurh kills a hotel room full of three people he books to room next door so he can examine it, finding which walls he can shoot through, where the light switch is, what sort of cover is there etc. This is a smart thing to do because Chigurh is a smart person who is written by another smart person who understands how smart people think. Were Sherlock Holmes to kill a hotel room full of three people. He'd enter using a secret door in the hotel that he read about in a book ten years ago. He'd throw peanuts at one guy causing him to go into anaphylactic shock, as he had deduced from a dartboard with a picture of George Washington carver on it pinned to the wall that the man had a severe peanut allergy. The second man would then kill himself just according to plan as Sherlock had earlier deduced that him and the first man were homosexual lovers who couldn't live without eachother due to a faint scent of penis on each man's breath and a slight dilation of their pupils whenever they looked at each other. As for the third man, why Sherlock doesn't kill him at all. The third man removes his sunglasses and wig to reveal he actually WAS Sherlock the entire time. But Sherlock just entered through the Secret door and killed two people, how can there be two of him? The first Sherlock removes his mask to reveal he's actually Moriarty attempting to frame Sherlock for two murders. Sherlock however anticipated this, the two dead men stand up, they're undercover police officers, it was all a ruse. "But Sherlock!" Moriarty cries "That police officer blew his own head off, look at it, there's skull fragments on the wall, how is he fine now? How did you fake that?". Sherlock just winks at the screen, the end. This is retarded because Sherlock is a smart person written by a stupid person to whom smart people are indistinguishable from wizards.
amazing. Well, I guess not really amazing, because being smart isnt, really. the thought the person put into this is good, but you have to remember, the majority of the world is stupid. Thats why bad tv shows and bad movies are hugely popular and get famous and large credit. I think moffat and gattiss know that, so they only add a smidgen of Sherlocks true brilliance, because, lets be honest... they wouldnt get as much attention if they made facts and sherlock's intelliegence the main interest of the series. people wouldnt watch it and they wouldnt have money left. There are no limits for Sherlock, but there are for BBC. Ive never heard of the show "No Country for Old Men" before- Im guessing thats because its not exactly popular.
"No Country for Old Men" is a 2007 movie based on the book of the same name, directed by the Coen brothers. Wisecrack did a Thug Notes episode on the book. It was awarded Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. I highly recommend you to give it a watch.
I totally agree with what +danshyu wrote. This is basically why I don't like the series that much. All these "smartness" actions are just totally invented out of nothing in a very cringy way. It is just lacking in realism so much that it could be considered a superhero tale. Smart persons aren't people who scan their surroundings like a scanner or some shit, they think throughly about how to act with little information they have. Nevertheless, and the same applies to Dr. House (very similar just a little bit more realistic), in order to like this series you have to get rid of your smartassness for a second and just enjoy as the storyline proceeds. You have to fully ignore your cognitive dissonance if you want to enjoy more things in life. Usually you end up liking movies/things that you would have never thought of. Of course some criticism is good, but you have to at least try with everything. While the show lacks in realism it has other good aspects that 'smartass' movies don't have.
Really a prick for calling a movie unpopular because reality check, it really isn't with main stream people,it may have won an oscar but just like many others, it didn't become a classic and therefore unless you were born in the late 80s and got to watch in cinemas, you'll probably never hear of it.
This critique, while not entirely wrong, remains only superficially true in one part. It ignores that the point of departure in this specific rendition of Sherlock Holmes, according to its writers, is that Sherlock really isn't genius-smart, but more book-smart. He doesn't have a record-breaking IQ, just vast knowledge of obscure facts and a very good eye for detail. I agree, though, that the way Sherlock is filmed sometimes makes an ordinary thought process seem much flashier. It turns the whole thing into self-parody, a dig at generations of fans obsessed with the "genius" of a man who hoards hyper-specific information and processes them in a logical/pragmatic way, like everyone should, except they don't, which's why he's "great" etc.
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I love the take on cause and effect used in Sherlock, it’s so blatantly obvious but it’s like it’s hiding in plain sight and furthers the sequence in such an organic fashion
Nerwriter! I've always wanted to do something like this...dissecting things, making an essay and showing the inner-working that makes a material so great. You inspire me man!
This is BY FAR my favourite video by Nerdwriter1 ever. I always come back to this video when I need to get someone hooked onto this channel. The editing, script, and overall everything, is top notch here.
When these new episodes came, I was unable to watch them for 2 weeks. My friend asked that why won't I just watch them from my phone? This is why. It would be incredibly disrespectful to the makers of this amazing show to watch it from a screen that's only a few inches. These episodes are damn art
Started watching this and slowly it dawned on me that this was an episode I hadn't seen yet. I have never shut my laptop so quickly before lmfao. the first 15 seconds were great though 😂
I absolutely loved Sherlock and how it mapped out his thoughts... I also liked the Robert Downy Films for the same reason, but for the combat. How he would plan out his attack in slow motion before showing it in real time. In the second one, it used that magnificently to show how Moriarty was his equal by having them both planning their attacks on each other and countering them, and having that connect to their verbal chess match they had played. I believe something like that but with the reasoning thing that Sherlock has in the show, but I can't remember when
Your Voice is so soothing you’re one of the few UA-camrs I can listen to late at night because you don’t wake me up with harsh tones when I want to be in a sleepy mood.
I appreciate the technique, but my impression is that the show is becoming self-indulgent. The ending of the special ("The Abominable Bride") was the peak of this tendency. I'd prefer tighter, more down-to-earth approach with complex solid plots. To me they start jumping the shark with this oneiric stuff.
The only thing I disliked about this video is the fact that CGI was treated like its the flashy thing you add when something is missing. CGI is a tool, it can be great if used correctly or shit if not
Maybe I'm just spoiled, but I don't see what's so great about the scene. I'm not saying it isnt very nicely done, understandable and pleasing to view, I just don't see why it warrants so much praise. Anybody want to enlighten me?
Bowfry Frenchtie I completely agree. It was a very competently done scene, without a doubt. But that's about it, honestly; I could find more standout examples in a number of movie and shows.
Jonathan Jafari Is it safe to say the plot suffers? There's no firm stream that keeps the water together. Aesthetics blur the very comprehension of the viewer, who DOES recognise the value of the style but does not get what he was looking for. And from here on, you can question everything - the motives of the creators, the business behind it, the purpose...
congratulations on the 1,000,000 subscribers! you're one of my favorite channels - i always look for your videos :) don't change/add too much in your quest to make better videos; we all love you for what you've alreayd been doing. you rock and keep it up :D
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yeah i love that part of the episode, i rewind it like 7 times just to grab all the info, from story to film to inside things to understanding it etc. fantastic
"hey, how should we end the series?" "how about we almost completely remove the stuff that makes Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, replace it with a cop-out resolution to the conflict that doesn't even make any sense with what's going on in the rest of the episode, then have a transparent and shallow attempt to manipulate the viewer's emotions without really doing anything to earn such a shift, to make the ending seem better than it was." "sounds good to me!"
Amazing analysis! I was so taken into the storyline that even my interests in film-making were absolutely forgotten and I couldn't notice this brilliance.
The greatest part of Sherlock is the cinematography. There's great writing, great acting, and great score, but the cinematography and direction really takes the cake, which is why I love the show so much compared to other shows. I'm really gonna miss it.
My favorite sequence in a Sherlock episode is when he was shot and has to decide whether to fall forward or backwards, then the viewer is taken thru the stages of what it's like to have been shot.
IKR!!!!!!
The scene is nicely done, but there's one thing very annoying, that ruins it for me. There's litterally no point in deducing if the bullet passed through. If it didn't, yes it's good to fall backwards, but if it did, doesn't really matter what you choose, so he might as well fall backwards anyway.
@@LechuvPL Found this after googling (which you should do if you have questions or think something is illogical): "Exit wounds tend to be larger than entry wounds. That being the case, if you have to have one or the other wound pointing down, with gravity draining blood from the body, you want it to be the smaller wound. So, if there had been an exit wound, you would want to fall forward. Since there was no exit wound, the only one he had to worry about was the entry wound, hence his decision to fall backwards." Sounds reasonable to me, hbu?
@@pietergoweiler5095 Makes sense, thanks!
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Great video Nerdwriter, congratulations on 1M subscribers!
Sherlock great, keep that shit up
This is the official Sherlock account .. Awesome
Sherlock no waaay they saw your video Nerdwriter1!
Nerdwriter should probably pin this comment! :)
I can't believe, it's you...
I kept saying "brilliant" during this episode. Even to an amateur like myself, this was one of my favorite episodes so far because of how it was shot.
scarred child What episode was this?
H the Kid if im not mistaken, its the last or the second last episode of sherlock
@@mortasque second last
That episode was fantastic. Congrats on one million!
weird, I just came form one of your videos. The world is a small place since the internet came around I guess.
wauw wat ben jij goed
Hahaha die naam heb ik sinds ik 13 ben geloof ik. binnenkort ben ik 20 dus ja die jonge bestaat niet meer alle geluk
which episode was it?
haha welkom, ben zelf ook al 20. toen ik 13 was heb ik ook een hoop domme namen bedacht waar ik het liever niet over wil hebben ;p
I think this is why I like "Sherlock" more that "Elementary", it just has so much depth rather than a straightforward mystery.
KindessisEternal and the acting is far superior
KindessisEternal I never liked Sherlock, it only had 2 stand out moments that I thought were good, the first being the first episode and the second being the funny stupid visual stuff, like when he sits down and waves his hands around
Elementary is nowhere near Sherlock. They aren't even in the same league.
It just happens to be both are based on Doyle's works. That is it.
Jack Hail To The Kid you trolling?
Elementary is a pretty good show but it’s more about a smart detective and not about Sherlock Holmes
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Wimbledon Tennismatch?
Bagabook Cabbagepatch?
Barbeque Cobblermuffin?
During that scene, all I could think was the person he wanted to kill was his dentist.
Or Captain America.
Or a detectorist
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When he said "it's impossible to have one name" I thought "Beyonce"
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It's incredible that you made this video in such a short period of time. I know it's not very "business", but some more Sherlock analyses would be awesome, in particular his "mind pallette", like in the wedding episode and when Mary shoots him. This is already quite a bit like that, but a more deconstructed version of that if you will.
Congratulations on one million dude! You deserve it every bit
Oh shit, my bad. *Mind palace.
Sherlock is a filmmaking master class.
Lmao
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Seasons 1 & 2 yes. 3 & 4 were garbage, fan catered.
This is, from a technical perspective, the best episode of the series--overall terrific editing, framing, control of lighting, pacing, positioning, etc etc etc. Far superior quality of filmmaking than I anticipated--and the previous episodes had already set such a high standard!
Better put a big SPOILER tag in the beginning!
Ludix147 Is this from the new season? what I seen so far is quite unfamiliar.
Thahir Almurisi yes it is, and I have not yet seen the new season..
I mean, kind of, it's in like the first 15 minutes of the episode at most if I remember correcly, in the story ark it's basically the premise
there is no spoilers in the video ... its the synopsis of the episode
Ludix147 actually he doesnt spoil anythig
I thought he was shooting heroin. Pretty sure they say 'smackhead' at some point. Plus you can see its brown, the colour of heroin. And a spoon is shown, which is what people use to turn it into liquid
I just looked it up and, in the show, Sherlock does use Heroin and not Cocaine despite what Doyle had written. Great video netherless!
but heroin does not do the same to you as cocaine
In the Conan stories he also uses morphine. Heroin is essentially morphines older more potent cousin. I mean the chemical name is diamorphine.
Sherlock uses both morphine and cocaine.
+Salty Taco they both give you physical, and generally shitty withdrawals and therefore they both work for the plot device. But that aside in my personal opinion I think the show only depicts him as doing heroin. Coke gets you super up and stimulated, and I don't remember any scenes where he was very stimulated seeming when he was apparently on drugs. Also just seeing the drug den at the beginning of season 3 I think it is; it's a total opium den everyone is just laying there, and when they woke him up he just seemed high on some opioid, very relaxed, and spacey.
this episode completely caught me by surprise because i absolutely hated the first one in season 4 and i thought that the series couldn't really recover if they stayed down the same path. But oh boy i was wrong i loved this episode and it makes me wonder what happened between creating the first and second to make such a change in quality IMO.
Both the writer and the director of each episode were different, this probably played a role on the change of quality
Nick the Geek oh i never knew that i hope the 3rd episode will be as good as the second
The first one was written by Mark Gatiss,who also plays Mycroft, the second by Steven Moffat. The third is writen by both and has a different director too,it probably gonna be good.
Not that I think this, but apparently Gattiss episodes tend to be not as good, it's the same in Doctor Who. I don't mind, I just want mind fuck.
Thisath Ranawaka i don't even think i'm going to watch the next season of doctor who because last season was really not good and i saw the trailer for the Christmas special and i lost all hope.
Sherlock is brilliant. Totally brilliant. I keep coming back to it, and it just keeps getting better. The effects and story this season are so beautifully done, friken leaves me breathless
Great! Yet I have to say this is not the best "thought" moment of this show. I recommend Series 3, Episode 2. (Spoilers ahead)
The moment Sherlock realizes there is a murderer at the wedding is, without a doubt, the most achieved and better realized moment in that show. You see how Sherlock goes from nothing to "Someone will die at this wedding and I know who will" in a matter of minutes.
I know! I love all scenes in Sherlock, to be honest. Brendicle Crumplesnitch portrays Sherlock perfectly.
@@yaraf.1108 xD I love every remake of Benerikt Crambletatch's name
@@Blought0 same 😂
That’s my favorite episode
i agree!! that has to be my favorite episode of the entire show but that scene specifically is absolutely incredible
You finally reached 1 million subscribers!!!! Congrats man!!!!
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Leedle he's the King of Wakanda that's his thing
I literally scroll through comment sections whenever a vid concerns movies looking for The Black Panther.
Vincent Adultman well.... here I am!
King of Wakanda Because of Extra Credits
The first episode of the season wasn't the best start, but this episode sure redeemed it! Also, congrats on 1 mil! :D
IKR I'm just not sure, if I like the "reveal" at the end.
Yes the first episode was a mess story wise. The writers got themselves over the head. But the directing has constantly improved however in this show!
I think when they keep their motive simple, they do better. A single case as the focus, with things going on in the background that all ties together in the finale.
Yes! They tried to be too clever with the writing previous episode! I really didn't buy the Mary/Spy story. It was too convoluted as a plot. And the scenes in I guess India felt like a massive detour. It is nice to see another location but it all felt so unecissary. They should've stayed in London. Although that was not the biggest problem with the episode. And Mary's death scene was the stupidest and most easilly avoided death ever. I get what they were trying to do, trying to show how overly cocky Sherlock has gotten. But I really don't buy that the whole police force, Watson, Mary who is a intelligent spy and Mycroft and his national security team just stood there and let the Norbury just stand there with a gun and all.
KillJoii Would you recommend this series?
"...Private Detective, Sherlock Holmes."
Private Detective, Sherlock Holmes
*Private Detective, Sherlock Holmes*
*Private Detective*
*_Private Detective_*
-consulting detective-
I literally just commented this as well!
What I was thinking the entire video
Jsskdjakd thats what I was thinking
Legit commented the same thing lmao
I've always heard great things about Sherlock but this video has convinced me that I need to watch it.
The first three seasons are phenomenal
You'll be disappointed past season 2...they sacrificed writing for ramped up editing and cinematography imo.
Kiri Suta But I'd still highly recommend it
FatMonkey 4 First 2 seasons sure, but for writing anything after that is really not good.
I'm pretty sure I need to start watching Sherlock.
I'm completely agree, i mean only with see this video you can evidence how amazing the serie is, and also the way sherlock solve a mystery has always a little bit of surprise that makes you feel very exciting and anxious for knowing the final result.
Its incredible
I don't understand the people saying epsiode 3 was better than episode 2... This episode is my favourite Sherlock episode in a long time
Same.
agree, in fact, i think the third one was horrible. Especially when contrasted with the 2 episode.
Yes!
Episode 3 had a bunch of clumsy shit that made the episode difficult to enjoy :(
1. Sherrinford puzzles ended up being so cheesy, think of Eurus installing flat screen TVs in a bunch of interconnected rooms so she can use them to terrorize her brothers later
2. And who was there dropping the strung up men from the ropes when Eurus pushed her little buttons anyways?
3. Imagine Eurus ordering a custom engraved Molly-sized coffin on ebay, and then installing a camera in her flat
4. Imagine Eurus loading the three men's unconscious bodies into a chopper and flying them over to the burnt down Holmes estate, chaining John to the bottom of a well, installing more flatscreen TVs, making sure John and Sherlock both have their ear mics in
5. Imagine Eurus then going up to her room to wait for that hug she's wanted for 20 years
6. Imagine Mary before her death trying to figure out how to time her posthumous DVD delivers perfectly
And don't get me started on how the smartest woman to supposedly appear on the show so far is just a broken little girl whose brother didn't play with her enough
Imagine Mycroft suddenly turning into a giant pussy out of nowhere and crying because he doesn't want to kill someone OWAIT. Totes sure Mycroft never ever ever ordered any dangerous covert ops that would certainly have gotten people killed. /s
A Sherlock essay was SO AWAITED. Nicely done.
Private detective? He's not a private detective. He's a consulting detective. The only one in the world - he invented the job!
Popskiptea "Do your research"
I cried for months when Sherlock’s brother said “Goodbye, brother mine”... it still makes me sad, don’t know why, I don’t have a brother nor a sister... did someone else experienced this?
oh yeah
Toby Jones was perfect on this episode.
his teeth are horrifying
Dimitri Bitu If you read how his character was described physically in the original story "The Dying Detective", they pretty much nailed him with Toby.
Is that a typo there? Or is the original named Dying Detective?
Also, how was he described there?
The story in which this episode is based is, in fact, The DYING Detective. There are subtle hints at said name in the episode itself, and the character Toby plays was taken directly from the source material.
He is basically described as a little, nearly bald, fat man with a creepy-ass smile.
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Oh wow, that's interesting.
If I want to continue reading the novel from this episode onward, what should I read?
As a filmmaker myself, this video made me hate everything I've made to this point.
AMA As a writer, this video about Sherlock puts me to shame.
come on now, you can't expect to be the best already. at least this video shows that great things are possible in the medium.
yeah like jellyberg said: you learned something. And just because Sherlock uses that kind of style of filmmaking, doesn't mean its the best and should always be used. IMO it's just one clever way the creator of the series expressed what is going in Sherlocks mind, it fits to the idea behind this character and his stories :)
jellyberg with a relatively low budget as well (minus the A list actors)
Don't worry, just piling up original gimmicks is not the same as creating a good movie. This is why a movie like Fight Club, as fancy as it seemed in the beginning, did not mature very well.
Also keep in mind that the main thing Sherlock shows is how original its creators are. The early episodes were about telling the Holmes stories in a modern way, but not anymore... So maybe a less original idea which expresses more clearly the point you have (and of course: having a point at all) can be the better solution for a movie than the perfect three minutes of visual wankery.
"A name is always two words."
... ffs, Sherlock, even you are on a first name basis with John and don't use his full name.
John Watson
Technically John Hamish Watson if you want to get specific
I think Madonna, Sting, Slash & Prince might have something to say about mononyms.
@@ColinFox those are stage names
@@peachpink2831 he said ALL names
Strebicux all of them have their real name documented, no one’s gonna search for a stage name.
You just explained why I love BBC Sherlock that much. I would even go this far an say that Sherlock is one of the best shows ever made.
No, oh god no. SHerlock is a wizard not a detective. You can like it but to think it's the best show ever made? Damn, Walter White was more believeble as a "detective" and he was just a chemestry teachet who cooked meth!
Without a doubt.
How the heck did you make this video so fast?? It only aired Sunday!
There wasn't really much going on in the video lmao
It probably only took him a day to write the script and have his editors do the editing shit.
The Dead Immortal He edits himself, but I agree that the video was very straightforward.
Because the video shows absolutely no theoretical substance at all and all the overly-emphatical praise is basically just bullshit.
care to provide some evidence for that? Or is your comment itself 'overly emphatic bullshit' in a bid for some kind of pathetic sense of intellectual superiority?
Sergeant Pickles When a guy says that a basic shot-reverse shot followed by a piece of cloth falling at the back of the screen is "the best leapfrog transition of all time" then you know something's wrong. I don't understand how people fall for such artificial devices such as those used in both the Sherlock series and this video.
I like some of the nerdwriter's videos, and I consider some of them to be actually great. But, as a rule, half of them or more are just pretentiously delivered bullshit. But I guess that's what happens when you give yourself only one week (or in this case, two days) to write and edit a video essay.
Scenes like this are exactly what elevate this show to such an incredible level. Each 90 minute episode is so brilliant that I could put it up with the greatest detective movies of all time. The wait is well worth it each season.
The last Sherlock episode was so good.
That episode was probably the best in the series.
I'd say one of the best ever. Although se1&3 were pretty special
It's up there. Hard for me to pick 1 out of Scandal, Reichenbach and The Lying Detective.
YouJustGotAnimated you clearly haven't seen the last one
+alex bizhan
I want to die because of the last episode.
You mention that episode to me or any of my sons ever again, you will be *blocked*
yes. the last episode made the whole show irrelevant.
I think that the most amazing part is that everything that you dissected and explained to us was actually relayed to us subliminally during the episode. Viewers understood, but I doubt any of us could have articulated what we were watching. You helped us put it into words. Good job!
SO happy to see somebody talking about this episode. It blew me away. Flawless cinematography.
The stories behind every new episode become more and more unreal. Same with the characters' motivation. Like to get Watson back Holmes did drugs, trapped himself into the killer's hands just to be saved by Watson in the very last moment, relied on Watson's predictivity to get that mic... And these are just some of many. You really say wow by looking at great visual solutions, but then again you've got a sour feeling that overall it's a BS.
Victor Coyenn this! I don't believe anything that anyone does anymore.
Same here, I thought this last season was really the last straw. Problem with Moffat, as always -- does great individual episodes (like Blink, and a Study in Pink), but when he tries going for all-encompassing story arcs it's just a major disaster. Every. single. time.
Absolutely agree. Moffat is the king of single episodes but in Dr. Who's case, Russell T Davis's story arcs were way more satisfying to watch.
I'm in film school at the moment and everyone adores the way this series is filmed. It's inventive and clever and not much is executed without brilliance.
WOW! finally this video is back! I was searching for this for a few years, I heard that BBC had youtube take it down for violation of their copyright! its great to watch it again!
So glad to see not everyone is negative about Series 4!! I want them to make a Series 5, and in the old style, but for that, they need some support.
That episode is my fave now and one of the (many) motivations was the cinematography and the overall editing! Breathtaking.
Sherlock is a masterpiece in all departments, the acting, the amazing scripts and of course the original and always fresh filmmaking that has stayed consistent since the first series. This series deserves so many awards
this episode has always been one of the best throughout the whole series! which triggers another question: *when will we get season 5* ...
great video!
Congratulations on one million subscribers Evan , my film professor introduced you to our class a while back and since then your videos give me something to look forward to on Wednesdays. Keep up the fantastic work!
i watched this before i watched sherlock a few months ago. i was bored and had nothing to do so i started watching the show last week and i'd like to thank past me for skipping around youtube instead of studying
Absolutely love how you explained the entire cinematography in the best 3 min 42 sec scene we will ever see on TV. Sherlock FTW 🙌
This is what makes Sherlock Sherlock. The incredible cinematography, shots, angles, perspectives, transitions, everything. It's just amazing. LOVE IT! Great video explaining this!
You are in the top 3 of my favorite UA-cam channels. It's not number one. Don't get cocky.
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This is the best channel on youtube imo, This guys channel is soooo soooo underated when you look at the quality of his content. A true gem this channel is.
Go ahead hate me, but Sherlock is the best show on TV.
Even better the GOT. gasp!
Jared StCyr I think it's about equal to Stranger Things in my opinion,
+Amber Shoffren booo
Totally better than GOT. GOT went off the rails around Season 4, when they stopped following the books, and it's been all downhill since then. Such a waste of fantastic actors, sets, and cinematography, when the writing has been absolute crap!
Sherlock is the most overrated show on TV. Totally enjoyable but far
away from storytelling like in GOT.
The pacing is awful, the charakters overacting constantly, nobody seems
like a real person and sherlock is the personalised deus ex machina.
A typical Nerdwriter1 script must look something like this:
"Detective fiction, always, turns, on, its, revelations."
you have accomplished your vision. i have already recommended your channel to a friend because its something ive never seen before on TV or UA-cam. you analyze things in a way that is filled with depth, knowledge and sensitivity. The way in which you easily transmit this to the audience is truly amazing. The quality of the videos is always the best. Keep going, i am officially your fan.
The Lying Detective is my favorite episode of sherlock and one of the reasons is the editing.
This show was created to be analysed by you, Nerdwriter 👌Wonderful!
I love how this episode was released on my birthday because it was so good. Especially the ending I was floored. This video just puts the cherry on top of what was already a fantastic cinematic experience.
I'm obsessed with Sherlock Holmes.
Episode 4.2 was one of the best Sherlock episodes ever.
I'm amazed of how good the editing and writing is in all this channel's videos. Plus this episode of sherlock came out like a week or two ago. You work incredibly fast, specialy considering how good the result is.
Well, that's the magic and genius and brilliance of NICK HURRAN! The director of this episode.
Sherlock = Best series ever
BrickTavernFilms superhero series with a taste of crime, no thanks
I feel like the people who don't like this show are the people that watch it, don't understand it, go on the internet for explanations, and still don't understand it. Then get mad and say it's bad because their simple minds can't perceive such a show
alec bizhan it is not complex, it is shown in a way to be perceived as "complex" apocalypse now is complex and suttle
alec bizhan like If you watch this show to feel sophisticated and complex you chose the wrong one buddy, in terms of complexity in terms of storyline as you interpret it is alike orphan black
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I have just discovered your channel and I'm already addicted. Great great work Nerdwriter1
sooooooooooooooooooooooo good, love the editing so much. It perfectly helps me visualise the it all
When watching the episode, I couldn't help notice that characters were constantly placed in medium close-ups right at the edge of the frame - the cinematography throughout was fantastic but this was what interested me most. Could you possibly do a video on the cinematography of Sherlock? It's been consistently great since episode 1 but the latest episode makes for a brilliant case study.
This is EXACTLY why this episode was my favourite. Not only did this ep have all the crazy amount of energy in it like the fall scene or the ‘I am sher locked' scene or the ‘it's on...the tip...of my tongue' scene but it was also so outstandingly well made!!!! It's extraordinary!!!!!!!
Sherlock is a very underrated series. It deserves way more attention and appreciation than it gets!
Now I have to watch Sherlock.
Great vide man, as always!
You totally should, it's such an incredibly remarkably GREAT show. It's my favorite show ever!
Wow! That was a very impressive video about the detailed ways the creators of Sherlock show thinking!! 3 min 42 seconds. I'm blown away by both the creative minds behind Sherlock and your brilliant explanation of it! I've just discovered your channel and am now a new subscriber. Can't wait to watch more!
SUCH A SICK CHANNEL!!!! WHO AGREES??
I'll just place that famous 4chan critique of Sherlock here just in case it hasn't been brought up:
(Sherlock wasn't a good show) Because it has smart characters written stupidly.
Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men is a smartly written smart character. When Chigurh kills a hotel room full of three people he books to room next door so he can examine it, finding which walls he can shoot through, where the light switch is, what sort of cover is there etc. This is a smart thing to do because Chigurh is a smart person who is written by another smart person who understands how smart people think.
Were Sherlock Holmes to kill a hotel room full of three people. He'd enter using a secret door in the hotel that he read about in a book ten years ago. He'd throw peanuts at one guy causing him to go into anaphylactic shock, as he had deduced from a dartboard with a picture of George Washington carver on it pinned to the wall that the man had a severe peanut allergy. The second man would then kill himself just according to plan as Sherlock had earlier deduced that him and the first man were homosexual lovers who couldn't live without eachother due to a faint scent of penis on each man's breath and a slight dilation of their pupils whenever they looked at each other. As for the third man, why Sherlock doesn't kill him at all. The third man removes his sunglasses and wig to reveal he actually WAS Sherlock the entire time. But Sherlock just entered through the Secret door and killed two people, how can there be two of him? The first Sherlock removes his mask to reveal he's actually Moriarty attempting to frame Sherlock for two murders. Sherlock however anticipated this, the two dead men stand up, they're undercover police officers, it was all a ruse. "But Sherlock!" Moriarty cries "That police officer blew his own head off, look at it, there's skull fragments on the wall, how is he fine now? How did you fake that?". Sherlock just winks at the screen, the end.
This is retarded because Sherlock is a smart person written by a stupid person to whom smart people are indistinguishable from wizards.
amazing. Well, I guess not really amazing, because being smart isnt, really. the thought the person put into this is good, but you have to remember, the majority of the world is stupid. Thats why bad tv shows and bad movies are hugely popular and get famous and large credit. I think moffat and gattiss know that, so they only add a smidgen of Sherlocks true brilliance, because, lets be honest... they wouldnt get as much attention if they made facts and sherlock's intelliegence the main interest of the series. people wouldnt watch it and they wouldnt have money left. There are no limits for Sherlock, but there are for BBC. Ive never heard of the show "No Country for Old Men" before- Im guessing thats because its not exactly popular.
"No Country for Old Men" is a 2007 movie based on the book of the same name, directed by the Coen brothers. Wisecrack did a Thug Notes episode on the book. It was awarded Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. I highly recommend you to give it a watch.
I totally agree with what +danshyu wrote. This is basically why I don't like the series that much. All these "smartness" actions are just totally invented out of nothing in a very cringy way. It is just lacking in realism so much that it could be considered a superhero tale. Smart persons aren't people who scan their surroundings like a scanner or some shit, they think throughly about how to act with little information they have.
Nevertheless, and the same applies to Dr. House (very similar just a little bit more realistic), in order to like this series you have to get rid of your smartassness for a second and just enjoy as the storyline proceeds. You have to fully ignore your cognitive dissonance if you want to enjoy more things in life. Usually you end up liking movies/things that you would have never thought of. Of course some criticism is good, but you have to at least try with everything. While the show lacks in realism it has other good aspects that 'smartass' movies don't have.
Really a prick for calling a movie unpopular because reality check, it really isn't with main stream people,it may have won an oscar but just like many others, it didn't become a classic and therefore unless you were born in the late 80s and got to watch in cinemas, you'll probably never hear of it.
This critique, while not entirely wrong, remains only superficially true in one part. It ignores that the point of departure in this specific rendition of Sherlock Holmes, according to its writers, is that Sherlock really isn't genius-smart, but more book-smart. He doesn't have a record-breaking IQ, just vast knowledge of obscure facts and a very good eye for detail. I agree, though, that the way Sherlock is filmed sometimes makes an ordinary thought process seem much flashier. It turns the whole thing into self-parody, a dig at generations of fans obsessed with the "genius" of a man who hoards hyper-specific information and processes them in a logical/pragmatic way, like everyone should, except they don't, which's why he's "great" etc.
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Thank you.
the lying detective...best episode so far !
that episode was a fcking masterpiece
I love the take on cause and effect used in Sherlock, it’s so blatantly obvious but it’s like it’s hiding in plain sight and furthers the sequence in such an organic fashion
can you make a video about La La Land and how other Movie Musicals lack better storytelling?
Now I have to watch Sherlock
Nerwriter! I've always wanted to do something like this...dissecting things, making an essay and showing the inner-working that makes a material so great. You inspire me man!
This is totally going to be someone's university dissertation 😂 great video!
It's finally back!!!
This is BY FAR my favourite video by Nerdwriter1 ever. I always come back to this video when I need to get someone hooked onto this channel. The editing, script, and overall everything, is top notch here.
When these new episodes came, I was unable to watch them for 2 weeks. My friend asked that why won't I just watch them from my phone? This is why. It would be incredibly disrespectful to the makers of this amazing show to watch it from a screen that's only a few inches. These episodes are damn art
Started watching this and slowly it dawned on me that this was an episode I hadn't seen yet. I have never shut my laptop so quickly before lmfao. the first 15 seconds were great though 😂
I have watched all the episodes of Sherlock and now I wish I could watch them again with your voiceover explaining all the art happening there.
I absolutely loved Sherlock and how it mapped out his thoughts...
I also liked the Robert Downy Films for the same reason, but for the combat. How he would plan out his attack in slow motion before showing it in real time. In the second one, it used that magnificently to show how Moriarty was his equal by having them both planning their attacks on each other and countering them, and having that connect to their verbal chess match they had played.
I believe something like that but with the reasoning thing that Sherlock has in the show, but I can't remember when
This episode is weird.. Or shall I say, STRANGE.... Pffffff..... I'll see myself out..
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Strange? Perhaps, who am I to judge?
But that hug sherlock gave at the end of the episode eases it's strangeness a but
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Your Voice is so soothing you’re one of the few UA-camrs I can listen to late at night because you don’t wake me up with harsh tones when I want to be in a sleepy mood.
Never watched an episode of Sherlock Holmes before, but now I will.
I appreciate the technique, but my impression is that the show is becoming self-indulgent. The ending of the special ("The Abominable Bride") was the peak of this tendency. I'd prefer tighter, more down-to-earth approach with complex solid plots. To me they start jumping the shark with this oneiric stuff.
Congratulations on 1m subscribers! You have some of the smartest and thought-provoking videos on the web!
The only thing I disliked about this video is the fact that CGI was treated like its the flashy thing you add when something is missing. CGI is a tool, it can be great if used correctly or shit if not
Maybe I'm just spoiled, but I don't see what's so great about the scene. I'm not saying it isnt very nicely done, understandable and pleasing to view, I just don't see why it warrants so much praise. Anybody want to enlighten me?
it's better than average shows imo
Bowfry Frenchtie I completely agree. It was a very competently done scene, without a doubt. But that's about it, honestly; I could find more standout examples in a number of movie and shows.
Jonathan Jafari Is it safe to say the plot suffers? There's no firm stream that keeps the water together. Aesthetics blur the very comprehension of the viewer, who DOES recognise the value of the style but does not get what he was looking for. And from here on, you can question everything - the motives of the creators, the business behind it, the purpose...
congratulations on the 1,000,000 subscribers! you're one of my favorite channels - i always look for your videos :) don't change/add too much in your quest to make better videos; we all love you for what you've alreayd been doing. you rock and keep it up :D
I wonder what this portion of the script looks like in print.
I'm guessing this is from the latest season? I've watched them all on netflix and didn't see this.
This is from S04E02
thanks Tim Kaiser
Micoola Well u can watch them on THE INTERNET with 123movies
Micoola go to bbc iPlayer
Yeah, why go to some dodgy website when you can get in hd and probably at a better speed, legally, on iplayer?
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0:17 I'm sorry, but I have to correct you there. It's consulting detective, not private detective.
yeah i love that part of the episode, i rewind it like 7 times just to grab all the info, from story to film to inside things to understanding it etc. fantastic
this episode made up for the shitty first one but not for the shitty last one, god damn
precisely
Totally agreed.
"hey, how should we end the series?" "how about we almost completely remove the stuff that makes Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, replace it with a cop-out resolution to the conflict that doesn't even make any sense with what's going on in the rest of the episode, then have a transparent and shallow attempt to manipulate the viewer's emotions without really doing anything to earn such a shift, to make the ending seem better than it was." "sounds good to me!"
Yes
Okay but am I literally the only person who loves the last episode?
do a video about the dark Knight!!!
Amazing analysis!
I was so taken into the storyline that even my interests in film-making were absolutely forgotten and I couldn't notice this brilliance.
The greatest part of Sherlock is the cinematography. There's great writing, great acting, and great score, but the cinematography and direction really takes the cake, which is why I love the show so much compared to other shows. I'm really gonna miss it.