New Sherlock series equating Asperger's with sociopaths?

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07 Feb 2012, 6:34 pm

So much about the second series went as far as it could go, left me wondering how they could possibly keep it good. But I really liked it.



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07 Feb 2012, 7:06 pm

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Did anyone else get the feeling that the directors and the actors were desperately TRYING to portray "APERGEEEER'S!" in Sherlock, especially in the last season? The last season was too...different from the first. It frankly made me uncomfortable. Could it be that perhaps they're trying to give viewers a glimpse ("...a tiny GLIMPSE, Sherlock!" Couldn't help myself...:P) of Sherlock's internal emotional life, and develop him as a character? Maybe that's why I don't like it as much. They just made him seem so exaggeratedly "alien" for a bit, then they gave him these emotions....doesn't fit together. Or is it just me?


Having him walk into the apartment carrying a harpoon, covered in blood, and complaining about how no taxi would give him a ride seemed to be trying a bit too hard. It's difficult to imagine anyone with AS, no matter how oblivious they are to social rules, being so dense as to do that. (It was a neat reference to "The Adventure of Black Peter," though.)



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08 Feb 2012, 12:06 am

Jory wrote:
Quarky wrote:
Did anyone else get the feeling that the directors and the actors were desperately TRYING to portray "APERGEEEER'S!" in Sherlock, especially in the last season? The last season was too...different from the first. It frankly made me uncomfortable. Could it be that perhaps they're trying to give viewers a glimpse ("...a tiny GLIMPSE, Sherlock!" Couldn't help myself...:P) of Sherlock's internal emotional life, and develop him as a character? Maybe that's why I don't like it as much. They just made him seem so exaggeratedly "alien" for a bit, then they gave him these emotions....doesn't fit together. Or is it just me?


Having him walk into the apartment carrying a harpoon, covered in blood, and complaining about how no taxi would give him a ride seemed to be trying a bit too hard. It's difficult to imagine anyone with AS, no matter how oblivious they are to social rules, being so dense as to do that. (It was a neat reference to "The Adventure of Black Peter," though.)


I thought it was supposed to be a joke.



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03 Mar 2012, 5:15 am

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
Jory wrote:
Quarky wrote:
Did anyone else get the feeling that the directors and the actors were desperately TRYING to portray "APERGEEEER'S!" in Sherlock, especially in the last season? The last season was too...different from the first. It frankly made me uncomfortable. Could it be that perhaps they're trying to give viewers a glimpse ("...a tiny GLIMPSE, Sherlock!" Couldn't help myself...:P) of Sherlock's internal emotional life, and develop him as a character? Maybe that's why I don't like it as much. They just made him seem so exaggeratedly "alien" for a bit, then they gave him these emotions....doesn't fit together. Or is it just me?


Having him walk into the apartment carrying a harpoon, covered in blood, and complaining about how no taxi would give him a ride seemed to be trying a bit too hard. It's difficult to imagine anyone with AS, no matter how oblivious they are to social rules, being so dense as to do that. (It was a neat reference to "The Adventure of Black Peter," though.)


I thought it was supposed to be a joke.


^This. I also amuse myself by making deadpan jokes that in some way highlight my social awkwardness. My close friends get it, others not so much.

Also, and maybe I missed someone else saying it, but John Watson even says "Aspergers" in S2E2. So, uh, yes, I certainly did get the feeling that the directors and actors were trying to portray Aspergers. :wink:



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03 Mar 2012, 12:15 pm

In all reality it is just a t.v show, so I would not get too hung up on it......if it bothers you that much I am sure there are some other t.v shows you might like better.


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