{"id":675,"date":"2012-01-10T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/sherlock\/"},"modified":"2012-01-10T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:00:00","slug":"sherlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/sherlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Last week, the beginning of BBC\u2019s \u201cSherlock\u201d second series aired.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a1ea6323-5ca6-46a2-9a37-0e218e389065\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7PhzRmUD4mI?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7PhzRmUD4mI?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It is an awesome show, taking the normal \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d formula and taking it to the 21st century. It\u2019s also some of the best writing in TV that I\u2019ve seen for a long time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It\u2019s written by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Moffat\">Steven Moffat<\/a>, the guy behind a lot of Dr. Who shows and Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cThe Adventures of Tintin\u201d, and he did a brilliant job in reimagining Sherlock Holmes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It\u2019s a completely different TV show, since every episode is about 1h30 (instead of the more normal 20 or 40 min format), and it requires people actually paying attention, since it\u2019s paced so fast that you get lost in the complicated plot easily. It also features the normal BBC quality in terms of cinematography, which is quite refreshing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So, it\u2019s definitely worth a look!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">On other news, there\u2019s a new blog post up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spellcasterstudios.com\/\">Spellcaster Studios<\/a>, about path-finding and my experience with <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/recastnavigation\/\">Recast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton675\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fshadowcovenant.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F01%2F10%2Fsherlock%2F&amp;text=Sherlock&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal&amp;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fshadowcovenant.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F01%2F10%2Fsherlock%2F\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the beginning of BBC\u2019s \u201cSherlock\u201d second series aired. &#160; It is an awesome show, taking the normal \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d formula and taking it to the 21st century. 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