Well I have my own theory.
I'll skip the part with the ball because that's one thing you all pointed out.
Spoiler:
Back in the days when I was reading the books by Sir A.C.D I always wondered about one sentence.
Holmes to Watson "And I just send the final latter in this affair"
Later on Watson gets called back, while climbing the path towars the Platform of the Reichenbach Falls, by a young boy.
He was holding a telegraph for Dr. John H. Watson.
From that point on I was convinced that Holmes send that letter and that he was ALWAYS aware and had planned everything out.
He didn't want his friend to see him die.
Well the Sherlock Holmes in the current time and place WANTED exactly the opposite. He wanted Watson to wittness his death so that the last offical source could give the right statement.
Molly must have been included into Sherlocks plans and was instructed to call Watson away. So that Holmes can take proper arrangemwents while talking with Moriarty.
Telling Watson that everything that the paper stated was right, was part of the plan to make him confused, to get him into a certain state of mind that could be interpreted as confused. And seeing his friend jump while beeing confused leads to a bigger shock.
Sherlock knew that he can't fool a Watson, because this man is the best doctor in and around London. So he had to play this little trick to get him confused.
The location choosen, right atop a hospital, was part of the plan. Moriarty killed himself and Sherlock just had to follow his plan. Jump. With the right training and wait for it there will be some hidden technique from many years ago that allows someone to survive this.
BUT my favourite theory is:
He never actually jumped.
Yeah there was the ball okay. But it's way to obvious for Sherlock Holmes to use such a simple trick.
Well that would be the case if they haven't slacked off with the viewers beeing idiots and weren't able to follow the whole story.
I asked some people after watching the series and they all stated "Dude that's way to complicated"
Suggesting that the producer heard that thousand of times, and one time to much he finally made Sherlock into something that every child could follow.
If the rubber ball theory is true. I am really upset.
Oh yeah and on the other hand:
THIS SHERLOCK IS A NUTJOB!
The original Sherlock Holmes always used topnotch equippment. He stepped above the law to protect it. He always stepped in for the rightous. This one simply follows the law. Uses normal technology that everyone else has at hand.
I mean come on!
I like the show it's just that it totally feels wrong seeing it.
Comparing everything to the old cases makes me sad. It lost its charm.
It can't compete with the show with the brilliance and the fun that the original Sherlock Holmes showed every time.
It can't put that smile on my face that I had every time I nearly got it and was prooven wrong.
Just by a simple mistake.
This show grands mercy for mistakes... It's way to normal.
And come on a gay looking Moriarty? o.O
That man was as much a genius as Sherlock Holmes himself.
He was the Sherlock Holmes of crime but always beeing a gentleman like Holmes.
This one is a sorry excuse of an mastermind.
Holmes to Watson "And I just send the final latter in this affair"
Later on Watson gets called back, while climbing the path towars the Platform of the Reichenbach Falls, by a young boy.
He was holding a telegraph for Dr. John H. Watson.
From that point on I was convinced that Holmes send that letter and that he was ALWAYS aware and had planned everything out.
He didn't want his friend to see him die.
Well the Sherlock Holmes in the current time and place WANTED exactly the opposite. He wanted Watson to wittness his death so that the last offical source could give the right statement.
Molly must have been included into Sherlocks plans and was instructed to call Watson away. So that Holmes can take proper arrangemwents while talking with Moriarty.
Telling Watson that everything that the paper stated was right, was part of the plan to make him confused, to get him into a certain state of mind that could be interpreted as confused. And seeing his friend jump while beeing confused leads to a bigger shock.
Sherlock knew that he can't fool a Watson, because this man is the best doctor in and around London. So he had to play this little trick to get him confused.
The location choosen, right atop a hospital, was part of the plan. Moriarty killed himself and Sherlock just had to follow his plan. Jump. With the right training and wait for it there will be some hidden technique from many years ago that allows someone to survive this.
BUT my favourite theory is:
He never actually jumped.
Yeah there was the ball okay. But it's way to obvious for Sherlock Holmes to use such a simple trick.
Well that would be the case if they haven't slacked off with the viewers beeing idiots and weren't able to follow the whole story.
I asked some people after watching the series and they all stated "Dude that's way to complicated"
Suggesting that the producer heard that thousand of times, and one time to much he finally made Sherlock into something that every child could follow.
If the rubber ball theory is true. I am really upset.
Oh yeah and on the other hand:
THIS SHERLOCK IS A NUTJOB!
The original Sherlock Holmes always used topnotch equippment. He stepped above the law to protect it. He always stepped in for the rightous. This one simply follows the law. Uses normal technology that everyone else has at hand.
I mean come on!
I like the show it's just that it totally feels wrong seeing it.
Comparing everything to the old cases makes me sad. It lost its charm.
It can't compete with the show with the brilliance and the fun that the original Sherlock Holmes showed every time.
It can't put that smile on my face that I had every time I nearly got it and was prooven wrong.
Just by a simple mistake.
This show grands mercy for mistakes... It's way to normal.
And come on a gay looking Moriarty? o.O
That man was as much a genius as Sherlock Holmes himself.
He was the Sherlock Holmes of crime but always beeing a gentleman like Holmes.
This one is a sorry excuse of an mastermind.
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