After two years of waiting, we have taken a parallel side step that still propels us forwards.
經過兩年的等待，我們終于再一次迎來了《神探夏洛克》新的一季。
What transpires in this 90 minutes was so top secret the press weren't allowed to view the completed episode before its first airing on BBC One and in UK cinemas. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is crowd pleasing and rather self indulgent (while all the better for it), razor sharp in the scripting, tangled in the narrative, occasionally broad in the comedy, all while capable of cutting to the heart of the characters in new and exciting ways.
這次90分鐘的事件是非常絕密的，在BBC1頻道和英國電影院播出之前，都不能有相關的內容透露出來。《神探夏洛克：可惡的新娘》的觀眾滿意度很高，盡管劇本很好，但還是覺得有些任性。劇本犀利，敘事糾結，偶爾喜劇，而且在新穎、興奮的方式中切入人物的內心。
Indeed, the characterisation is resolutely familiar to the canon stories, while also forging ahead with the characters as we know them in the series. It's an incredible feat by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, playful and daring in equal measure. Sherlock and John are gone, Holmes and Watson are instead present and correct. Benedict Cumberbatch is a stiller presence as this version of Holmes, clipped, often polite and full of acid wit, but still frequently curt and losing none of the brilliance. Watson meanwhile is a boiling kettle of frustration coupled with gentlemanly honour and more human observation, clearly essential to Holmes in ways even he does not realise - there is genuine concern for his friend here, both emotional and stern, and not unwilling to stage an intervention when necessary.
當然，我們已經對這部經典劇作的人物相當熟悉了，包括他們是怎么一步步走下來的。編劇史蒂文·莫法特(Steven Moffat)和馬克·加蒂斯(Mark Gatiss)不可思議地做出了有趣和大膽的嘗試（同等程度）。夏洛克和約翰代表過去，福爾摩斯和華生代表現在。本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇(Benedict Cumberbatch)仍舊出演這個梳背頭、彬彬有禮、充滿機智的福爾摩斯，經常敷衍了事，卻又不失才華。同時華生又是一個充滿失意的角色，他有紳士的榮譽，更多人性的觀察，甚至連他自己都不知道他是福爾摩斯不可或缺的伙伴——真正關心他的朋友在這里，有著堅定不移的感情，關鍵時刻你們還是看得出來的。
Always known as a television show rich in cinematic flair, The Abominable Bride ramps this up still further in full justification of its cinema release. This episode looks utterly ravishing in the hands of director Douglas Mackinnon, not least thanks to the work of production designer Arwel Jones and costume designer Sarah Arthur in ensuring that the world onscreen feels truly Victorian. Despite the old-fashioned looks though, there's no way you could mistake this story as glacial in the telling. The episode features some rollicking, action packed adventure, fashioned around a genuinely chilling ghost story that has other concerns bubbling along under the surface.
眾所周知，這是一部富有電影風格的電視劇，所以《可惡的新娘》院線上映就有了足夠的理由。這部影片在導演道格拉斯·馬金農指導下看起來非常棒，多虧了藝術指導Arwel Jones和服裝設計Sarah Arthur確保整部影片看起來像回到了維多利亞時代。盡管是舊時代的背景，但也不會影響你對這個故事的理解。這一集節奏較快，是一部兼具動作冒險和時尚元素的驚悚鬼片，還有其他情感聯系隱藏其中。
There are numerous other observations that rocket to mind. It is intrinsically a cutting look at Victorian gender politics, sometimes in laugh out loud, show stopping form; in others, emotional tragedy. Appearances of numerous characters who never appeared in the trailers is a very conscious decision. The new, period ways of implementing the trademark onscreen graphics are works of subtle, clever genius. At times, it intentionally plays as a subversive package of greatest hits from the canon. And everything that occurs after an hour in we're simply desperate to talk about. But this is a spoiler-free review, and that first reaction is one to savour.
有許多深入人心的地方。本質上是揭示了維多利亞時代的性別政治，有時在笑聲中戛然而止；而對其他人來說是情感悲劇。在預告片中，沒有哪一個人物的出現是故意設定的。新的圖形設計十分巧妙機智，也可能就是故意要給經典原作來一個顛覆性的包裝（設計）。每個小時都有我們渴望討論的話題，但這只不過是一個無劇透的評論，就當時一種品味。
We wouldn't want the series to do this forever, but we'd gladly visit again, from time to time.
我們不希望這個系列永遠像這樣子做下去，不過我們還是很樂意去看這部電影的。
原文：SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
出處：http://www.sherlockology.com/news/2016/1/1/abominable-bride-review-010116
譯者：@EdShen_南陳太子深?
