After two years of waiting, we have taken a parallel side step that still propels us forwards.
经过两年的等待，我们终于再一次迎来了《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.
这次90分钟的事件是非常绝密的，在BBC1频道和英国电影院播出之前，都不能有相关的内容透露出来。《神探夏洛克：可恶的新娘》的观众满意度很高，尽管剧本很好，但还是觉得有些任性。剧本犀利，叙事纠结，偶尔喜剧，而且在新颖、兴奋的方式中切入人物的内心。
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.
当然，我们已经对这部经典剧作的人物相当熟悉了，包括他们是怎么一步步走下来的。编剧史蒂文·莫法特(Steven Moffat)和马克·加蒂斯(Mark Gatiss)不可思议地做出了有趣和大胆的尝试（同等程度）。夏洛克和约翰代表过去，福尔摩斯和华生代表现在。本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇(Benedict Cumberbatch)仍旧出演这个梳背头、彬彬有礼、充满机智的福尔摩斯，经常敷衍了事，却又不失才华。同时华生又是一个充满失意的角色，他有绅士的荣誉，更多人性的观察，甚至连他自己都不知道他是福尔摩斯不可或缺的伙伴——真正关心他的朋友在这里，有着坚定不移的感情，关键时刻你们还是看得出来的。
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.
众所周知，这是一部富有电影风格的电视剧，所以《可恶的新娘》院线上映就有了足够的理由。这部影片在导演道格拉斯·马金农指导下看起来非常棒，多亏了艺术指导Arwel Jones和服装设计Sarah Arthur确保整部影片看起来像回到了维多利亚时代。尽管是旧时代的背景，但也不会影响你对这个故事的理解。这一集节奏较快，是一部兼具动作冒险和时尚元素的惊悚鬼片，还有其他情感联系隐藏其中。
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.
有许多深入人心的地方。本质上是揭示了维多利亚时代的性别政治，有时在笑声中戛然而止；而对其他人来说是情感悲剧。在预告片中，没有哪一个人物的出现是故意设定的。新的图形设计十分巧妙机智，也可能就是故意要给经典原作来一个颠覆性的包装（设计）。每个小时都有我们渴望讨论的话题，但这只不过是一个无剧透的评论，就当时一种品味。
We wouldn't want the series to do this forever, but we'd gladly visit again, from time to time.
我们不希望这个系列永远像这样子做下去，不过我们还是很乐意去看这部电影的。
原文：SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
出处：http://www.sherlockology.com/news/2016/1/1/abominable-bride-review-010116
译者：@EdShen_南陳太子深
