Showing posts with label Sherlock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherlock. Show all posts
Saturday, 8 June 2013
Fanfiction
My favourite Sherlock fanfiction at the moment is the Cate and Mycroft series. It's brilliantly written, and has great plots. Do go and read the series - five stories are complete, and the sixth one is on. It's Mycroft-centric.
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch
Icon. Inerrant. Inspiration.
Dear God.
Just saw A Study in Pink (for the nth time). My grandmother hadn't seen it before, so, of course, it had to be put up on TV for her!
She loved it, of course. She's re-reading A Study in Scarlet these days, so she enjoyed it properly. Now she can't have enough, and she's watching The Blind Banker.
She says Benedict Cumberbatch reminds her of her favourite grandchild, my dearest cousin. Ah, well. I've always thought my cousin looked a bit like Orlando Bloom rather than Benedict Cumberbatch; but being a mathematician plus a pianist - he's certainly as intellectual as Sherlock...albeit more theoretical. The family's full of academic eccentrics.
Anyway, that wasn't the point. Found a nice article and a cool set of problems. Also, a nice collection of videos where everyone is gushing about Benedict Cumberbatch.
Need more Sherlock. Just Sherlock Season 3. Nothing else.
There's some talk of Sir Benedict being the twelfth Doctor. I don't think so, not really. In any case, I'd rather he finish Sherlock first. I adore Doctor Who, but Sherlock's just something else.
Dear God.
Just saw A Study in Pink (for the nth time). My grandmother hadn't seen it before, so, of course, it had to be put up on TV for her!
She loved it, of course. She's re-reading A Study in Scarlet these days, so she enjoyed it properly. Now she can't have enough, and she's watching The Blind Banker.
She says Benedict Cumberbatch reminds her of her favourite grandchild, my dearest cousin. Ah, well. I've always thought my cousin looked a bit like Orlando Bloom rather than Benedict Cumberbatch; but being a mathematician plus a pianist - he's certainly as intellectual as Sherlock...albeit more theoretical. The family's full of academic eccentrics.
Anyway, that wasn't the point. Found a nice article and a cool set of problems. Also, a nice collection of videos where everyone is gushing about Benedict Cumberbatch.
Need more Sherlock. Just Sherlock Season 3. Nothing else.
There's some talk of Sir Benedict being the twelfth Doctor. I don't think so, not really. In any case, I'd rather he finish Sherlock first. I adore Doctor Who, but Sherlock's just something else.
The Mysterious Appeal of Sherlock Holmes
It's true, isn't it?
You read one story, one adventure, and you're hooked on to it for life.
What makes him so attractive?
Image is from Sherlockology - link's on the right.
You read one story, one adventure, and you're hooked on to it for life.
What makes him so attractive?
Image is from Sherlockology - link's on the right.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Sherlocked.
*sigh*
I'm supposed to write a Sherlock Holmes play. Looking for inspiration.
This is lovely (from Sherlockology), but I need more material. Problem is, I am expected to write a period drama, with the Holmes of old, and I've come to think of Sherlock as Benedict Cumberbatch's avatar.
Perhaps I should try and convince the others to think about a modern Sherlock. But then, they'll say that there's too much of it at the moment, with Sherlock on one hand and Elementary on the other.
I need to stay up for a couple of hours and I'm feeling terribly sleepy. Why is it that when you need to stay up you feel sleepy the most?
Sherlock Episode 3 Season 3 will probably begin shooting in July/August. Hope they release it by fall - I know they said they won't, but I really hope they do. It is an excruciating wait, and while Sir Benedict is fantastic in a lot of places, nothing beats Sherlock.
I'm all SHERLOCKED. God help me.
How do I begin my play? Should I have an adventuress fall into Sherlock's arms much to his consternation and the bemusement of John? Or maybe Jane Doe could be a schizophrenic murderer? Should I take a page from Elementary and give him a female Moriarty? Nah. I'll use the hiatus.
I can imagine the start of the story on John's blog -
"Sherlock is not bad to look at, but it is not often that pretty young women fall at his feet. Jane Doe, however, did so. Literally.
Me and Sherlock were on our way back to Baker Street after an "absurdly simple" case (according to Sherlock, anyway; I thought it was at least an 8) which ended with Sherlock reducing two policemen to tears, when a rather attractive young woman came running at us. She skidded to a halt in front of Sherlock, grinned beatifically and threw her arms around his neck with an "Oh, darling!"
I don't think I have seen Sherlock look so flabbergasted before. He shot me a pleading a look and tried to disengage himself, but Jane Doe fainted at his feet."
I'm supposed to write a Sherlock Holmes play. Looking for inspiration.
This is lovely (from Sherlockology), but I need more material. Problem is, I am expected to write a period drama, with the Holmes of old, and I've come to think of Sherlock as Benedict Cumberbatch's avatar.
Perhaps I should try and convince the others to think about a modern Sherlock. But then, they'll say that there's too much of it at the moment, with Sherlock on one hand and Elementary on the other.
I need to stay up for a couple of hours and I'm feeling terribly sleepy. Why is it that when you need to stay up you feel sleepy the most?
Sherlock Episode 3 Season 3 will probably begin shooting in July/August. Hope they release it by fall - I know they said they won't, but I really hope they do. It is an excruciating wait, and while Sir Benedict is fantastic in a lot of places, nothing beats Sherlock.
I'm all SHERLOCKED. God help me.
How do I begin my play? Should I have an adventuress fall into Sherlock's arms much to his consternation and the bemusement of John? Or maybe Jane Doe could be a schizophrenic murderer? Should I take a page from Elementary and give him a female Moriarty? Nah. I'll use the hiatus.
I can imagine the start of the story on John's blog -
"Sherlock is not bad to look at, but it is not often that pretty young women fall at his feet. Jane Doe, however, did so. Literally.
Me and Sherlock were on our way back to Baker Street after an "absurdly simple" case (according to Sherlock, anyway; I thought it was at least an 8) which ended with Sherlock reducing two policemen to tears, when a rather attractive young woman came running at us. She skidded to a halt in front of Sherlock, grinned beatifically and threw her arms around his neck with an "Oh, darling!"
I don't think I have seen Sherlock look so flabbergasted before. He shot me a pleading a look and tried to disengage himself, but Jane Doe fainted at his feet."
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
The Blind Banker
Look what somebody gave me! It is slightly different from the actual episode, but it's great fun...I'm trying to figure out where they downloaded it from - I want this for all the episodes!
Wow, the amount of hard work that goes into these episodes is unbelievable. I applaud these guys!
Here you are - enjoy!
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
"Bow"
"Rat", "Wedding" and "Bow" - the three words given out by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Andrew Scott for the third season of Sherlock.
Like all other fans, I've been mulling over the words for ages. Now that the names of the first two episodes of Season 3 are out ("The Empty Hearse" and "The Sign of Three"), I'm dying to know the third.
"Bow" is a bit ominous. And so this this image I chanced across.
Both Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman look great...but it's so sombre that it makes my imagination run wild. They look so serious...and sad...and...bereaved. Is Sherlock telling John that he is retiring/going away forever? *shudder* I hope not.
But then again, I have no idea which episode this image will correspond to - and thus, hope springs eternal. Maybe it is simply Sherlock explaining his time away to John...or why he jumped.
In other news, I am planning to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness for the fourth time today. I'm just a very minor Trekkie, really, never went all the way to learn Klingon and stuff and didn't like Star Trek: The Next Generation with Captain Picard...but The Wrath of Khan was my favourite earlier, and now, Into Darkness is just so, so brilliant and it overtakes all others by leaps and bounds. Even with the ordinary lines given to Khan, Benedict Cumberbatch simply steals the show. For the first time, I paid more attention to someone other than Spock (not that this reflects badly on Zachary Quinto; he was as great as ever).
A couple of great articles on Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek that I read recently - here and here. There's a superb interview here.
Seriously, the man needs to be knighted right away - he seems so perfectly charming and courteous!
Like all other fans, I've been mulling over the words for ages. Now that the names of the first two episodes of Season 3 are out ("The Empty Hearse" and "The Sign of Three"), I'm dying to know the third.
"Bow" is a bit ominous. And so this this image I chanced across.
Both Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman look great...but it's so sombre that it makes my imagination run wild. They look so serious...and sad...and...bereaved. Is Sherlock telling John that he is retiring/going away forever? *shudder* I hope not.
But then again, I have no idea which episode this image will correspond to - and thus, hope springs eternal. Maybe it is simply Sherlock explaining his time away to John...or why he jumped.
In other news, I am planning to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness for the fourth time today. I'm just a very minor Trekkie, really, never went all the way to learn Klingon and stuff and didn't like Star Trek: The Next Generation with Captain Picard...but The Wrath of Khan was my favourite earlier, and now, Into Darkness is just so, so brilliant and it overtakes all others by leaps and bounds. Even with the ordinary lines given to Khan, Benedict Cumberbatch simply steals the show. For the first time, I paid more attention to someone other than Spock (not that this reflects badly on Zachary Quinto; he was as great as ever).
A couple of great articles on Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek that I read recently - here and here. There's a superb interview here.
Seriously, the man needs to be knighted right away - he seems so perfectly charming and courteous!
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