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  1. And as a followup to our pizza discussion: Happy Pi Day! (March 14 = 3.14, sort of, approximately -- at least in the U.S.)
    3 points
  2. Hello! It's hard to believe, but in 2010-2017 this whole series passed me by. I first watched it in 2023 and mistakenly started with the pilot episode. That is, I am the only person who got to know Sherlock from the pilot, and not from the broadcast versions. I really liked the pilot. Deduction, modern details like telephones, young actors, unlike the elderly Holmes and Watson familiar from other film adaptations of ACD books - I really liked all this, and I continued to watch the series with pleasure. I watched the broadcast version of Study in Pink in full only after season 4. Undoubtedly, technically SiP is made much better. It is a gift of fate that the first series had to be reshot, because the authors saw and corrected their shortcomings. However, the script is more harmonious in the UP. I consider the late insertions - the press conference, John and Mycroft's dialogue, the taxi chase, the drug bust - successful on their own but rather unnaturally inserted into the context of the first episode. Sherlock in the UP is completely different - smiling, charming and calm. However, his appearance is less attractive. Although he is wearing the same coat, shaggy hair and jeans exclude the idea of impeccable style, which is inherent in his on-air episodes. The camera does not try to choose the most advantageous angle for BC's face, as we see it in the series itself. However, I like both versions of Sherlock - the pilot and the broadcast one. It is a joy to see the very young Martin and Benedict in their roles. I do like one little moment at the very end, when they leave for dinner, Mrs. Hudson shouts something after them, and John answers, barely holding back laughter, it turned out very sincerely.
    3 points
  3. Yes and it really doesn't matter. I wear my grey with pride!
    3 points
  4. I am new here, hello to all! This is the first time I am "reaching out" to some kind of community within the Holmesian world. I am quite pleased to be here and hopefully I will find plenty of interesting topics and conversations. My interest came to life in the 90's when I was still a child and saw the magnificent Jeremy Brett as SH for the first time. This is why he will always be the one Sherlock for me as he introduced me to the character and WAS Sherlock Holmes to me for a long time. However, the new Sherlock series got my interest to flare up again, as it is a brilliant version, and it made me to go to the source of it all. Long story short, the more you look into it, the more you'll find. Escalation of curiosity requires new forums.
    3 points
  5. Andrew has just become the fitst to win both film and theatre critics awards, in the same year, I am absolutely thrilled for him. It is so well deserved. But I bet he cried... his Mum would have loved to have seen this. x
    2 points
  6. When the phone rang this morning, I assumed it was another of those, but said "hello" anyhow, just in case -- and it was an actual real-live woman from the phone company, wanting more information on what's been happening. When I explained, she said, "Oh, we call those 'ghost calls' -- sometimes the equipment decides to pretend there's a call." They're sending a technician out tomorrow -- though those oddball problems can be hard as the dickens to pin down, so I wish them luck. Also, the problem may have evaporated already, considering that we *knock on wood* haven't gotten any "ghost calls" since just one on Saturday morning.
    2 points
  7. Welcome, Outlaw. This looks like one of those self-made books, even if it's made very well. Could be printed by an online service. Or maybe it's a bookbinder's exam piece? I doubt if you find the other piece, even if there is one at all. If you are interested in the scripts themselves, they were available online. You might look up this thread: https://www.sherlockforum.com/forum/topic/3639-sherlock-scripts-and-other-info-sources/ @Carol, Ariane made transcripts from the episodes, the original scripts (final drafts) may vary, even if it's not much in the case of Sherlock. I always wanted to see the early drafts, but they are not online AFAIK.
    2 points
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  9. This was already hard to find a Forum back then. I cannot manage more than one obsession at the same time, so I was rarely writing somewhere else and I was so happy to be here, that I didn't notice that the change was universal. I think it's places like FB that killed forums. Social media is mostly about spreading own ideas, not discussing them with others. Everybody is their own Moderator and Admin, and they make their own rules: "It's my post, I don't have to tolerate opinions different from mine." It's so boring, that one wants really to shoot some wall.
    2 points
  10. Think i mentioned this elsewhere, but I will put my fairly spoiler free review here. I saw All of us Strangers, last night. The expected Andrew Scott masterclass. But all of the performances were excellent and the casting made sense to the story. Beautifully written, shot and edited. The clever use of genre, allowed some objectivity. It will trigger some, but provide lovely memories for others. Desperately sad.
    2 points
  11. After a while, you get a feeling for it. The cheap ones, made by amateurs are not hard to recognize. Look for illogical parts. Hands were good to recognize - wrong number, unnatural positions etc. Leia's left hand and the white finger on her right look strange. Then, there are illogical details- e.g., chairs or tables, the number and position of the legs - because AI doesn't understand how those pieces work. Clothing: does it work? are buttons where they are supposed to be, do they have respective buttonholes? Here we see the creases of Leia's dress look odd, esp. the left sleeve. The window in the background: even an unskilled painter wouldn't make a mistake like this. Usually, AI cannot write, here I suppose the letters were added later, and the perspective is a bit off. As for how it works. The algorithms analyse pictures available online and learn how things look like. What is a horse? Shapes, colors, positions, it's not totally unlike the way we learn to paint by looking up photographs and pictures made by others. They also learn about styles, like what is a style of a particular artist (and here is where the copyright problems start), what is an aquarell, pastell etc. Then they learn by being used by ppl online: what variations they chose, what is considered as good looking etc. So the artists are also training partners. The descriptions (aka prompts) are a whole science. There are all kinds of rules, a lot of experimenting. Getting what you really want can take hours and hard work. The problem that I see is that you also can get bad images pretty quickly and ppl seem not to care. I'm regularly spammed at FB by such images and some are ridiculous. Ppl believe they are real photos though. Which is a huge field for fakes and a reason I got allergic to AI images after a short period of fascination. Recently I read that AI images flooded the net to the extent, that the algorithms started to learn from them and that caused the mistakes to cumulate. šŸ¤Ŗ So maybe AI turns to be useless.
    2 points
  12. Looks like an AI-image.
    2 points
  13. A random thought about storytelling that came to me while vacuuming: Already in my twenties, I concluded that the main difference between fiction and reality is that a story has to make sense and have a point. And today my brain added: Maybe that's why we are so obsessed with stories: They are an attempt to make us believe, that there is some sense and meaning to our lives.
    2 points
  14. Okay, guys, it's really a long time since I've been so impressed with someone THAT much. Like a BC-level of being impressed. Like I-need-to-share-it-or-I-will-burst kind of impressed. It's an hour-long interview, but I think it's worth listening even if you don't know him or haven't watched a single episode of TWD. Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso - Jon Bernthal https://talkeasypod.com/jon-bernthal-replay/
    2 points
  15. I found this on Facebook, it was too funny not to share: https://www.facebook.com/charleskie.reblora/videos/595393552522207/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
    2 points
  16. An interview in The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/20/mark-gatiss-id-be-the-first-naturist-doctor-that-would-scare-away-the-daleks
    2 points
  17. Knock knock. Whoā€™s there? A little old lady. A little old lady who? Wow, I didnā€™t know you could yodel.
    2 points
  18. And in fact, the first Star Trek pilot rather famously ended up being an episode as well (two, actually) in spite of very major changes. Waste not, want not.... šŸ˜„
    2 points
  19. Welcome Ioanna! I think she means trying to tack additional minutes onto a finished episode, as happened with the pilot . Sure, there are some scenes and cuts theyā€™d want to flesh out, but at some point it probably becomes tedious.
    2 points
  20. Maybe it's a golf ball factory, so when they test their golf balls...... šŸ˜Š
    2 points
  21. You sure this doesn't belong in the WTF thread? Moral of story: Don't spit while committing a crime.
    2 points
  22. I'm thinking of ideas for a new tattoo, and I had the thought: In a world where Sherlock is tatted up, what would he get to honor his friendship with Watson? I'd like to get that tattoo! It can be an image related to a case/adventure, it could be a quote, no wrong answers. I thought it might be fun to hear some ideas from my fellow Sherlock Holmes fans!
    2 points
  23. Just watching this episode from 2010... it aired 6 months before Sherlock. he plays a gay, whisky priest- great role and it's a good one! Oh, it's called The Sword of Guillame.
    2 points
  24. 2 points
  25. Ben's new project. https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1282025-benedict-cumberbatch-how-to-stop-time-series
    2 points
  26. It's raining Ben, hallelujahā€¦
    1 point
  27. Aaaand the next one. Benedict Cumberbatch to Play Pete Seeger Alongside TimothĆ©e Chalametā€™s Bob Dylan in Biopic https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/benedict-cumberbatch-pete-seeger-timothee-chalamet-bob-dylan-biopic-1234739076/
    1 point
  28. According to the article that J.P. linked to, How to Stop Time is going to be a television mini-series (6 episodes). Has anybody said where it's to be televised -- broadcast network, cable channel, streaming??? Seems like everything's on streaming these days.
    1 point
  29. You got it all in one! Exactly what I was thinking. I was inspired by a fandom video of BBC Sherlock set to the song ā€œTitanium.ā€ The lyrics were from Sherlockā€™s POV, but they could also describe Watson. And SH would not choose anything so sentimental as a picture. Heā€™d probably give himself the ink. I had a year of chemistry and it was a terrifying experience. On a whim I looked up the properties of Ti and by Jove, itā€™s perfect. that Blog line got stuck there when I cut and pasted from a webpage and I tried to delete it but couldnā€™t.
    1 point
  30. Upon consideration, and knowing Sherlock's background as a chemist, I think he would select the elemental number for Titanium (Ti) to signify his 'Boswell'. Consider: Titanium has the highest strength to weight ratio of all the elements It has a very high melting point of 1800 degrees Celsius Because of its stable properties, Ti is used to store nuclear waste securely Titanium does not occur naturally as a metal and will always be bonded with another element. Due to this, Ti is considered rare and costly. It alloys well with iron and aluminium (crutches)
    1 point
  31. Moi? Never seen it in my life! As far as I am aware, it has never been available to Brits. It's a piece of Benedict's work, that has been missing for me.
    1 point
  32. Heads up to Brits: this is being shown here on BBC2, 10PM Sunday night... I will be in bed(and hopefully asleep!)...but I am recording it! Oh and I forgot my first post on this... never saw it, then!
    1 point
  33. Like besleybean, I'm a republican. A monarchy is outdated, archaic and a waste of taxpayers money that could have gone to the NHS and the poor. I only watched it because of the bragging rights to the generation that is born now. Also, it's unclear on what grounds the leader is arrested. But I've heard (idk if it's right) that England has passed harsher anti protest laws, my respect for England has gone ever since they want to change the Equality Act to excludes transgender and non binary people, and because of the harsher anti protest laws it's even lower.
    1 point
  34. The second time it happened went like this: in 2016 my friend Endy whom I mentioned before, there was charity hosted by a furry for furries to collect money for people with ALS. So we went together, halfway through he wanted to go back because he was overheating in his suit. Tia volunteerd to go with him, I stayed with the furries. He was pissed, he said that I abandoned him while I promised to be his handler. Which meant that I carried his stuff, and that I valued people I never met more instead of him and I know him since I was 8. Then we had a huge row late 2019 with caused us not to speak to each other for six months. In April 2020 I send a message to his brother Tom to wish the brother happy birthday, and I asked If he was well and that I missed him. Tom told Endy and we reconciled and I apologised for the row and neglecting him back in 2016.
    1 point
  35. So normally I'm the person who apologises directly, but it happened twice now that I apologised for something that happened more than a few years ago. In 2015 I had a depression and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, a few months later my dad was also admitted but in a different ward. And his sister, my aunt, expected from me that I visited him, while I was recovering myself! We even had a row about it: How I was selfish, how didn't care about him only his inheritance, that I abandoned him Etc. I tried to tell her that it was too difficult for me, but it didn't help. She said that I just needed to endure it, it ended in me threatening to go to cops and file a complaint for stalking, we haven't spoken since. I'm feeling much better now and occasionally visit my dad a few times a year with my mother, a few days ago me and my mom came upon the house of a great aunt on my dad's side of the family by coincidence and saw the windows were shattered. So I phoned my cousin whom I have a better relationship with than my aunt if he knew if she passed away, he didn't know and said that his mom knew it. I waited with excitement for how would go, I hadn't spoken with her since 2015. It went well and that Thursday I finally apologised for it.
    1 point
  36. 1. Idk, I use the app, not the website. 2. Yeah, Imagine this kid has a sleepover and the parents of her friend say no. Ooooh boy. Or when that kid is old enough to go to school. 3. They were three different hairs.
    1 point
  37. I'm on my phone -- took me a minute!
    1 point
  38. I found my first gray hair two weeks after my thirtieth birthday. Everyone is diffterent.
    1 point
  39. You might remember a quite long discussion about "caring" and empathy, we had a while ago. This is an interesting read IMO. -> https://maija-haavisto.medium.com/why-healthy-people-abandon-their-chronically-ill-friends-2d7d6231949
    1 point
  40. I don't know if I'm getting more sensitive with getting older, or getting older makes having certain things less tolerable due to having autism. I went twice to a fair once at night with all the noise included, once on a "silent" where the noise was less. Boy did it make a difference, when I went at night it was a sensory overload. One attraction had lots of lights flashing at once that really hurt my eyes and would couse epilepsy. But when I went the second time it was like a weight was lifted from my chest, I'm seriously considering to go on the silent day next year, it's so much better!
    1 point
  41. I agree with you on the relative importance, so I checked my copies. The Baring-Gould annotated set (inherited from my father) is arranged according to B-G's own chronology rather than by the usual collections, but he does have the deduction only in "The Cardboard Box." The BBC Books paperback editions (with Cumberbatch and Freeman on the covers) have "Cardboard Box" in Last Bow AND have that same anecdote in both stories (although in "Cardboard Box" it takes place on "a blazing hot day in August," whereas in "Resident Patient" it's "a close, rainy day in August"). Seems odd that Moffat & Gatiss, who pride themselves on being Holmes addicts, would have put their stamp on a modified version. HOWEVER -- I see online [in "Leslie Klinger's Notes" from sherlockian.net] that omitting "Cardboard Box" from Memoirs seems to have been ACD's own idea. He mentioned in a postcard, "There was a certain sex element in The Cardboard Box story and for this reason I discarded it when I published in book form." That being the case, it seems likely to me that splicing Holmes's nifty deduction into "Resident Patient" was ACD's own idea. Then of course he later decided (or was persuaded) to publish "Cardboard Box" after all. If he even remembered having borrowed its lead anecdote, I doubt that it bothered him much, since he claimed [here] that writing about Holmes "takes my mind from better things."
    1 point
  42. Hello, Curt, and welcome to Sherlock Forum! You were a very observant (and inventive) kid! I'm not sure which version of "Cardboard Box" I've read (though probably the unbutchered one), but kinda wonder whether I would have noticed a duplicated passage, regardless of my age at the time.
    1 point
  43. Interestingly enough, my copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes (the Barnes and Noble edition) actually does include The Cardboard Box as part of His Last Bow rather than as part of Memoirs, but it still includes the original version of The Resident Patient without the duplicate section from The Cardboard Box. I remember being so confused by this back when I read the books in my spare time back in my school years, as the copies in the school library had the butchered version of The Resident Patient. At the time, I just assumed that maybe that the canon explanation was that Dr. Watson was throwing random events from his notes into stories where they didn't necessarily happen at that time, and accidentally put this one into two separate stories. I found out the real explanation with a bit of Googling shortly afterwards. When I bought the Barnes and Noble edition back a month or so ago, this was actually the very first thing I checked in the book. I was kind of disappointed that they placed The Cardboard Box as part of His Last Bow, but very happy that it had the original version of The Resident Patient. The former is a minor point as I can easily flip to Cardboard Box and read that it the order it should be placed in. The latter is the more important point.
    1 point
  44. Elephant can be very dangerous, especially the males. However, that is not the concern if they are left alone as most wild animals do. The danger would be, as usual, comes from human. Imagine the tusks, poachers who don't hesitate to do anything. However, I doubt we have the space and resources for them. But I agree with you, why do we want to spend resources to create this instead of helping the endangered species? Beat me. I wish to work in research field because for some, it seems fun and easy money to do meaningless studies. These are the actual studies that fits this thread because No Shit Sherlock: Study shows beneficial effect of electric fans in extreme heat and humidity Why Snow-Blower Use Declines in July Holding on to the blues: Depressed individuals may fail to decrease sadness Being homeless is bad for your health WELL NO SH--
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