DVD/Blu-Ray Extras for Series 3

[SherlockedCAMPer]

That's close to what I was doing as well.

[Arcadia]

About that awful scene -- has anyone noticed that CAM removed the pulse thing from Sherlock's index finger and replaced it ... well, on a different finger?

I thought so too, at first, but (if you can bring yourself to do it ) watch again; he takes it off and puts it back on the same finger. In the close up of BC's hand that follows, you can even see the imprint in the skin where the device was removed.

 

Now I'm thinking, though: in what way is Sherlock's rather large, manly looking hand anything like a woman's hand? Must be the milk baths....

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Yeah, I'm wondering that too, you know? Like, people who play violin and guitar and other instruments that involve pressing hard on strings usually have rough, calloused hands.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

The hand the cam touched would have less callouses as the strings are pressed with the left fingers not the right.

[Boton]

Callouses or not, it's a real stretch to call those hands in any way womanly, which means CAM was probably using that as a veiled insult. Which means that we may be able to add "misogynist" to our list of things to call CAM.

[Carol the Dabbler]

What??!  Our CAM a misogynist?  Surely not -- he loves women.  *slluuurrp*

 

[Pamela]

 

I thought so too, at first, but (if you can bring yourself to do it ) watch again; he takes it off and puts it back on the same finger. In the close up of BC's hand that follows, you can even see the imprint in the skin where the device was removed.

 

 

I've now looked at those parts several times and what I see is the removal of the pulse monitor from his index finger and the replacement onto the middle finger, but I won't argue the point further.

 

I'd be curious, though, to hear what others see.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I watched it again as well and the pulse monitor was indeed on his middle finger when removed and replaced.  It does look a lot like is index finger for removal even though it is not.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I haven't actually watched this scene yet, but the thingie y'all are talking about that clips onto a finger is probably a blood-oxygen monitor -- his pulse is presumably monitored via the pads stuck to his chest.  (Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.)

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I googled it and yes it is a device to measure oxygen levels in the blood.

[T.o.b.y]

Now I'm thinking, though: in what way is Sherlock's rather large, manly looking hand anything like a woman's hand?

 

Not at all, if you ask me. But Magnussen was fondling it in a pretty intimate way, and saying "like a woman's hand" just enhances that, makes it seem more sexual than it is, because Magnussen insinuates he's picturing his opponent as a woman, and probably taking things further in his mind. (I'm just assuming here that Magnussen is not gay, or at least does not think of himself as gay, and he's kind of protecting his own masculinity / heterosexuality / whatever by making it clear that yeah, he might be making indecent advances, but that's not gay at all, you know, because he's imagining the other person as female, or at least giving him female characteristics. Amateur psychology alert, I know, but I like this interpretation, because it makes Magnussen just so much more pathetic.)

 

Callouses or not, it's a real stretch to call those hands in any way womanly, which means CAM was probably using that as a veiled insult. Which means that we may be able to add "misogynist" to our list of things to call CAM.

 

Yeah, I think it was meant as an insult. A way of telling Sherlock that he thinks of him as harmless and powerless, unable to stand up to Magnussen or get in his way effectively. Being shot in the chest by this man is really the last thing Magnussen expected, it seems...

 

 

This deleted scene further enhances my impression that Magnussen mostly embarrasses himself. He doesn't work that well as a villain for me, because he's more cringe-inducing than frightening. He thinks he's very cool and terrifying, but to me, he's just a big perverted obnoxious brat, who routinely makes a spectacle of himself and has nobody who could give him a friendly tap on the shoulder and tell him to stop talking now. Moriarty I am afraid of. Magnussen just makes me feel nauseous.

[Boton]

I haven't actually watched this scene yet, but the thingie y'all are talking about that clips onto a finger is probably a blood-oxygen monitor -- his pulse is presumably monitored via the pads stuck to his chest.  (Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.)

 

Yes, or they are also called "pulse oximeters."  And yes, CAM puts it back on the "wrong" finger, although that's not likely to matter from a monitoring standpoint.  

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks for the information, Boton.  I looked up "pulse oximeter" on Wikipedia to see whether such a device might also monitor one's pulse.  Apparently not (it merely uses the pulse to help identify arterial blood flow), but I can see how confusion might arise from that name.

[T.o.b.y]

Thanks for the information, Boton.  I looked up "pulse oximeter" on Wikipedia to see whether such a device might also monitor one's pulse.  Apparently not (it merely uses the pulse to help identify arterial blood flow), but I can see how confusion might arise from that name.

 

Well, it tells you how fast the pulse is, so yeah, you can monitor a person's heart rate with it as well, but it's mostly used to check on oxygenation.

[Arcadia]

Yes, or they are also called "pulse oximeters."  And yes, CAM puts it back on the "wrong" finger, although that's not likely to matter from a monitoring standpoint.

Wrong finger or not, he put it back on the finger he took it off of; look at the earlier scene, (when CAM first enters the room) where you can see Sherlock's hand spread on the bed beside him. The thingamajig is clearly on Sherlock's middle finger.

 

Boy, we must really be going into "Sherlock-deprivation" mode! The best we can find to discuss is Sherlock's fingers!

[Boton]

 

Boy, we must really be going into "Sherlock-deprivation" mode! The best we can find to discuss is Sherlock's fingers!

 

 

I have honestly considered, once I get finished with my first read-through of the ACD canon, going back through and creating a master list of every plot point, every character and location name, and every oddball case twist or piece of memorable dialogue used in the stories/books, then marking off the ones that have already been used in Sherlock.  Then I would have an idea of what they have left to draw on.

 

So zaprudering the footage of a pulse ox monitor is nothin', I tell you. 

 

ETA:  Arcadia is right.  I think what I was seeing as the pulse ox clip on his index finger is actually a shot where he's holding both of his first two fingers together, but the clip is on the middle finger.  So, CAM is a moist, pervy, creepy reptile of a blackmailer, but he's not sloppy about medical equipment apparently.

[T.o.b.y]

 

 

Boy, we must really be going into "Sherlock-deprivation" mode! The best we can find to discuss is Sherlock's fingers!

 

I have honestly considered, once I get finished with my first read-through of the ACD canon, going back through and creating a master list of every plot point, every character and location name, and every oddball case twist or piece of memorable dialogue used in the stories/books, then marking off the ones that have already been used in Sherlock.  Then I would have an idea of what they have left to draw on.

 

Man, I wish I had time, energy and perseverance to do something like that... They have quite a lot left, is all I think I know. Do publish your list once you're done, okay? Please?

 

 

[Arcadia]

Agghgh, don't encourage her!!!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

 

Boy, we must really be going into "Sherlock-deprivation" mode! The best we can find to discuss is Sherlock's fingers!

 

 

I have honestly considered, once I get finished with my first read-through of the ACD canon, going back through and creating a master list of every plot point, every character and location name, and every oddball case twist or piece of memorable dialogue used in the stories/books, then marking off the ones that have already been used in Sherlock.  Then I would have an idea of what they have left to draw on.

 

So zaprudering the footage of a pulse ox monitor is nothin', I tell you. 

 

ETA:  Arcadia is right.  I think what I was seeing as the pulse ox clip on his index finger is actually a shot where he's holding both of his first two fingers together, but the clip is on the middle finger.  So, CAM is a moist, pervy, creepy reptile of a blackmailer, but he's not sloppy about medical equipment apparently.

 

 

Don't forget the seemingly insignificant details that might actually get used as well. (can't name any, but I'm sure Moftiss has used some just because)

[Carol the Dabbler]

So zaprudering the footage of a pulse ox monitor is nothin', I tell you. 

When did Zapruder become a verb? (And does anyone under the age of -- umm, lemme see -- fifty understand the reference?)  Makes perfect sense to me, though -- that's exactly what we're doing!

 

[Boton]

 

So zaprudering the footage of a pulse ox monitor is nothin', I tell you. 

When did Zapruder become a verb? (And does anyone under the age of -- umm, lemme see -- fifty understand the reference?)  Makes perfect sense to me, though -- that's exactly what we're doing!

 

 

 

Well, um, I'm under 50.     But there's that whole historian part of my patchwork of professional gigs, so I might be an outlier in this.

 

For those who don't feel like hitting Wikipedia, Abraham Zapruder took a home movie of what would ultimately become the John F. Kennedy assassination as the president's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza.  The film has been looked at frame by frame for clues as to the direction from which the shooting occurred, the trajectory of the bullet(s), and the possibility of multiple shooters.  "Zaprudering" has become a verb I've heard multiple times, thus far only with the sense of going over a film frame by frame or second by second to extract all possible data.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I'm 36 and recognized Zapruder as a word but couldn't place it. I forgot about the Kennedy assassination film.

[Pamela]

I formally apologize. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

"Zaprudering" has become a verb I've heard multiple times, thus far only with the sense of going over a film frame by frame or second by second to extract all possible data.

... which describes our activity pretty well. Though we may not be going literally frame by frame -- yet.

 

I formally apologize. 

 

I had to check back forty-some posts -- but yes, you're the trouble maker!    And what would we do without you?! 

 

[Boton]

 

"Zaprudering" has become a verb I've heard multiple times, thus far only with the sense of going over a film frame by frame or second by second to extract all possible data.

... which describes our activity pretty well. Though we may not be going literally frame by frame -- yet.

 

 

You're not going frame by frame, Carol?  Slacker!