SHERLOCKED: Official "Sherlock" Convention

[J.P.]

Oh, yes, I forgot: Watching people go really, really emotional about meeting the guests let me - again - question my humanity :P

[T.o.b.y]

Last year it all went so much quicker and it all was like being caught by an avalanche.

The all around "what the hell am I doing?!" feeling.

 

But there is also another factor there. I knew it would be a bit tricky, the end of summer and first days of fall are the danger weeks for me anyway. Normally I can put myself together and enjoy meeting people I like and share interests for a limited time. Like a weekend at a doll fare in Lyon which included a journey by car, 3 pers. hotel room and extreme heat.

 

Just wrong time, I suppose.

 

That's tough. Unfortunately, our ailments do not let us choose when they strike.

 

Just curious (and do feel free to ignore this question if too personal): Have you ever tried phototherapy and if yes, did it work? (And if it did work: How long did the effect last?)

 

It doesn't sound to me as if there was any need to question your humanity. If your brain wasn't providing the chemistry, you couldn't be expected to feel the feels.

 

I hope it was a good trip nontheless.

[Arcadia]

Plus some people go goopy over meeting their idols, and some don't. I don't; I met the members of one of my favorite rock bands once, and I was pretty blasé about it. Appreciated that they took the time, will never forget it, but I wasn't highly emotional. I'm just not a gusher. Some people are. Either way is fine, no worries, JP.

 

(I was going to say you're normal, but none of us is normal!!!! :d )

[J.P.]

Good you remind me. Need to take my lamp out.

I don't think that matters so much though, the problem I have is mostly caused by the fact that I had a major breakdown at this time some years ago, and the whole thing, incl. hospitalization turned into a huge trauma. I'm happy I don't get massive flashbacks anymore. But the light, the smells... or the sound of cannons they use to keep birds off the wineries still can be little painful pokes to the soul.

 

From the end of October I should be better.

[T.o.b.y]

Ah - well, in that case, no wonder you weren't feeling much. When I am having a rough time, it can take what feels like a herculanean effort just to breathe in and out and put one foot in front of the other. What a bummer that the convention had to take place at this exact time of year, then!

 

Well, good for you for going anyway and faithfully reporting back to us!

[J.P.]

And here is the rest of the London pics:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskKXFquZ

[J.P.]

Just realized that I might have been "unimpressed" with all those celebrities because, in an INTP manner, I see them as information carriers. Literally.

It's not who you are, but what you could tell me, if I was lucky to get stuck with you in an elevator. :P

[Arcadia]

Wow, some of that architecture is amazing. Both the old and the new. I love the shot of the Shard framed by the old arch. And those colorful clocks and er, braces ... where is that? Underneath a bridge, or something? Really beautiful. Suddenly I feel so ... rustic.

[Carol the Dabbler]

they had the squash ball in the auction this year. By synchronicity on (I think) Thursday evening there was an old black-and-white movie in TV and as I zapped into it, one of the characters was explaining how a squash ball under your armpit can simulate the lack of pulse. I couldn't work out the remote control for this (obviously too smart) TV set, so I don't know the title, I also had no time to watch the rest. Does it ring a bell by anyone? Might it be one of SH adaptations?

 

Hey, I bet you're right about that!  Why else would both stories have specifically a squash ball?  (Surely there are other types of ball that would serve as well.)  Could be another case of Moftiss borrowing from "everything's canon," or could simply be a neat fact that they saw in a random old movie and squirreled away for future use.  But sorry, I have no idea what movie that might be.

 

I also asked Mark about chances to have the original scripts published. He seemed a little bit skeptical if there were enough interest for them. I tried to convince him there is. Fingers crossed.

 

Well, Star Trek sold a bunch of scripts (though I have no idea how many), and Sherlock seems to have a similar following.  They could do like Star Trek and sell them in shooting-script format, which should be the cheapest, easiest way to produce them, and would be fun for the fans as well.  If a buyer wanted them better protected, they could put them into a three-ring binder (ST's scripts were pre-punched -- dunno if that's an industry standard or what).  I would buy the entire set.

 

Y'know Moffat's remark seems like a strange thing to say when he's surrounded by hundreds? thousands? of people who've just paid hundreds of pounds apiece for a Sherlock convention.  In fact, he just missed a second golden opportunity to sell the scripts!

 

... the end of summer and first days of fall are the danger weeks for me anyway.

 

Just curious (and do feel free to ignore this question if too personal): Have you ever tried phototherapy and if yes, did it work? (And if it did work: How long did the effect last?)

Seeing as how the problem is worst from late summer to early fall, you may be sensitive to seasonal changes.  I've found that the herb wood betony is a big help.  Without it, I tend to have a drippy nose (that can even escalate into a full-blown mock head cold) and/or a prickly "let me out of here" feeling between my shoulder blades.  Some years are worse than others.

[Carol the Dabbler]

... they had the squash ball in the auction this year. By synchronicity on (I think) Thursday evening there was an old black-and-white movie in TV and as I zapped into it, one of the characters was explaining how a squash ball under your armpit can simulate the lack of pulse. I couldn't work out the remote control for this (obviously too smart) TV set, so I don't know the title, I also had no time to watch the rest. Does it ring a bell by anyone? Might it be one of SH adaptations?

 

Hey, I bet you're right about that!  Why else would both stories have specifically a squash ball?  (Surely there are other types of ball that would serve as well.)  Could be another case of Moftiss borrowing from "everything's canon," or could simply be a neat fact that they saw in a random old movie and squirreled away for future use.  But sorry, I have no idea what movie that might be.

 

Thanks to Google, I have discovered that using specifically a squash ball is actually an old tradition (though some websites admit that a tennis ball, baseball, or anything similar will work just as well).  This internet post from 2002 says Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) learned the trick from a fakir (who was actually a faker).

[J.P.]

Wow, some of that architecture is amazing. Both the old and the new. I love the shot of the Shard framed by the old arch. And those colorful clocks and er, braces ... where is that? Underneath a bridge, or something? Really beautiful. Suddenly I feel so ... rustic.

 

It's actually a meat market hall, still used as such. Its main entrance has a wonderful steel construction, I couldn't take my eyes off it. It's just across the street from Bart's. Here's a pic from last year:

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Wow, some of that architecture is amazing. Both the old and the new. I love the shot of the Shard framed by the old arch.

I believe you meant to say the Gherkin (the rocket-shaped building also seen from the balcony of Sir William Shad's office). The Shard is even pointier and sort of jagged (if I were on my laptop I'd post a photo or a link, but you can google Shard London). But yeah, I love that sort of juxtaposition, which occurs all over London.

[Arcadia]

 

Wow, some of that architecture is amazing. Both the old and the new. I love the shot of the Shard framed by the old arch. And those colorful clocks and er, braces ... where is that? Underneath a bridge, or something? Really beautiful. Suddenly I feel so ... rustic.

 

It's actually a meat market hall, still used as such. Its main entrance has a wonderful steel construction, I couldn't take my eyes off it. It's just across the street from Bart's. Here's a pic from last year:

 

 

Thanks, that is just fascinating to someone like me. I'm off to find more pictures of it!

 

 

Wow, some of that architecture is amazing. Both the old and the new. I love the shot of the Shard framed by the old arch.

I believe you meant to say the Gherkin (the rocket-shaped building also seen from the balcony of Sir William Shad's office). The Shard is even pointier and sort of jagged (if I were on my laptop I'd post a photo or a link, but you can google Shard London). But yeah, I love that sort of juxtaposition, which occurs all over London.

 

Yes indeedy, my bad, I do mean the Gherkin, thanks for the correction. I'd go back and fix it but then your post wouldn't make much sense, would it?

[J.P.]

The photo is actually a reflection, the arc being actually a window

And I'm not too fond of the mix. IMO the old buildings disappear under the new giants. Maybe I live too long in Germany with its strict laws to protect old architecture and townscapes. I've been to places where you can just remove the cars and traffic-related street-signs and you could shoot a period movie. Not even a bloody McDonald is allowed to have it's logo on a facade.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=bad%20wimpfen

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=eichst%C3%A4tt

https://www.flickr.com/search/?view_all=1&text=l%C3%BCneburg

[Arcadia]

Found some, look at these things! For the first time I understand the allure of steampunk.






The town I live near is trying to bring more art into the city, I want to suggest something like this to them. Cool, yeah?

[Arcadia]

The photo is actually a reflection, the arc being actually a window

And I'm not too fond of the mix. IMO the old buildings disappear under the new giants. Maybe I live too long in Germany with its strict laws to protect old architecture and townscapes. I've been to places where you can just remove the cars and traffic-related street-signs and you could shoot a period movie. Not even a bloody McDonald is allowed to have it's logo on a facade.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=bad%20wimpfen

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=eichst%C3%A4tt

https://www.flickr.com/search/?view_all=1&text=l%C3%BCneburg

 

Essentially I agree with you, but if they are going to blend the new and the old, I like to see it done aesthetically.

 

Typically, what happens in our area is they tear down the old and replace it with the new, unless you happen to have some very wealthy people living nearby who are willing to fight for keeping the old. All of the charming "old" towns in Virginia are inhabited by the well-to-do, who can afford to fight off developers. Thank god for them, or my area would be wall to wall shopping centers and plastic housing projects by now. It almost is anyway.

 

The town I referred to above has at its heart an old Victorian-style train depot, which they saved and lovingly restored to use ... only to build a brand new, multi-story, square parking garage right next to it. It's not the worst looking parking garage I've ever seen ... brick and sandstone façade, arches, colorful railings ... and lord knows they needed the extra parking space, but the train station disappears next to it. No thought at all given to how it impacted their most attractive and iconic architectural feature. Sigh. They should have consulted their local landscape painters first, we could have given them a pointer or two.....

 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

I'm not too fond of the mix. IMO the old buildings disappear under the new giants.

 

I like the mix as long as it remains a clear mix. But in some areas of London, the trendy new buildings are starting to predominate (which doesn't take many of 'em, since they're so obtrusive), and that I don't care for. The predominating is most evident in skyline shots, though. At street level the mix is still pretty good -- so far.

 

I do hope London never becomes a forest of Gherkins and Shards and New City Halls. That architecture is so self-consciously "different" that a skyline of nothing but would look like a page from an old Buck Rogers comic.

[Inge l-w]

Dear Princess Carol Duck, if you read the financial pages, Brexit is going to hit everyone hard Over There, to remember the WWI song, so the necessary cutbacks and mass desertion of the City will have to force the reasonable ones into keeping their past intact from thence on.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Could be. Guess we'll see!

[J.P.]

Some really nice pictures from the signing area. Don't forget to follow the links at the bottom of the page.

http://nixxie-fic.tumblr.com/post/151511055727/pt-1-brand-new-pics-from-the-autographs-areas-on

[J.P.]

Aaaand finally Showmasters put their photos online.

The Elephant in the Room again (you can click through the whole gallery, but you'll only see pics with watermark)

 

http://showmasters.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Cosplay-Saturday/G0000b2guss.UkYM/I0000ZmjbEiOSJhU/C0000INdg.S3Yrew

[Carol the Dabbler]

That is the most obtrusive damned "watermark" I ever did see! But thanks for the link, and thanks for telling me what I was supposed to be seeing!

[J.P.]

It's purposedly so. You can buy the hiRes files for 4 pound each, this seems to be a good policy to prevent people from sneaking pictures of someone else.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yeah, I get that.  But seems like they could at least make it possible to tell what you're seeing without being told -- and so you'd have some idea of which photos might be worth buying.

 

Maybe people had gotten too good at photoshopping the watermarks out?

[J.P.]

You know how your pic looks like because you have got a print right away. And other peoples' photos are not your busines, so to say.

But it's interesting to see others' ideas. Last year Rupert shooting went totally crazy.