Benedict Cumberbatch News

[besleybean]

If he's still smoking , he needs his arse kicking right now.

[jadpdr]

My Dad smoked from his 19th year to his 81st birthday, always gold ringed Dunhills rather than plain tipped Gauloises, my Grandfather died at 96 trying to put out a fire started by the burning embers of his pipe and sustaining life-threatening second-degree burns, so I really can't see what all the fuss is about! The non-smoking band is getting a bit Bolshie, in my opinion!

[sfmpco]

If he's still smoking , he needs his arse kicking right now.

 

Yep!  Totally agree!  

[J.P.]

Don't forget the body building regime for Dr Strange. Apparently it's several hours a day.

[sfmpco]

But he probably has a home gym and personal trainer.

[sittything]

My Dad smoked from his 19th year to his 81st birthday, always gold ringed Dunhills rather than plain tipped Gauloises, my Grandfather died at 96 trying to put out a fire started by the burning embers of his pipe and sustaining life-threatening second-degree burns, so I really can't see what all the fuss is about! The non-smoking band is getting a bit Bolshie, in my opinion!

 

That's great if the smokers in your family didn't develop serious health consequences from their smoking, but that doesn't make smoking any less dangerous.  My father died from lung cancer barely past the age of 60 from smoking 40+ years.   That's not to say I think smoking should be outlawed, but I don't think its dangers are overhyped.  Even if you're lucky enough to not develop cancer from it, there's still emphysema and COPD.

[sfmpco]

And also, smoking should be no where near a newborn.

[jadpdr]

That's exactly why he has the garden! It's not as if he's adding much to the pollution level of London! When my uncle had to have a pneumothorax operation due to a misdiagnosed raging tuberculosis, my aunt vowed never to smoke in the house again! Come rain or shine, she would sit in one of the verandah wrought iron chairs and smoke her Marlboro Lights, then use a dental wash to rinse out the smell and get back in again: my uncle's life was not further endangered, she was not put in ankle and wrist restraints because of her habit!

P.S . Shouldn' t that read 'nowhere near'? Just asking, since English is not my first language ^_^

[J.P.]

Found an older but wonderful article from GQ. If you're trying to keep your BC fangirling at bay DON'T read it. :D

[Shadow Dweller]

My dad smoked for years. One day he begin to cough almost endlessly. He went to various doctors for a year until one of them finally said that if he want to live until ripe old age he must stop smoking. He did it and until today the terrible coughs never came back.

 

I saw pictures of smoker's lungs enough to make me avoid smoking area like plaques. To me, we live in poisonous environment already, there's no need to inhale more and I prefer to use nicotine to get rid of stubborn caterpillars anyway.

[sittything]

I would hope for his own health, he doesn't pick up smoking again...  smoking around the baby aside.  

 

ETA:  I'm still a bit mad at my dad 4 years later.  He could still be here today, but he chose to smoke, even after quitting for 3 years at one point.  So to some small extent, I feel like he chose smoking over us.  Personal baggage.  ;)

[Carol the Dabbler]

P.S . Shouldn' t that read 'nowhere near'? Just asking, since English is not my first language ^_^

 

You're right.  I think we all tend to think a little faster than we can type sometimes!

[Arcadia]

My problem is typing faster than I think sometimes ... :D

[Arcadia]

Although what really freaks me out is when I type something I'm not even thinking! (Like just now, I typed "evening" instead of "even" ... )

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yeah, my fingers definitely have an autocomplete function.  For some reason, "Mr." always comes out "Mrs.," and I have to go back and delete the "s."  (And yes, even though I was consciously avoiding it that time, it happened anyhow.)

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I have typed completely unrelated words before that weren't even part of the sentence going through my head.  On occasion those incorrect words didn't even start with the same letter as what was supposed to be typed.

 

Now to attempt to bring this back on topic:

 

 

Hopefully Benedict was able to stay not smoking since he quit last fall.  I have several relatives who have tried to quit smoking over the years, some successfully some not.  1 ended up quitting because he decided that smoking outside in the dead of winter was kind of silly looking since he was not allowed to smoke in the house because his wife, a non-smoker, had the lungs of a 2 pack a day smoker.

 

The best thing we can do for Benedict is to encourage & support him if he's still quit, and if he's started up again, to not deride him in any way but remain supportive.

[besleybean]

I will moan at any new father for smoking(and it's not as iif Benedict can hear me!)...but I hope he is still off. My fear is that people like James Rhodes are back smoking, so dunno how strong Benedict would be.

[sfmpco]

Well, perhaps if James and his new wife decide to have a child someday, he will go off smoking too.

[besleybean]

See I thought she was pregnant...but I'm now thinking  I have dreamed this!

[sfmpco]

Well, if she is, I have missed that tweet!

[besleybean]

I actually think what happened was that James tweeted something and I misunderstood it!

[J.P.]

Has anybody read this?

[Arcadia]

Eh, just sounds like a gushing fan... oh, wait. :p

 

I've read in a couple of places that book #1 just repeats the same information you can find anywhere on the web. First time I heard there was a book #2.

 

It's interesting (Is it interesting? Why is it interesting?) to speculate about BC's career if Sherlock hadn't happened. Would he have still broken through eventually?

[Inge l-w]

Yep! One way or another he is star material, like Harrison Ford, Di Caprio, Al Pacino, James Stewart, whom he resembles the most in his decorous behaviour and low profile, not to mention Gregory Peck and Christopher Lee, And those are just a few off the top of my cinefile head!

[sfmpco]

Has anybody read this?

 

Just read the article this morning.  However, I have not read those books.  Perhaps someday.