Benedict Cumberbatch News

[Carol the Dabbler]

When I was teaching high school math (my first career, before software engineering), my favorite students were in general the juniors (about age 17).  They were mature enough to carry on an adult conversation, but not yet full of themselves like many of the seniors tended to be.

 

But I figured the seniors would get deflated soon enough -- when they found themselves once more at the bottom of the pecking order as college freshmen.

 

[Inge l-w]

In the matter, I tend to agree with all of you, but since I teach 19-and-above ones, teenagers are not a problem, until my own turn that age, when I shall have to cope and hope for the best, because you never know if one will become rebellious and temperamental and the other snarky, the kind who believes parents know nothing, until they grow up and find out how wrong they were :(.

At any rate, I know that a famous female journalist once said: a mother's place is always in the wrong!

By the way, have we hijacked YET another thread?

[J.P.]

  Back on track!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Why not hijack another thread. Benedict does play our favorite consulting detective who holds hours like a teenager and acts like a child.

[joanneta1]

Speaking of which, (sorry, J.P.), I encountered a massive problem today! There's this bunch of friends, three girls, one of whom wants to study Special Effects make-up at the RADA, God help her, and two boys, one as handsome as Benedict back in the unaired pilot, tall, distinguished-looking, very intelligent, the only difference being he's auburn haired. He came to class having done his hair in an elaborate wave, and all three girls, whom he has known since school, ganged up on him, telling him that he has gay propensities, and he went beet-red with his friend sitting next to him and doing absolutely nothing to stop the verbal onslaught. The drama queen actually tried to persuade him that it would not be a bad thing at all, because most great men in history were homosexuals!

Control, control! I counted to ten, took a deep breath and told her to lay off, that anyone can be handsome and appealing to both sexes without necessarily being gay, and we happened on a text about olfaction, so I drove some small digs her way, about how men use cologne or after-shave but ladies use perfume, fragrance is a nice smell, aroma can even be applied to freshly brewed coffee, etc. How do I stop the three minxes from making an 18-year old feel bad about who he is or might discover later on in life?

[Carol the Dabbler]

... teenagers are not a problem, until my own turn that age, when I shall have to cope and hope for the best, because you never know if one will become rebellious and temperamental and the other snarky, the kind who believes parents know nothing, until they grow up and find out how wrong they were :(.

 

There is, in fact, a very simple way to tell whether your kid (as a teen) will believe that parents know nothing -- is the kid breathing?  If so, then the answer is yes!

[Inge l-w]

Dear Carol: gee, thanks for the tip! I shall certainly bear it in mind in about five years' time, by which time lapse we shall hopefully have watched the Special and S4 at least! Have a for your motivating thoughts!

[jadpdr]

Back on track since J.P. seems to be getting out of hospital today ( fingers crossed) : I seem to have watched a Benedict impromptu interview at what looked like an airport, saying that of course there would be more Sherlock, and figuratively getting his knuckles rapped by Mr Gatiss, replying "That's certainly news to me dear". Does anyone on the forum have the details of that little hiccough, where the main character is just raring to go on and one of the co-creators putting him down in such a public and, in my opinion, mean way?

[Arcadia]

Back on track since J.P. seems to be getting out of hospital today ( fingers crossed) : I seem to have watched a Benedict impromptu interview at what looked like an airport, saying that of course there would be more Sherlock, and figuratively getting his knuckles rapped by Mr Gatiss, replying "That's certainly news to me dear". Does anyone on the forum have the details of that little hiccough, where the main character is just raring to go on and one of the co-creators putting him down in such a public and, in my opinion, mean way?

There was something like that (I can't remember the specifics, sorry) a couple of years ago, shortly after season three aired. Could it be the same thing? Because the powers-that-be have long since confirmed there will indeed be a Season 4.

 

That's one thing that bothers me about  some of these "news" websites ... no dates on their material! It can get very confusing.... 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yes, I believe jadpdr is talking about the video where Mr. Cumberbatch says that he and Mr. Freeman have both agreed to do another series, apparently meaning that they had a contract with Hartswood to that effect -- but the media chose to interpret it as Hartswood having a contract with the BBC, which of course is a whole different kettle of fish.  So Mr. Gatiss was responding to the latter interpretation, because the BBC had not yet authorized the next series -- though they have now, of course.

 

Moral of the story is, don't put too much faith in reporters who paraphrase their source, because they may be (perhaps intentionally!) misinterpreting what they actually said.  Even a purported quote may not be quite accurate, or may have been taken out of context.  The media are very good at knowing what interpretation will get the most attention.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

And as for Gatiss's reaction, he really had to stomp on any rumor of a BBC contract, because if he didn't, the BBC might think he was encouraging it as a means of putting pressure on them.  And Hartswood relies on staying in the BBC's good graces.

 

Likewise, even though Cumberbatch had apparently told the absolute truth, he had to apologize for saying something that wasn't true -- even though it was actually the media who had misrepresented the situation.  People in entertainment must stay on the good side of the media as well!

 

[sfmpco]

Benedict has been invited to join AMPAS - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (they give out the Academy Awards).

 

http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-322-membership

[Arcadia]

I see Martin is on that list as well.

 

Are these the people who nominate/vote for the nominees?

[sfmpco]

I see Martin is on that list as well.

 

Are these the people who nominate/vote for the nominees?

 

Yes.

[Inge l-w]

What a clever move: perfidious Albion, as per usual! By making him a member they are effectively preventing him from ever again getting an award, sly so-and-sos! Can one refuse?

[besleybean]

Oh, I see...I didn't realize that's what this meant.

That seems a tad odd...

[sfmpco]

No, that's not what that means.  Arrgghhh.  He'll be a voting member.  He can vote for other actors including himself.

 

[Inge l-w]

Nope! Not by their rules! One should never vote for himself, it is not the done thing!

[Caya]

Jenny is right - there's nothing in the rules (here you go if you ever have trouble falling asleep ) against voting for yourself. Of course, true gentlemen don't do that.

[Inge l-w]

I never doubted that Benedict is a true gentleman, so even if he heads a film once, his nomination and eventual fate will be in the hands of countless technicians, scriptwriters, not to mention the older members, definitely has-beens from the previous century, and who were this year ready to give an Oscar to Michael Keaton, who single-handedly ruined some of the best Batman films in cinematic history. And the downside is Benedict's unabashed Britishness. Hollywood has been known to go through trends (Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Joaquín Phoenix) and fads. Let's hope talent wins over petty considerations!

[Carol the Dabbler]

I would think that one simply votes for whoever one honestly believes turned in the best performance.  Presumably Clooney was merely being honest -- and nothing is stopping him from honestly voting for himself at some future date.

 

[sittything]

So for AMPAS, they just keep adding people every year?  So the number of people voting every year keeps getting increasingly larger?

[jadpdr]

Don't some of them die or retire due to extreme old age, senility or any other of the unpleasant things connected with octogenarians and over? That vital statistic must be taken into consideration, also.

[Carol the Dabbler]

So for AMPAS, they just keep adding people every year?  So the number of people voting every year keeps getting increasingly larger?

 

Don't some of them die or retire due to extreme old age, senility or any other of the unpleasant things connected with octogenarians and over? That vital statistic must be taken into consideration, also.

 

True, they would need to add some every year just to stay even.  And they don't add a huge number, considering the overall size of the movie business and how many different crafts are represented.

 

[sittything]

Really?  I thought that looked like a pretty sizeable list.  Or at least more than I would have expected.  I get they lose people as they age, but it seems like the numbers would be increasing much faster than they'd be losing people.