Benedict Cumberbatch News

[sittything]

I also only got 11 right.

[Carol the Dabbler]

This is an interesting bimodal distribution -- so far everyone has gotten either 11 or 19 correct answers.

 

[Caya]

Here I am to buck the trend - 14 correct (well in my defense, it wasn't a Martin Freeman quiz :P).

[Carol the Dabbler]

(well in my defense, it wasn't a Martin Freeman quiz :P).

 

A perfectly valid point.  Unfortunately, Radio Times is no help, but I did find a pretty good Freeman quiz elsewhere online.  In order not to hijack this thread, I shall post the link on the "Martin Freeman News" thread.

[Arcadia]

This is an interesting bimodal distribution -- so far everyone has gotten either 11 or 19 correct answers.

 

Here I am to buck the trend - 14 correct (well in my defense, it wasn't a Martin Freeman quiz :P).

 

It wasn't much of a trend anyway .... remember, I got 17...... :p

 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

This is an interesting bimodal distribution -- so far everyone has gotten either 11 or 19 correct answers.

 

Here I am to buck the trend - 14 correct (well in my defense, it wasn't a Martin Freeman quiz :P).

 

It wasn't much of a trend anyway .... remember, I got 17...... :P

 

Yeah, but you're the one who posted the thing in the first place -- so I'd forgotten all about your score by the time I finished beating my brains out over that sadistic quiz.  :comp:

 

And anyhow, it's still a bimodal distribution.

 

[Arcadia]

You're just sore because I got a better score than you, nyah! :D

[sittything]

Where's my Loo Brealey or Gatiss quiz?  I'd surely fair better at those.

[Arcadia]

Try the Loo Brealey or Gatiss threads? :p

[sittything]

Try the Loo Brealey or Gatiss threads? :P

 

[sittything]

I started making Gatiss gifs of his Who Do You Think You Are?  one night but have never finished.  Womp womp.

[Inge l-w]

BC to appear on the Graham Norton show on the 27th.

[Inge l-w]

Stop press! Over the next four days Benedict and the Dr Strange crew will be filming at 11th Avenue and 53rd Street in New York. Anybody from New York who's interested...

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Wish I lived near enough to be there.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Those of you who do needlework may be interested in a book that Amazon UK just pointed out to me (based on our ordering history):  Benedict Cumberstitch: Cross Stitch Mr. Cumberbatch in 15 Great Patterns.
 

 

The table of contents lists Sherlock, Simple Portrait, Red Carpet, Otterbatch, Dragonbatch, Oscarbatch, Frankenstein, Hamlet, Sampler, Photobomb, Classic Holmes, Dancing with Fassbender, Richard III, Eyes, and Detailed Portrait.  The book even begins with a how-to section, showing how the various stitches are done.

 

[Arcadia]

You know you're obsessed when... :p

[Inge l-w]

Dear Arcadia, some of us DO things like crotchet and other needlework, when we'r not pestering our fellow humans with our obsessions. Might order it along with the DVD of the Special! Looks likely to need some fancy work, though!

[Carol the Dabbler]

I had a peek at the patterns, using Amazon's "Look Inside" feature (with the "Surprise Me" option), and they run the gamut from very simple (and therefore simple looking) to intricate.  The cover is apparently "Sherlock," and looks to be of moderate complexity but one of the nicest effects.  I found some of them disappointing, such as "Dragonbatch," which is a low-resolution Cumberbatch face, contorted as when doing the Smaug mo-cap, framed by dragon wings.  The most ambitious is probably what I take to be the "Detailed Portrait," which looks nearly like a somewhat-grainy photograph (but is unfortunately specified in gray-scale).

 

I am fascinated by such things, but rarely engage in them.  (Now if it were a book of Martin Freeman patterns with, say, a really nice Bilbo....)

 

[J.P.]

I don't believe that:

 

https://twitter.com/Cumberbuddy/status/666970589974937600

 

 

The whole thing (around 0:35s):

 

[sittything]

I just came to talk about Zoolander 2... I did not know this was happening...

[J.P.]

Me neither.

 

ETA: nor I thought I would want to see a Zoolander again. Well... A little bit of 'Batch and your potential audience grows by 200% :D

[Carol the Dabbler]

He's been saying that his Sherlock hair style makes him look like a woman.  Maybe we won't be hearing that so much anymore? 

 

[J.P.]

I don't think he was hearing that so much. I suspect it's one of his funny views on himself.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

And for anyone who doesn't want to brave the trailer.  be forewarned.

 

 

 

 

And I'm still not sure what to think. I think I'm part      :o  all rolled into 1.

[J.P.]

He just confirmed the rumors and finally revealed himself as an alien. Probably Ziggy Stardust II.

 

ETA: on the other hand many models look like that...

Maybe the MIB theory was true?