You know your "Sherlock" obsession is bad when...

[sfmpco]

Adults are just kids who have more money to buy the toys they couldn't afford when they were kids.

[J.P.]

It's never too late for a happy childhood. :D

[Inge l-w]

Mine was; I cannot turn the clock back, so I put all my effort into crating one for the children and my students. Being Benedict's age means some things fall by the wayside. ACD canon not being one of them, together with Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, P.D. James, Colleen McCullogh, Diane Duane and Lindsay Davis! Reading first, foremost and above all, even Wagner and Mozart music.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

When you come up with a cosplay hybrid costume that combines Sherlock, Hamlet, & The Fifth Estate.  Person wears the "King" Jacket from Hamlet, has his/her hair (or a wig) that is colored and at the length of Benedict's Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, and wearing a Deerstalker on top.  We can also include Sherlock's gloves & scarf if so desired.

[Shadow Dweller]

Why deerstalker and not a top hat like ACD's Sherlock?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Combining the somewhat modern roles that Benedict has/had.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

When you see Dictionary.com's word of the day, Dithyramb, and think of Sherlock's best man speech.

[Carol the Dabbler]

When you see Dictionary.com's word of the day, Dithyramb, and think of Sherlock's best man speech.

 

... because ... ? 

[Shadow Dweller]

Combining the somewhat modern roles that Benedict has/had.

Deerstalker and Inverness cape is Basil Rathbone's trademark, isn't it? My own copy of ACD's illustrated a Sherlock in a gentleman formal attire, if my memory is right.

[Arcadia]

When you hear a song by Alt-J and immediately think of Benedict Cumberbatch on the roof of Bart's.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

When you see Dictionary.com's word of the day, Dithyramb, and think of Sherlock's best man speech.

... because ... ?

Definition #3 and Sherlock's animated motion in the 2nd part. My brain likes to randomly connect things at times.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

Combining the somewhat modern roles that Benedict has/had.

Deerstalker and Inverness cape is Basil Rathbone's trademark, isn't it? My own copy of ACD's illustrated a Sherlock in a gentleman formal attire, if my memory is right.

True enough but our Sherlock has willingly & unwillingly worn said deerstalker in modern times.

[Carol the Dabbler]

When you see Dictionary.com's word of the day, Dithyramb, and think of Sherlock's best man speech.

... because ... ?

Definition #3 and Sherlock's animated motion in the 2nd part. My brain likes to randomly connect things at times.

 

 

So you think Sherlock was giving a "wildly enthusiastic speech"?  Yeah, I can see your point!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Deerstalker and Inverness cape is Basil Rathbone's trademark, isn't it? My own copy of ACD's illustrated a Sherlock in a gentleman formal attire, if my memory is right.

Rathbone certainly kept that "look" alive, but it originated with some of Sidney Paget's original illustrations.  My impression is that Paget had Holmes in the deerstalker only under circumstances where that sort of casual "country" attire was appropriate for a Victorian gentleman, and otherwise in more formal attire (including a top hat when a hat was called for).  Various adaptations may have been less likely to make that distinction.

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

This:

 

 

is what came up for suggested videos after the extended trailer.  The 2 videos in the middle are the only things not Sherlock.  The guy singing is David Frey of Sidewalk Prophets.  It's the music video for their song Prodigal (totally worth the listen/watch).  The other video is for the song "Take This City" by a group called Everfound.  It is also worth the listen/watch.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Time to resurrect this thread.

 

I jumped when I heard Sherlock music score and quickly looked around to find the source.

 

It's very unsual, because there are not many people know about the series in where I am, I had never seen anything related, merchandize etc, or find a fellow fan.

And.... it came from my bag. Normally I never turn my ring tone on, but this time I was waiting for very important calls I don't want to miss. Sigh, still alone.

 

The other time I sacrificed a seven letter word score in Word with Friend to bring my points to exactly 1895, for fun. I don't even know what it actually means. Just because I can.

[Arcadia]

1895 refers to this poem by Vincent Starrett:

 

221B
Here dwell together still two men of note
Who never lived and so can never die:
How very near they seem, yet how remote
That age before the world went all awry.
But still the game’s afoot for those with ears
Attuned to catch the distant view-halloo:
England is England yet, for all our fears–
Only those things the heart believes are true.

A yellow fog swirls past the window-pane
As night descends upon this fabled street:
A lonely hansom splashes through the rain,
The ghostly gas lamps fail at twenty feet.
Here, though the world explode, these two survive,
And it is always eighteen ninety-five.
 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Even before Starrett wrote that poem, I believe the year 1895 was generally accepted in Holmesian circles to be the year when the detective was truly in his prime.  So I would assume that the poem's use of the date is a reference to that tradition -- though there's presumably been some influence in both directions..

 

I love that poem, though.  It always brings a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye.

 

[Van Buren Supernova]

That is nice.

Love these lines

Who never lived and so can never die:

How very near they seem, yet how remote.

How fitting.

 

Now I really feel obligated to purposely make that score everytime.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

When your friend posts on her FB the number of days to Christmas and you add 7 to get the number of days until the Special airs.

[Van Buren Supernova]

When your friend posts on her FB the number of days to Christmas and you add 7 to get the number of days until the Special airs.

So it's on New Year? Thank for the info.

 

Is it an obsession that I seriously consider where should I be by then, and maybe changing my plan, to increase my chance to catch it on time?

[Carol the Dabbler]

Don't worry, it's definitely an obsession!

 

TAB is being televised on New Year's Day in the UK and the US, but I'm not sure the dates for other countries have even been announced.

 

[J.P.]

... if you cannot help wondering if the Queen has resisted to touch Ben's locks while hanging the order around his neck.

[sfmpco]

I don't think the Queen generally touches people except for a light handshake.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Don't worry, it's definitely an obsession!

:lol: :lol:

 

TAB is being televised on New Year's Day in the UK and the US, but I'm not sure the dates for other countries have even been announced.

Thanks, if I couldn't catch it, at least I would be careful with internet starting that date, don't want to get spoiled.

 

But I am excited finally able to talk about it in 'current' time. Sometimes I feel bad with veteran members around here because newer members like me would come and say or excited about something shinny that already being discussed probably a hundred times before.