Holiday-Special News ("Abominable Bride")

[jadpdr]

Yep! But at that time and age he couldn't save body parts in a refrigerator, so they would have to work pretty quickly to prevent natural decay from setting in!

[J.P.]

Well, you can put those in formalin, pickle it, put it on ice... and here it goes - we are speculating again :D

[Boton]

Yep! But at that time and age he couldn't save body parts in a refrigerator, so they would have to work pretty quickly to prevent natural decay from setting in!

 

Or, you know, it could be just another thing that Moftiss are playing for a joke that the fandom is about to overthink.  Not that this ever happens.

[J.P.]

Yeah. In fact, it's probably a picnic basket filled by Mary. With beer, bread, cheese and some apples.

[Arcadia]

Well, you can put those in formalin, pickle it, put it on ice... and here it goes - we are speculating again :D

Does anyone else remember this? (Something similar was seen elsewhere but I can't find it anymore.)

[J.P.]

Ah. See? Now I know where I've got the idea from.

[sfmpco]

Utter nonsense but somewhat humorous.

 

http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/opinion/theories-on-why-the-sherlock-special-is-set-in-1895

[J.P.]

 

A couple of teasing tweets (...) were enough to rouse the ever-ready 221b fandom from their hiatus slumber (picture Smaug cracking one eye ominously open before bursting free majestically and/or alarmingly, and you’ve got the Sherlock fandom last week in a nutshell).

 

Slumber? Slumber?

This person has no idea...

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yeah. In fact, it's probably a picnic basket filled by Mary. With beer, bread, cheese and some apples.

 

Sometimes the obvious can be the thing you least expect!  :D

[joanna48]

I love the Christmas special picture of Holmes sitting in the chair and Watson standing beside him.  I wonder if there is some way to get a large copy of it.  It would look great in my small office at home. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

How large?  The image (below) posted by the BBC is a 633K file, which is good enough resolution for at least a medium-small print.  I just tried blowing it up on my monitor, and it looks pretty good to about 11" (28 cm) square.  Depends on how close you want to get to it -- you could go even bigger than 11" if you're happy with poster quality.

 

 

If you're looking for a ready-made print, I don't offhand know of any yet, but I sure wouldn't be surprised to see some fairly soon, probably from GB Posters, who do the authorized Sherlock posters and prints.

 

Congratulations on your first post, joanna48!    

 

[Inge l-w]

Dear J.P. , what Mr Gatiss seemed to be posting would be a head preserved in formaldehyde with the ear cut off! Please, please, please, not the Cardboard Box and Three Garridebs rolled into one!

[Fantasy Lover]

I heard a rumour of the rating going to be 15 instead of 12

[besleybean]

Well you can preorder the dvd now, so possibly it says.

[Carol the Dabbler]

The Amazon page for the Series 3 DVD has a line called "Classification," and there's a "12" in a little circle.  So that seems to be where they put the age rating.  The Amazon page for the Special DVD just says "Classification: To be announced."

 

So I'd guess that the rumor is just a rumor at this point.

 

[Arcadia]

I know PG-13 and NC-17, but what are 15 year olds allowed to see that 12 year olds are not?

[besleybean]

I don't now and don't know if I want to!

I guess googling the UK age restrictions may tell you...

[T.o.b.y]

I know PG-13 and NC-17, but what are 15 year olds allowed to see that 12 year olds are not?

 

Can't tell your for the UK, but in Germany, the age ratings are 0, 6, 12, 16 and 18. Most big blockbusters are rated 12, like the Harry Potter films. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was rated 12 as well, but the extended edition DVDs are rated 16, mostly due to certain battle scenes. I think if you show a decapitation up close, that earns you a 16, for example. It has to be pretty extreme gore / violence, realistically portrayed. And it also has to be live-action. You know some anime, right? Do you know Mononoke? That was rated 12 here. If it had been live action, it would have been 16, I am pretty sure.

 

Sherlock is definitely a 12 in Germany, and I doubt they'll go anywhere with it that would get it rated higher in this country.

 

[Inge l-w]

Luckily, Mr Holmes is rated 12, so dubbing or not, I'm taking the family to the premiere!

[Arcadia]

 

I know PG-13 and NC-17, but what are 15 year olds allowed to see that 12 year olds are not?

 

Can't tell your for the UK, but in Germany, the age ratings are 0, 6, 12, 16 and 18. Most big blockbusters are rated 12, like the Harry Potter films. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was rated 12 as well, but the extended edition DVDs are rated 16, mostly due to certain battle scenes. I think if you show a decapitation up close, that earns you a 16, for example. It has to be pretty extreme gore / violence, realistically portrayed. And it also has to be live-action. You know some anime, right? Do you know Mononoke? That was rated 12 here. If it had been live action, it would have been 16, I am pretty sure.

 

Sherlock is definitely a 12 in Germany, and I doubt they'll go anywhere with it that would get it rated higher in this country.

 

 

Thanks, Toby, that answers my question. Sounds similar to the American system, except ours has fewer break points.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

 

I know PG-13 and NC-17, but what are 15 year olds allowed to see that 12 year olds are not?

Can't tell your for the UK, but in Germany, the age ratings are 0, 6, 12, 16 and 18. Most big blockbusters are rated 12, like the Harry Potter films. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was rated 12 as well, but the extended edition DVDs are rated 16, mostly due to certain battle scenes. I think if you show a decapitation up close, that earns you a 16, for example. It has to be pretty extreme gore / violence, realistically portrayed. And it also has to be live-action. You know some anime, right? Do you know Mononoke? That was rated 12 here. If it had been live action, it would have been 16, I am pretty sure.

 

Sherlock is definitely a 12 in Germany, and I doubt they'll go anywhere with it that would get it rated higher in this country.

 

Thanks, Toby, that answers my question. Sounds similar to the American system, except ours has fewer break points.

Actually our break points in the U.S. have the same amount. 0 is equivalent to G, 6 is PG, 12 is PG-13, 16 is R, & 18 is NC-17.

[Arcadia]

 

Actually our break points in the U.S. have the same amount. 0 is equivalent to G, 6 is PG, 12 is PG-13, 16 is R, & 18 is NC-17.

 

Oh, you're right. I forgot PG and PG-13 are now two separate things. And we don't have X anymore? Man, I really have stopped paying attention ....

[sittything]

I would have never known the actual age breakdown for any of our ratings other than PG-13.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Technically X still exists but I just refer to it as the broader industry it is apart of that includes publications I won't read in a million years.

[Arcadia]

I would have never known the actual age breakdown for any of our ratings other than PG-13.

Me neither, but there was a time when I would have known it without thinking about it. Drat, middle age really does come to us all ...

 

Technically X still exists but I just refer to it as the broader industry it is apart of that includes publications I won't read in a million years.

So, X now just refers to THAT kind of film? Ahhh, that explains the ever-incomprehensible NC-17. (Anyone remember what NC stands for?)