bbc dvd/blu-rays are normally pretty extra-laden (cf their doctor who discs), i know these discs have commentary tracks, at the v least
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 16 February 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
old-school Dr Who extras are largely compiled by a dedicated nerd network though, not through endemic BBC policy AFAIU. (no idea about the new series ones though)
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
or you know, we could google
The extras on the DVD are a little thin on the ground. There are commentaries for A Study In Pink and The Great Game, along with a short ‘behind the scenes' feature, Unlocking Sherlock, and the original 60 minute pilot. To be honest, there's little point in watching the pilot, as it's a 60 minute version of A Study In Pink, but it's nice to know that it's there.
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I could go and open the one that arrived from Amazon today, but I'm too lazy.
― trishyb, Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not to drag out the Who thing, but I just wanted to point out that as awesome a sci-fi story as it is, and arguably as good a Who episode as it is, "Blink" doesn't really introduce viewers to the Doctor?
― omar leeettle (Leee), Friday, 17 February 2012 06:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
It just takes us back to a time when Carey Mulligan wasn't a bland nonentity like she was in Drive.
― Nicole, Friday, 17 February 2012 11:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 February 2012 12:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp - actually I think it does! It's an intro to the Doctor from the point of view of a bright civilian, we learn what she learns, it's a little brisk but doesn't I think skip past anything you need to know, and by the end you have a decent wordcloud of him - alien, energetic, travels through time, frequently sorry.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
An alternative entrypoint could be the Girl in the Fireplace, which has equally beguiling time travel tricks up its sleeve but features a lot more of the Doctor.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 February 2012 12:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
A little of that Doctor goes a long way :)
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Isn't there a separate thread for Doctor Who?
― Tuomas, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry if that sounded harsh, but it's sad to notice new posts in this thread, but when I click on it none of them are about Sherlock.
― Tuomas, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
We have nothing to say until Smilin' Steve Moffatt deigns to drop the revelation bomb on us.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tuomas we are talkin about which Dr Who eps a Sherlock fan might like. So it is sort of connected. Sorry you're bummed out tho.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://circletheglo.be/post/19574276992/redscharlach-otters-who-look-like-benedict
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I watched Hound of the Baskervilles on the plane recently, and actually enjoyed it despite some of the cheesy bits. Cumberbatch is quite a good Sherlock! Think I will investigate more of them.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's the weakest of all of the episodes --which is not to say I didn't enjoy it -- so I think you'd better.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Second weakest. Skip S01e02 altogether Veg.
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
you're not the boss of me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://youtu.be/yrDVSxNycKc
Trailer thingy for CBS' own Sherlock Holmes series, Elementary. Looks like a rather generic police procedural with a 'quirky' lead character - a la Monk - to me.
If I want a Yank Sherlock I'll watch House, I think.
― DavidM, Friday, 18 May 2012 09:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― dethklok piccalo (c sharp major), Friday, 18 May 2012 11:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
What is it with America casting short arse Sherlocks. Johnny Lee Miller isn't Robert Downy short but he's hardly tall and striking. (one of the reasons that Cumberbatch makes a good Sherlock)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 18 May 2012 11:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is it with american television and british film actors of the 90s
― thomp, Friday, 18 May 2012 11:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i keep walking past an HMV window with big boardwalk empire and mildred pierce displays with winslet and mcdonald and thinking, just, huh
― thomp, Friday, 18 May 2012 11:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Johnny Lee Miller isn't Robert Downy short but he's hardly tall and striking. (one of the reasons that Cumberbatch makes a good Sherlock)
I really don't think Cumberbatch is all that much taller than Miller, it's probably due to the costume choices. Miller is dressed like an overgrown teenager.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 18 May 2012 12:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
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