YT and the Special!

Starting out with some bonus candy from SDCC 2014:  Benedict Cumberbatch on Sherlock Season 4, Doctor Strange, Penguins of Madagascar.  Published on Jul 25, 2014.

Andrew's birthday; cons; VIDS; China!

Happy birthday to #Sherlock & #SPECTRE star Andrew Scott! Watch his BAFTA 60 Sec Challenge: https://t.co/LNRXv5fZUU pic.twitter.com/H0QKJPPeur

— BAFTA Guru (@BAFTAGuru) October 21, 2015

Remember how they had some big shindig back in April 2015?  I found some videos of the guys there for us all to enjoy.

There you go, have some early Halloween candy.  :b

Miscellaneous Tweets.

Official #Sherlock @OriginalFunko figures are coming soon! See the range: http://t.co/fuAEYGh0s8 HT: @cumberbatchweb pic.twitter.com/vAoDmEJdFE

— Sherlockology (@Sherlockology) July 28, 2015

@AB_Mycroft @ninja_CE @The_Whip_Hand Amazing! https://t.co/fhHmqPucKK

— Chloe Webber (OOC) (@LustfulSloth) July 29, 2015

Sherlock: 2015 Comic-Con teasers.

So yesterday we all survived Ben turning 39.  8D


Here be s4 SPOILERS!

Comic-Con has goodies for the 2015 Sherlock special.  Here's EW's first preview of that.  EW also has a post about everything you need to know before the Sherlock panel!


And more SPOILERS below the cut!  Not setlock, but someone leaked these.  Avoid if you are wanting to see the Sherlock special in all innocence.

Pictures; one mild setlock.

Consider these images my birthday presents to you in Ben's name.  I know his birthday is 19-July -- happy birthday, proud new papa Benedict! -- but I'm not up on which new birthday charities are happening.  Alas.

You can always check the 2014 charities; some of them are ongoing.  Consider Batch of Kindness, for one...  And particularly ALS, as Ben's an ambassador for them and many many others!

Warning!  One setlock pic included from the 2015 Christmas special.  Not a major spoiler, but a nifty pic to be sure.

Cumberbatch update 1 via Tweets.

The Sun is reporting that Benedict Cumberbatch is to receive a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 'services to drama' - *unconfirmed*

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 11, 2015

. @heatworld's take on the rumour that Benedict Cumberbatch may appear on the honours list: http://t.co/3zv5ykrUC3

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 11, 2015

Recap, spring 2015.

Things that happened during that very busy weekend in April, i.e., 24-26 April:

Missed @SherlockedEvent? RT & follow for a chance to win one of four 8x10 official #sherlocked photos (global comp) pic.twitter.com/S1rsyziLGX
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) April 29, 2015

I know someone's got other pictures of the Sherlocked con, but it's not me.  At least not today it's not.  :b

UnlockedCon:  Did you log in?  Did you have fun?  What did you do that weekend?

(I went to Penguicon and ran a Sherlocked! discussion.  Had a blast.  Wish you'd been there too, my dears.)

Cons: media and SF.

Media*West Con and media cons: here's M-West's own history.

I've been to a few media cons.  Not a lot, mind you, just a couple.  Comic-Con 2007 is a media con -- and possibly Omegacon.  Plus there's M-West as of this weekend.  Unlike sf cons, to which I have attended oodles...

Some other time I'll talk about Omegacon 2008 (down in Birmingham, Alabama) and why it probably counted as a media/sf con.


(I'll do a little con report on M-West around month-end.  Should be good -- or great! So many SH panels makes me realize they must have a large contingent of Sherlockians, huzzah.

[ETA:  Or set of con reports, since I did post Fannish Friday already last weekend, out of vast enthusiasm.]

Really wish I could see oodles of you there! but M-West IS a smallish local con, sigh.)

Fannish Friday...

... Or, I have an eyeball.

Went to first day of Media*West yesterday.  This is a local fan-run con [ETA with their FAQ for your info], no guests, just fans.  It's lovely.

Panels on BBC Sherlock, tiny fandoms, audio goodies (run by my boyfriend -- about podcasts, BBC Radio 4, etc.), Benedict Cumberbatch, and also the Sherlock party.

At the latter we played Cards Against Humanity, the Sherlock version.  Much hilarity and rudeness!

The hostess at the party brought me a [lavender] tumbler of water that had an eyeball in it.  Which I got to keep.

From blogger: "Short version: Not dead."

Hi, folks!  Sorry to have vanished. I went to Penguicon and came back with a new boyfriend, while having a deadline to clear away upon my return... and so the fan blog got neglected.  A lot.  8(

Apologies, as Mycroft would say -- but with more feeling.  ;d  Far more.

Nor have I been on Twitter that much either, my usual stomping ground for all things involving Team Sherlock.

Grab bag: April cons, vids, etc.

Fan vids!  You've missed them, you know.  ;)

Moonmouse did two silly ones that I like.  It took several watches before I stopped cracking up, in fact.

TMBG via Moonmouse!  Particle Man (Sherlock BBC) and Birdhouse In Your Soul (Sherlock and John + They Might Be Giants).

In the s3 spoiler zone:  liar | Sherlock BBC by Katrin Depp; also expect feels.

SH fandom petition; CP con and more!

Good things for Sherlock fandom and the fandot... or in the immortal words of the Firefly fandom:  Can't stop the signal.

First, a petition asking the BBC to put the Sherlock 2014 special ep on the big screen worldwide was started by German fans.

And there's a Cabin Pressure con in Berlin.

Wanna see how far this screening petition goes?

@ninja_CE I did this, German http://t.co/QCRUOcfiYx + @TRassmagik ->English http://t.co/af6vRnfU2w Many thanks for adding info to your blog!
— Sherlock DE, engl. (@Sherlock_EN) January 21, 2015

Dear Fandot, the tickets for #EuroairdotCon2 are on sale now, please proceed to the counter: http://t.co/fYy3qtLz1I pic.twitter.com/ykrzFJhxmZ
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) January 17, 2015

The second such con, in fact.  8)  Looks like it travels -- just like the lemon!

Unlocked Con: free. :)

You can't make the Sherlocked con?  Nor can I.  Which applies to most of fandom, I expect.

But tumblr's Final Problem is hosting a free online party that same weekend, April 24-26.  You can still hang out with fellow fans at Unlocked: The Unofficial Sherlock PJ Party!

This is for ALL Sherlock fans anywhere.

TIG; 2015 Hamlet news; Oscars; online con!

. @ImitationGame to be released in the US on March 31 #BenedictCumberbatch #KeiraKnightley http://t.co/3rx2PaW4Nu
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) February 18, 2015

A lovely interview. :) It’s a Benedict Cumberbatch Moment: The Oscar-Poised Rise of The Imitation Game Star in Vogue, from 21-Nov-2014.

BAFTA 2015; Sherlocked in UK.

The BAFTA Awards are this Sunday!  Expect that the Interweb will be full of BAFTA buzz on 8-February-2015.  Radio Times says that Ben, Hiddles, and Martin will attend; Martin's one of the presenters per Digital Spy!

The Imitation Game has 9 BAFTA nominations.  I hope Ben and Team TIG win several BAFTAs!

Apparently since Boyhood's been the favorite of late, that's what people think will win the BAFTAs.  I really hope that it's not the only winner, that would be awful for all the other movies.  Unfair too.

I still haven't seen TIG, but I trust all the folks who've been telling me TIG rocks.  We knew it would rock!

Of course my next favorite would be Eddie in The Theory of Everything because it's about Stephen Hawking, and that also looks incredible -- but I've seen The Grand Budapest Hotel and it's a really bizarre and funny movie.  So that's the order I'm pulling for.

The Imitation Game, NYCC cosplay

Cumberbatch: Fame is a learning curve.  Recent interview about Alan Turing and The Imitation Game, but also other things.

Sherlock to The Imitation Game: The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch.  Includes two trailers for The Imitation Game.

RDJ is a fan of Ben's too; check out Robert's own Reddit.  8)

Robert Downey Jr., "very impressed" with Benedict Cumberbatch's #Sherlock http://t.co/wOHReDMxLp pic.twitter.com/hHpvThmUo2
— Dale (@daleygaga) October 7, 2014

From Turing to Sherlocked.

His mind is the key. See #BenedictCumberbatch as Alan Turing in The #ImitationGame this November. pic.twitter.com/pyPeT1uOPc
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGame) September 20, 2014

If you sorrow for not getting the Sherlocked convention in your country/region... this is my answer to why it's only in Europe and America.  I'm sorry, my dears, but it comes down to numbers.

The higher amount of fans are in two places first.  Yes, I know and you know that certain countries have HUGE fan bases.  And matching populations.

Sherlock fandom is worldwide, sure -- but we're not concentrated everywhere.  In America and Europe are where conventions will be first.

Watch the Sherlocked FB page for regular updates.

SDCC 2014, tumblr, etc.

Also #Sherlock playing his violin #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/xsIteQNA6Y
— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) July 29, 2014

LFCC, 2014 Emmy list, s3...

ETA:  Radio Times is doing a TV Champions poll.  Right now is the Finals -- it's Benedict against David Tennant.  

Really close; do be sure to vote before 6-August-14!

Did you want to see all the 2014 Emmy nominations Sherlock got?

The list of 12 #Sherlock Emmy nominations. SO PROUD. pic.twitter.com/b0uPszClIM
— Hannah (Sherlock) (@hmmSHERLOCK) July 11, 2014

A video from the London Film and Comic Con 2014 that includes Sue, Mark, and Steven.  Possibly has spoilers, but knowing them, probably just teasers.  This is a preview of the Sherlocked convention also.  8)

More SDCC 2014.

Comic-Con: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch talk Sherlock, ‘Penguins’ and more.

Cumbercupcake: Ben with the penguin!!#SDCC2014 #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/yvg3qTIaTq
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) July 24, 2014