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(Original post date: August 7, 2007, last updated: May 3, 2009) [Cross-posted to IJ, JF and Inksome]

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I wrote a 1200-ish words Sherlock fic^* that I would like to have someone to beta (I have asked sort of bribed someone to look at it, but I definitely would love another eye to look at it too). I also would like to get someone to brit-pick it as well. If you can do both, great, but if you can do either I'd take it as well. I definitely want the brit-picking slightly more since I am quite sure any remaining British-ness I managed to retain got tangled with my Canadian-ism.

^* = John's POV, G-PG?, spoilers up to S2E3 The Reichenbach Fall, so yes, said bad thing will be talked about.

If you can't do either but you know any place that will beta things for once-in-a-blue-moon writers (for Sherlock or just betaing in general) let me know in the comments as well. :D

There's no way I will be able to make any reaction post for the final episode of this season's Sherlock. I would try again maybe in a few months time, but then you all saw that I still haven't managed to finish the remaining 1/3 of the last episode of the first season, so, consider this a blessing...?

However, I can say that I am all for the third season of Sherlock, if only to make a certain not-good-at-all emotion of a certain character (or, actually, along with my fangirl heart) stops.

Meanwhile, at least I have the multiple re-watchings of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film verse and the script - for research purposes!) that I can do to distract me. :D and oh god there's the TTSS kinkmeme that I haven't start looking, too.

Before I start, let's put it in record at the amount of "ahaha somebody might finally let him to act evil on screen more" and "yay his character will be IN SPACE" I am having right now at the report of Benedict being casted in the Star Trek sequel (as the rumoured 'naughty baddie' Khan). We already know that Simon Pegg is in the sequel, so there's that awesome factor in my head no matter he really ended up as good or the dark side.

*breathes* ok, now that I got the happy squeeing done, let's get back to reviewing. In the non-spoilery short review, the film is well done in terms of the actor choice, which I don't remember the last time I can see the actor fitting the role like it was written with them in mind. The cinematography and the music are excellent (I have been listening to the soundtrack for months and seeing the tracks sliding into place with the actual scene is an absolute treat). The plot, however, are so trimmed (think pared to the bone) that I was disappointed that many of the moments in the book was taken out or modified. I think the problem with such a large cast (all of them pivotal to the film) and with so much story material to show in a short period of time (unlike the BBC verse which there are 7 episodes for all the important storyline to flesh out). I was left yearning for more when the film ends, which I guess could consider as good sign still.

Now, the spoilery parts, which I pull out the few favourite (and a few possibly not so much) moments of the film. ( Behind the cut. Did I mention it's SPOILERY? )

All in all, like I've said to stripedteacups on twitter, the original story is a big mess of human relationship tangle, it's so easy for the director/writer to make a bad hash of it. I am very glad that was not the case at all. In the constraint that they have that is the time limit allowed in a film, this is done quite well and the plot coherent enough for audience to follow. Even with the minor nagging concern that it could have done slightly more to rounded out this film even better that I am still trying to reconcile in my head.

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I originally planned to write a review of sorts after I first watched it, but about 1/6 way in I realized that if I do it would be another un-posted reaction post like I have with episode 3 from the last season (I am still going to attempt to post it. Soon.). I might have made noises about every 5 minutes of watching it. Most of which are consists of "OMG" and the names of the occupants of 221 Baker Street and a few others besides.

If I have to watch it again right now I think I might literally going to start have a heart attack compounded from the amount of work I put it through the first time around.

Actually, I think point-forms will probably the only you'd ever get from me on the things in this episode I find impressive. Even then it would be A LOT.

Let's just say that 18 months of waiting is completely worth it. Every single one minute. So if you are still needing that persuasion to watch this show, let this be one.

Sherlockology on Twitter linked an article that points out something interesting that was not discussed in the previous post regarding the possibility for Ian McKellen and Benedict Cumberbatch to work together (in some capacity)?

From HitFix (emphasis mine): [...] In the book, there is talk of how the White Council had to drive The Necromancer out of Dol Guldur, deep in the heart of Mirkwood. It's relayed as a story that Gandalf tells. But that character is actually one of the incarnations of Sauron, and his stop in Mirkwood is just one part of his character's dark and awful history. If they're going to show the White Council and Gandalf actually go head to head with him in one of the two films, that's exciting and fairly significant. It means we're going to see Sauron in human form, something that never happened in "Lord Of The Rings."

So while this is still early (we haven't have much clue on how the two film is going to work storyline-order-wise), it'd be something cool to keep in mind if that scene is taken into the script.

A fully formatted version (which I originally typed before LJ rejected it unless I remove one of the links) here, for those who doesn't want to dig around for the links. However, feel free to comment either places. :) I will edit this post once the problem is resolved.

From deadline.com:

He (Benedict) will portray Smaug via motion capture. He is already on the picture, providing the voice of the character Necromancer.

For those who needs a refresher on who the Necromancer is, here's a big hint.

Someone on twitter suggested this (don't think that we'd get the soft toy version of it?), and I laugh at the mental image of the patches of red (dragon) waving in the crowd during premiere night. XD

From here. Archived.( for my OCD side. :P )

Just dropping off links (which is plastered all over twitter and tumblr by now).

So accordingly the hint Ian McKellen dropped the other day about what Cumberbatch's could be might not be new after all. Not especially if the man himself has mentioned it before.

What roles would you most like to play?
Richard II, Oswald in Ghosts, Smaug in The Hobbit...!

Meanwhile, he's getting the main character role in a Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, which is a 5 hour long WWI-era drama about love triangle with a marriage gone horribly wrong. Accordingly "He will appear in virtually every scene and has to age over a ten-year period.", so I for one want to see how that would be done. Being a WWI drama of course there'd be battle scenes, which I don't think any of his character is in one except War Horse, which is coming out this December.

Not to mention it's partnered with HBO so I guess the US will finally get to see more of him when the show is aired?

From here. Copied for archival purposes. ( hint for Smaug the dragon? )

New project: BBC's adaptation of Parade's End

From BBC: ( behind a cut. )

A bit more from the Daily Mail. :P ( also behind a cut. )