The Sherlock Mega-Watchalong Weekend is happening right now!
We’re watching all of Sherlock four times in a row*, and chatting about it in The Giant Chat of Sumatra.
Anyone is welcome to join—just grab your copy of the episodes, and check the schedule to find out when to start playing the next episode in the marathon. There’s also a timer for each episode in the schedule, so if you come in late you can fast-forward to the same part everyone else is at.
Since the Mega-Watchalong goes on for a very long time and through all hours of the day and night, there may not be anyone else in the chat room some of the time. Feel free to drag your friends in, or just wander in and out and meet new friends who happen to be online when you are. Have fun!
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* Important note: You should not actually watch all the episodes on the schedule. Please take breaks to eat, sleep, go outside, etc.
Alright, we all know that the whole ‘Lost Vermeer’ painting thing is a big deal in the last puzzle Moriarty throws at Sherlock in Great Game. And, some people have noticed that allusions to it are on posters close to the end of the episode, and some picked up on it on the TV in Sarah’s apartment.
I’m just here to put all of the ones I noticed out there, because I think some people may have missed some (including me, who knows). These should be in chronological order.
#1: On the magazine Sherlock is reading when he’s making small talk with John about the blog in the very beginning of the episode.
#2: Yes, on the news in Sarah’s apartment.
#3: I think this may have been the most missed - also on the TV in the restaurant where Sherlock and John are given the Connie Prince case, when John turns the TV to the news to show Sherlock. This clip is only there for a split second before the channel changes, you had to look close. And it may be a little small here, but you can go back and check me out.
#4: This is where they start to get a little more obvious. Behind Sherlock here, when he’s giving John instructions in the cab.
#5: I suppose this is the writers giving up. If you haven’t gotten it by now, here you go, right in front of you, completely focused in and everything. Haha. (Now I’m just being facetious)
#6: Again, pretty obvious, though it is kind of small. This isn’t even an actual shot in the episode, it’s a transition shot.
So there we have it, the Vermeer allusions/foreshadowings I took note of. If there are any I missed, please, let me know!
Reblogging so those in the Mega-Watchalong can play Spot the Foreshadowing!
The Sherlock Mega-Watchalong Weekend is underway!
We’re watching all of Sherlock four times in a row*, and chatting about it in The Giant Chat of Sumatra.
Anyone is welcome to join—just grab your copy of the episodes, and check the schedule to find out when to start playing the next episode in the marathon. There’s also a timer for each episode in the schedule, so if you come in late you can fast-forward to the same part everyone else is at.
Since the Mega-Watchalong goes on for a very long time and through all hours of the day and night, there may not be anyone else in the chat room some of the time. Feel free to drag your friends in, or just wander in and out and meet new friends who happen to be online when you are. Have fun!
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* Important note: You should not actually watch all the episodes on the schedule. Please take breaks to eat, sleep, go outside, etc.
Hey, guys—at the time of this post, we’re a little over an hour out from the start of The Giant Chat of Sumatra’s Sherlock Mega-Watchalong. (This is meant to be an extremely casual thing, in case you haven’t figured that out yet.)
I’m still setting the billion online timers and time zone converters that will make this work, and all of those will be posted shortly. But if you are desperately curious about when your favorite episode will fall in the schedule, you can always check the activity calendar to see all the times listed in U.S. Eastern time.
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EDIT: Fixed calendar link.
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.”
—The Final Problem
He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table. Then he placed his newly acquired bust in the centre of the cloth. Finally, he picked up his hunting-crop and struck Napoleon a sharp blow on the top of the head. The figure broke into fragments…
—The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
So this is the part where I admit that for a while now, my brain has been mashing up these two bits.
And it turns it into a vision of an old comic book cover with a needlessly musclebound action hero version of Holmes saying, “He’s the Napoleon of crime—and you know what I do with Napoleons,” as he dramatically smashes a bust.
Yeah.
Guess you had to be there.
‘Primping in Mirror’ An illustration for The Saturday Evening Post by J.C. Leyendecker
My entry for the letsdrawsherlock challenge! Can I honestly say that I’m actually happy and proud of this? I really had fun making this, and I just had to change the name of the magazine ahaha
