Sherlock "review" (FAO @markgatiss @steven_moffat )

The series so far, barring the gender-and-race-fail which is endemic in television (and which has been amply covered elsewhere - for example here and here), has been excellent. And yeah, I know that's a big thing to be barring, but...

The third and final episode wasn't as bad as the first two (especially not the second) for those things. What it was, was:

• beautifully written by Mark Gatiss, seamlessly slotting in clever references to the source materials with modern twists
• brilliantly directed, pulling the stylistic cues we had got used to from the first two episodes and swirling them around the story in a glorious work of art
• stunningly acted by the Martin Freeman and Benedict Frumious Bandersnatch, and indeed, most of the other actors. I particularly liked the blind old lady
• enjoyable from start to finish

Sure, it wasn't perfect. Nothing ever is. ( spoilery bits under the cut )

But aside from those minor and picky points, I really loved it. And Mycroft. Oh Mycroft. A character I have had a crush on since I first read his name in print. A character I crushed on even when he was played by a very elderly and rotund Charles Gray. And now played by a writer/horror geek/Who geek/actor I have a crush on anyway, and the guy who wrote this very fine episode...

Mystic SB foresees many fandom icons.

Just, you know, Grand Moff? Mr Gatiss? Sort out the gender-and-race-fail for next time. Please? Because then it would be perfect.

I really wish they had cast the gorgeous girl who plays the sergeant who calls Sherlock "freak" and whose name I forget because her character was clearly a tokenistic bolt-on as LeStrade. That would have been awesome.

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Miss SB's Very Prestigious and Entirely Serious Blog Awards - Category Five: Prettiest Blog

Here is a list of all the blogs which have been nominated for prettiest blog:

Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings
Debi Linton (again!)
ginasketch
Jon Ball
Male Submission Art
TV Cream

Please take a look at them, assess them, and then vote. The vote is anonymous, and you don't have to have a Dreamwidth account to vote - instructions on logging in with open ID are here. Do feel free to pimp it out to your readers if you've been nominated. The poll will remain open for a week, and the next category will go up tomorrow.

Poll #4051 Prettiest Blog Design

This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 17

Which blog should win the award for prettiest blog design?

Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings
1 (5.9%)

Debi Linton
4 (23.5%)

Ginasketch
5 (29.4%)

Jon Ball
2 (11.8%)

Male Submission Art
3 (17.6%)

TV Cream
2 (11.8%)

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ATTENTION! F-list cull in process

I will be doing an f-list/reading list cull across several platforms today. This is (again) due to time reasons, and not anything else.

What does this mean for you?

• Dreamwidth - if I take you off my reading list and you have access, I won't take you off my access list. If I take you off my reading list and you don't have access, I'll just stop reading you. I won't be offended by reciprocal removals.


• Facebook - I use my personal facebook profile in a very restricted way. If you get removed, and you're not horribly offended at being knocked off my f-list and still want to keep up with what I'm up to, you can follow my public profile.


• Livejournal - I am slowly reducing Livejournal to a rump If you crosspost from DW to LJ, you will be removed from LJ. However, if you get removed from my LJ f-list and you're NOT on DW, the chances are you will still have access to f-locked posts on Dreamwidth... But this will necessitate you moving to DW, which I recognise is a big ask for some of you. I have some DW invites, and there is a codesharing com and you can add my public posts to your f-list here. But, again, I recognise that f-list removal may offend some of you terribly. Sorry.


• Twitter - if I stop following you, it shouldn't affect you at all. So don't worry.

I hope you're all going to be very understanding about this.

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