Still trying not to search for anything, not to read anything... but I needed to know if the episode was any good... which it apparently was... * RELIEF* ...so now that I know it's all brilliant, I can relax and wait patiently till January
thanks for telling only the necessary facts, so I don't need to risk twitter etc

How exactly does the chat work? It doesn't work for me, but I really don't know if it's me, my computer settings, or sth else. Maybe somebody has got the same problem, or maybe you have suggestions what to do?

I always get the "page not found" error. Via google cache or by directly typing the URL I can usually open the start page, sometimes I can open seperate chatrooms then, just to get another error message that "the viewers quota for this chat room has been exceeded" ...when I am apparently the only one in the chat.
Help?

oh good, so it's really happening... I'm very happy now

I'm neither teenager nor "oldie" ... but this is my first meeting like this (via a forum), and I'm rather shy with new people... but I trust that Sherlockians are very kind, welcoming people

The comfy TV room sounds even better than a conference room. great!!

you'll keep everybody up-to-date here? because sometimes I'm offline for a few days... don't want to miss sth important

now, the important stuff: S3E1 and S3E2... ;)
I've asked an english (?) member somewhere in this forum if he/she could record the episodes and send them via post/mail to me in Germany... I have to find that thread again...
I still think that's a better option than record from streaming, because british TV will be more realiable I think... I cannot even begin to think how many will try to stream the episodes...
Maybe we could all ask around, if maybe some very kind lovely members from the UK could dvd-record the episodes and send them to us? (I do think that's quite legal, and I am 100percent sure we would all buy the dvds anyway later...)

And it would be AMAZING if we could watch S3E1 and S3E2 together before S3E3!!! Because I cannot see right now how I would be able to watch them otherwise... and it would be so cool to watch the episodes in one go (well, with breaks for food and nerves of course :D ) and with devoted fans!!
We could maybe watch the other two episodes in the afternoon (arriving 2pm-ish at the hotel?) and then grab food and settle down for the final... oh god, no, I just can't think "final"... well, THE episode, you know :D

uh, sorry, that was a lot of talking

The Cluedo clue caught me by surprise, and now I wonder why.
It seems... obvious.
Was there ever any discussion on it? I haven't seen any.

Okay, if it's 64,70 Euros for a DOUBLE room, I'm joining the hotel lot,too ;)
Is that "all in", breakfast etc? Or is there more expenses I would have to consider? (I only have been at hotels few times, and one was all-in, and one had breakfast seperately...so I really don't know)
I'm going to write a PM to you too, gently69.
Thanks for being so enthusiastic to get things going

Edit: oh, too tired to read, breakfast included, alright alright... maybe I should sleep now instead watching TRF for the xxx time... god, does anyone count anymore? ;)

Whisky wrote:

btw, the orange kommerz hotel looks like a crime scene itself... *scary but inspiring*

As far as I know they already used it for the Cologne "Tatort".
 

I am not surprised... ;)

Mattlocked wrote:

And of course I don't remember everyone's age. Everyone around here earning some money?

Well... definitely not enough to feed my Sherlockian expenses ;)

SherlockianDE wrote:

Let me know if you''re interested in sharing a nice cheap room at a hostel I flinched a bit at the hotel prices, too... especially since I'll already have to spend probably some hundred Euro for the train ride to Köln

Sharing would be fine. We could check who else would prefer a hostel, then book together?

I also don't think I'll sleep much. Probably I will be shellshocked for at least one hour, then I need another hour for overwhelming happiness   then another for dealing with the prospect of waiting another endless years for MORE... well, and then there's need for discussion...

How are you going to watch the other episodes? Will you all have seen them until the meeting?

How far is Ratingen from Düsseldorf main station?

Also, thank you gently69 for inquiering about the hotel, I hope they answer soon!

Mattlocked wrote:

Edit: It was the Kommerz Hotel. 144,00 Euro a double room as far as I can see.

Whoppa! That's one night, double room, right? Apparently, I underestimated hotel prices.
Any chance I can just join you as a guest for watching? ;)
I would then leave afterwards to rest my sherlocked head in a noisy crowded hostel somewhere with all the other poor students

I'm also not sure about W-Lan... just imagine it doesn't work properly... 5 minutes into the film, and then a breakdown... that would kill me for sure!! ;)

btw, the orange kommerz hotel looks like a crime scene itself... *scary but inspiring*

How I wish I had been in London to see that...

I love the way they play with us... driving around with a car just to announce an airdate!! It's brilliant, and yet, a little bit scary too... what will they have to do for series 4?? ;)

And a little voice in my head keeps talking... series 3 might be bad and dull and... god, I am actually afraid my expectations might not be met... I'm trying so hard not to have any... but how to do that after such a long time, with all the lovely spoilers, ...?!?

my shock blanket isn't orange, maybe that's why it doesn't seem to work properly...
I won't be able to watch on 1/1/2014 (no internet on holidays) but have to wait... again... while everybody else will be talking about it already... *sniff*

Seems like I'm going to be on holidays during airing anyway... in the remotest place I know, without ANY internet... haha is that punishment or mercy - I can't say XD
I like the meta-countdown <3
 

Only now getting back to this... thank you for your thoughts

Don't think Moriarty was really suicidal at the pool scene - he didn't HAVE to answer that phone, he chose to. It could have ended there if he had let it happen. But at this point, Moriarty is still intrigued by the game.

Moriarty declares Sherlock his equal in the rooftop scene - even more: Sherlock isn't like him but is him. (I get headaches from this choice of wording...) But for Sherlock, Moriarty is his adversary. Moriarty focuses on what they have in common. Sherlock focuses on the differences.

Even if Sherlock chose the other side, chose to share the angels side, he isn't one of them - and neither is Moriarty. But there is the difference between what you are and what you chose. It makes Sherlock a person John puts up with. John would argue that Sherlock was nothing like Moriarty. Because he can see that Sherlock makes different choices. But Moriarty can see that Sherlock could have been him, and is him, in a way - prepared to do anything. I think Sherlock is aware that Moriarty has a true point there.

On the rooftop, Moriarty isn't so keen on keeping their game going anymore as he was back at the pool. He could have called back the killers, could have continued with Sherlock... like he did at the pool scene. But he doesn't this time. He again chooses what to do - and this time he chose to die. Sherlock told John that Moriarty is in prison because he chose to be there - and dying is also Moriartys choice. Somehow the "you are me" gives him enough reassurance to die.

So I do think Moriarty was looking for an equal not an adversary. And I don't think he thanks Sherlock because Sherlock has proven he can beat him. But more because he isn't better in fact, I think Moriarty thanks Sherlock exactly for being "him", not being more but also not being less. Quite a compliment - or insult, depending on the view.