Wow! This convention looks like it was amazing! I really hope they still plan on bringing one over to the U.S. as well. Has there been anymore talk of that from the organizers?

Yes, they are definitely planning to take it to America (mentioned on their website, in the FAQ)

Fingers crossed it won't be on the other side of the country, then!

yes, there was very little time between when they announced the date and put tickets on sale till the actual weekend.

Wow, great photos. Did you take those on a proper camera rather than a phone? They're really high quality and looks like you have a pretty good zoom.

Well, I just watched a fan's video (in four parts) of Ben's part of the Sherlocked convention on stage (interviewer and Q and A session).  

I remember just after the convention happened, reading a few posts (I looked a bit to see the exact posts but unfortunately couldn't locate them) from some people who said they were a bit disappointed in the quality of the questions asked and that the answers Ben gave were kind of standard stuff, etc.  

Here's my overall take on the session -

I thought it was great!  Even though some of the questions were probably ones that have been asked before, I thought a lot of the fans posing the questions tried to put some thought into them and Ben's answers were articulate (as always), detailed and well thought out (except the weird one about the shipping -). 

Yes, there were some moments of informational repeat, but it didn't make it less interesting to listen to him answering the various questions, for me.  

I really loved all his enthusiasm that was very evident throughout the session, despite, as he mentioned, "having a bit of a head cold".  He seemed very animated and I loved how he addressed each of the fans who got up to the mike in a personal fashion (making sure to look directly at them and determined to see and address the person who he was talking to) and once he actually engaged one of them in a very personalised conversation ("chat" as he called it) about the town she was studying drama in (I think she was actually thrown for a loop by that).  

He was very reactive to the crowd's mood (commenting on their clapping for his marriage) and I loved his bits of mentioning Sophie and his upcoming family (how brilliant she is, how he is viewing fatherhood, etc.).

I love also his reaffirmation of how he views Sherlock as a character (his views fall nearly in with mine - including his feelings about "shipping") and his views of how he is different from that character that he plays.  This is an actor who has a grip on the essence of the character he plays and is confident in his interpretation. Also the part where he talked about his research into character, his feelings of nervousness when doing a role, and his feelings towards drawing from other actors who have done similar roles to his (something he doesn't agree with).  

And I loved hearing him talk about working with his mum and dad on Sherlock.  His pride in his parents is something that is just beautiful to hear.

All in all I thought that the session really came off splendidly and should have been a highlight of the convention (it certainly would have been for me if I had been lucky enough to have the opportunity to have gone to it).  Judging from the crowd's reaction it seems like the vast majority of them had a really, really great time as well.  And I guess that it what it is all about.

The quality of the video wasn't great but what does that matter - it was fantastic from start to finish!  I am surprised there aren't more comments beneath each of the posted segments (or views for that matter).  Maybe that is because it is just done on someone's phone and isn't smoothly done?  That's unfortunate.  It is still a brilliant thing to watch.

-Val




 

Sherlocked is coming back =)
Let's just hope it'll be cheaper.

Ah-chie wrote:

Well, I just watched a fan's video (in four parts) of Ben's part of the Sherlocked convention on stage (interviewer and Q and A session).

 
I haven't been able to find any Youtube videos of the Sherlocked convention where I can actually understand what Benedict is saying, the sound quality on all the ones I've tried to watch have been so bad. Would you be able to post the link to the ones you watched, or send it to me in a pm? Thanks

By luck I found it quite easily.

Here's Part One -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YSSUL7bvs1c

Part Two -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcJPXwB_HY

Part Three -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=frxoWNRnnEc

And Part Four -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLHD5AKh9Y

Like I said before the visual quality isn't good at all but the audio isn't bad (I can understand almost every word of it).  The other thing is that everytime the person doing the recording takes a picture with her/his phone there is breakup in the visuals but the audio track picks up without missing a beat when the pictures resume moving, so it isn't too difficult to keep the thread of Ben's conversation.

It isn't the quality of the Adobe session but then it is done by a audience member and not a professional setup so it is completely understandable.

I certainly appreciate this youtube video (despite the less than stellar visuals) so I could see for myself how Ben's Sherlocked session went.

-Val

I think you're right, Solar. It looks like they had no problem selling tickets for this year's one, so why drop the prices?  And it will help to keep interest up during the hiatus.  Perhaps the biggest problem will be getting the busy members of the team together on the same weekend, but again, they did manage pretty well this year.