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Mothonthemantel · January 29, 2016 12:13 pm

Yes me too .
I think John suspected Mary's involvement , we see him on the chair wondering who Sherlock would protect , and Sherlock has left the Clair de lune perfume for John to find . So when John and Sherlock met in between scenes they must have had a Mary shot Sherlock conversation ,and John might of been wondering where Mary was , with Sherlock explaining Mary was coming and that John had to say silent to find out why .
How the heck could they not show that scene !

Vhanja · January 29, 2016 12:20 pm

I never saw that John scene as something that has happened in real life for Sherlock. To me, the blend of Watson's worries about his wife with John's modern way of expressing it was to me a sign that Sherlock was about to wake up, so that his MP-world and the real world started to mix.

Mothonthemantel · January 29, 2016 12:32 pm

Oh. I still don't think Sherlock woke up . At all . Well just for the last scene.Maybe .

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 29, 2016 1:12 pm

I just need a place to moan about this... I orders my DVD I'm August... and it has now been declared 'missing in transit' what ever that means... I've opted for the refund... hoping it is still coming...

I want my DVD!!

Lilythiell · January 29, 2016 2:23 pm

Oh Phantom!
That's a disaster!
Intolerable!!!
I can so understand your frustration...

*goes to put the kettle on, because tea is a miracle cure*

how do you mean, that's an awful lot of exclamation marks...?

tonnaree · January 29, 2016 4:33 pm

I would tell them to cancel and just reorder.

Vhanja · January 31, 2016 3:23 pm

Don't know if any of you guys noticed this, or perhaps it was just me, but I felt that Benedict's lisp was more pronounced in TAB than anything else I've seen him in. I know he's said that the lisp becomes a bit pronounced when he's tired, and you can sometimes hear it (For instance, in the best man speech - "bravest, kindest and wisest human being...").

However, when I first saw the proper TAB trailer, I felt I could hear it a lot more. Especially in the monolgue-type lines.

"The curtain rises"
"Every great cause has martyrs"
"I have to finish this"

Anyone else notice this, or is it just in my head?

besleybean · January 31, 2016 3:25 pm

Could some of the later ones be him trying to act drugged?!

Liberty · January 31, 2016 3:58 pm

I thought that too, Vhanja. I like his lisp, so I was quite happy!

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 31, 2016 4:01 pm

I do like it as well. It's a good possibility that he could have done it on purpose though.

besleybean · January 31, 2016 4:04 pm

I know I've said before, I've rarely noticed the lisp.
What I've noticed more is the occasional poor annunciation of lines.
Partly because of his deep voice, I think.

Vhanja · January 31, 2016 4:19 pm

Good that it's not just me. Made me wonder if he was partiuclarly weary or tired during the TAB shooting.
Could be deliberate, but not sure why?

besleybean · January 31, 2016 4:22 pm

I think he could have been tired...
He certainly would have been for the best man's speech in TSOT, he's said how difficult it was.
It's in HOB I hear it and again, he's said in interview, well actually how wired he was- that was the nicotine poisoning episode! Though I think it did keep him awake.

Vhanja · January 31, 2016 4:26 pm

Nicotine poisoning?

besleybean · January 31, 2016 4:28 pm

Yes, the night before he gave his big HOB speech, they were also filming the smoking in the morgue scene from SIB and they had to redo it so many times Benedict said he felt he had nicotine poisoning and it kept him awake all night.

Last edited by besleybean (January 31, 2016 4:29 pm)

Vhanja · January 31, 2016 4:30 pm

Oh, didn't know that. Poor guy .

Yeah, I think I read somewhere that they used herbal cigarettes for that smoking scene. But after X amount of takes, Ben refused them and wanted to use real cigarettes instead (as he was still smoking at the time).

besleybean · January 31, 2016 4:33 pm

The only other times I've heard them discuss the smoking was:
1. Again in HOB, Russell said he had the herbal things as they're not allowed to smoke in the studio set.
2. Mycroft and Sherlock being caught smoking by Mummy Holmes: Mark had herbal, Benedict insisted on real.

Little Weed · January 31, 2016 4:46 pm

See I never noticed he has a lisp... And the thing about the nicotine poisoning is no fun... Poor lad.

besleybean · January 31, 2016 4:47 pm

Should have smoked herbals only!

Little Weed · January 31, 2016 5:54 pm

besleybean wrote:
Should have smoked herbals only!

Actors love to suffer for their art... funny creatures...