Hands up who wants to see Mark dressed as Maggie Thatcher?
Me!

SolarSystem wrote:

nakahara wrote:

Liberty wrote:

Thanks for the reassurance .   But I do have misgivings ... much as I loved TAB, I don't want the show to be "Sherlock on drugs so everything is mind palace", or even all about rehab, saving him from himself, etc., etc..  I'm more interested in his brilliant mind, his relationships with people, etc. 
 

YES to all of this.
I have my fingers crossed that drugs would not be the main theme of S4, just one of the features of the plot.

A big YES from me as well. I don't really want a huge "It's all mind palace" explanation, I don't want drugs or any other kind of 'it's not really real' plot. It would be neat if we got an explanation for some of the things in HLV which didn't really make sense, but I don't want the explanation to be mind palace. I want things to be real, it's as simple as that.
And yes, I know, it's not my show, it's theirs. Then again... it IS my show because it means so much to me...
 

I'm sick of the druggie!Sherlock trope as well. And, I'm about Mind-palaced out. 

Last edited by RavenMorganLeigh (July 25, 2016 5:11 pm)

I bet Mark could do a good Maggie! 

And I like your idea about Agra, Tonnaree!  Although, looking at the cast list it's very sparse for 2 and 3 anyway - no Rupert, no Mark, no Una, no Loo, etc. 

Last edited by Liberty (July 25, 2016 6:07 pm)

I'm not really tired of anything, really. It all depends on how they are doing it. And from what I've seen of Moftiss so far, they seem very reflected and well-aware when it comes to their writing. I doubt they would repeat themselves. 

When it comes to writing the scripts and evolving their characters, I trust them completely.

Me, three.  We know there's going to be some mind-palace in episode 2, but I can't wait to see it, sounded interesting from setlock reports, but I'm sure we'll get loads of real-time action.

Sue certainly doesn't look too happy... 

I think Mycroft and Sherlock's relationship was flagged up as being something to watch in HLV and TAB.  I don't think it's too much of a spoiler that that will evolve (they are talking about Mycroft there, aren't they?  So many clips and I'm trying to remember!).

The second one does look like Amanda is on the verge of giving something away!  I haven't seen the clip, only gifs, so it's hard to tell.  We've speculated about television history - what puzzles me is Amanda says they've done it again - done what again?!   I hope they don't mean something like making TAB mind palace.  Or any large amount of the series mind palace.  And if they can pull it off, suggests that there's a chance they can't pull it off, whatever it is? 

Well, she seemed to be saying that they've done something that's never been done before, again.   So two things that haven't been done before - one that we've already seen and one that we haven't (the new one being the big television history one).   So I was trying to work out what the first thing was.   She also doesn't say it's Sherlock Holmes history, but television history - she seems to be implying something bigger than a different take on the canon. But, I know that speaking off the cuff, it can be easy to be imprecise. 

So
1. Something similar has been done before, but not as big.  I can't think what.   What sprung to mind was them trying to fool the audience with the Victorian version and making it mind palace - but I hope it's not that, and I don't think it's really different enough?
2. This one is so big it will make television history and be "groundbreaking". 
3. There's a chance they can't pull it off.  So something that there's a chance might not work, perhaps in the sense of audiences not believing it (but also perhaps in some other sense to do with timing, organisation, etc.). 

Given 1 and 3, I'm a little bit drawn towards them fooling the audience in some way.   I've had a few ideas for 2, but only if they really do mean "television history", rather than Sherlock Holmes history. 

Last edited by Liberty (July 26, 2016 10:44 am)

Thanks for the link!
Yeah, Amanda wouldn't let any spoilers out. And she seems so excited

I was just watching the second part of the panel from flicks and the city and they have better audio, as well as a more convenient camera angle. Amanda, when asked about her first line in the script, clearly whispers "Lady Smallwood", but is not allowed to say it and settles for a gesture instead. Lady Smallwood features in the trailer, saying "We brought you back to deal with this, what are you going to do?" I naturally assumed that she was talking to Sherlock at first, but maybe it is Mary she's talking to...