BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / The Imitation Game

**Posted by Ivy** January 19, 2015 8:45 pm

Just booked three tickets for Sunday, for me and my fellow Benaddicts. I'm excited, everyone is telling me handkerchief are required.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** January 20, 2015 12:15 pm

Have a great time Ivy! handkerhiefs are very, very much needed!

I'm going to see it again at the actual premiere on the 29th... and going to go alone this time.
I'm glad I had my friend with me... but sadly she has a habit of commenting during the film pulling me out of certain things.

I just hope this film wins an award, I wanted it to before I saw it and now I just know it has to win something!

**Posted by besleybean** August 7, 2016 8:37 pm

Thought I'd put this here.
Just seen a docu-drama on ' Yesterday' : 'Codebreaker'.
It really was an excellent telling of the Alan Turing story and actually made The Imitation Game a lot clearer to me.

**Posted by SusiGo** September 28, 2016 1:21 pm

So this is very good news:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-committed-to-introducing-alan-turing-law-and-pardon-gay-men-convicted-of-outdated-crimes-a7320851.html

And it makes me proud that it was to a great extent this film that brought the public attention and commitment which finally made this possible. Not just for Alan Turing but all the men who were victims of this horrible law.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** September 28, 2016 1:23 pm

That is indeed good news!!!

**Posted by Yitzock** September 28, 2016 1:47 pm

It is good! Too bad so many, if not all of them, have not lived to see this.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** September 28, 2016 2:02 pm

I'm happy it's happening, but it's a bit late

**Posted by SusiGo** September 28, 2016 2:28 pm

Better late than not at all. And in Germany there will be a law soon which is going to pay damages to and rehabilitate men sentenced under the notorious § 175 for having consensual sex.

**Posted by Vhanja** September 28, 2016 2:38 pm

I will never understand why it would be illegal with consensual sex between adults. It's really no one's business who decides to have whatever type of sex with whomever as long as everyone involved is consenting and adult. Or so I think anyway.

Good news, though!

**Posted by besleybean** September 28, 2016 6:10 pm

Blame the Victorians, Vhanja.
The UK is slowly catching up!

**Posted by Liberty** September 28, 2016 7:18 pm

I heard this on the news the other day. I suppose it's part of Turing's already impressive legacy that he (unknowingly!) helped bring this about.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** September 28, 2016 7:48 pm

I wish he could have known...

**Posted by besleybean** September 28, 2016 7:53 pm

**Posted by Lis** January 4, 2017 9:14 pm

The Imitation Game is on Film4 now for anyone in the UK

**Posted by besleybean** January 4, 2017 9:17 pm

Oh yes I remember now...I'm going to bed soon though and have the dvd anyway.

**Posted by Kittyhawk** October 26, 2017 10:12 am

Does anybody have the two-disc version of the DVD and can please tell me what the extras are?