I agree about the fighting in TST... it got a bit too much and too 'violence for the sake of violence'... that's not what I'm into. Not that I don't want any violence and action... but it can, and has been done in better ways before! (like the Vatican Cameos scene in ASiB that was choreographed) 

I guess this has already been shared and I just overlooked it, but just in case (not sure if this should go here or in the other thread, but here is safer anyway):




 

I just saw the chess picture and remembered one of the code words for 04 was Chess. 

I can't get Sherlock as Alice through the looking glass out of my mind . She progressed through defeating various chess pieces , tasks and obstacles to be promoted to queen . 👑

Mothonthemantel wrote:

I just saw the chess picture and remembered one of the code words for 04 was Chess.

I can't get Sherlock as Alice through the looking glass out of my mind . She progressed through defeating various chess pieces , tasks and obstacles to be promoted to queen . 👑

Speaking of the chess promo shot.  It was all over tumblr yesterday that the creators ask that it be removed.  That it had been leaked prematurely and gave something away.  Anyone hear anything else about this?  And what could it possibly have given away?

I always wonder where is the primary sourse of such pictures? Where can we check whether it's been removed or not? How can we know that the creators asked to remove it? I mean, they can't be asking the fans on twitter, right?
Besides, I'm a sucker for chess boards and the picture is already on my desk top. It can't be removed from there, ever

As for the spoiler - maybe we don't know whether Mycroft is alive by the end of the second ep?
On the other hand, it's just a promo shot (see background) so it proves nothing.

true, I think asking to remove it will only fuel speculation. Until now, it was just another promo.pic

Yeah I saw that apparently people were getting copyright notices which also said that the picture included spoilers that would ruin the viewer experience.

I guess the game between Sherlock and Mycroft could be interpreted as a spoiler if there is to be a showdown between them of sorts but I can't see anything that's outright a spoiler.

I don't think it is a spoiler either (unless, as mentioned, there's a cliffhanger over one of them being alive!  But we have seen from the trailer that they are all present in TFP ).  My prediction has been that TST is about Mary, TLD is about John, and TFP is about Mycroft.  So no surprise that Mycroft is playing chess with Sherlock, symbolically.  It suggests something about their relationship, but doesn't give away the plot any more than the trailer, I don't think.   Possibly it will seem like more of a spoiler in retrospect!

I don't know if this is a spoiler, just my thought, maybe it's the combination of the picture and the quote "someone has been playing a very long game indeed" - well, we're meant to think Moriarty.  But I think the villain is either going to be Mycroft, or temporarily, Sherlock.   Showing them playing a game kind of confirms that, and maybe that's the spoiler.

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Yes, but even with that knowledge I cannot see anything particular spoilery in that picture, but I'll guess it will become clear in retrospective. 

Liberty wrote:

I don't know if this is a spoiler, just my thought, maybe it's the combination of the picture and the quote "someone has been playing a very long game indeed" - well, we're meant to think Moriarty.  But I think the villain is either going to be Mycroft, or temporarily, Sherlock.   Showing them playing a game kind of confirms that, and maybe that's the spoiler.

Very clever! 

I would love that actually. Mycroft would make a great villain to Sherlock (also it might ensure Mycroft's continued survival, since I have the distinct feeling that they are setting him up for something big, I'd rather have him ending up as the big bad than dead).

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