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I'm in a rare Star Wars fanfic-reading mood, but of course everything I click on seems to be either an AU of an AU or OOC mush. In fairness, it probably doesn't help that my fic craving is ridiculously specific, like 'Anakin and the Jedi and slavery, post TPM' or 'Luke, Leia, Han wartime bonding during the OT'. Sure, that'll be on the first page of

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[gabri_jade]

SHHHEEERRRRRRLOOOOOCCCCKKKKKKK

There had better be a way to watch it online, that's all I can say. Stupid cable company, only including BBC America in the outrageously expensive service tier... Well, I got Doctor Who via Amazon Instant Video, maybe they'll have Sherlock too. Or iTunes will. Someone. They'd better. *twitches*

Hey, did you see there's a Tintin movie coming out? I know not a single thing about Tintin, but I trust your taste and the commercials look interesting. I think I'm going to have to see it.

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^^ That was more or less exactly my response. XD

I know I've read that PBS Masterpiece will be airing it in the US mid-2012, which is supremely unhelpful but all I've seen about US airdates. Hopefully it'll be somewhere online for you! (Don't even get me started on the completely dire situation with streaming TV in Australia. We have nothing! No Hulu, Netflix or Instant Video. It's depressing.)

Oh, so conflicted about the Tintin movie. I'm half looking forward to it and half terrified that they'll Hollywood it up and ruin it. The suspense is killing me! The trailers look promising though, so maybe everything will be okay. :P So are the books just not around in the US then? I've read that Spielberg had never heard of them until a French review likened them to Indy, which was mind-boggling.

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Well, after a cliffhanger like that! Apparently the BBC is trying to kill us all. :P

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I know! Horrible cliffhanger. I get the feeling this series isn't going to be any better, given the last story they're adapting. (Um. Ignore this if you don't know what I'm talking about. Spoilers...)

In fairness we do have 'tv on demand' type things where you can go to the website for the channel and stream the episode, but it's pretty useless for the most part. The ABC has a BBC-style iView which is all right. Nothing that you can pay to order and stream what you want to watch, though.

The Tintin-dog association might possibly come from Rin Tin Tin? I know a lot of people here get the two confused. :P And Tintin does have a dog called Snowy, so there is that. I'm hoping that the movie is fairly faithful -- I know they're amalgamating a couple of stories, but what I've heard so far is promising, so fingers crossed.

Oh, and I got the package yesterday! I will email you properly, but thank you. *hugs*

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Supremely belated "you're welcome." *facepalm* *hugs* :P

I'm still not seeing any online options for Sherlock. I am hoping that maybe Amazon Instant will have it available within a week or two; otherwise I just don't know. ARGH.

It might really be the whole Rin Tin Tin thing, yeah. But I have seen the Tintin movie! I liked it. What do you think?

Now I will go sneeze, since I have caught the cold that laid out the rest of the family last week and which I thought I'd escaped. Sigh.

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I meant to reply to your message and still haven't! *facepalms in turn* :p

Oh, that sucks. I'll keep an eye and ear out and let you know if I come across anything. Just make sure you stay away from spoilers in the meantime!

I really liked it. They changed quite a few things and combined a couple of the stories, but I was more or less expecting that, and they managed to do a decent job in keeping with the feel of the books. The whole 'we must fight because our eerily lookalike ancestors did' thing was an adaptation invention (kind of silly IMO, but okay).

I was going to say that summer colds are awful, but then I remembered it's not summer for you. :p Well, winter colds aren't great either. Hope you feel better. *hugs*