2014 (so far)
I've not done much in 2014; I feel that I want to avoid the social scene for a while so I can get my breath back - I've already turned down one invite tonight after having a few nights out this week.
I spent New Years' Day with family; we ended up playing some Cluedo; I had a nice relaxed day and watched Sherlock in the evening.
Thoughts below:
[Spoiler (click to open)]
When I saw the first solution for how he faked his death, I felt let down; I was glad it turned out to be a red herring. The third was pretty awesome, but based on the dialogue it probably wasn't correct either.
Overall, it was a solid new adventure for Holmes and Watson, though one of my favourite moments was Holmes saying Watson had made his views very clear, followed by the cut to Watson appearing to give the finger (it turned out to be one of his medical procedures), and the moments on board the tube train were great.
However, the tube geek in me spotted the following location problems:
1) Watson apparently riding a Jubilee Line train on the District Line
2) Stations doubling for Westminster and St James's Park that looked nothing like the real thing; they were meant to be on the District but were blatantly deep level stations.
3) Holmes and Watson walked into Westminster Tube Station; the ticket hall shot showed it was Westminster, but the corridor they were in later looked nothing like Westminster Tube - more like Charing Cross.
4) This could have been right, as the disused platform they walked on was presumably either the disused Jubilee Line platform at Charing Cross or Aldwych Station, on a disused branch of the Picadilly. It was still noticeably a deep level station and not part of the District, although a District Line train had somehow got onto the tracks.
Also, some of my friends mentioned that you can get from Westminster to St James's Park by tube in less than five minutes.
Please no comments along the lines of "It's called SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF", or "Get a life".
I went out with Mum yesterday; I got some passport photographs and observed some typical 21st century etiquette as we walked into a coffee shop. This woman in front of us walked in and instead of looking round to see if anyone was behind, let the door slam; because it opened both ways, it almost smacked us in the face. I noticed that instead of queuing, she just sat down at a table WITHOUT A DRINK, and I could only assume she was waiting for someone else to arrive and buy them (none of the people already queuing seemed to be with her).
I could never do that, for fear of someone coming over and giving me a huge piece of their mind about how disgusted they were that others had drinks and needed tables and I was using one without even having purchased food or drink. We didn't stay in the coffee shop to see who joined her; we decided the place just below where I live was nicer.
This morning I failed to get a delivery, thinking they would put it through the letter box - it was a calendar but evidently it was too big, as the guy put a note through my door. My doorbell is broken, and I've tried replacing the batteries but I think it's not the remote device but the buzzer itself that is wrong, so I settled for putting a note on the buzzer; hopefully he will try knocking when he comes tomorrow and I won't have to call him or take a day off work. Also, if he tries three times and I don't make contact then my item gets returned to the sender because evidently he gets fed up with me; some delivery companies suck.
I spent New Years' Day with family; we ended up playing some Cluedo; I had a nice relaxed day and watched Sherlock in the evening.
Thoughts below:
[Spoiler (click to open)]
When I saw the first solution for how he faked his death, I felt let down; I was glad it turned out to be a red herring. The third was pretty awesome, but based on the dialogue it probably wasn't correct either.
Overall, it was a solid new adventure for Holmes and Watson, though one of my favourite moments was Holmes saying Watson had made his views very clear, followed by the cut to Watson appearing to give the finger (it turned out to be one of his medical procedures), and the moments on board the tube train were great.
However, the tube geek in me spotted the following location problems:
1) Watson apparently riding a Jubilee Line train on the District Line
2) Stations doubling for Westminster and St James's Park that looked nothing like the real thing; they were meant to be on the District but were blatantly deep level stations.
3) Holmes and Watson walked into Westminster Tube Station; the ticket hall shot showed it was Westminster, but the corridor they were in later looked nothing like Westminster Tube - more like Charing Cross.
4) This could have been right, as the disused platform they walked on was presumably either the disused Jubilee Line platform at Charing Cross or Aldwych Station, on a disused branch of the Picadilly. It was still noticeably a deep level station and not part of the District, although a District Line train had somehow got onto the tracks.
Also, some of my friends mentioned that you can get from Westminster to St James's Park by tube in less than five minutes.
Please no comments along the lines of "It's called SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF", or "Get a life".
I went out with Mum yesterday; I got some passport photographs and observed some typical 21st century etiquette as we walked into a coffee shop. This woman in front of us walked in and instead of looking round to see if anyone was behind, let the door slam; because it opened both ways, it almost smacked us in the face. I noticed that instead of queuing, she just sat down at a table WITHOUT A DRINK, and I could only assume she was waiting for someone else to arrive and buy them (none of the people already queuing seemed to be with her).
I could never do that, for fear of someone coming over and giving me a huge piece of their mind about how disgusted they were that others had drinks and needed tables and I was using one without even having purchased food or drink. We didn't stay in the coffee shop to see who joined her; we decided the place just below where I live was nicer.
This morning I failed to get a delivery, thinking they would put it through the letter box - it was a calendar but evidently it was too big, as the guy put a note through my door. My doorbell is broken, and I've tried replacing the batteries but I think it's not the remote device but the buzzer itself that is wrong, so I settled for putting a note on the buzzer; hopefully he will try knocking when he comes tomorrow and I won't have to call him or take a day off work. Also, if he tries three times and I don't make contact then my item gets returned to the sender because evidently he gets fed up with me; some delivery companies suck.