as promised, here’s a brief write-up of what arwel said during his keynote at the depaul pop culture conference!
the pilot being remade like it was is extremely unusual for most television. also, he said that the design of the original 221B was supposed to be more victorian, with more references to previous adaptations. however, it became clear that what made sherlock excel really came out in the truly modern moments, so they updated 221b to have a more modern and lived-in feel
they switched out the wingback chair from the unaired pilot because it made over-the-shoulder shots basically impossible
he showed the coveted 221b floorplan but i don’t have the spatial brainpower to remake that lol
he also showed lots of bts pics and some raw footage of establishing shots filmed during series 3 which was sooo cool
there was a pre-production meeting specifically about what phone sherlock holmes would have. arwel said there was no way sherlock would have the newest iphone (derogatory), then moff made a face and pulled out...his brand new iphone.
multiple people questioned arwel’s choice of the iconic wallpaper! he said it was a win for him that it became so iconic :)
when making TAB’s 221b, they wanted it to be a victorian version of arwel’s 221b, not a rehash of previous victorian era 221bs. also, he pointed out how the kitchen became a study...painted scarlet ;)
john’s chair is actually janky as fuck, with broken springs and stuff, but martin freeman wont let anyone come near it to fix it!!!
fun easter eggs in molly’s flat - they decorated with some taxidermied animals to represent the presence of death in her life, but balanced that with some plants to symbolize life/growth, bc death isn’t her whole life
the production team actually got the same or less budget to work with for each subsequent season, and really had to stretch it to keep upping the quality!
he called sherrinford the “bond villain lair” lmfao
he’s about to start working on something new - another book adaptation, with a woman showrunner
the venue in TSOT actually has white walls, they painted them yellow for the episode
he mentioned people giving him too much credit for incidental easter eggs, ie kitty’s wall
he put a bunch of broken printers and shit in 221b because he thinks sherlock wouldnt bother throwing something broken away, just shove it aside and get another one
he talked about the elephant in the room thing, saying people misinterpreted him, but this time he said the elephant in the room came from an actor saying his work is so good that no one notices or something??? which was NOT his story before
one of his fave moments from making sherlock was when he first brought mofftiss into the 221b set and they couldnt stop touching everything
he said he wanted 221b to feel like “a den, a safe place to go on adventures from”
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! he said that everything from set is in bbc or hartswood storage bc “you never know!” but then he made an oh fuck face and hurried to say that this was NOT a confirmation of series 5, bc if he said that, “I’d be shot!”
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If I ever wanted to do one of those clickbait "things that show the amazing passage of time" posts or whatever,
On the left, my filthy, worn in old boots that I've worn literally every single day for nearly 3 years, and on the right, my new replacement pair. (Underneath, a towel cause I'm not sticking my filthy, worn in old boots on my bed).
They aren't cheap, but if you need good work boots these are WELL worth the money. Steel toe, leather so they're durable as hell, water resistant, slip resiatant, and literally the most comfortable pair of shoes I've owned in my life. I walk at least 5 miles at work every day and spend 8-10 hours on my feet, and I still don't have foot pain with these.
If I ever become a celebrity and someone wants me to sell out, I'll be like NO THANK YOU CLINIQUE, I'm only gonna advertise for Dewalt boots.
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Porsche is now head of the minor family, right?
So.. What happened to Vegas's kinky red room in the minor family's house? Did they change it? Is everything still in it but they all act as if it's just a completely normal office/room??
I NEED TO KNOW PLEASE
(I also really want to know how they found out that the key to that room is just 6969 and how they reacted - did Vegas/Pete just tell them?? Did Porsche guess first try bc "yeah that sounds like something Vegas would do"??)
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i got to thinking again about an aspect of a book which had troubled me, and which remains the pea in the otherwise heaped-high bed of my enjoyment,* and decided to actually investigate a question i'd originally posed only rhetorically, namely: had any of my fellow tumblrinxs voiced similar objections? having gone back through the main tag with some care, i now feel reasonably confident saying that (1) no, they did not, and in fact (2) very, very few people who posted about the book in a searchable way expressed anything other than squee. which—entirely possible all critical discussion has been relegated to the fan discord that apparently exists, which would be depressing; but the alternative is that it's not happening at all, which would be even worse. has a fannish mode of (un)critical engagement been so thoroughly drummed into readers that even when they're reading original, professional fiction, they still feel compelled not to say anything at all, if what they have to say isn't wholly, insipidly Nice?
like, i fully understand, and have ultimately been convinced by, the arguments as to why it's generally inappropriate to post unsolicited critique of identifiable fanworks in spaces where their authors might potentially stumble on said critique and be wounded by it; but if we're getting to a point—or maybe we arrived there ages ago, and i'm only just noticing—where some combination of fannish training and authorial mingling on social media is discouraging public debate about even professional work... oof. i'd love to have ready an eloquent defense of the importance of unfettered public reaction to, and thoughtful analysis of, art, but it's late and i'm tired and honestly all i've got rn is: fml. f all of our increasingly-milquetoast ls, tbh.
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* (one man's amusing absurdity is another man's ditty played on a dogwhistle.)
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justin from motion city soundtrack looked so crazy in that suit at adjacent. he also said he was scared to be there and he saw me walk past him like a dying baby camel in that fucking sand 😭😭😭 horrible
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