Dear You

Dear Chris,
You promised yourself you wouldn't write letters to yourself anymore. Of course, that lead to the world famous 'Do Post-it Notes count as letters' argument between you and me (you). It was amusing to watch from the outside (I'm told), but since we ended that discussion with a mutal love fest (lonely love fest), we must talk about this.

Letters to yourself are only cool in one circumstance. When it is in fact from another version of you AKA Drunk You. You know who I mean! He used to appear at parties, unsuccessfully flirt with women, successfully flirt with Alex or Paul and than throw up in inapprorpriate but hilarious spots. Now you know who I mean! He kept throwing up in other peoples' toliet. God, wasn't he such a light weight.

Anyway, he can't come out these days. Sober you goes to parties instead and drinks Dr Pepper like a cool kid instead.

Off topic again. In fact, this letter has no topic, other than so you can gloat to your friends that you have successfully beaten your previous record for consecutive blogs written while conscious, and also because you read Jewel Staite's blog and thought writing to yourself looked fun (She did it! it looked fun - me). So let this letter be an important reminder of several things.

A. Copying other people's blogs is a good way to write a blog when you have no idea what to write.

B. You possibly have multiple personalities, but they all love Dr Who so it's awesome.

C. You're coming dangerously close to actually stalking Jewel Staite! Stop that, that's a bad you!

Sincerely
Me (you)

If America can, so can I.

So I was talking with my friend Mike, who lives in America (try not to hold that against him) and he had a brilliant idea. He commented that there is only one way Lucy Liu as Joan Watson would work.

I then thought about it, and decided to keep Sherlock protrayed by an English Actress. It just seems wrong to have anyone other than an Englishman play Sherlock (which is why I'm not as fond of the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock films as I could be.) To me, it'd be like having a non-Brit play the Doctor. But relax, Mike, we found a role for your suggestion.
So now, here I am, in conjunction with Kerri (read her blog here), presenting the gender reversed Sherlock Holmes. After some consideration, we decided that, apart from unusual names like Sherlock and Mycroft, their names will be swapped to represent their new found feminieness or masculinity. Enjoy!

Because I'm not bored enough and Kerri is a tad tipsy, we're sticking with their pre-established backstories, except where it conflicts with their genders. Instead, enjoy these pretty pictures I found on Google of the actresses

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Announcing the cast of the upcoming hit Miss Holmes

Kate Beckinsale as Sherlock Holmes

Lucy Liu as Joan Watson

Meryl Streep as Mycroft Holmes

Neil Flynn as Mr Hudson

Gwyneth Paltrow as DI Lestrade

David Tennant as Ian Alder

And finally, because no show is complete with a villain, presenting:

Emma Watson as Jane Moriarty

Plot: Up in Asgard, following following Thor's adventure as a woman, he and Sif are having an argument about whether women are better then men. Thor is against this notion, whereas naturally Sif is all for girl power. Deciding there is only way to settle the argument, they travel to the stone where Loki is imprisoned. Despite thinking both are idiots for this argument, Loki agrees to turn everyone on Earth into the opposite Gender. Hilarity then ensues.

Chris Hemsworth, Jaimie Alexander and Tom Hiddleston, naturally, reprise their roles from Thor.

That's my plot for Miss Holmes, coming soon to TV screens in your imaginations.

So say we all!

So America's gonna remake Sherlock

Oh, no, I'm sorry. America isn't remaking BBC's Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson (pictured below). They're just making a modernised version of Sherlock Holmes' adventures.

Above: Pure Awesome (left) and Pure Brilliance (right).

Named Elementary (really, America? Really?), in this version, Sherlock Holmes is a former consultant of Scotland Yard whose addiction problems landed him in a rehab centre in New York City (because there aren't any in the UK, evidentally). This led him to meeting his sober companion, Watson, a former surgeon who lost her license after killing a patient. Whoops.

That's all well and good for America. It sounds like they've tried to put their own (sterotypical) spin on it, as opposed to plain blatently ripping off the WAY more interesting Sherlock.

Above: Blargh (left) and Pure Awesome (right) during a stage adaption of Frankenstein

Meet Johny Lee Miller (pictured above - the bald one. The other one is Sherlock Holmes), star of Hackers and other things, AKA the new Sherlock Holmes. The good news about this is that he's British. The bad news... well, he's playing an American take on Sherlock Holmes.

Now for the really bad news.

You would NOT believe what I had to type into Google to find a picture of Lucy Liu with clothes on

Meet JOAN Watson. Yes, in this version of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson will be a woman. Normally, I'm all for putting a spin on a traditional. When I initially found out that in Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica, Starbuck would a woman, I was intrigued. Unlike the thousands (read: twelve) people who complained that 'Hey, Starbuck is a cigar smoking, card playing, ace pilot man person', I felt like giving her a chance and I was right to do so. Starbuck in the reimagined series was a brilliant, complex, neurotic character, and possibly even better then the original. 

That is NOT the case here.

Making John Watson a woman can only mean one thing. Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson will, at some point, be having sex. There will probably be series after series after series (God, I hope it gets cancelled before that point) of 'Will they? Won't they?' moments and frankly, I disapprove. The reason the Holmes and Watson duo works is because they're best friends. Nothing more, nothing less (sorry, Kerri). This is just a marketing scheme to entice viewers and frankly, I do not think it works.

Earlier today, I said to Kerri that I would watch the Pilot and form a judgement based soley on that. I've changed my mind. I will watch the Pilot. However, I will do so hoping that this gets cancelled, and hold onto the notions I have stated here until the show proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am wrong. Will I be proved wrong? I actually hope so. Do I expect to be? No, not in the slighest.

In conclusion, I think the title is a horrible pun, making Watson a woman is an idiotic mistake and I hope it gets cancelled very quickly.

I don't normally do this

I call eternal dibs on the TARDIS piece. This is done in writing so none can dispute the time and date of this occurring.

So Say I!

The Failed Invasion by the Scottish Wench pt 2

In my last blog (no, I won't give you a damn link - it was the LAST freakin' post), I detailed the first few days of Kerri's visit from Scotland. Obviously, the logical thing to do would be to continue that. Normally, I eschew logic and do whatever I feel like. However, today I will be logical so here is the second installment in Kerri's Magical Adventures in England.

The Rest of Wednesday

John's team won the football, so I guess that was worth losing a laptop for. We watched Fringe. When I say we, I mean myself, Jeremy and John. Kerri instead was on her laptop. Not being a fan of the show (yet), I don't really blame her there. However, getting Jeremy to break his routine is a task worthy of Hercules, we decided not to press the issue.

Kerri and Jeremy remained on their laptops. Being without, I choose to be mature, and irritate the two until we all went to our beds (read: Jeremy and Kerri went to their beds, I went to the couch). 

Thursday

After the day trip to Leeds, we were going to be settling down for a day of very little. We quickly nipped by home to check my mail and get some parcels (DVDs and Kerri's second Christmas Present - A TARDIS key).

Anyway, Jeremy's dad decided to go out, and his mum offered to cook us dinner at her place. Since Kerri had mostly ignored Fringe on Wednesday, we forgoed the usual choice of DVD, and instead took the very brilliant Burke & Hare. However, Sally did not want to watch it, so after a dinner of Lamb steaks (YUM) in a fantastic sauce with chips and veg, we watched Iron Man, followed by the Wii. 

All in all, it was quite a good way to spend an evening!

Today

Today was primarily spent just sitting around, chatting, drinking, snacking and generally being lazy. We watched a DVD, Jeremy and Kerri used their laptops and I alternated between annoying Jeremy and read my Kindle. Then, about three quarters of an hour ago (as of this writing), Dad picked us up and took Kerri to the station.

And that is all of you up to date. Readers of Kerri's blog, I hope you enjoyed the break and change in style. Obviously, I have not covered everything in detail, and no, more details are not available from me, Jeremy or Kerri. Please do not bother to ask.

Loyal Readers of mine may now just leave.

So Say We All!

The Failed Invasion by the Scottish Wench pt. 1

Saturday evening through to Monday Evening

Saturday night, what a night! There was drinking and dancing and a pokemon board game of some kind which lead to more drinking!

Of course, while everyone else was drinking alcohol of assorted sorts, I was drinking delicious Dr Pepper.

As usual, we returned from our drinking adventures in a club with a brief stop at McDonalds for much needed fried goodness. Except it wasn't fried goodness. The Chicken Nuggets left me throwing up for the better part of two days. I would blame the Fries, but I gave them to Alex since I don't like them cold (they're bad enough when they're warm.)

Then it was Monday, which harked the arrival of Kerri from Scotland. Since this is a somewhat rare event, I pretended to be a gentleman and went, with Jeremy whom she is staying with, to meet her at the Station. That evening was spent watching an assortment of DVDs, me carefully eating so as not to risk another evening of vomit, followed by sleep. Also, Kerri got me a Sketch pad and a mini book with a Pentagram on the front. I returned the favour by providing her with the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide and another item tba in the next blog (PART 2).

Tuesday

Tuesday was a very lazy day. Instead of me throwing up in the evening, it was Jeremy's bloody Dog...twice. The first time I impressed Jeremy with my strong stomach by clearing it up. The second, I was in time to get him outside. That set the tone for my sleep.

I eventually arose, went through to the sitting room and chatted, laughed and bitched with Kerri between brews, chicken, pork pies and sausage rolls, until Jeremy woke up. From there, we pretty much just watched DVDs and chatted (while one of us stole the other's Demon phone to look stuff up online, irritating Demon Phone's owner).

Some amusement came when I hid Jeremy's DVD of the Hulk in the box for another film, and hid the box behind the cushion on the sofa.

By the end of the evening, Jeremy nearly died on Cracked.com, Kerri was half-reading, half watching a film where Christian Bale adopts a puppy and I was regretting not bringing my laptop. Much fun was had.

Wednesday

Today we went to Leeds with Dad! Most people would be embarrassed to say that, but I actually do love going places with Dad. He's a laugh, and provides entertainment for my guests so I don't actually have to! (Plus he buys me things).

We went to the usual places, with a few add-ons. Jeremy went into Game and was thoroughly unimpressed with it. Of course, being massive Comic Geeks, Kerri and I were enthralled with Forbidden Planet (though left with little beyond a plush cat). We walked up to OK Comics, where Kerri was impressed that the owner knew of Plan B Books, found a couple of books she'd and past me been looking for, and I bought more comics then I really should've.

From there, aside from a brief stop in WHSmiths and HMV, we met my Dad in Waterstones and enjoyed a cup of tea and a mega chat with him before returning to Jeremy's (where the two of us are staying since I have no room at my house). I've read Comics, Kerri's read comics, Jeremy has gold furniture and we've eaten dinner.

Now he's pestering for his laptop, so his Dad can watch a Football game.

Until the next time, loyal readers.

Taking back something I said earlier

Hello, loyal readers.

A while back (specifically back in May '11), I posted about my disappointment about a new figure release. The Time Monster Set, containing the Delgado Master which had previously been released in 'The Claws of Axos' Set. At the time, I lampooned the Set, since Underground Toys had made a massive deal about a big announcement coming. My main problem with the Set was that, after so much of a build-up, it was disappointing considering that the Set contained a re-release.

This is the Set I'm talking about, by the way. Also, picture :D

However, I recently lost my Delgado figure, so it seemed logical to buy a new one. So I bit the bullet, and bought this Set. I have to admit, it is pretty cool. The accessories are fairly awesome, and will probably be putting an appearance in at some point in a bit of stop motion.

So back to the original point of this blog. I retract PART of my earlier statement about this Set. It is worth the money. THAT is the part I am taking back. I stand by my original point that it was given too much hype.

It is also nice to have the option of buying a Master & TARDIS or a Master & Monster set, since both are still readily available.

So say we all.