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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
So what to do with all this information + feels about Sherlock Holmes and his environs?
Let me back up:
I first fell into Sherlock Holmes fandom when I begged my parents to let me stay up and watch "The Devil's Foot" episode of the Granada (Jeremy Brett) series, and my recollection was that I was 9 at the time. This is confirmed by the fact the episode was released in 1988, so it makes sense that I'd have seen the commercial on PBS. Why I was intrigued, who can say?
But throughout my life, I've been on-again, off-again with the great detective. Prodigy bulletin boards and zines at first, my undergrad honors thesis, several years serving on the committee for Sherlock Seattle, but only brief forays into what I'd term the "modern" form of fannish interaction.
A few years ago, I became friends with the education director of one of the preeminent film festivals/societies in the country, and I prevailed upon him that I had an expertise in Sherlockian cinema and could give a class. He liked my pitch, and I did it. We did three evenings, 24 students, to what I think was great enjoyment by all or most.
Thus, I've spent the past several months steeping in Sherlock Holmes film/tv series, from 1916 onward, and I have way too much information and way too many feelings about Holmes and Watson (now both weird amalgams of book canon plus various portrayals) than I know what to do with.
So where do I put them? Is there a venue for thoughts on Holmes on screen other than this 3 week class? And I'm not talking about reblogging shippy gifs on tumblr, either. Is there a place in this world, on this internet, for someone who's watching every version of Sherlock Holmes they can find?
Let me back up:
I first fell into Sherlock Holmes fandom when I begged my parents to let me stay up and watch "The Devil's Foot" episode of the Granada (Jeremy Brett) series, and my recollection was that I was 9 at the time. This is confirmed by the fact the episode was released in 1988, so it makes sense that I'd have seen the commercial on PBS. Why I was intrigued, who can say?
But throughout my life, I've been on-again, off-again with the great detective. Prodigy bulletin boards and zines at first, my undergrad honors thesis, several years serving on the committee for Sherlock Seattle, but only brief forays into what I'd term the "modern" form of fannish interaction.
A few years ago, I became friends with the education director of one of the preeminent film festivals/societies in the country, and I prevailed upon him that I had an expertise in Sherlockian cinema and could give a class. He liked my pitch, and I did it. We did three evenings, 24 students, to what I think was great enjoyment by all or most.
Thus, I've spent the past several months steeping in Sherlock Holmes film/tv series, from 1916 onward, and I have way too much information and way too many feelings about Holmes and Watson (now both weird amalgams of book canon plus various portrayals) than I know what to do with.
So where do I put them? Is there a venue for thoughts on Holmes on screen other than this 3 week class? And I'm not talking about reblogging shippy gifs on tumblr, either. Is there a place in this world, on this internet, for someone who's watching every version of Sherlock Holmes they can find?