Have Your Say

Miscellaneous

Please use this area for any Topics you feel don't fit in with other areas of the forum.

Off topic discussions

MissQuin 21 Dec 10 at 2:53 p.m. GMT

Ok, so the old thread was getting slow to load. Here everyones welcome to discuss non Chrisite things.

In response to number 3- the weather is pretty bad in parts of the UK. But It gives me the excuse to stay in and read, watch DVDs and surf online.

Login or register to add posts and reply

329 replies

Reverse order

john_c_hamilton 01 Feb 12 at 9:32 a.m. GMT

StephenNorton, I think it is fairly nice. How did you get access to it? Do you speak Japanese?

Number3 31 Jan 12 at 10:06 p.m. GMT

Harley welcome back.  During the school year I too pop in and out of the forum.  Oh the joy of being a professional educator.  One gets so busy encouraging students to read, that your own person reading time shrinks  in order to help others. 

But, I do enjoy being an educator and sharring books with the students.

treplag 25 Jan 12 at 12:17 a.m. GMT

I would like to start a new forum.  Can someone tell me how to do that?

NightRayDuck 24 Jan 12 at 8:48 p.m. GMT

treplag - I know. it's one of those mysterious snags that many users experience differently (or not at all) on this website~

StephenNorton 24 Jan 12 at 8:35 p.m. GMT

I have a little question, does anyone here knows Umineko no naku koro ni (chiru)? if so what did you think about it ?

treplag 24 Jan 12 at 8:35 p.m. GMT

Ray,  I receive the newsletter every month.

NightRayDuck 24 Jan 12 at 8:30 p.m. GMT

john - I am familiar with the original Sherlock Holmes titles, and I did notice the titles of the episodes in the new series. It's just that when you first asked if anyone has seen the Scandal in Belgravia, I did not know that it was a new episode of the series.

NightRayDuck 24 Jan 12 at 8:27 p.m. GMT

Betty - I am signed up for newsletter and I know it's not going into the spam folder or trash folder, but I actually see approx 3 issues of newsletters a year. It doesn't appear to be issued on any type of schedule.

treplag 24 Jan 12 at 7:48 p.m. GMT

Betty - You might want to make sure that it isn't going to your spam or junk folder.  Look for it there, and if you find it, just click on the tab that says "Not Spam", and it will be moved to your inbox. If it isn't there, I don't know what else to suggest.

BETTY 24 Jan 12 at 5:46 p.m. GMT

I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. I HAVE  SIGNED UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER SEVERAL TIMES AND I STILL DON'T RECEIVE IT. I CAN I START GETTING IT IN MY E-MAIL. THANKS. P.S. I USE CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE IT IS EASIER FOR ME.

john_c_hamilton 24 Jan 12 at 4:16 p.m. GMT

Ray, The story is actually based on 'A Scandal in Bohemia' as all 'Sherlock' episodes are - featuring an altered title (eg. 'A Study in Scarlet' becomes a 'Study in Pink' etc).

NightRayDuck 16 Jan 12 at 9:23 p.m. GMT

Hello HarleyBarley! Good to see you.

HarleyBarley 16 Jan 12 at 10:43 a.m. GMT

I am not certain how long I have vanished, but it's been quite the long time. Hello again, forum.

NightRayDuck 06 Jan 12 at 8:53 p.m. GMT

john_c mentioned a recent show called "A Scandal in Belgravia". Tommy's response to that show, I gather, was that it's neither here nor there. I have to say I was puzzled and intrigued when I first saw the title of the show in john_c's post. The "A Scandal in ______" type of title really showed up only once in canonical Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and in that instance it was "A Scandal in Bohemia". When I saw "Belgravia", my first reaction was "I think that does not mean Belgrade..", my second reaction was "Ms. Anne Perry's 'Insp. Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte' series had many stories about scandals among wealthy Londoners, and one of the stories was 'Belgrave Square'." Beyond that, I had no ideas at all. Certainly I did not expect the adapt to feature Sherlock Holmes. The commissions that the original Mr. Holmes regularly took up were often about avoiding scandals, about hushing up a matter quickly and smoothly, and so there really wouldn't be much material to make a long and slow episode out of, if you see what I mean..

NightRayDuck 06 Jan 12 at 8:51 p.m. GMT

Copied from the "AC Quiz" thread. About a new adapt of something that probably doesn't exist canonically...? Tommy_A_Jones 06 Jan 12 at 1:55 p.m. GMT

I have and I am afraid I didn't like it at all, It was much to slow, I admit I have not read much Holmes so I only noticed the Reference with Mary Adler who they made a Lesbian and the Pipe and Violin stuff, Watson had anew Girlfriend from the last series which is a shame.

I can't really talk though because it seemed the Episode was just for Holmes Fans and I am always thinking why are ITV pandering to Non-Christie Fans which what it seems to me with Marple because to me Non-Christie Fans shouldn't be pandered to and it seems to me Non Holms Fans are ignored with 'Scandle To Belgravia' but perhaps I am beig too harsh.

Quote in reply Report abuse, spam or spoiler john_c_hamilton 05 Jan 12 at 3:54 p.m. GMT

OK, I will find a question for tomorrow morning or later tonight. In the meantime has anyone watched a 'Scandal in Belgravia' on BBC1?

Number3 26 Dec 11 at 9:41 p.m. GMT

Happy Boxing Day.

Night Ray I read plenty of the Encyclopedia Brown Series when I was in grade 1 and 2.  I borrowed them from my older sibling. We shared those along with The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.  We were equal opportunity readers.

Another childhood mystery that sticks out in my mind was by Issac Asimov and part of it took place in a museum.  Unfortunately I can't remember the tittle.

GKCfan 18 Dec 11 at 6:06 a.m. GMT

Most of the Encyclopedia Brown stories are written for young children, but require facts that only older readers would know.  For examples (SPOILERS!) you need to know that penguins don't live at the North Pole, or that dogs are colorblind, or which direction doorhinges swing, or the proper way for men and women to sit in a restaurant.  Most require knowledge of trivia, but others are simple logic problems, or require readers to note a hole in a story.  

NightRayDuck 18 Dec 11 at 4:33 a.m. GMT

Thanks, GKCfan. I think I had read several Encyclopedia Brown stories when I was a kid, but I don't remember much. I only have a vague impression that many of the solutions depended on proving that somebody is deliberately making a false statement. But I never quite understood how the sleuth had such a small pool of suspects to start with. In one story, I think it was a robbery or theft, Brown went and questioned one man and proved his alibi to be false and that was that.

GKCfan 17 Dec 11 at 8:22 p.m. GMT

NightRayDuck, I always enjoyed the Encyclopedia Brown series when I read them when I was younger.  The big problem was that sometimes Sobel used the same solution in his "Two-Minute Mysteries" that he did in the longer Brown stories.  Also, at times the solution was faulty.  (SPOILER WARNING!)  In one case, Brown disproves a story by pointing out that a wrongly accused man couldn't have sllt open an envelope because Chinese restaurants don't have table knives.  But the vast majority of Chinese restaurants I've eaten at over the years have table knives!

cameronjhw 17 Dec 11 at 6:51 p.m. GMT

Hello, I was wondering if there is anyone out there who has seen the just release sequel of Sherlock Holmes a Game of Shadows with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law yet. I managed to watch a private screening of this film on the night before it was released in theaters. I was with some friends and I must say I enjoyed this very much. I know in general the sequel is not as good as the first one but in this case I disagree. This sequel is much better than the original. Lots more action, thrills, surprises, and Downey's Holmes has a varied number of disguises he assumes in this one. I won't give anything away so I won't spoil those who plan to see this. But I will say it features a number of Sherlock Holmes characters who were in the first movie like Mary Morstan, Irene Adler, Inspector Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson and also two other memorable characters-Mycroft Holmes and the Napoleon of Crime himself Professor Moriarty. This film is set close to the beginining of WWI. Holmes and Watson practically go all over Europe to prevent a sinister and dangerous plot. Again I won't say anymore but if you have seen the first movie I strongly suggest you see this new sequel and judge for yourself.