#its also kinda funny how with every movie the number of big name actors becomes less and less

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sure kenneth branagh's poirot movies aren't like the best however i think his facial hair is silly enough to make up for it

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The Blue Carbuncle

Now that the subtitles are out and we’re finally on equal ground, time to talk about this piece of fantastic weed shite that I probably shouldn’t be loving so much. The decisions made in this movie still don’t fail to impress me in a high way, it’s honestly such a good addition to the Russian Holmes family.

It’s great, alright

So, just like My Dearly Beloved Detective, this movie is all over England and its humor. “No social issues whatsoever”, “good old England” - jeez man, we get it, you love and laugh at it quite a lot. 

I still think this movie wanted to be a some sort of Christmas tradition or something, an almost desperate attempt to become a classic. So many Christmas song and shit - why? It’s made double funny because in Russia, and especially in the USSR, fucking nobody celebrates Christmas, ESPECIALLY in the Catholic tradition. USSR was officially fucking atheist, that’s why they lowkey mock god in this movie so many times (and I think it was pretty funny btw), but even today Russian Christmas is nothing like the English one at all. Amazingly high decision number one: making a Christmas musical to appeal to an atheist and secretly orthodox country. Fantastic.

There’s not much of Holmes and Watson in this movie, surprisingly. It’s divided into two parts: first the entire goose shitshow, then these guys trying to solve it. Well, since the entire story was shown quite plainly already, of course there’s no mystery or whatever whatsoever, the movie exists just to get you high. So yeah, not much of the squad here, which is a shame, in my opinion, because I think these guys were great.

High as balls Watson, Holmes that doesn’t look like Holmes at all and has a crush on Watson’s gf: they’re really great, alright. Kavun even made an effort to easter egg Romanov (Watson) in the new series as judge from the fourth episode.

About adaptation migration, here’s Gregson from the Soviet series

Very fabulous, very close to his bois, very criminal. Gregson sure had a dark past. 

What really irks me is the fact that this and the series were released like on the same year. 1979? Yes, both of them. Does that mean he was doing both the best and the highest adaptations simultaneously with no shame like that? Yikes. 

Also, Dashkevich’s in this. Yes, the composer, of the Soviet series, of the Detective, now this. Technically, this one was first. The guy scored all three Soviet adaptations like no big deal. I guess it kinda shows, the tune can be catchy sometimes, but the freaking decisions made about the songs strike there again. Most of the time the lyrics don’t match the flow of the song? How the fuck was that even possible, almost every song has at least one slip up where the words clearly don’t fit into the beat, it’s fucking amazing. Listening to half-distorted songs in an already high movie, ding number two for the decisions made in this film. 

By the way this guy I swear

I really do like their dynamic 

There’s James, of course, the actual story is different from canon, fine to watch on the first try, not very entertaining afterwards. The guy’s hot tho

Can sing and do some sick weed dance, that was fun. I am going to be this gal and unnecessarily mention that his fate could’ve been better, lots of wives, no kids, and one stepson who bore his name been long dead by this point. He’s still alive, and well, I guess. Being an actor in the USSR is some shitty business.  

When the narrative finally switched to the Gang, we’re treated to more weed and this fantastic fucking song.

I love it, for real. But holy shit, the lyrics don’t match the flow big time here, and oh boy when Holmes opens his mouth. Jesus fucking Christ what an experience, the guy barely can sing at all and he got most of the lines - Watson sings better than him! This is made even more unreal by the fact that the actor was completely voiced over - they’ve hired another guy to talk and sing instead of him, and having this freedom, they could’ve chose someone who could actually do both. And they deliberately chose not to, and Holmes got an upgrade of someone who can’t even survive a song and again, DELIBERATELY butchered the flow of it on top of that. And Watson opens his mouth thrice and it was the actual actor and he’s GREAT. 

This fact, combined with the trippy visuals and broken flow feels just absolutely surreal to watch, to me it’s the third and the biggest braintwisting decision this movie made. And that is considering, the actual lyrics most of the time are not bad at all, sometimes pretty interesting and even witty at times, especially in original Russian. How and why? 

The Gang listening to pub dudes roasting Watson’s writing abilities and Holmes himself is the best thing.

Hamlet is the best detective story, man, some casually intellectual humor right there. 

Not but really, maybe I shouldn’t be loving this so much but I do

James doing his sick weed moves, drop the beat DJ. Fuck the geese and gold diggers

The plot itself is so dumb it’s hilarious. Gregson stealing all of Holmes’ furniture away but leaving the actual carbuncle behind because he doesn’t believe Holmes is such an idiot to leave the gem just lying around in the open, which is exactly what happened.

Stupidity is the new sexy.

And man, they still managed to make a twist to the story in form of that countess being behind the shit. She’s beautiful, by the way.

Double trippy when she decided to seduce Holmes and he wasn’t exactly opposed to that.

Why do I love this so much.

But oh well, I just do. I am naturally high on acid, you know that, so for me that was a match made in heaven, but even then this movie managed to outhigh me. The trippy ass decisions they make, the ridiculous plot, the evident average quality to everything, the way they just don’t give a fuck about Holmes and what’s normally allowed in this universe. It’s fun to me, honestly, that’s why I love it. That’s why I still hope everyone else would appreciate it, even though I know that will never happen. 

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SyFy’s 'The Magicians' Cast Looks to Season 3

One of the most innovative television shows currently on the air just began filming its third season, and the showrunners and cast were eager to talk about Season 3 at Comic Con. For those who aren’t familiar, The Magicians is based on the book of the same name by Lev Grossman and airs on SyFy in the US.  The magical Brakebills University in the series is a mash up of “Hogwarts and Harry Potter for adults” and Narnia with a little Supernatural mixed in, darker and more adult oriented than the first two and more consistently magical than the last. The main characters include Quentin, who discovers that the books he has always loved are in fact not fantasy or fiction after all; Julia, his childhood friend who isn’t allowed into the magical world and whose life is marked by significant trauma; Alice, who is overcome by too much magic in Season 2 with dire consequences; Eliot, the reluctant king and Margo, the queen trying to find her way and her identity. The cast also includes Penny, the traveler, a villainous character known as The Beast, and the Dean of Brakebills, played by Rick Worthy (known to Supernatural fans as the Alpha Vamp). The series tackles themes of self and identity, good and evil, responsibility and freedom, and doesn’t like to stay in the black and white. Its shades of gray nuances make for some interesting characters and keep the plot unpredictable, which makes the show interesting. The Magicians also doesn’t shy away from violence, or the consequences of that violence, or from sexuality, with quite a bit of leeway from SyFy. As Season 2 came to a close, magic had gone from the realm of Fillory and Alice has been consumed by too much magic and become a Niffin.  In the press room at Comic Con, the cast seemed excited about filming the new season and were all thoughtful about what Season 3 will bring to The Magicians. [caption id="attachment_48600" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Photos: Lynn Zubernis aka FangasmSPN[/caption] Showrunners and writers Sera Gamble and John McNamara were first to our table to chat.  I first met Sera when she was a writer on Supernatural (and later Showrunner), and she contributed to my first two books on Supernatural and fandom, Fandom at the Crossroads and Fangasm Supernatural Fangirls. One of our early chats, together with series creator Eric Kripke, was notable for Eric’s ability to embarrass Sera and me simultaneously, but that’s a story best left to the books. It was, however, quite frankly awesome to see her again. Sera sat down at our table with a big smile. Sera: Ah, the Supernatural contingent are here, awesome! Me: You know we’ve got your back, always. Then we had A LOT of questions about The Magicians! Sera characterized The Magicians as a show that’s not as interested in the epic battles as it is in the relationships between Quentin Coldwater and his friends. I asked if there were things that Sera had learned on Supernatural that she’d taken with her to The Magicians, or things she’d learned NOT to do. For instance, telling the small intimate stories instead of the heaven and hell battles. Sera: I actually learned that on Supernatural. I was there for the first seven seasons, and Eric Kripke was always really confident about that – as soon as we figured out that the show was really about the relationship between these two brothers, we knew that had to be the heart of the episodes. And also a part of the major arc each season. I’m really grateful that I learned that – it has to be about your characters, the relationship between them and the way they fuck each other up. If you have that, it can be about heaven or earth. Me: You took that understanding and situated it in a universe that goes to different places, but keeps that intimacy. Sera: Yes. It’s funny, even when I was in the room with Eric back in the day, it was so much about this inherent bond that is family, and that blood is thicker than anything. And I was always the one in the room going, let’s do a really dysfunctional story, I mean, sometimes your family lets you down. Everyone at the table: nodding Sera: I was always the one talking about the outsiders, the ones that didn’t have a bond like that, and I think that was in the DNA of the book that Lev [Grossman] wrote, so that appealed to me. It’s basically a breakfast club of all the black sheep, none of them have good relationships with their family, none of them have that family of origin bond, so they’re making their family now. In other words, Family Don’t End With Blood! Someone asked why we’re drawn to stories of the supernatural, and both Gamble and McNamara said that they actually allow you to tell archetypal stories of what it is to be human. The Magicians is known for not shying away from going to very dark places, including not only death but rape and other violence. Sera was asked why the show makes the choice to show those dark places so clearly. Sera: Because we want to look at it in detail, we want to examine it. We are all writers who want to look at the shadow side of human nature, and the darkness that happens when you go through really traumatic events McNamara: I loved the book, but it didn’t really sink its hooks into me until I realized that the entire MacGuffin is really about a child being abused by an adult. And you can’t tell that story halfway, or you’re lying. McNamara: Violence on television, not being for or against it, except when you show something really violent, and it’s portrayed as funny and you don’t show the really horrible after effects of it. I was in so much agreement with that, I jumped up and told them what a great job they were doing with that – but it’s true! Next up were Hale Appleman (Eliot) and Summer Bishel (Margo).  Both these characters will have to deal with the loss of magic in Season 3, which Hale said would be difficult for Eliot since magic was a part of his identity development. Hale: To strip that away from him is to ask him who he is without it, so this season will be about him uncovering some deeper truths about his identity. Summer spoke about Margo’s resilience and said it might not be as soul crushing for her that magic is dead as for other characters, as not as much of her self-worth was tied up in magic. Both Hale and Summer felt that their characters had grown quite a bit, and Season 3 will bring even more growth as Eliot “mans up” and takes on even more responsibility for “the sake of all.” I dipped into my psychologist persona for my question. Do Hale and Summer see the evolution of their characters as sort of a metaphor for how we all evolve from adolescence to adulthood, learning who we are, learning to take on responsibility, moving from initial reluctance and anxiety to shouldering both more comfortably? Hale: Yes. And I also think young adulthood, your 20s in particular, can be really treacherous. And no one really tells you that. Summer: (nodding) Sometimes you’ve gotta fake it til you make it! And that’s what they’re doing, faking being rulers until they make it. Both actors loved someone’s question about what other musical numbers they might want to tackle in another musical episode, which somehow led to Hale and I oohing and aahing over vintage Lou Reed, which we seem to share a fondness for. Now if ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ or ‘I’m So Free’ ends up on The Magicians, we’ll all know who to blame! Next up were Stella Maeve (Julia) and Jason Ralph (Quentin). Stella talked about how the new season makes it about so much more than the impact of losing magic on each individual character – even though Julia does have magic, it’s about more than that, it’s global. Jason teased that if all of the great inventors were actually magicians, then what impact does the loss of magic have on all those inventions? Tesla was one of those people, so what happens when magic goes away, does electricity go away? Do the seasons shift, do the tides stop working? Jason: It’s bigger than anything they’ve dealt with before. Last but not least, Olivia Taylor Dudley (Alice) stopped by to talk about what it was like to be a Niffin on the show. Alice: This is a great opportunity to explore this sweet person I fell in love with, her dark and nastier side….I tried to keep Alice’s soul in their somewhere. Olivia confessed that she had a lot of fun on set being a Niffin. Alice: I tortured the hell out of Jason Ralph. I’d poke him before every take; I’d blow in his ear, or trip his feet, or pinch him…anything to drive him nuts, which was really fun! In the next season, Alice is really angry, Olivia said. Olivia loves the portrayals of strong women on this show, and she’s not afraid for a woman to be angry. She looks forward to exploring how Alice felt about being a Niffin this season too. Olivia: They give us such complex stories and characters and kinda let us do the inner workings, they don’t really write it, they let us explore it as actors, which is a really wonderful thing about this show. These actors are definitely thoughtful enough about the show and their characters to make good use of that creative freedom – I’m looking forward to the new season, which started filming in the week before Comic Con! As we left the press room, the cast stopped to take some photos with some cosplaying fans passing by, which was just the kind of magic that Comic Con is known for. Check out The Magicians on SyFy, and if you’ve not, it’s worth binge watching the entire first two seasons!

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