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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.In which case it’s an awful and stupid thing of the estate to do, since they’re enforcing an unnecessarily unpleasant caricature of the...
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Yeah, it was the Enola Holmes suit. And the thing about lawsuits is that, in many ways, they are preventative measures moreso than... -
Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.Did they? I've never heard this about the estate. Which version was it? They seem fine with comical parody versions and so on (such as...
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JAt some point (not sure if it's still true anymore) it was for copyright reasons, believe it or not. The wave of Holmes productions like...
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Jjian reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In? with Like.
I've commented that the most recent media versions of Holmes I've seen generally have him treat Watson better than the stories do (of...
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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.Yes, Sherlock is terrible for this. Elementary is a lot better in almost every way, not least in the portrayal of Holmes as someone who...
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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.I have indeed met hundreds of doctors, being one myself, but have not met them often as a patient (half a dozen times, maybe) and have...
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Modern media depictions of Holmes tend to emphasize his more abrasive traits for whatever reason.
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Jjian replied to the thread Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord.We have indeed no evidence that he isn’t habitually asexual, so maybe it doesn’t bother him at all. Actually, now I think about it, I...
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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.Quite true, but House doesn’t even work as a homage to Holmes. Holmes is generally courteous, thoughtful, empathic, and kind, especially...
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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.House is honestly a terrible show about medicine - it takes the worst elements of diagnosis from ER (“when you hear hoofbeats, think...
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Jjian reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In? with Like.
I mean, was there a time when most SF/F books weren't? After the 1970s anyway. Maybe there was a brief window in the 1990s and early...
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Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.Yup, totally agree. Romantasy is a weird and relatively modern label invented by publishers to sell books that have both fantasy and...
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Jjian reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In? with Like.
That's a bit like saying "dark fantasy is awful" or "epic fantasy is awful" or whatever though, because it's such a broad sweeping claim...
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Jjian replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026?.Yes, I had to look that up too. I think I see how that would work (I’ve never played such a game) and I can see it’s close to how FF12...