Hobbit Ears

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word "Hobbit"? Besides the movie. You think of these small fantasy creatures with furry feet, right? Furry feet.

When Trogdor was born, he was a bit furry. That is, he had lanugo which is quite common in newborns. CED also was a bit a hairy on his shoulders when born, but not to the extent of Trogdor.

Trogdor was hairy about his shoulders and arms. But also on his forehead, cheeks and EARS!!!!

Feel free to click on these pics to get the full furry effect.

Take a gander at those furry ears. Furry hobbit ears. Okay. I know hobbit ears are not really furry, but hobbit ears are pointed.

Martin Freeman (of Sherlock fame) as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. No furry ears here.

Anyway. It's what I think when I look at Trogdor's ears. Furry hobbit ears. I know. No fur on hobbit ears. Maybe I got some of my fantasy species crossed or something to bring that image to my mind. Regardless, he's got some of the pointy ear thing going too. Just like a little hobbit. And to answer the question that his probably bouncing around your brain now, does he have fur on his feet? The answer is no.

Don't those ears look positively Elvish?

Anyway. Mad Scientist was telling Trogdor that the ladies probably wouldn't go for furry ears when he grew up so he should probably lose the fur. He's reluctantly complying and getting to be a bit of a baldy in the process. Knowing the hair patterns with the boys in our family, however, his hair will come back full force and start growing like a weed that I will avoid cutting until it starts growing down past his eyebrows. Right now, he's got a ways to go.

Sherlock

I'm a Sherlock Holmes fan. For Christmas one year, one of my best high school friends even gave me a Complete Sherlock Holmes anthology. I read and re-read the short stories and novels when I was young and was amazed by Sherlock's deductive powers in solving various cases. I still read them again when I get an itching for some good deductive reasoning.

So, a while back, I heard that BBC was doing a modern day Sherlock Holmes. I was really doubtful on if it would be worth watching.

I love lots of BBC productions and was torn on whether or not to watch it. I mean, how could they even begin to adapt Sherlock Holmes to the 21st century? I just thought it would be hokey. But I was wandering around the Masterpiece website looking up stuff about Downton Abbey and they were advertising Sherlock Season 2. Then they had this clip that was hilarious!




It was such a hilarious clip so we recorded it to watch. They were also re-airing Season 1 so we recorded those too. We watched them and WOW! They did a great job! So, they don't try and stick to the original stories like crazy. I thought I would be bothered by that, but the execution is really great. They take sections from the original stories, modernize them and make some great twists. Each season is three episodes and they are 90 minutes each, so they feel almost like a mini movie. Now Mad Scientist and I are utterly hooked. Only problem is, Martin Freeman was involved in a "small" production called, "The Hobbit" and so that took up a lot of his time. Also, Benedict Cumberbatch is supposed to be associated with the next Star Trek film coming out. So, Season 3 won't be out for a bit (late 2013 to early 2014!!! Argh!). And of course, it left with a cliff hanger.

Anyway. If you're looking for a great show with strong characters and good writing, try it out. And it is considerably less sudsy than Downton Abbey.


All in all, this is a version of Sherlock that even a Sherlock Holmes fans can love. Especially, when you can recognize all the nods that the writers give to the original content through each episode.

p.s. Season 2 - Episode 1 is definitely PG13 so if you're sensitive to that one, skip it.

p.s. 2 - This is not the same as the show Elementary on CBS. We definitely do not like that show as much as Sherlock. Elementary is essentially a police procedural type of show and not as smartly written as Sherlock.