Is anyone else watching Elementary? I'm really loving this show. Quirky character, snark, orneriness... what's not to love :D It's become one of those rare shows I can't wait to watch.
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Date: 2012-11-02 04:55 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-11-02 06:34 pm (UTC)From:I'm still working my way into Person's of Interest. I do like the show and the characters but it's one of those shows that, for some reason, I'm having a hard time really getting into (although I'm starting to suspect that the more intense a show is the harder it is for me to get into them, and POI is a lot more intense than Elementary).
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Date: 2012-11-02 06:16 am (UTC)From:I was sort of skeptical at first, but if you keep in mind that this is a re-imagination of the original Sherlock Holmes characters, and not just an Americanization of the BBC's Sherlock, it's really enjoyable.
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Date: 2012-11-02 06:39 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2012-11-02 06:41 pm (UTC)From:Elementary
Date: 2012-11-02 03:04 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Re: Elementary
Date: 2012-11-02 06:42 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-11-03 05:08 pm (UTC)From:But. I'm starting to think that I'm gonna have to break down and give it a real chance at some point, here.
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Date: 2012-11-03 06:10 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-11-04 03:11 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-11-05 12:41 pm (UTC)From:1. Female Watson...not the fact that she is female or the actress, but the fact that a female Watson naturally can't be an ex-soldier, she has to be in some sort of caring role, and naturally she has some sort of contrived trauma she has to deal with (basically because she was incompetent????). I hate the "insuffarable genius/caring woman" dynamic. It's not a deal-breaker, but a show has to offer me something to overlook it. And this particular character pushes all my annoyance button. Especially when in the pilot, she looks away from the crime scene because, hey she is a woman. A woman who used to be a trauma surgeon, but who cares. (The whole case would have been more interesting if it had been a male victim who did all the surgeries, but nooooo, naturally only a woman would do this).
2. The character of Sherlock always had something insuffarable about it, but I never saw him as a spoiled child who would whine because his father only gave him the smallest house in New York. I always saw this character as someone independent, self-suffient, not as someone who would be forced to rely on his parents. Plus I expect Sherlock to point out things which are impressive, not so painfully obvious that the police should realize it immediatly.
3. Basically, I don't see Sherlock and Watson in those characters (no do I see any chemistry whatsoever between them). It's just another Genius/Sidekick pairing, and compared to half a dozend shows out there, not even a particular good one. I guess, Crime Show fans can get something out of it, but I'm not really one, so there is nothing for me there.
4. On top of that: I have trouble to understand the actors! I though Leverage was bad, but this show is even worse. Which is strange, because normally I understand a posh British accent better than an american one, but in this case, it's very tiring to decipher what is said on screen.
But above all: To BBC's "Sherlock", Elementary can't compare. It's a way better translation of Sherlock Holmes into modern times (for starters it actually is a translation instead of two characters with totally different backstories who just happen to have the same names), it uses London way better than Elementary uses New York (The producer should watch a couple White Collar episodes and take notes), it is actually based on the canon stories instead of inventing new ones, it is better shot, better acted (LL is okay, Martin Freeman is definitly better), has a better score - so why should I waste my time with Elementary?
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Date: 2012-11-05 07:40 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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