tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post519868979400234366..comments2024-03-26T09:32:26.565-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Elementary Points and Counterpoints, Part TwoSherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-70889165561825974382013-09-28T04:33:39.881-05:002013-09-28T04:33:39.881-05:00Me too....I always think that a good Watson is the...Me too....I always think that a good Watson is the heart of every adaptation, and Freeman is my favourite one, beating out Solomin narrowly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-20528088259151248732013-09-28T01:02:09.986-05:002013-09-28T01:02:09.986-05:00Well, I got over my trepidations and watched it la...Well, I got over my trepidations and watched it last night and I agree with Brad in all but one point: the show runners do not hate Sherlock Holmes and the canon, they despise them and they show it to us while laughing in our faces.<br /><br />Sherlock is still an ugly nitwit who I would rather run down with my car than consult. Lucy Liu is still a blank slate, nothing more than a mannequin to hang clothes on. As hard as I watch, I can see no chemistry whatsoever between them. And although I found Rhys Ifans strangely likeable, he's no Mycroft. All the rest are strange, unlikeable, broken people I'd prefer to hear nothing more about.<br /><br />What does it take to be Sherlock Holmes' friend? Well, clearly blowing up his belongings is a good way to start. *headdesk* In what universe do these people live?<br /><br />The showrunners seem unable - or unwilling? - to leave any character with even a modicum of dignity and that is what I despise most about the whole affair.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066417080920042579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-87316654985737096332013-09-27T21:23:31.712-05:002013-09-27T21:23:31.712-05:00Well after reading the points made on both side I ...Well after reading the points made on both side I have to say that I still dislike Elementary. Bill stated that the chemistry between Holmes and Watson is pitch perfect but when I watch elementary, I don't see ANY chemistry whatsoever. I can't even fathom why they are working together. Also I have to disagree with both Brad and Bill that Watson's performance is the best part of the show. To me, she is the worst part of the show. As a young asian women, I would not list the number of things I find offensive by her playing this iconic character on the racial/gender side but just focus on the character. First of all, as a medical student I find her back story about "quitting medicine because a patient died" highly improbable if not impossible. Well if you find <br />her back story phony its hard to get into the show. Second of all where is all the Watsonian characteristic that we love? Where is Watson's military background? Where is his writing skills/the material that made Holmes famous? Where is his everyman quality? Where is his admiration and awe of Holmes? (Lucy Liu just seems like she is babysitting JLM in the show.) I don't see any of these traits in Lucy Liu's character. The show writers are denigrating my all time favorite character and it irks me to no end. I have to say, the thing I miss most about Sherlock while watching elementary is not Benedict Cumberbatch but Martin Freeman's Watson. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-23542763150372559362013-09-27T18:39:09.832-05:002013-09-27T18:39:09.832-05:00Bill, I wish I could enjoy the show as much as you...Bill, I wish I could enjoy the show as much as you do. But I'm a tough sell on any Sherlockian pastiche, being more of a purist, as it were. Like the blind men and the elephant, we each find something different in the show. Alas, all I keep finding is something unpleasant to step in.Jacquelynn Morris, ASH, BSIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119508492879867877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-30892846158556072002013-09-27T18:23:33.556-05:002013-09-27T18:23:33.556-05:00You might be able to tweak a recipe but if you bak...You might be able to tweak a recipe but if you bake an apple pie and replace the apples with peaches, the result might be to the taste of someone, but the folks who wanted the apple pie will rightly complain that they didn't get one. <br /><br />And blowing up Baker Street? That is something you can do in a season FINALE and even then it should be better part of a damn good story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com