I wanted to give Elementary a chance...
So I got curious about Elementary. So I watched a long promo and some clips. OMG. I already had issues with this show just concept wise but I though, hey, out of patriotism at least, maybe I should see if it's good despite the issues. (Yea, the genderswap irks me - I like my John/Sherlock either as a romance or a bromance but their dynamic is a huge part of it.) But honestly? It's so flat. Even the parts they put in the promo are either flat or a bad copy of Sherlock. (I'm sorry but Elementary Sherlock just can't be Benedict's attitude and when he does the "bored" routine to Watson, it seriously sounds like a bad copy.) The dialogue is no where near as snappy as Sherlock' s dialogue. But here's the thing that convinced me:
Sherlock's Sherlock finds out Watson is an invalided army doctor who served in Afghanistan by DEDUCING it. All of it.
Elementary Sherlock finds out Watson is a former surgeon...wait for it...BY GOOGLING HER. And THEN he says "not everything is deducible." OMG THE POINT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IS THAT THIS ASSHOLE CAN DEDUCE ANYTHING.
If other people want to watch it and like it that's their choice. But there is no way this show is better than Sherlock. At least IMO. I'd defend an American show over a British show any day if the competition was even remotely close. But it's not. It's just not.
Sherlock's Sherlock finds out Watson is an invalided army doctor who served in Afghanistan by DEDUCING it. All of it.
Elementary Sherlock finds out Watson is a former surgeon...wait for it...BY GOOGLING HER. And THEN he says "not everything is deducible." OMG THE POINT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IS THAT THIS ASSHOLE CAN DEDUCE ANYTHING.
If other people want to watch it and like it that's their choice. But there is no way this show is better than Sherlock. At least IMO. I'd defend an American show over a British show any day if the competition was even remotely close. But it's not. It's just not.