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[neadods]

CBS has announced a modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation called "Elementary." Remove all drinks from the monitor area and read redscharlach's Ten Ideas For A US TV Adaptation Of Sherlock Holmes That Are Worse Than Elementary right NOW!

(That said? I'm not necessarily against the idea of Elementary. I think that the odds of us fucking it up are pretty high, but if it sucks, Sherlock is brilliant. If it doesn't suck and I love it, Sherlock is still brilliant. There's no actual losing proposition for the Sherlock fans.)

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[suze2000.livejournal.com]

Why is it that the minute the Brits do something brilliant, the Americans thinks it's a good idea to remake it their way? What's wrong with just loving what was made, and leave it at that.

The problem is that three-ep series don't fit in with American networks' idea of television. Someone REALLY needs to teach them that more is not more.

It's not limited to British telly too. I watched the US version of Wilfred and it's not half as clever as the Australian original. (partly because they felt the need to find of explain Wilfred) *sigh*

So much good TV comes out of the States (and a bot of shite as well), can't they just focus on that?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's not limited to British telly too

It's not limited to anyone's telly - Law and Order: UK is hardly an original series; they even used the same scripts for the first season, just rewritten for the different legal systems.

The problem is that three-ep series don't fit in with American networks' idea of television. Someone REALLY needs to teach them that more is not more.

This is assuming that Elementary is going to be actually based on Sherlock as opposed to ripping off the general idea. If it's based on Sherlock, then Mofftiss and BBC are owed a boatload of money, which I certainly haven't heard about. If it's a case of "Hey, they did it, it's popular, crime solving is always popular, and neither the modern era nor Sherlock Holmes is copyrighted" then they neither owe money nor are constrained to the BBC schedules.

My bet is that Elementary is a standalone series that's going to start with the now-standard 6 front end episodes with the rest of a 22-ep back end optionable depending on ratings. It will have a Holmes and a Watson and a Lestrade, but Mycroft & Mrs. Hudson are optional and Molly, Sarah, Sally, Anderson et al are right out.

What interests me the most is finding out how Holmes is going to be presented. Canon!Holmes is not the constant asshole that House and Sherlock are.

It can be argued that Psych is also based on Holmes, as the shtick is that he is very, very observant and has a sidekick helping him solve crimes.