Three tidbits re: Elementary

[neadods]

1) Elementary's first season will come out on DVD August 27.

2) According to Blogtor Who, there's going to be a SherlockBBC con in Birmingham. Which some incredible moron has titled "Elementary." Because that won't cause any confusion (or come across like the start of a pissing contest) *at all.*

3) Because I don't think I've said this in public, Elementary fans can breathe a sigh of relief that I'm not going to be harshing the squee over S2 because I won't be watching S2. I watched S1 through because I'd pitched several articles about aspects of *all* the 21st C interpretations and thus needed to talk in an informed manner about Elementary as much as the Ritchie movies and BBC.

If the ratings stay the way they are, the show will run for quite a few seasons. I don't begrudge that. May your fandom continue to make you happy.

Comments

[penguineggs.livejournal.com]

"Elementary, my dear Watson" is one of the most famous quotations which was never actually said by Sherlock Holmes; it's unreasonable to claim that it's the exclusive property of ABC.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

If it were a canon/Victorian con, I'd agree with you, especially as that phrase does show up a LOT in Victorian-era adaptations & pastiches, including the Ritchie movies. Victorian Holmes unquestionably had it first. Victorian Holmes has every right to keep using it.

But it doesn't show up at all in Sherlock and that's what I'm reacting to. I don't remember Sherlock BBC using "elementary," much less "Elementary my dear John." They've named a Sherlock BBC con with the one word not associated with Sherlock BBC -- but identified with the other modernization.