US: Elementary

anything I don't mind · 28 Oct 2012 at 17:06

A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.

Jonny Lee Miller (from hackers)
Lucy Liu

I have watched the first four episodes and i realy like it. Funny intelligent dialogue imo and an interesting story and the acting is done very well throughout. No bad casting so far and the way he solves the cases have been cool and I think there is a lot of scope for mixing it up a bit and not getting stuck in the CSI model.

I think it is one of those tv shows where if you enjoy the characters you will like it and if you don't then you won't as there is not much else going for it.

THMRK · 28 Oct 2012 at 17:23

Three episodes in and it's in danger of losing me. It's just...a bit dull.

Duff-Man · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:23

Not a patch on the BBC version...

Still - it isn't too bad. I'll keep watching it for now. Hasn't exactly gripped me so far though.

anything I don't mind · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:28

Not seen the uk version so nothing to compare it too. I read the review in the paper was saying how it was not as good as the uk version. What is it called?

Mr-White · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:28

I'm enjoying this so far, I'm just hoping it doesn't get canned. There doesn't seem to be a larger plot appearing in the background, they just seem to solve crimes in each episode.

MW

Infidelus · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:45

groen said:
Not seen the uk version so nothing to compare it too. I read the review in the paper was saying how it was not as good as the uk version. What is it called?

Sherlock

Mr-White · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:52

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws

MW

ElliorR · 28 Oct 2012 at 19:11

I quite like this though it's not as good as Sherlock. I just enjoy seeing how Sherlock, in all his forms, gets to his deductions (not the tax variety as that'd be a bit boring).

realBabelfish · 15 Nov 2012 at 13:26

I prefer this to the british Sherlock series to be honest. Johnny Lee Millar is superb as Holmes, Watson is played by Lucy Liu who doies a great job too. Its really good to see the police chief not being a dick as we are used to. Holmes comes across as uncaring but we often see a lovely side to him. There is a definite autistic/Aspergers feel to him. You really feel he is a tormented sole too.

I tend to find a lot of british actors are too ‘drama school’ for my liking (which annoys my wife as she went to drama school!) whereas the USA they tend to seem more real.

I really didn’t think we would like this but it has been our favourite drama TV show in recent weeks.

MattTheTall77 · 16 Nov 2012 at 14:06

my GF and I are really enjoying it so far. I love the BBC version, but this is easier to watch and requires less attention, in a good way haha.

drunkenmaster · 16 Nov 2012 at 21:39

The cases are a bit too obvious too often, its not quite smart enough, but its not bad. I actually really like the cast, but it mostly differs from the BBC one in that being really short they could focus a hell of a lot more in the cases and not waste so much time on character growth/stories which made the ratio of logic/case/mystery per ep much greater. It also meant they went almost straight for the super villian rather than what I assume will be a couple longer story arc's over the season(assuming they have a super villian type).

Stuff I really hated about the BBC version that is vastly improved was the rubbish texting/on screen/trying to be "modern" way they did it, it was really quite embarrassing.

Also the stories were a bit, daft at points, it was a tad over the top really too often and I thought had a particularly weak set of non lead characters. The chinese guys, the taxi killer, etc, etc.

Rising · 20 Nov 2012 at 19:23

It is just a standard detective with an outsider assistant who has a "thing"

same as Mentalist, Monk, perception, castle etc, but it is good enough to pass an hour