The third season of "Sherlock" was a disappointment for me. The way they resolved the cliffhanger was awful. And then they ended the third season on another cliffhanger. But they've lost my trust. I'm afraid it's jumped the shark.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes - Elementary does OK over here. > > It airs on Sky Living (aka "basic cable"), and I know that they even shot > the first episode of S2 here in London. But there's not doubt it was widely > considered a "copycat" of the BBC show. And that's despite the fact that > Sherlock Holmes has appeared in many guises and periods over time. It's > just a question of timing. And guest-casting Vinnie Jones doesn't do your > show much good here. He's an ex-footballer, and not seen as a particularly > good actor. > > To be fair, Elementary is a show that I do want to catch up on. I bailed a > few episodes into the first season, but I do rate both the leads. Plus I > saw them shoot a bit in New York when I visited recently and I want to try > to identify that episode! > > But Sherlock is event television - more akin to a film franchise. Whereas > as you say, Elementary has to put out 24 episodes a season. It has to be a > different beast. That all said, I think that people still appreciate that > it's a generally superior crime show. > > Volume doesn't beat quality though. The most watched show on the BBC is > Eastenders which produces four episodes (two hours total) a week year > round. It's a primetime soap, so a different beast. Or there's Casualty, > the long running medical drama that broadcasts an hour a week for somewhere > around 40 weeks a year. Like Doctor Who, people will look forward to a > special treat. > > Interesting aside that I'm sure has been mentioned before. Both Jonny Lee > Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch were cast as Frankenstein and the monster > in Danny Boyle's excellent theatre production of that story in 2011. They > alternated the two roles each night. And then Miller was cast as Sherlock > Holmes in the CBS series - Cumberbatch having already made the first season > of Sherlock at that point. > > > Adam > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 4:33 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Does Elementary have *any* traction in the UK? >> >> Even if the CBS Holmes procedural is at best 1/4 as good as the BBC >> Holmes event, my preferences have been inching further from the BBC program >> to the CBS one. It's probably because while I can find more faults with >> the CBS edition (usually to it being a CBS procedural), the ones that I >> find with the BBC edition tend to grate me more. >> >> Elementary now has 48 episodes, or roughly the equivalent of 24 Sherlock >> episodes if you extract commercials. By the time of a Sherlock >> special/series 4, Elementary will have aired about 80. >> >> Of course, YMMV, and I do like both programs. It just seems that >> Sherlock could become a bit too precious, and Elementary can be more >> compelling that originally expected. >> >> David >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Adam Bowie <[email protected]> >> *To:* tvornottv <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 2, 2014 9:32 AM >> *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] Sherlock is back >> >> Well. Sometime in 2015 and 2016. >> >> Basically the cast are heavily in demand so they can shoot one special at >> the start of 2015 - perhaps for an Easter or later transmission - and >> another three episodes (series 4) later in 2015. I'd imagine they'll go out >> in 2016 sometime. >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/sherlock-miss-me >> >> The news was released at 2:21 here (BST for Jon) - 221b Baker Street. >> >> Well I'm excited anyway! >> >> >> >> Adam >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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