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Ok guys, as promised, this is my personal review of Elementary. I went to Comic Con, and they screened the entire pilot at the panel. And guys… It was SO GOOD. Like, I LOVE BBC Sherlock, okay? I do. I LOVE Benedict and Martin, and they and the show hold a special place in my heart. I’ll admit that when I first heard about the CBS version I was upset. Not going to lie, I thought it was stupid. How dare America always try to remake British shows? But then I saw the behind the scenes clip and the trailer, and I started to change my mind about the show. And then I went to Comic Con and watched the pilot and saw the panel. If you want to hear my review, I talked about it on my podcast Gramblings: CLICK HERE (skip ahead to around 57:50 on the player at the bottom of the post) After seeing the pilot, I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS SHOW. In my opinion, I think there are enough differences in Elementary that it really is nothing like BBC Sherlock. I mean yes, it is a modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes, but ummm that’s basically it. It’s set in New York, it’s Joan Watson played by Lucy Liu (who is freakin’ awesome), and Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock is definitely different from Benedict Cumberbatch’s (and he is absolutely wonderful). Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller have a good dynamic together, and in my opinion the “sexual tension” that people are freaking out about is not that obvious at least not in the pilot. I feel like the way they cut the trailer made it seem like it was more evident, but it’s really not there in the pilot. I’m a huge fan of almost every version of Sherlock, and so I welcome with open arms another adaptation. This show looks smart, comparable to BBC Sherlock, but different in that the BBC one is basically like a film, while Elementary is a 45 minute TV show. So from what I can tell, the cases that are in Elementary are just cases, while it is obvious BBC is inspired by the actual cases in the story. There might be more of these “inspired by the stories” kind of episodes throughout the season, and from what I can tell from the panel, they are definitely going to bring in Moriarty and possibly Mycroft/Irene, but they might take their time revealing it in the season. SO, in summary, I’m going to be watching Elementary because it looks good and smart and funny. And yes I still love BBC Sherlock, but you know what, I have a big heart, and I can love Elementary too. You can hate me all you want, but you can’t change my mind. Besides… it’s not like season 3 of BBC Sherlock is coming out anytime soon.

Ok guys, as promised, this is my personal review of Elementary.

I went to Comic Con, and they screened the entire pilot at the panel.

And guys…

It was SO GOOD.

Like, I LOVE BBC Sherlock, okay? I do. I LOVE Benedict and Martin, and they and the show hold a special place in my heart. I’ll admit that when I first heard about the CBS version I was upset. Not going to lie, I thought it was stupid. How dare America always try to remake British shows?

But then I saw the behind the scenes clip and the trailer, and I started to change my mind about the show.

And then I went to Comic Con and watched the pilot and saw the panel. If you want to hear my review, I talked about it on my podcast Gramblings:

CLICK HERE (skip ahead to around 57:50 on the player at the bottom of the post)

After seeing the pilot, I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS SHOW. In my opinion, I think there are enough differences in Elementary that it really is nothing like BBC Sherlock. I mean yes, it is a modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes, but ummm that’s basically it. It’s set in New York, it’s Joan Watson played by Lucy Liu (who is freakin’ awesome), and Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock is definitely different from Benedict Cumberbatch’s (and he is absolutely wonderful).

Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller have a good dynamic together, and in my opinion the “sexual tension” that people are freaking out about is not that obvious at least not in the pilot. I feel like the way they cut the trailer made it seem like it was more evident, but it’s really not there in the pilot.

I’m a huge fan of almost every version of Sherlock, and so I welcome with open arms another adaptation. This show looks smart, comparable to BBC Sherlock, but different in that the BBC one is basically like a film, while Elementary is a 45 minute TV show. So from what I can tell, the cases that are in Elementary are just cases, while it is obvious BBC is inspired by the actual cases in the story. There might be more of these “inspired by the stories” kind of episodes throughout the season, and from what I can tell from the panel, they are definitely going to bring in Moriarty and possibly Mycroft/Irene, but they might take their time revealing it in the season.

SO, in summary, I’m going to be watching Elementary because it looks good and smart and funny. And yes I still love BBC Sherlock, but you know what, I have a big heart, and I can love Elementary too. You can hate me all you want, but you can’t change my mind.

Besides… it’s not like season 3 of BBC Sherlock is coming out anytime soon.

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Save your money and see something else besides Contagion

No seriously, guys. I even had a coupon, and I’m a little sad I wasted it on that. I mean I love me some Matt Damon, but he just could not save this dreadful movie.

What I want to know is how in the heck did it get a rating of 84% on Rotten Tomatoes?

I mean yes, it has so many famous faces:

  • as mentioned, Matt Damon
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Jude Law
  • Kate Winslet
  • Marion Cottillard
  • Heck Demetri Martin was in it

Not to mention tons of other people that you’ll recognize as that dude/chick in that one movie but you can’t remember their actual names (like the old dude with glasses from Ocean’s 11 aka Elliot Gould).

But seriously, when you get too much talent on one screen, it gets to be a bit overwhelming and disconjointed if they are in various story lines UNLESS the director/writer is VERY good and keeps you going through them all and intertwines them. I mean clearly all these people are intertwined because of this virus that is spreading like wildfire, but other than that…

The problem was is that I didn’t care enough about any one of the characters to hope they didn’t get sick and die. The only one that came close was Kate Winslet’s character and *SPOILER ALERT* she doesn’t make it. And you know why I cared? Cause she seemed like the only character that was actively trying to do something to help others and didn’t care about her own health in the meantime (the other peeps… not so much).

I will say though, the movie makes you SUPER aware of everything you touch and what everyone else touches. I wanted to come out of there avoiding anything and spraying hand sanitizer on every hand rail, but then at the same time, I almost wanted to cough on everything I saw and everyone. Because you know, no one in the movie seemed to care that they were spreading a deadly disease to their passersby. I mean for reals one dude was ON HIS WAY TO WORK and he looked like he was about to keel over right then when Kate Winslet called him and stopped him, forced him off, get this, THE BUS, where he proceeded to touch all the railings, and cough on everyone, get out and then cough on everyone at the bus stop and pass out (after Kate Winslet expressly tells him not to touch anything or anyone).

He was on his way to work.

I like can’t stress this enough because it boggles my mind. If I’m even aching or coughing pretty bad I don’t go in because umm I don’t want to work while I feel like crap or even sort of feel crappy (or go to work in general). And this guy looked like death frozen over and he was riding a bus to work?! He be crazy yo.

Anyway, aside from making anyone with OCD freak out even more than they already do, or making someone start becoming OCD, this movie was so not worth it. I’m thinking I should have just seen The Lion King in 3D instead… At least I would have known what to expect from that one.

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