Blerg.
So many things about this disappoint me. First off, it's just a blatant
rip-off of the idea utilized by Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss for 'Sherlock'.
Unless of course they're using some kind of gimmick - like he was in suspended
animation and only returned to the waking world in the 21st Century. But even
that has been done three times before in the TV Universe (and none of them in
the main Toobworld!)
And then there's the setting of New York City. Again? Why does everything
have to be set in New York City? (I suppose an L.A. location would be worse
though.) At least 'Being Human' on Syfy, although too much a carbon copy of the
British original, is set in Boston. I suppose New York City is the ideal venue
for a consulting detective of Holmes' skills, teeming with the dark atmosphere
that breeds the crimes he loves to solve, just as London was for the Holmes of
the 19th Century. But what about Chicago or Detroit, or even better, Washington
D.C.?
I don't wish them ill, as it really will have no effect on my vision of
Earth Prime-Time. But I just don't see this project getting accepted by a mass
audience.
BCnU!
1 comment:
I too don't have high hopes for the upcoming CBS adaptation. Sounds to be quite a desperate attempt to cash in on the success of BBC Sherlock (and possibly Downey Jr movies as well).
Let us see if the series makers can pull a miracle and prove the naysayers wrong :)
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