Elementary! The Musical

[mrv3000]

So apparently in the in-production show of Sherlock (aka Elementary), Watson will be a woman. (Lucy Liu to be exact.)

I'm just really really amused. But not surprised. This way they get to have UST/RST that's palatable (it's CBS, duh).

shinyopals, does this mean I have to actually watch this so we can do battle? Even the description of the characters is like...urg. You're going to make me watch this, aren't you? (Even though I don't like House, Psych, Monk or any other supposed modern American Sherlocks.)

Comments

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I tried it! I watched a few eps in the beginning, but then just wandered off.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

:P

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

ME TOO

Like it was okay? But it was clear to me that one episode would be like every subsequent episode, so I wandered. XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.

[lunachickk.livejournal.com]

Can't they just have a fucking original idea of their own? No, they must steal one and then fuck it up improve on it.

*bangs head on desk repeatedly*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

An original idea? It's Hollywood!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

W/E W/E HATERS TO THE LEFT, LUCY LIU AS WATSON IS EASILY THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty indifferent to her. I've seen her in some okay things and some bad things. I'm just amused at the womanization of Watson.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

I don't know anything about Lucy Liu in particular, I think she was in Charlie's Angels? lirl, but I think making one of the leads a woman of colour is interesting. I mean, if I was going to pick, they'd both be ladies, or Holmes would be a woman and Watson would be a guy, but baby steps I guess.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I just wish I could believe they chose her because of gender/race equality.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

I KNEW SOMEONE WOULD AGREE WITH ME AND THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE YOU.

The main barrier to all things Sherlock for me is too many dicks on the dance floor and casting a woman as Watson is a big step in rectifying that.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

YEP basically. I mean it's still a CBS crime procedural which is very far from being my thing, but I will actually probably watch the pilot when/if it comes out now.

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

MTE.

Like I just was not looking forward to another show about two dudes being bros. I mean a male/female partnership show isn't ground breaking either (see: Castle and Bones), BUT I just have a hard time connecting to a show with no female leads.

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

I ALSO AGREE WITH THIS SENTIMENT.

I mean, I've been saying I'm an Elementary stan for a while now, but this is the first time I am feeling like this show might have something to offer me. I like American crime drama, but I've never been able to watch one without a female in one or more of the main roles.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

LOL DO BATTLE

*munches popcorn*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

THERE WILL BE EPIC BATTLES. OPAL WILL RUB THE RST IN MY FACE AND I'LL THROW MOFFAT IN HERS. I MEAN, ACTUALLY THROW HIM.

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE ME AN ICON SO WE CAN DO BATTLE PROPERLY, MICHELLE. XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

HERE YOU GO.

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Michelle, my darling, my love, this is why I will never forsake you even if you start reading weresheep Sherlock AUs.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It needed explosions, guns and cars! XD

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

BUT NO EAGLE CRYING TEARS OF FREEDOM?

lol and BBC Sherlock will probably end up having as many guns per episode. XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I SHOULD HAVE USED THE FLAG. I FAILED.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

<3

This entire post and the comments made me cackle lots. (I'm of the omgLucyLiuyay, but don't care about the rest camp)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

XD

It should be even more entertaining once this thing airs.

[nandamai]

... at least there'll be a woman in the cast?

*looks tenaciously on bright side*

There's a less than zero chance I'll watch it, anyway. Even though I kind of adore Lucy Liu.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I remain cynical as hell about it, but I have to admit I was cynical as hell about it before this was announced. This sort of sums it up for me:

http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2012/02/28/elementary-lucy-liu-watson/

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Because on the one hand, a woman of color is a main character in a prime-time CBS crime drama. Whoo-hoo! On the other, I absolutely have no faith in their capability to pull this off in a way that won't piss me off.

I will give it a shot, though. I did like House, for awhile (until they went nuts). Psych was amusing enough, but didn't interest me enough to stick with it. And I do like other procedurals, so... we'll see.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm expecting this to be a trainwreck, to be honest. Of course I'm not a huge fan of procedurals, so I might be a bit biased. :D

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

Well, there's another half-baked idea from the Americans. Just like 90% of all the other shows they've tried to lift from Britain.

Just remember what they tried to do to Red Dwarf...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*SHUDDERS*