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May 25, 2017
As a fellow fan of anything Sherlock Holmes (and grew up on the Sherlock Holmes stories at the tender age of between 5-6) and have seen many different versions of Sherlock media...I can tell you that out of all that I have seen, 'Elementary' is one of 'THE' WORST versions of Sherlock Holmes, I have ever seen. Here's my reason why: (with a little back story) My Grandfather (who introduced me to Sherlock) watched one episode for about 10 minutes and quickly changed it to law&order, saying that he 'couldn't stand to watch another of that idiot stupid trash.' After asking him his reasons why he didn't like it, I thought he was acting a little out of extreme, so I ordered the first season and gave it a go, to see what the fuss was about. (thinking it probably wasn't gonna be that bad...) Boy, was I wrong on that. The first episode was a nightmare to get through. Jonny Lee Miller was so cringe worthy every time he spoke and tried to be Sherlock, but it was so awful that I couldn't look at the screen (and resorted to sewing felt cloth for a project instead). the backstory they had for this version's Sherlock felt like every high school drama cliche put together. And don't get me started on Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. A female (genderbend) Dr. Watson, are you kidding me? When I heard that they were gonna do a female Watson, I thought it was a joke. But when they episodes aired and they were serious, I got sick to my stomach. Her acting is so bland and stiff, that it was close to watching paint dry (that might actually be a lot more better to watch than this). the acting is stiff and bland in some parts, the costumes for the characters are so trying hard to ripoff the BBC version (dark coat and scarf? sound familiar? -cough, cough- BBC Sherlock -cough, cough-),the writing for the episodes is just awful and at 5 terrible episodes watching, took out the dvd and returned it back to my library. If you enjoy Sherlock Holmes or any good crime drama, do not, I repeat DO NOT watch this time wasting, unworthy piece of nothingness. skip this, if you can and watch something better, but not this. how they continued this for four seasons, I will never understand...