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Re: Trailer for Elementary now on YouTube
Benedict is the Sherlock of our generation...he'll be remembered for his portrayal the same way Rathbone and Brett are. Although their maybe other Sherlocks around at the same time eg. Robert Downey Jr and Jonny Lee Miller, it will be the Benedict's version and the BBC series in general that will go down in history!
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Re: Trailer for Elementary now on YouTube
It looks awful. It just looks like a nondescript detective show (much like the multitude of other nondescript detective shows that have cropped up over the past few years)
I find it odd that they keep referring to him as "eccentric" and "alienated" yet (at least in the preview) he doesn't seem all that odd.And, although I'm no expert, he doesn't exactly scream Sherlock Holmes to me. House seems more like Sherlock Holmes to me than Jonny Lee Miller does in this preview. And maybe it's just me, but when Joan hints at him for going too far during the strangling conversation all I can think is that he didn't actually seem all that out of line. Speaking of JOAN Watson, there is something about changing John to Joan that is very annoying. It seems cheap. Too obvious.
I thought I would have to begrudgingly admit to thinking Elementary was a decent show. Jonny Lee Miller is pretty decent, after all... now I'm not so sure I'll have to admit anything 
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Re: Trailer for Elementary now on YouTube
What I don't see is any trace of chemistry between the two leads. What's the point?
We see it in Sherlock and John's first scene together, don't we?
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Re: Trailer for Elementary now on YouTube
Yes, of course we do. The scene in the lab is a classic, beautiful and intelligent and … Regarding the fact that they usually put the most tempting, interesting, sparkling whatever scenes in a trailer to make people hungry for more this definitely isn't going to work. Not for me. And not for these 4,000 and something people who don't like the trailer so far.
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Re: Trailer for Elementary now on YouTube
One thing I have observed: Jonny has been on a diet prior to starting Elementary. Look at the photos of him and Benedict in the Frankenstein thread and you will see what I mean. Definitely a skinnier version.
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