Just noticed this review of 'Perception':

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/heldenfiles/the-heldenfiles-online-1.258385/watching-tv-perception-1.319109

Geez they don't mind churning out clones of a brilliant show over there do they?
Again in may have moments of 'good' but probably another flash in the pan. They'll need something different to hook me I'm afraid.
*insert rolling eyes smiley * (why don't we have one?? hmm)

I'd probably like this more than Elementary because at least it's not a direct Holmes thing...I think most detective shows have some elements of SH in them anyway so who knows, could be good.

*sigh*
Hmm. Well I cried with laughter when he had to solve an anagram.
Suddenly all these letters came onto the screen, and he started rearranging them. Puhleeeease! Paul McGuigan should sue! Add the obligatory scarf & coat and I was wiping tears away for the first part of this show.

This guy is a mix of so many kinds of 'quirk' one wonders how they can expect us to believe he's allowed to teach! No really, I know many people have  disorders and conditions but dead-set this guy is like a mixing bowl to the point of it being unrealistic and stupid.(and that's a professional opinion)

They try to portray Psychopathology & Psychoanalysis as some kind of party trick; it doesn't work well at all.
There were 'splashes' of this & that that weren't necessary or connected
They did have a few patches of 'nice' but all in all, imagine watching the scene from HOUND where Sherlock is fighting his nicotine cravings & he's sitting down bouncing up and down like a lunatic. Well that's what half of this show is like. You have to guess which people are real when he's talking to them and you have to be ready for one of his phobias to flare up at any given time.

All in all, I dislike these shows who base the whole premise for the main character as being that they have some kind of mental disorder, ASD or other syndrome but nonetheless are 'geniuses'. Yes, there are such people but NO there are not that many, and NO you the viewer do NOT share their symptoms. Ever since Rain Man, the number of self diagnosed savants in one form or another has increased dramatically.

But I digress.
Was it worth watching?................................................ I guess so.
Will I be eagerly awaiting the next episode? ...................Only to see if they've learnt anything, especially how hideously fake it looks.
Any interesting cast members? ....................................Not really, standard American cast.
How would I describe it? ..............................................Standard American cop show with a few 'fancy bits' thrown in & mixed up in  quirky perception.

sherlockskitty wrote:

Perception  is on TNT,  Sherlock is on PBS,   and  Elementary  will be on  CBS  in the fall for USA.   I  don't get why PBS  is sort of claiming that THEY  own  SHERLOCK,  when in fact it is a BBC  production and it airs in the BBC  at least  6 months before PBS  gets it.   That's my only beef with this article.

I suggest you read "A Study in Celluloid: A Producer's Account of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes" by Michael Cox, for a better understanding of the PBS role in the making of a Sherlock Holmes series. Without PBS backing and guarantees for American viewing, that great series would never had been made.

Last edited by Straker (July 12, 2012 1:31 pm)

sherlockskitty wrote:

So--  now...who's copying whom?   I  say  SHERLOCK  got there first,  and the other shows wouldn't have been made if   SHERLOCK  wasn't so popular.

That happens all the time though; you never see one Robin Hood movie come out, there's always a few versions.
As for Sherlock shows, same thing has happened for decades now.
Giveit 5 years & you will be hard pressed to find many Sherlock Holmes movies/shows.

Oh, what, really? Another one?
Hm, actually haven't heard about this one. Probably because it isn't so closely based on Sherlock Holmes.

I don't know but could they just stop, like... taking Holmes to America? I like it in London, it should stay there.
Or make up your own characters...