[ SECRET POST #1967 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1967 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 051 secrets from Secret Submission Post #281.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, Monk, The Mentalist, and House all owe a debt to the original Sherlock Holmes. I don’t know, I’ll give Elementary a shot, it could be good, it could be bad, it could just be okay (likeliest). But the thing is, this isn’t new, I’ve been watching this same variation on a theme for a quarter of a century (since I really started watching anything beyond kids’ shows), only the details are different.

Mrs. King’s a housewife, Scarecrow’s a spy, together they fight crime. (Scarecrow and Mrs. King)
Laura’s a private detective, Mr. Steele’s a con artist, together they fight crime. (Remington Steele)
Mulder’s a believer, Scully’s a skeptic, they’re FBI and together they fight crime. (X-Files)
Fraser’s a Mountie, Ray’s a police detective, together they fight crime. (Due South)
Castle’s a writer, Beckett’s a police detective, (alternatively, Castle’s having fun, Beckett’s doing her job), together they fight crime. (Castle0
Shawn’s really good at observing things, Gus is exasperated, together they fight crime. (Psych)
Olivia’s an FBI agent, Peter’s a catalyst, together they fight crime save the multiverse. (Fringe)
Peter’s an FBI agent, Neal’s a thief, together they fight crime. (White Collar)
Pete’s easy-going, Myka’s uptight, they’re Secret Service agents and together they fight crime retrieve artifacts. (Warehouse 13)
Mr. Finch is a computer genius, Mr. Reese can kick your ass, together they fight crime protect people. (Person of Interest)
Mike is a genius, Harvey’s a shark, together they fight crime practice law. (Suits)

[fenm.livejournal.com]

I remember Scarecrow and Mrs King and Remington Steele! I mean, I remember/have watched a lot of the others, but those two seem the ones people these days are least likely to know. (-:

The one I really like these days:
Brennan is a forensic anthropologist, Booth is an FBI agent, together they fight crime. (Bones)

[(Anonymous)]

I remember them well. (The first three seasons of Scarecrow and Mrs. King are out on DVD - they're a little dated, but still fun to watch). ☺

Yeah, I watched the first season and some of the second season of Bones and it fits well into that mold, but I never really got into it, ah well.

[fenm.livejournal.com]

I'll admit I haven't seen either Sc&MK or RS for ages...

The thing I like about Bones is that it's the female character fits the Sherlock mold (brilliant, not good with people, arrogant), while the male is the Watson (better with people, smart but not brilliant, military background).

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I can see that about Bones. Yeah, most of the time, it's the male half of the equation that's the somewhat misanthropic genius. Of the ones that I watch, Warehouse 13 probably comes the closest to female Sherlock/male Watson mold, although the dichotomy is not as extreme. And I suppose, Remington Steele had shadings of this even if they sort of pretended it was the other way around.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

That's what I was trying to say. There are already so many variations, and Elementary doesn't offer anything new or interesting. They had the opportunity to take a risk, but of course this is CBS.

[(Anonymous)]

True. But premise is less important than execution (CBS has The Good Wife which could just be another courtroom drama, except the acting, characterization, writing, pacing, and plots all serve to make it an exceptional show). Not that I necessarily expect Elementary to be exceptional, but there's a chance (I have seen some very good acting by both Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller in other projects). But yes, it's been done before and will surely be done again.

[mekkio.livejournal.com]

And Holmes owes a great dear to Poe's Dupin. Doyle stole like a pack of thieves from Poe.