Sherlock Holmes is Not "Elementary"

I've been watching BBC's Sherlock. It has flaws (*cough* The Blind Banker *cough* A Scandal in Belgravia *cough*), but with the callbacks to the ACD stories, Sherlock's probable nonneurotypicality, the way they handle Sherlock's complete disinterest in romance (and the commentary on the Watson/Holmes romantic pairing--"People might talk." "People do little else."), I've been enjoying it.

  

Which is why I was DEEPLY DUBIOUS when I heard about the new CBS proposed pilot, a modern American update called "Elementary."

  

Last week, a few friends and I (let's call them R, M and S) were talking about Elementary and speculating on what an American television production would do to Sherlock Holmes, especially since they have to avoid being too much like Sherlock.

 

Then today we had the following e-mail conversation:

 

Warning for heavy use of sarcasm. And no editing.

 

( Very heavy use of sarcasm. )