Raptorific
I go to Temple and enjoy soda. I also like dinosaurs and Batman. I promise, I am not a child.
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Photoset reblogged from Raptorific
Just wanted to make some Holmes/Moriarty fanart happen after that Elementary finale. Obviously spoilers, which I certainly hope you have blacklisted by now if you haven’t seen it.
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They left out that fact that elementary blatantly rips off the premise of modern sherlock from the bbc version, but apart from that im inclined to mostly agree.
Hey, if we’re going to pretend “Elementary” ripped off the concept of “Sherlock,” now’s a good time to remind everyone that the Modern Sherlock Holmes concept wasn’t even close to original when the BBC got to it! In fact, adaptations of the Holmes characters, adapted for the modern day, have spawned such series as:
- House, M.D.
- Monk
- Psych
- The Mentalist
- Bones
And a fair number of the Rathbone Holmes series were modern takes on the character in the 1940s, although obviously, now, the 1940s don’t seem that modern.
The fact is, BBC Sherlock not only wasn’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept, they weren’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept recently. It’s a good show, but the concept is nothing new. The Holmes stories have been given modern updates ever since the setting of the original stories stopped being modern.
good point but i wasn’t calming that, im aware that Holmes has been adapted for the current time period many many times, the reason i say elemental ripped their concept off of Sherlock is that elemental popped up the minute Sherlock got popular. It isnt the first time either American or British television companies have nicked concepts from newly popular shows across the pond and it probobly wont be the last.
You could make the same claim that Sherlock only exists to capitalize on the popularity of the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film with Robert Downey Jr. Observing what’s popular and then producing media that caters to those trends is not a ripoff any more than True Blood is a ripoff of Twilight.
While it’s true that CBS approached the BBC about partnering on production of the series, (which is generally what American shows do with British shows) the BBC declined and CBS had to continue while being certain not to infringe at all on BBC Sherlock. The shows are so very distinct that claiming one is a ripoff of the other is a laughable notion.
im not saying the show content is a ripoff just the idea behind it, (ie the American producers saw something popular and decided to make their own version) in actual execution they are pretty different.
as for Sherlock capitalizing on the popularity of the rdj film, its success would have made getting financial backing for the bbc series easier if nothing else, but the only thing connecting the two is the holmes cannon they we’re both inspired by.
Yes, and my point is that it doesn’t make sense to claim that “Elementary” is ripped off from “Sherlock” because that implies “Sherlock” was an original concept, or a concept that hasn’t been used recently, or a concept that hasn’t been popular recently. When I heard “Sherlock” had been greenlit, my first thought was “Oh, not another one. They’re clearly ripping off the concept of House.”
The point is that, even if she shows are similar concepts, it is unfair to accuse one of being a ripoff without noting that Sherlock is also a ripoff, as is the thing it was ripped off from, and so on since human beings discovered how to tell stories.
Otherwise, it feels like this:
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They left out that fact that elementary blatantly rips off the premise of modern sherlock from the bbc version, but apart from that im inclined to mostly agree.
Hey, if we’re going to pretend “Elementary” ripped off the concept of “Sherlock,” now’s a good time to remind everyone that the Modern Sherlock Holmes concept wasn’t even close to original when the BBC got to it! In fact, adaptations of the Holmes characters, adapted for the modern day, have spawned such series as:
- House, M.D.
- Monk
- Psych
- The Mentalist
- Bones
And a fair number of the Rathbone Holmes series were modern takes on the character in the 1940s, although obviously, now, the 1940s don’t seem that modern.
The fact is, BBC Sherlock not only wasn’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept, they weren’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept recently. It’s a good show, but the concept is nothing new. The Holmes stories have been given modern updates ever since the setting of the original stories stopped being modern.
good point but i wasn’t calming that, im aware that Holmes has been adapted for the current time period many many times, the reason i say elemental ripped their concept off of Sherlock is that elemental popped up the minute Sherlock got popular. It isnt the first time either American or British television companies have nicked concepts from newly popular shows across the pond and it probobly wont be the last.
You could make the same claim that Sherlock only exists to capitalize on the popularity of the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film with Robert Downey Jr. Observing what’s popular and then producing media that caters to those trends is not a ripoff any more than True Blood is a ripoff of Twilight.
While it’s true that CBS approached the BBC about partnering on production of the series, (which is generally what American shows do with British shows) the BBC declined and CBS had to continue while being certain not to infringe at all on BBC Sherlock. The shows are so very distinct that claiming one is a ripoff of the other is a laughable notion.
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They left out that fact that elementary blatantly rips off the premise of modern sherlock from the bbc version, but apart from that im inclined to mostly agree.
Hey, if we’re going to pretend “Elementary” ripped off the concept of “Sherlock,” now’s a good time to remind everyone that the Modern Sherlock Holmes concept wasn’t even close to original when the BBC got to it! In fact, adaptations of the Holmes characters, adapted for the modern day, have spawned such series as:
- House, M.D.
- Monk
- Psych
- The Mentalist
- Bones
And a fair number of the Rathbone Holmes series were modern takes on the character in the 1940s, although obviously, now, the 1940s don’t seem that modern.
The fact is, BBC Sherlock not only wasn’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept, they weren’t the first show to do the “modern Sherlock” concept recently. It’s a good show, but the concept is nothing new. The Holmes stories have been given modern updates ever since the setting of the original stories stopped being modern.
(Source: raptorific)
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What are the best pranks people have played on you? Friends? Family? Peers? Random-ass strangers?
Asked by Anonymous
When I was in high school, my friends ran a grassroots campaign to get me elected Homecoming King without telling me. I got wise to their game a few days out from Homecoming, and ended up campaigning against myself. I came in second place.
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(Psst I’m not really here, my computer is only open to look up train schedules and to be a tunes machine. Please go about your business.)
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I really do hate those “it’s not complicated” commercials where the dude is talking to very obviously scripted children but it’s trying really hard to sound candid
i don’t think they’re all scripted tho, have you seen the one where the little girl is talking about why more is better, and the one about werewolves? Those sound like authentic little kid non sequitur things to say.
Those two are actually the ones that really made me hate those commercials. They’re so painfully scripted that I cringe every time I hear them.
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Post reblogged from Raptorific
I really do hate those “it’s not complicated” commercials where the dude is talking to very obviously scripted children but it’s trying really hard to sound candid
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Post reblogged from Raptorific
But have you ever talked to Caitlin when she’s really sleepy
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I still think I hit the nail pretty squarely on the head a few weeks ago when I made the claim that the actual Mads Mikkelsen looks like someone drew really high-quality Mads Mikkelsen fanart and then cast a spell on it that made it come to life
