Lucy Liu as Watson

Grrarrgh · Feb 28, 2012

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/27/lucy-liu-cast-as-watson-in-sherlock-holmes-based-pilot/

CBS has cast Lucy Liu as Watson in their upcoming Sherlock-themed show, Elementary. Johnny Lee Miller has been cast as Sherlock.

There are apparently a few different Sherlock shows being produced right now, although I can't imagine that any of them will be even close to the brilliant BBC show.

ChaosTitan · Feb 28, 2012

Hmmm...

I loved Johnny Lee Miller in "Eli Stone," so I'm willing to tolerate Lucy Liu (*shudder*) for more of him on my television.

Misa Buckley · Feb 28, 2012

The premise reads like House mashed up with Body of Proof.

So far, I'm unimpressed.

Torgo · Feb 28, 2012

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, by the use of the word 'bonified' in the first para there. "A bonified hottie." For heaven's sake.

PS: Obviously this Sherlock will be not a patch on the recent BBC awesomeness. I am willing to go out on a limb and suggest it will be toss.

Interesting though that Jonny Lee Miller just got off a run in the West End in Frankenstein, alternating the roles of Viktor and the monster with none other than Benedict Cumberbatch.

TudorRose · Feb 28, 2012

Torgo said:
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, by the use of the word 'bonified' in the first para there. "A bonified hottie." For heaven's sake.

Were they aiming for bona fide, or is this some American term I'm just not familiar with? :Wha:

Torgo · Feb 28, 2012

TudorRose said:
Were they aiming for bona fide, or is this some American term I'm just not familiar with?

I'm afraid they were indeed aiming at bona fide.

TudorRose · Feb 28, 2012

Torgo said:
I'm afraid they were indeed aiming at bona fide.

Cringe!

Nymtoc · Feb 28, 2012

Arghhh!

MeretSeger · Feb 28, 2012

Torgo said:
I'm afraid they were indeed aiming at bona fide.

Unless they were trying to be "cute" and go for something related to "boning"...in which case, Lucy Liu should be really offended.

Little Ming · Feb 28, 2012

Allow me to repeat what I said in the Sherlock thread: :Headbang:

Grrarrgh · Feb 29, 2012

MeretSeger said:
Unless they were trying to be "cute" and go for something related to "boning"...in which case, Lucy Liu should be really offended.

I don't know if it's this or if she really doesn't know how to spell bona fide. Either way, it's pretty bad.

veinglory · Feb 29, 2012

Okay so it is modern day, and Watson is not a former soldier. How exactly is this Sherlock Holmes?

Zoombie · Feb 29, 2012

It's weird, girls CAN be soldiers these days...

Torgo · Feb 29, 2012

veinglory said:
Okay so it is modern day, and Watson is not a former soldier. How exactly is this Sherlock Holmes?

And Sherlock is three guys with a mystery-solving cat, and the cat is psychic, and Mrs Hudson is the International House of Pancakes.

cherita · Feb 29, 2012

Grrarrgh said:
I don't know if it's this or if she really doesn't know how to spell bona fide. Either way, it's pretty bad.

I think it's just she didn't know how to spell bona fide -- I can't accept a woman would knowingly make that kind of awful pun! Just... no. Worse, it's been days and they haven't bothered to edit it. Yikes.

As for Lucy Liu... interesting. I used to dislike her, but I've recently fallen in love with the show Southland and I like her there. But then, I'm not a die-hard Sherlock fan and I've never seen the BBC show, so there you go.

JustinlDew · Feb 29, 2012

As long as they don't try to make it too much about sex appeal it should be fine, hopefully. Or it may ruin Sherlock Holmes forever...

Marumae · Mar 1, 2012

Some part of me still longs for a female Holmes adaptation. As for Johnny Lee Miller, I was hoping they'd do a telemovie of his play version of Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch, I wanted to see that so bad.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 1, 2012

Um. I don't get it. It's not in London. It's not in the 19th Century. Watson is a woman.

Why the hell name it Sherlock Holmes? Really? Just name it something else since something else it is!

And who proclaimed Lucy Liu a hottie (bona fide or otherwise), anyway?

And when you all are referring to the brilliant BBC show, you are talking about Jeremy Brett, right?

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