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Elementary 1x02
Oct. 5th, 2012 02:58 pm( spoilers (just barely) )
The big thing that excites me about this show is that it is, explicitly, about two characters who are going to change each other. It's all about how Holmes and Watson are going to have an effect on each others' lives, which means no reset button on the main character. I find main characters who don't change or grow to be an exceedingly frustrating thing (it was one of the issues that I had with House after a while).
I think this might be why I do still like teen-based shows (like Teen Wolf) even now that I'm not a teenager -- because those generally have to be about change and growth, almost by default, and I find characters much more interesting than plots. And for character interaction to be especially interesting to me, the characters need to change each other (potentially part of why, out of the canon romances in the Marvel movies, Tony/Pepper is the least interesting to me, because I don't feel like they do that for each other -- and why I loved the various Doctor & companion relationships in RTD's Doctor Who, because it felt like they all had a profound impact on each other). And I feel like I'm going to be getting that out of Elementary; that it's primarily a show about how Holmes and Watson becoming friends will change both of them and their lives.
The big thing that excites me about this show is that it is, explicitly, about two characters who are going to change each other. It's all about how Holmes and Watson are going to have an effect on each others' lives, which means no reset button on the main character. I find main characters who don't change or grow to be an exceedingly frustrating thing (it was one of the issues that I had with House after a while).
I think this might be why I do still like teen-based shows (like Teen Wolf) even now that I'm not a teenager -- because those generally have to be about change and growth, almost by default, and I find characters much more interesting than plots. And for character interaction to be especially interesting to me, the characters need to change each other (potentially part of why, out of the canon romances in the Marvel movies, Tony/Pepper is the least interesting to me, because I don't feel like they do that for each other -- and why I loved the various Doctor & companion relationships in RTD's Doctor Who, because it felt like they all had a profound impact on each other). And I feel like I'm going to be getting that out of Elementary; that it's primarily a show about how Holmes and Watson becoming friends will change both of them and their lives.