Moffat is a far better plotter of mysteries than whomever is writing Elementary.
I like Moffat, but the plots on Sherlock are so far all retreads of Arthur Conan Doyle's original Holmes plots/mysteries. Moffat does a great job of updating them for modern London — doing the fanfic, as it were — but the bone structure was already there.
I'm not the hugest AC Doyle expert, but so far I haven't recognized a mystery on Elementary as ripped directly from the source material, so it's impressive that they are as good as they've been. I'm generally not a big fan of procedurals. I'm interested in characters, and most mysteries are pretty easy to figure out after you've figured out the formula, even without Holmesian powers of deduction. But I'm watching both Elementary and Castle this season. Two shows with leading ladies I can appreciate!
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Date: 2012-12-10 12:18 am (UTC)I like Moffat, but the plots on Sherlock are so far all retreads of Arthur Conan Doyle's original Holmes plots/mysteries. Moffat does a great job of updating them for modern London — doing the fanfic, as it were — but the bone structure was already there.
I'm not the hugest AC Doyle expert, but so far I haven't recognized a mystery on Elementary as ripped directly from the source material, so it's impressive that they are as good as they've been. I'm generally not a big fan of procedurals. I'm interested in characters, and most mysteries are pretty easy to figure out after you've figured out the formula, even without Holmesian powers of deduction. But I'm watching both Elementary and Castle this season. Two shows with leading ladies I can appreciate!