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Yeah I agree. I also agree that we are lucky to get Benedict Cumberbatch on public-funded TV, plus Martin Freeman...these guys are A-listers at this point. I have only seen maybe 5 episodes of Elementary and I do really like their character version of Sherlock (and even Watson) but comparing it to BBC's Sherlock is almost unfair. Sherlock is a juggernaut of talented acting and writing. Elementary, as Homsar said, suffers heavily from "Crime/Monster of the week" syndrome. To me, that makes getting thru the 24 episode season a fucking chore. But my wife, and most women it seems, loves the hell out of it.
Homsar
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Been a while since I've watched sherlock but Elementary seems to mention his issues more with drug past ect. Like I said I really like johnny lee miller and think both are great. But even the letter from moriarty always come out great on elementary
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if you think all gay people sound like moriarty then you may have a problem as well.
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Azrayne
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Yeah I wouldn't call them A-Listers (I always figure that that term applies to someone who's not only famous/in demand/has won awards and shit, but who's reputation is such that their presence in a movie is a huge draw in and of itself, that more people would see the movie if it has them than if it had an equally talented but more obscure actor), but they're certainly talented and in demand, and we are incredibly lucky to have them dedicated to this kind of show.
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cumberbatch and freeman's biggest films are probably Star Trek 2 and The Hobbit trilogy. cumber batch as Khan and freeman as bilbo. one was a co star and the other is arguably the star. those movies are good launching points for stardom but at this point both are just starting out. they have a few years before they can "arrive". for somebody like Tom Hanks, he starred in a bunch of good and bad movies that always just missed their mark and never reached iconic status. it probably wasnt until philadelphia did he become an accepted A-list actor even though he was incredible in Nothing in Common, Big and a few small comedies like The Burbs, Bachelor Party, Joe Versus the Volcano and Volunteers
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Hard to say... Not sure I'd be 100% on board calling them a-listers... But it seems disingenuous to call them b-listers.
On topic of Moriarty... I was originally thrown off by him but he grew on me. It was just such a drastic departure from what we are used to with that character that it all seemed off. But at the end of the day I think his style is a lot more true to the idea of the character. He's a sociopath. Even is he's high functioning he's going to be off. Just like sherlock, just in the opposite direction. Sherlock is cold and mechanical whereas Moriarty ENJOYS the depravity of his sociopathy.
On topic of Moriarty... I was originally thrown off by him but he grew on me. It was just such a drastic departure from what we are used to with that character that it all seemed off. But at the end of the day I think his style is a lot more true to the idea of the character. He's a sociopath. Even is he's high functioning he's going to be off. Just like sherlock, just in the opposite direction. Sherlock is cold and mechanical whereas Moriarty ENJOYS the depravity of his sociopathy.