The thing is that they didn't just get the idea from the BBC series; they specifically approached Moffat and the BBC about making an American version of their show. When they got turned down, Elementary popped up shortly after, and has been retooled constantly ever since in response to threats from the BBC.
It doesn't really say anything about whether it's going to suck or not, but the fact that it is literally as ripped off as they could get away without being sued, which range they determined experimentally by changing the show until the BBC stopped threatening to sue them, has created a lot of sight-unseen ill will. As it is now, I'm sure the show only bears a passing "they're both modern updates" resemblance; but that doesn't I want to support creators or a network who had to be forced at the business end of a lawsuit to do the right thing.
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Date: 2012-03-21 07:07 pm (UTC)It doesn't really say anything about whether it's going to suck or not, but the fact that it is literally as ripped off as they could get away without being sued, which range they determined experimentally by changing the show until the BBC stopped threatening to sue them, has created a lot of sight-unseen ill will. As it is now, I'm sure the show only bears a passing "they're both modern updates" resemblance; but that doesn't I want to support creators or a network who had to be forced at the business end of a lawsuit to do the right thing.