Elementary pilot premieres at San Diego Comic Con; fandom goes wild, converts nay-sayers

[kylara.livejournal.com]

(No spoilers in this post, just general good feelings.)



The pilot of Elementary premiered today at San Diego Comic Con!

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"ELEMENTARY MY DEAR FRIEND. WAS GOOD. REALLY GOOD. I love how the actors portrayed the characters" ... - [x]

"The episode itself was really good, especially Holmes and Watson- I’m gonna be watching the hell out of it. Watson is fantastic, Holmes is fantastic, basically I was super happy with the episode and I’m really excited :D" - [x]

"the pilot of elementary was rad as hell " - [x]

"For your information, the pilot was AMAZING!!" - [x]

"Congrats to the Elementary team for such a engaging pilot. I know what I'll be watching this fall." - [x]

"It won me over by the end." - [x]

"Alright y'all... #Elementary killed it! Was not expecting it to be that fun and addicting :) so happy!" - [x]

"IT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD JESUS CHRIST!!!!
All of my fears are gone. Absolutely gone." - [x] {followed by a review}

"Some great humor and one-liners in the pilot. JLM's Holmes is an addict who keeps bees like the original ACD. - [x]

Another user made this image from twitter's positive response.

Another user has more reactions (with spoilers).

Here's a more thorough review (with spoilers).

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I wasn't able to see it, but initial response has me -- and apparently everyone else -- very excited. For the first time ever, Tumblr's Elementary tag is filled with LOVED and HAPPINESS and rainbow cakes. And Lucy Liu is queen of everything.

(For Tumblr users not in-the-know, there's also the refugee squee tag, Elementasquee, in case the haters make a resurgence and you want somewhere nice to go.)

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More stuff of interest:
- Digital Spy's live-blogging of the Q&A panel
- CBS photos of JLM and Lucy Liu
- Official Twitter is @Elementary_CBS - has some other Q&A stuff
- Twitter tag used for the panel is #ItsElementary - includes reactions from viewers
- Interview with Lucy Liu - with links to clips from the panel
- Comic-Con Roundtable with Lucy Liu and other actors discuss Comic-Con, acting, fans, and more

Comments

[liesmiths.livejournal.com]

I was excited as woah about the show before anyway, but after Comic Con I am actively counting down the days until autumn BECAUSE OH MY GOD I CANNOT WAIT fdskfj

I am especially excited because Jonny Lee Miller answered the question of a possible romance between the characters with "You can expect an updated version of a classic relationship. Not romantically. Just a great relationship, period."
And I love that. We all need some more platonic friendships between men and women on our screen.

[saya22.livejournal.com]

Yes yes yes to male/female friendship! We need more of those!

I knew I'm going to love the show just from the trailers but now I seriously can't wait for it to premier on tv omg

[2cbetter2.livejournal.com]

I am glad to hear they aren't pursuing any romance between Holmes and Watson because frankly the friendship is one of the things I enjoy most about the two versions of Sherlock Holmes I currently love (Sherlock and the RDJ movies) -- it's frankly one of my biggest concerns about this version since they made Watson a woman!