bakerstreetconfessions:

I don’t want the American Sherlock. Let’s be honest. Are there any shows here that could ever compare in intelligence? They’d have to dumb it down for Americans and make it overly dramatic to get an audience. And really? Who could ever compare to Benedict and Martin and the chemistry they have?

The British “audiance” gave a BAFTA to The Only Way is Essex over Sherlock, Downton Abbey, and Miranda.  Arguing the intelligence of one country of viewers over the other is ludicrous.  Both have quality programming, both have shit programming, and both are full of the lowest common denominator who would rather watch people make assholes of themselves on trashy reality television than watch a scripted drama that might actually engage their brains. 

I’m not terribly excited about the idea of the American series myself, but this argument is fucking tired.  Going on about how stupid it’s obviously going to be because “americanz r dumb lolz” doesn’t make you look like an intellectual, it makes you look like a condescending moron.