How is NY tougher than London?

was reading a blurb on the CBS Holmes series Elementary, where the writer said (paraphrased) that he wants Holmes in NY (other than to make it cheaper to shoot) because Holmes is always shown as ‘brilliant and ten steps ahead of anyone else’ but he wanted to make it so that Holmes has to be in a place that’s difficult for anyone to live in.’ Believe it or not, as a former resident I know London has industrial areas, slums and gangs along with its museums and palaces, just like any other large metropolitan capital in the world. I wonder how New Yorkers would feel about their city being ‘difficult’ to live in. You could see NY as being a ‘hard city’ as a trope before 9/11 but it doesn’t have the same cultural resonance now.

The only difference I see in moving Holmes is he knows London inside and out, it would take some time to learn the streets, form a version of the Irregulars, etc. But Holmes in time could do that anywhere, if you are true to the character. Holmes in Tokyo or Moscow, :D that would be more difficult. But yeah, we all know why they moved the location.

Incidentally, there is a modern Sherlock series in production in Russia, I believe set in Moscow, I’m excited about that. If you want to see a great Sherlock-esque detective in Tokyo, try the excellent series Mr.Brain.

As an aside, no matter how this show does it’s always going to be compared to Sherlock, which over here, would be a good boost. I’m not gonna have to count all the articles that say, yeah, but have you seen the one they’ve done on the BBC?

What?

So someone put on tumblrconfessions a reasonable question, why if Dean loves 'Busty Asian Babes' (a magazine/site on their show from seasons 1-present as a joke) do they never cast an Asian women as a shag/loveinterest?

Someone put a tags on the post #racist.

Okay - No. If anything, I've appreciated that Supernatural has been pretty good when it comes to casting people of different ethnicities (and as allies, not just enemies - kudos for the pagan gods along with the angels and demons)

For Dean (one of the two-sometimes-three leads) the love of his life was Cassie, an African American woman, then his dream girlfriend Carmen was a Latina, and he tried to hit on Kali (the goddess, incidentally) who is Asian. (Indian) If anything, I believe they haven't cast another Asian as Dean's love interest because 1) his story hasn't called for another love interest lately and b) because they have the 'Busty Asian Babes' mag as a joke, they haven't cast an Asian woman because some might consider that insulting. Who knows? But not casting an Asian woman is not racist.

Incidentally, happy that the Asian character of Kevin Tran has shown up, though his characterization might be considered as a bit stereotypical, but I think his obsessed-with-grades-honor-student was meant to emphasize his change into a Prophet of the Lord.

Dean and Cas as a summer romantic comedy (that happens during the Apocalypse)

This hits every single note on the prototype romantic comedy movie trailer. *snorfle* and fans of SPN will particularly chortle at the title.