The ITV Miss Marple reminds me a lot of NuWho in some ways (take that as a complimentary or pejorative comment as you will... :D). Give me the 80s versions with Joan Hickson all the way (and not just because I have vivid memories of seeing quite a few of them either straight before/straight after Seven Who stories, back in my misspent youth...).
And while we're on the subject, the 1hr David Suchet Poirots with Cpt Hastings and Ch Insp Japp and Miss Lemon in them are far, far superior to the latter-day 2hr ones with various guest stars.
And the first couple of series of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes are just about the most perfectest thing ever, but then they had to start making the (hitherto almost too-faithfully adapted) dialogue more "modern" and Brett's performance suffered along with his real-life health, and...
And that is all I care to type about TV versions of literary detectives... :-D
Except that I kind of like the Ken Stott version of Rebus...
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Date: 2010-01-24 01:51 am (UTC)And while we're on the subject, the 1hr David Suchet Poirots with Cpt Hastings and Ch Insp Japp and Miss Lemon in them are far, far superior to the latter-day 2hr ones with various guest stars.
And the first couple of series of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes are just about the most perfectest thing ever, but then they had to start making the (hitherto almost too-faithfully adapted) dialogue more "modern" and Brett's performance suffered along with his real-life health, and...
And that is all I care to type about TV versions of literary detectives... :-D
Except that I kind of like the Ken Stott version of Rebus...
That is all!