Really? Do you … Really? Do you really have such a narrow idea of both characters? I mean, I’m a girl and I love both (Holmes and Poirot). And I don’t think that any of those characters (including Marple and Dupin) were written with a certain gender as a reader in mind. Agatha Christie’s stories are not cozy, not all of them. She has something for everyone. As Conan Doyle had with Holmes.
@marlis44 … @marlis44 Stereotype ? We’ve seen them all over the world – Vietnam, Grenada, Afghanistan, Irak … However I agree to your conclusion about the rowboat.
Try the following … Try the following channels: ravenhaven13, herculepoirotchannel, AmbitiousRunner’s channel and
helden1951 – that should cover most of them.
Samantha Bond plays … Samantha Bond plays Stella the renter and also was Miss Moneypenny in Bond and Maria Bertram in Mansfield Park and some other mystery shows.
Ms Christie has … Ms Christie has cared little for Americans, but this Arse from the FBI/CIA is the most horrible stereotype of the Ugly American I have ever seen. He needs to be set down in a leaky rowboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Sherlock Holmes was … Sherlock Holmes was almost like that French Detective Monsieur Dupin. Conan Doyle used Dupin as a blueprint for Sherlock Holmes. Also, Sherlock Holmes was more action and melodrama than the cozy Cristie detective series. The Cristie series were read over tea time for the people of leisure in the UK and elsewhere.
Sherlock Holmes was a newspaper and magazine adventure story. Sherlock for the men, and Poirot and Miss Marple for the ladies.
Poirot is what most women back then idealized as the man.
I think that Japp … I think that Japp spends more time off-duty with Poirot and Hastings than the mysterious Mrs Japp! Anyway I think it lovely that they are good friends and not just colleagues.
That’s not a Kenny … That’s not a Kenny G knock off but rather in the style of the era that Christie wrote. Not only that but Kenny G plays a different kind of sax (straight soprano) while Poirot is an alto, different register and sound. Roger Rabbit and Poirot were within a year of each other so it is likely their styles were of the artistic times rather than copycatting.
Ok fair enough, but … Ok fair enough, but I will still have to contest that view. To myself, the introductory credits are part of the viewing experience and have clearly been deliberately thought through – right down to the LNER legend on the Mallard steam locomotive!
You make a great … You make a great point, however I’d have to disagree with you. The music is fitting, but in my opinion the animations make it look more like Who Framed Roger Rabbit than the ever classy Hercule Poirot!
I can’t say I quite … I can’t say I quite understand the comment referring to the title theme, to quote ‘corny late 80s Kenny G title theme’. I would beg to differ. I find it far from corny and completely fitting for the character and genre-with the classic Art Deco opening titles and all the style and elegance of the 1930s! And the composer of the score is Christopher Gunning!
The only problem … The only problem with the Poirot series is the corny late 80s Kenny G title theme. They are able to source music from the period for the individual episodes themselves. Why they failed to do so on the title is incomprehensible.
The Cheap Flat was … The Cheap Flat was first published in The Sketch, a Bristish magazine, 9 May 1923. It is a Poirot story creation of Agatha Christie.
can anybody please … can anybody please answer my humble question out of curiosity?
Are these stories originally written or been written later to keep producing Poirot series? This plot too, while not being exactly simillar but goes close to combination of Sherlock stories!
(No offense to anyone, I am new to Poirot ,just because..there are no new updates on Granada series anymore
Poirot: Season 2, Episode 8, 1990.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
mrs. robinson plays …
mrs. robinson plays emma in “a murder is announced”-a miss marple case(good one!)…
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Really? Do you …
Really? Do you really have such a narrow idea of both characters? I mean, I’m a girl and I love both (Holmes and Poirot). And I don’t think that any of those characters (including Marple and Dupin) were written with a certain gender as a reader in mind. Agatha Christie’s stories are not cozy, not all of them. She has something for everyone. As Conan Doyle had with Holmes.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
@marlis44 …
@marlis44 Stereotype ? We’ve seen them all over the world – Vietnam, Grenada, Afghanistan, Irak … However I agree to your conclusion about the rowboat.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Poirot’s …
Poirot’s expressions are priceless!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Try the following …
Try the following channels: ravenhaven13, herculepoirotchannel, AmbitiousRunner’s channel and
helden1951 – that should cover most of them.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Samantha Bond plays …
Samantha Bond plays Stella the renter and also was Miss Moneypenny in Bond and Maria Bertram in Mansfield Park and some other mystery shows.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Well, well Gunning …
Well, well Gunning gets around as also did soundtrack for “La Mome” or “La Vie En Rose”
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
I can’t find the …
I can’t find the last episodes of Poirot!!! Can someone help me out?!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Filmed at Brixton …
Filmed at Brixton Acadamy
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
That kid in grey, …
That kid in grey, at 2.56, thats me.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Ms Christie has …
Ms Christie has cared little for Americans, but this Arse from the FBI/CIA is the most horrible stereotype of the Ugly American I have ever seen. He needs to be set down in a leaky rowboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Sherlock Holmes was …
Sherlock Holmes was almost like that French Detective Monsieur Dupin. Conan Doyle used Dupin as a blueprint for Sherlock Holmes. Also, Sherlock Holmes was more action and melodrama than the cozy Cristie detective series. The Cristie series were read over tea time for the people of leisure in the UK and elsewhere.
Sherlock Holmes was a newspaper and magazine adventure story. Sherlock for the men, and Poirot and Miss Marple for the ladies.
Poirot is what most women back then idealized as the man.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
I think that Japp …
I think that Japp spends more time off-duty with Poirot and Hastings than the mysterious Mrs Japp! Anyway I think it lovely that they are good friends and not just colleagues.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
That’s not a Kenny …
That’s not a Kenny G knock off but rather in the style of the era that Christie wrote. Not only that but Kenny G plays a different kind of sax (straight soprano) while Poirot is an alto, different register and sound. Roger Rabbit and Poirot were within a year of each other so it is likely their styles were of the artistic times rather than copycatting.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Ok fair enough, but …
Ok fair enough, but I will still have to contest that view. To myself, the introductory credits are part of the viewing experience and have clearly been deliberately thought through – right down to the LNER legend on the Mallard steam locomotive!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
You make a great …
You make a great point, however I’d have to disagree with you. The music is fitting, but in my opinion the animations make it look more like Who Framed Roger Rabbit than the ever classy Hercule Poirot!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
I can’t say I quite …
I can’t say I quite understand the comment referring to the title theme, to quote ‘corny late 80s Kenny G title theme’. I would beg to differ. I find it far from corny and completely fitting for the character and genre-with the classic Art Deco opening titles and all the style and elegance of the 1930s! And the composer of the score is Christopher Gunning!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
“what are they good …
“what are they good for? chasing lost dogs?” ahahahah what an arrogant man.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
The only problem …
The only problem with the Poirot series is the corny late 80s Kenny G title theme. They are able to source music from the period for the individual episodes themselves. Why they failed to do so on the title is incomprehensible.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
The Cheap Flat was …
The Cheap Flat was first published in The Sketch, a Bristish magazine, 9 May 1923. It is a Poirot story creation of Agatha Christie.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
can anybody please …
can anybody please answer my humble question out of curiosity?
Are these stories originally written or been written later to keep producing Poirot series? This plot too, while not being exactly simillar but goes close to combination of Sherlock stories!
(No offense to anyone, I am new to Poirot ,just because..there are no new updates on Granada series anymore
February 15th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Ah chris, you are …
Ah chris, you are my hero.