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There's
so much "news" about news anymore that everything is clogged like a
toilet at a rest stop. So clogged with shit and toilet paper
that it's spilled over, but you have to go #2 so bad that .... .
"Oh JFC! I need a shower. Now!" Like
that.
Here's what we do. Have currently saved 42 episodes of Blue
Bloods, and can access 13 seasons of Hercule Poirot on Netflix (David
Suchet as Poirot).
The Agatha Christie series, about a fastidious Belgian detective,
working out of London, harks back to a time (1920-1930) when the
murderers he unmasks are dispatched on the gibbet. It's
delightful.
It's fun. I feel good afterward.
Blue Bloods, set in NYC, is about the Regan family. Three
generations
of NYPD cops, two of whom were/are Police Commissioners, the rest (one
cop son was killed by crooked cops) are
detectives, beat cops, or (the daughter) a D.A. Like Poirot,
it's a
morality play; meaning there exists morality. Since November, we watch
2 episodes a night (WGN in Chicago streams them, and every Friday CBS
airs a new one. The scripts are fabulous. No foul language, and
you
don't miss it. The family get together once a week for
dinner. They
say grace. They talk. They remind us that most people are
good, and
them what ain't get their comeuppances. Usually.
Amen.
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Although anyone who knows anything about the NYPD knows the show has lots of technical flaws (e.g., in real life, when a detective orders a uniform to "Do this" or "Do that", the response is often "Go fuck yourself!"), it's still entertaining, and and it has Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan, who are both extremely watchable, although (in Moynahan's case) for different reasons.
ReplyDeleteFew actors ever fit the authors character description as well as Suchet has handled Poirot over the years. I read all of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee novels as a young man and wondered why there were no movies. Years later I stumbled upon one on TV and Sam Elliot played Travis McGee. It was a travesty. I like Sam Elliot but he was a terrible choice for McGee. Suchet, on the other hand, is a near perfect Poirot. IMHO.
ReplyDeleteYears ago (1970) I watched Rod Taylor in Darker the Amber. He played a pretty good Travis McGee. IMDB is your friend if you have a bad memory like mine.
ReplyDeleteOld movie buff......x
I'll take a look, thanks.
ReplyDeleteHercule Poirot: The question is, can Hercule Poirot possibly by wrong?
ReplyDeleteMrs. Lorrimer: No one can always be right.
Hercule Poirot: But I am! Always I am right. It is so invariable it startles me.
and...
Hercule Poirot: I cannot say at the moment - I may be wrong.
Inspector Morton: Doesn't often happen to you.
Hercule Poirot: It has happened twice in my career.
Inspector Morton: That's a relief! To be right all the time might get a bit monotonous.
Hercule Poirot: I do not find it so.
As others have said Suchet really played him to perfection. The climax of Dead Man's Folly was probably my favorite moment, all he said was 'Bon'
Now Tom Selleck should play an older Travis McGee. He would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteBobby Ahr
"Now Tom Selleck should play an older Travis McGee" Annnnd the chase scenes with walkers would be perfect. Still I can watch Tom Selleck in pretty much anything. He, like Sean Connery makes even a bad movie watchable.
ReplyDeleteNot on a walker yet but limping.....x