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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I feel like my first real foray into mystery was probably back when PBS was showing Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes series followed immediately by the Joan Hickson Miss Marple (both shows from the mid-80s, though we were getting them in the US more towards the end of the decade). So much so that my mental image of both characters to this day tends to be those versions. David Suchet's Poirot came shortly afterward - PBS went pretty hardcore into mystery back in the late 80s.

My first real memory of watching a mystery was earlier than that, though. I have a vague memory (which I used to remember more clearly, and my mother still remembers happening, so it's not like I imagined it) of watching Murder on the Orient Express with my parents, when I was like maybe 8 or so, and about halfway through the movie just sort of blurting out they all did it. And my mother just sort of gave me this sidelong look, and was like, did you see this before? And I was like, "No, why?" She basically couldn't believe I'd apparently picked up on that so quickly, when I was so young and half the rest of the plot was probably going over my head.

Somewhat speaking of -- and perhaps tangentially tying into the previous discussion -- I will say that it was somewhat weird watching the *same* Poirot, Marple, and Sherlock Holmes mysteries with different casts and slightly different twists. Without a doubt, the Suchet Poirot had my favorite handling of the stories. However, my Marple preferences depend on the mystery. And, of course, there's always that "Have I seen this before" that becomes, "Oh, right, ____ did this same mystery." (And, also without a doubt, I don't really count the BBC's Sherlock as being comparable to Sherlock Holmes mysteries since it feels more like "What if Doctor Who had been reincarnated as Sherlock Holmes?", largely due to the show's creators either pulling inspiration from or trying to capitalize on their connection to Doctor Who.)

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Of course, I've always been of the mindset that Hollywood should stop fucking trying to remake extremely popular older media solely to capitalize on brand recognition like a bloated parasite. Adapt obscure stuff, improve things that were interesting in concept but failed in execution, or establish soft reboot sequels to older works that skip ahead in-universe (ie, sort of like Fuller House or Girl Meets World), but STOP trying to hard reboot established properties with strong cult fanbases (like the Ghostbusters remake, Robocop, or Total Recall). The rate of success is SO minuscule for that sort of thing it's almost never worth doing, and almost always inspires fervent hate.

It's still hard to express my incredible disappointment at how Girl Meets World turned out. At least with Fuller House, my expectations were low.

Speaking of time skips, I might have enjoyed a Murder, She Wrote reboot if Octavia Spencer was positioned as one of JB Fletcher's former students and JB Fletcher indoctrinated her into solving mysteries. (And, as I mentioned in that Mary Poppins topic some time ago, I was pretty surprised by the random Angela Lansbury appearance near the end.... wait, was that what got me started on all this in the first place? It's been a minute since I was talking about detective shows.
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