On 15/02/2026 11:22 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 14/02/2026 11:11 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
If they're messing around with the books by gender swapping the
main characters then I wouldn't waste my time on it... Plus, as I
said Warren Clarke IS Dalziel. I couldn't imagine anyone else as
Dalziel now.
Yeap! Maybe, as one of the Actors was already a DS in "Art
Detectives", they could have just promoted Her and given her a
transfer sideways with her own off-sider.
I'm just waiting for a black Hercule Poirot or a trans Miss Marple to
appear
Well, SHE was an elderly, SINGLE Woman .... but if she had been Lesbian,
I would have thought the Village would have been a-buzz about it!!
... the way the TV industry is going it can't be that many years
away.
Fortunately for me, death won't be that many years away too, so maybe
I won't have to see it!
I'm sorry to read that, Blueshirt!!
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Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 15/02/2026 11:22 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
I'm just waiting for a black Hercule Poirot or a trans
Miss Marple to appear
Well, SHE was an elderly, SINGLE Woman .... but if she had
been Lesbian, I would have thought the Village would have
been a-buzz about it!!
Just because a woman is an elderly spinster doesn't mean they
are lesbian. I'm sure some were, and I'm sure the villages they
lived in were a-buzz with the gossip about it too, but elderly
spinsters are not uncommon. They normally get termed "mad cat
ladies"... as they always have cats!
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married]
lover who was in the army and got killed in the war. That
wasn't in the books though.
--... the way the TV industry is going it can't be that many
years away.
Fortunately for me, death won't be that many years away too,
so maybe I won't have to see it!
I'm sorry to read that, Blueshirt!!
I was speaking figuratively... I mean, it could be today,
it could also be in thirty years time... very likely it's
somewhere in-between... but it is definitely going to happen!
At the moment I don't have any plans to go anywhere though.
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married]
lover who was in the army and got killed in the war. That
wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew from the
books.
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The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already
married] lover who was in the army and got killed in the
war. That wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew
from the books.
It wasn't! And it played no part in the actual story either...
bar give Miss Marple a sepia photo of a man in a uniform to smile
at in fond recollection.
ITV [for some reason] thought it best to tinker a bit with the
books when they adapted them. <shrugs>
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married]
lover who was in the army and got killed in the war. That
wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew from the
books.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already
married] lover who was in the army and got killed in the
war. That wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew
from the books.
It wasn't! And it played no part in the actual story either...
bar give Miss Marple a sepia photo of a man in a uniform to smile
at in fond recollection.
ITV [for some reason] thought it best to tinker a bit with the
books when they adapted them. <shrugs>
On 2026-02-16 10:31:55 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married]
lover who was in the army and got killed in the war. That
wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew from the
books.
"McEwan's portrayal also has the infamous reveal that Miss Marple
had an affair with a married man in her youth. The character is
an old spinster who's never had any mentioned romantic
attachments. McEwan's tenure, unfortunately also had the worst
writing in the series."
On 2026-02-16 10:52:37 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already
married] lover who was in the army and got killed in the
war. That wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew
from the books.
It wasn't! And it played no part in the actual story either...
bar give Miss Marple a sepia photo of a man in a uniform to smile
at in fond recollection.
ITV [for some reason] thought it best to tinker a bit with the
books when they adapted them. <shrugs>
The entertainment industry pretty much ALWAYS "tinkers" with the source >material, even when it's a remake / reboot of an older TV series or
movie. Most of the time it's simply because the over-egoed idiot in
charge thinks they know better the the person who actually created the
idea. :-\
Daniel70 wrote:
On 15/02/2026 11:22 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
I'm just waiting for a black Hercule Poirot or a trans Miss
Marple to appear
Well, SHE was an elderly, SINGLE Woman .... but if she had been
Lesbian, I would have thought the Village would have been a-buzz
about it!!
Just because a woman is an elderly spinster doesn't mean they are
lesbian.
I'm sure some were, and I'm sure the villages they lived in were
a-buzz with the gossip about it too, but elderly spinsters are not
uncommon. They normally get termed "mad cat ladies"... as they always
have cats!
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married] lover
who was in the army and got killed in the war. That wasn't in the
books though.
... the way the TV industry is going it can't be that many years
away.
Fortunately for me, death won't be that many years away too, so
maybe I won't have to see it!
I'm sorry to read that, Blueshirt!!
I was speaking figuratively... I mean, it could be today, it could
also be in thirty years time... very likely it's somewhere
in-between... but it is definitely going to happen!
At the moment I don't have any plans to go anywhere though.
On 16/02/2026 8:48 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 15/02/2026 11:22 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
I'm just waiting for a black Hercule Poirot or a trans Miss
Marple to appear
Well, SHE was an elderly, SINGLE Woman .... but if she had been
Lesbian, I would have thought the Village would have been a-buzz
about it!!
Just because a woman is an elderly spinster doesn't mean they are
lesbian.
Sorry, I never intended to suggest that ... hence my "but *if( she had
been Lesbian, ....".
I'm sure some were, and I'm sure the villages they lived in were
a-buzz with the gossip about it too, but elderly spinsters are not
uncommon. They normally get termed "mad cat ladies"... as they always
have cats!
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already married] lover
who was in the army and got killed in the war. That wasn't in the
books though.
... the way the TV industry is going it can't be that many years
away.
Fortunately for me, death won't be that many years away too, so
maybe I won't have to see it!
I'm sorry to read that, Blueshirt!!
I was speaking figuratively... I mean, it could be today, it could
also be in thirty years time... very likely it's somewhere
in-between... but it is definitely going to happen!
Yeap. I never met my Brother, died at birth, and lost a sister when she
was 22 and another when she was 57.
Mum and Dad both made it into the 80's so I'm hoping I've got at least
10 more years to go .... but you never know!!
At the moment I don't have any plans to go anywhere though.Same Same .... except out for Dinner with my two younger sisters for
Chinese New Year this evening!!
----
Daniel70
On 2026-02-16 10:31:55 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already
married] lover who was in the army and got killed in the
war. That wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew
from the books.
"McEwan's portrayal also has the infamous reveal that Miss
Marple had an affair with a married man in her youth. The
character is an old spinster who's never had any mentioned
romantic attachments. McEwan's tenure, unfortunately also
had the worst writing in the series."
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-16 10:31:55 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article <xn0pm3fvz2hy5g3000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
ITV did give Miss Marple the background of an [already
married] lover who was in the army and got killed in the
war. That wasn't in the books though.
What in the world? That doesn't sound like the woman I knew
from the books.
"McEwan's portrayal also has the infamous reveal that Miss
Marple had an affair with a married man in her youth. The
character is an old spinster who's never had any mentioned
romantic attachments. McEwan's tenure, unfortunately also
had the worst writing in the series."
There were a lot of other unnecessary things added to those ITV
adaptations too... although I kind of liked Geraldine McEwan as
Miss Marple in the first three series... not so much the woman
that followed her in the remaining ones. (Julia McKenzie) By
which time ITV were adapting non-Miss Marple Agatha Christie
novels and inserting her into them... so they were not faithful
to the original books anyway.
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