tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post2242572505228555060..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #1100: Weekend Wemake Woundup!Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-38030605369604940562013-12-18T17:48:34.215-04:002013-12-18T17:48:34.215-04:00Then there was the fake-funny Poirot in "Murd...Then there was the fake-funny Poirot in "Murder by Death" from the 70s. "I'm not a Frenchy! I'm a Belgy!" Hilarious movie, for those who grew up watching the various detective movies of the 40s and beyond. Truman Capote's cameo an extra bonus.mauricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-62194496256981238802013-12-17T10:42:00.981-04:002013-12-17T10:42:00.981-04:00The role of Poirot is a very tricky one to transla...<i>The role of Poirot is a very tricky one to translate to film. He's a very odd character, an eccentric, anal-retentive, obsessive compulsive, egocentric genius with a thick Belgian accent and a tendency to malapropism with a hyper-fastidious fashion sense that is considered old fashioned by 1934, that makes him easy to parody and hard to portray straight.</i><br /><br />So... was "Monk" a TV remake of Poirot after all?Nate Winchesterhttp://natewinchester.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-1761768558766817382013-12-15T13:53:43.005-04:002013-12-15T13:53:43.005-04:00There is always a good chance that they'll cas...<em>There is always a good chance that they'll cast Will Smith as rapping & ass kicking American detective "Hercules P" and change the Orient Express from a train to a spaceship full of aliens.</em><br /><br />Sadly, my first take on this was that you were too cynical. My second was that you may be correct. <br /><br />Re:Naked Gun<br />You mean like replacing comic genius Peter Sellers with comic mediocrity Steve Martin in the Pink Panther remake? Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289856510554336990noreply@blogger.com