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Enda80
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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 Posted - 01/03/2010 : 5:01:27 PM
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If the recent Sherlock Holmes film does well, will any other prose sleuths end up on the screen again?
I started to wonder if the Downey Holmes film did well, would that lead to other stalwart icons of the genre returning to the screen? After, the success of Blade, X-Men, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and others has produced a revival of costumed and or metahuman adventurer films, with many upcoming projects announced. I tried to think if a successful Downey Holmes film would inspire adaptations of more detective series.
Well, I have doubts that it will. Part of the problem has to do with these properties belonging to numerous different estates of deceased authors. Also, many of these properties do not conveniently lend themselves to adventure elements. Let us look at more prominent sleuths from prose. Some of you may notice that I chose sleuths from the set of stamps that Nicaragua put out in the 1970's as (supposedly) featuring the most famous fictional sleuths of literature.
1. Charlie Chan: a bit too old and not very agile to function as an Adventure Hero (even though Jeff Rovin included him in the reference work Adventure Heroes)
2. Dupin: not many tales about Dupin to draw from
3. Father Brown: that might seem unintentionally amusing, to have him as an adventure hero
4. Ellery Queen: often cited as an example of pure raticionation, at least early on
5. Sam Spade: not many tales to draw from (though, of course, they could do original tales)
6. Philip Marlowe: perhaps
7. Nero Wolfe: perhaps, since people have pointed out that Rex Stout's plots always seemed underdeveloped and he relied more on interaction between Archie Goodwin and Wolfe
8. Lord Peter Wimsey: somewhat adventurous
9. Hercule Poirot: see comments about Charlie Chan
10. Perry Mason: early on, Perry Mason did in fact operate as a two-fisted urban adventurer (just read the early Erle Stanley Gardner novels), so some precedent does exist
11. Maigret: more of a compassionate investigator than a two-fisted troubleshooter
Some properties that have (it seems) a less steady presence on bookshelves or staying in print such as Bulldog Drummond, Nick Carter, Albert Campion, Simon Templar, and Dennis Nayland-Smith may amend themselves more. |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 01/04/2010 : 03:09:03 AM
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Charlie Chan (plus sequels) could make a decent retirement project for Jackie Chan.
Nope, just screwing with you. xD
Seriously, I doubt this will cause a revival of classic detectives, if Sherlock Holmes does well in the box office it will be because of the action and Robert Downey Jr., who is (finally) a star after Ironman, not because of the source material. |
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RossM
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2010 : 4:44:40 PM
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2010 : 06:59:15 AM
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How about Popeye the sailor and Sinbad the sailor, maybe a mashup
Sinbad wouldn't stand a chance against spinached up Popeye. Better have Popeye crossing paths with the Incredible Hulk, spinach vs. gamma rays in a bettle to the death!
"I used to be With IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and wierd. It'll happen to YOU!" - Grandpa Simpson
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 01/08/2010 : 4:30:32 PM
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How about Mike Hammer or better yet, Mike Shayne(my favourite). Both featured hard hitting private detectives, dames and action.
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, aka "Tuco," aka "the Rat," aka "Ugly," aka "il Cattivo" |
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