I hated the change of one of the murderers in ’The Body in the Library' for the reason you mentioned, but even more I hated that the film somehow wants us to sympathise with the murderers because LOVE. They killed a teenager and in a very brutal way just to get money, come on!
In the novel, the murderers are extremely unsympathetic and nothing about that changed in the adaptation except one of the characters was switched. They changed nothing to make us sympathetic to them.
I’ve been scanning your video catalogue, and I’m excited there are so many videos I want to watch. I have to admit, I looked for this one in particular because you mentioned not particularly liking Geraldine McEwan in another video and I had to at least understand why. I may just be plain wrong (from a precise adaptation faithfulness perspective, for example), but for some reason I love Geraldine McEwan’s Marple so much. This is also true of the other Marples to a lesser extent, but she’s a character I go to when I badly need company. I guess you just love what you love sometimes! Looking forward to working my way through your video backlog!
I really like 'The Mirror Crack'd' and 'The Moving Finger' adaptations, but I was happy to see 'A Pocket Full Of Rye' as #1 because that is also my favourite of the 'Agatha Christie's Marple' novel adaptations. I agree that The Crumps are fantastic, and I liked how Gladys's part was acted as well.
I agree with the sacrilegious part of Miss Marple, having an affair with a married soldier and ironically, I think I’ve only seen it once, but I totally blocked that out from my consciousness that he was married…. I think they put it in as a plot specifically as a retort for Ms. Marple to make internally when her BFF and Protheroe says something to the effect that you wouldn’t understand this type of intense love that would cause you to murder…and vaguely remember that is when Miss Marple has a flashback daydream seeing her “single and unmarried” beau head to the front via the train…they probably made him married to further highlight Miss Marple’s sense of justice while corrupting her morals being with a married man…which I find funny that I literally blocked that out of my consciousness because it likely created so much cognitive dissonance with them smearing Miss Marple’s morality 😊
Oh I didn't even think that they put it in there for the reason you specified. That makes a little sense but it's still a total warping of the character. Miss Marple is extremely misunderstood by a lot of people, especially those who make adaptations of her. Miss Marple does not need to have had an affair to know about love/romance/sex etc.
The new plot twist of Sleeping Murder only works if Gwenda had never once in her life seen a photograph of her mother. Otherwise, when Dr. Kennedy shows her the photo of Helen, she'd be like, no that's my mom silly.
The funniest part about Nemesis is that Rafiel is a Jewish last name and they made Michael a Nazi. Then in A Caribbean Mystery, they cast a Jewish actor to play Jason. Now, there's the thought that since we have different Marples, then these stories aren't really connected. However, Dolly Bantry is played by the same actress opposite each Marple.
That's why Michael changed his last name to Faber. It wasn't altogether uncommon in 1930s Germany for men of Jewish descent to be swept up by ultranationalism and fight for Germany while concealing their origins. He also clearly disliked his father, leading to a (particularly extreme) case of rebelliousness.
I watched Nemesis, but completely forgot about it until you described the plot. Wow! What does it say that an episode can be erased with little effort?
I'm part of the crazy minority that really enjoys the Nemesis adaptation. The book, despite the thrilling adventure set-up, is nevertheless rather dull in its execution, and Marple staying with the three sisters at their cottage takes away from the pace and feel of an adventure. Mystery-wise, it also starts to become pretty clear that one of the sisters is probably involved, because of how significant their presence is. On the contrary, the adaptation maintains the adventurous spirit from start to finish, and the change to two nuns better conceals the killer, in my opinion: everyone with whom I've watched it has been utterly shocked by the killer's identity, making for what I consider to be a superior experience. However, the clues are there in plain view from the start. (In the first 10 minutes, we get the exchange: "You must just have one of those faces..." And I like the visual clue of the locket.) It's not perfect, though, as it's such a whirlwind pace it's hard to keep up with all the characters -- it probably should have cut one pair of passengers (either the Dalrymple pair or the Lumleys) to better fit into the 90 minutes -- and the scarecrow sequence was rushed although it's a good idea. Ultimately, it's a fine murder mystery story (to me) but it's not really a genuine adaptation, so I understand why people hate it.
I hated the change of one of the murderers in ’The Body in the Library' for the reason you mentioned, but even more I hated that the film somehow wants us to sympathise with the murderers because LOVE. They killed a teenager and in a very brutal way just to get money, come on!
In the novel, the murderers are extremely unsympathetic and nothing about that changed in the adaptation except one of the characters was switched. They changed nothing to make us sympathetic to them.
I’ve been scanning your video catalogue, and I’m excited there are so many videos I want to watch. I have to admit, I looked for this one in particular because you mentioned not particularly liking Geraldine McEwan in another video and I had to at least understand why. I may just be plain wrong (from a precise adaptation faithfulness perspective, for example), but for some reason I love Geraldine McEwan’s Marple so much. This is also true of the other Marples to a lesser extent, but she’s a character I go to when I badly need company. I guess you just love what you love sometimes!
Looking forward to working my way through your video backlog!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy. There are a lot of McEwan fans out there for sure.
I really like 'The Mirror Crack'd' and 'The Moving Finger' adaptations, but I was happy to see 'A Pocket Full Of Rye' as #1 because that is also my favourite of the 'Agatha Christie's Marple' novel adaptations. I agree that The Crumps are fantastic, and I liked how Gladys's part was acted as well.
I think Pocket Full of Rye is such a good novel for Miss Marple as a character and the episode does it so much justice.
Also on Sleeping Murder, Hugh proposes to Gwenda immediately after she knowingly visits her mom's grave for the first time. LOL
I agree with the sacrilegious part of Miss Marple, having an affair with a married soldier and ironically, I think I’ve only seen it once, but I totally blocked that out from my consciousness that he was married…. I think they put it in as a plot specifically as a retort for Ms. Marple to make internally when her BFF and Protheroe says something to the effect that you wouldn’t understand this type of intense love that would cause you to murder…and vaguely remember that is when Miss Marple has a flashback daydream seeing her “single and unmarried” beau head to the front via the train…they probably made him married to further highlight Miss Marple’s sense of justice while corrupting her morals being with a married man…which I find funny that I literally blocked that out of my consciousness because it likely created so much cognitive dissonance with them smearing Miss Marple’s morality 😊
Oh I didn't even think that they put it in there for the reason you specified. That makes a little sense but it's still a total warping of the character. Miss Marple is extremely misunderstood by a lot of people, especially those who make adaptations of her. Miss Marple does not need to have had an affair to know about love/romance/sex etc.
The new plot twist of Sleeping Murder only works if Gwenda had never once in her life seen a photograph of her mother. Otherwise, when Dr. Kennedy shows her the photo of Helen, she'd be like, no that's my mom silly.
What about the Secret of Chimneys?
That's in the part two video.
@@summationgathering - Huzzah. Really enjoying these.
@@TheSuzberry Thanks!
The funniest part about Nemesis is that Rafiel is a Jewish last name and they made Michael a Nazi. Then in A Caribbean Mystery, they cast a Jewish actor to play Jason. Now, there's the thought that since we have different Marples, then these stories aren't really connected. However, Dolly Bantry is played by the same actress opposite each Marple.
Joanna Lumley as Dolly Bantry is definitely one of the highlights of the series.
That's why Michael changed his last name to Faber. It wasn't altogether uncommon in 1930s Germany for men of Jewish descent to be swept up by ultranationalism and fight for Germany while concealing their origins. He also clearly disliked his father, leading to a (particularly extreme) case of rebelliousness.
I watched Nemesis, but completely forgot about it until you described the plot. Wow! What does it say that an episode can be erased with little effort?
It's for the best.
I'm part of the crazy minority that really enjoys the Nemesis adaptation. The book, despite the thrilling adventure set-up, is nevertheless rather dull in its execution, and Marple staying with the three sisters at their cottage takes away from the pace and feel of an adventure. Mystery-wise, it also starts to become pretty clear that one of the sisters is probably involved, because of how significant their presence is.
On the contrary, the adaptation maintains the adventurous spirit from start to finish, and the change to two nuns better conceals the killer, in my opinion: everyone with whom I've watched it has been utterly shocked by the killer's identity, making for what I consider to be a superior experience. However, the clues are there in plain view from the start. (In the first 10 minutes, we get the exchange: "You must just have one of those faces..." And I like the visual clue of the locket.)
It's not perfect, though, as it's such a whirlwind pace it's hard to keep up with all the characters -- it probably should have cut one pair of passengers (either the Dalrymple pair or the Lumleys) to better fit into the 90 minutes -- and the scarecrow sequence was rushed although it's a good idea.
Ultimately, it's a fine murder mystery story (to me) but it's not really a genuine adaptation, so I understand why people hate it.