I Just Watched...

[Lorna]

I may very well make some people angry by saying this, but I’m not 100% sold on David Suchet being that good an actor.

But a lot of people love him, and physically he does resemble the character the most

[CinemaInternational]

I recall that in the PBS version of Nile, the Lois Chiles first victim part was played by a then-unknown Emily Blunt, two years before she made a name for herself in The Devil Wears Prada, and that the Bette Davis role was played by Judy Parfitt, who was very memorable in Dolores Claiborne.

[CinemaInternational]

I may very well make some people angry by saying this, but I’m not 100% sold on David Suchet being that good an actor.

But a lot of people love him, and physically he does resemble the character the most

I rather like him in the part, but it is true that otherwise he hasn't been seen in much that amounts to anything.

[Lorna]

I may very well make some people angry by saying this, but I’m not 100% sold on David Suchet being that good an actor.

But a lot of people love him, and physically he does resemble the character the most

I rather like him in the part, but it is true that otherwise he hasn't been seen in much that amounts to anything.

I know I've been NEGATIVE NANCY lately, but he was in the PBS MASTERPIECE THEATER version of DRACULA that I mentioned a few posts back and he was so bad as VAN HELSING, it's hard for me to forget it.

(unless again I'm getting someone confused with DAVID SOUL...)

[Lorna]

I recall that in the PBS version of Nile, the Lois Chiles first victim part was played by a then-unknown Emily Blunt, two years before she made a name for herself in The Devil Wears Prada, and that the Bette Davis role was played by Judy Parfitt, who was very memorable in Dolores Claiborne.

AND WHAT SURPRISED ME was that JUDY PARFITT was kinda weak and humorless in the part, downright disappoining, which was surprising because she is SUPERB in DOLORES CLAIBORNE.

the actress playing MRS OTTERBOURNE also downplayed her part to a downright sedate degree, but her LOOK and IMPOSING DEMEANOR (she was played by the actress who played MRS HAGRID I think) make it work

[Hibi]

I recall that in the PBS version of Nile, the Lois Chiles first victim part was played by a then-unknown Emily Blunt, two years before she made a name for herself in The Devil Wears Prada, and that the Bette Davis role was played by Judy Parfitt, who was very memorable in Dolores Claiborne.

Yes, I didn't recognize her in the role (Chiles).

[HoldenIsHere]

CNN's How It Really Happened: Oscar Pistorious

"My lady, it was an accident"

Sure.

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

[CinemaInternational]

CNN's How It Really Happened: Oscar Pistorious

"My lady, it was an accident"

Sure.

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

It could be even more outrageous. It could have been like that notorious 1980 murder case involving the Lizzie Borden of the 20th century who gave another woman 40 whacks with an axe.... and was then acquitted on self-defense. The case was so shocking that they've filmed it three times: a fictionalized version with Barbara Hershey that was in a TV movie in 1990 (a graphic one at that; it holds an R rating despite being first aired on CBS), and two recent online miniseries, one on hulu, the other on HBO Max.

[Hibi]

I may very well make some people angry by saying this, but I’m not 100% sold on David Suchet being that good an actor.

But a lot of people love him, and physically he does resemble the character the most

My post seems to have disappeared. I don't think I could watch another Poirot episode again. I've seen them all multiple times. This current run has been on for about 4 years now. ENOUGH ALREADY! Where does PBS pledge money go? Not to Mystery!

[Hibi]

I recall that in the PBS version of Nile, the Lois Chiles first victim part was played by a then-unknown Emily Blunt, two years before she made a name for herself in The Devil Wears Prada, and that the Bette Davis role was played by Judy Parfitt, who was very memorable in Dolores Claiborne.

AND WHAT SURPRISED ME was that JUDY PARFITT was kinda weak and humorless in the part, downright disappoining, which was surprising because she is SUPERB in DOLORES CLAIBORNE.

the actress playing MRS OTTERBOURNE also downplayed her part to a downright sedate degree, but her LOOK and IMPOSING DEMEANOR (she was played by the actress who played MRS HAGRID I think) make it work

Yeah, both paled compared to the actresses in the 70s movie version.

[Lorna]

CNN's How It Really Happened: Oscar Pistorious

"My lady, it was an accident"

Sure.

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

Apparently that's just how you ask someone if the loo is occupied in South Africa. It's a (slightly) different culture than here in the US (barring Texas.)

[HoldenIsHere]

CNN's How It Really Happened: Oscar Pistorious

"My lady, it was an accident"

Sure.

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

It could be even more outrageous. It could have been like that notorious 1980 murder case involving the Lizzie Borden of the 20th century who gave another woman 40 whacks with an axe.... and was then acquitted on self-defense. The case was so shocking that they've filmed it three times: a fictionalized version with Barbara Hershey that was in a TV movie in 1990 (a graphic one at that; it holds an R rating despite being first aired on CBS), and two recent online miniseries, one on hulu, the other on HBO Max.

That axe-murderer must be what the CANDY limited series on Hulu was based on.
Apparently, the real Candy is now in the mental health profession.

Can you imagine finding out that "Candy" was your therapist?

[CinemaInternational]

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

It could be even more outrageous. It could have been like that notorious 1980 murder case involving the Lizzie Borden of the 20th century who gave another woman 40 whacks with an axe.... and was then acquitted on self-defense. The case was so shocking that they've filmed it three times: a fictionalized version with Barbara Hershey that was in a TV movie in 1990 (a graphic one at that; it holds an R rating despite being first aired on CBS), and two recent online miniseries, one on hulu, the other on HBO Max.

That axe-murderer must be what the CANDY limited series on Hulu was based on.
Apparently, the real Candy is now in the mental health profession.

Can you imagine finding out that "Candy" was your therapist?

Yes, that's the case. Ironically, the axe death occurred the day that Kubrick's The Shining, a film that famously has an axe murder near the end, was opening in the Texas area where this murder took place....

If I found that out, I think I would either stop going immediately, or I would pack up my belongings and move quickly.

[HoldenIsHere]

CNN's How It Really Happened: Oscar Pistorious

"My lady, it was an accident"

Sure.

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

Apparently that's just how you ask someone if the loo is occupied in South Africa. It's a (slightly) different culture than here in the US (barring Texas.)

Wasn't there some woman in Texas (I think she was an off-duty police officer) who shot and killed a man in his own apartment a few years ago?
I think her defense was that she went into his apartment by mistake; she thought it was her own apartment and he was an intruder.

[LiamCasey]

Right.
Four "accidental" gunshots . . .

Apparently that's just how you ask someone if the loo is occupied in South Africa. It's a (slightly) different culture than here in the US (barring Texas.)

Wasn't there some woman in Texas (I think she was an off-duty police officer) who shot and killed a man in his own apartment a few years ago?
I think her defense was that she went into his apartment by mistake; she thought it was her own apartment and he was an intruder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean