Comments on: YIKES!!! Isn't Agatha Christie COZY?!?!?

By: Gaby

Gaby — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:52:49 +0000

Horrified!
This is not Miss Marple or Agatha Christie!
If Rosalind Hicks could stop a movie, why could no one stop this awful series?

By: Edie Dykeman

Edie Dykeman — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:17:12 +0000

I did enjoy the recent series on PBS for the stories themselves, but they were definitely not the typical Miss Marple that we all know and love. I, too, wish the writers would stick more with the original stories and not change them until they become almost unrecognizable.

Throwing a favorite character (Miss Marple) into any story and calling it a Miss Marple mystery is nonsense. Also, now that Agatha Christie's daughter is no longer around, they must think they can add anything to the storyline and no one will object. How sad for Agatha Christie fans.

I also miss all of the mysteries that used to be on A&E. What a great time I had catching up with all my favorites.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:51:57 +0000

Hi Melissa, Our PBS station is running a beg-a-thon right now, so we won't be seeing the Inspector Lewis repeat yet. As for the Hamish Macbeth television series: Yes, there is a television series based on the books. My husband and I were lucky enough to catch the series when it aired on (I think it was) BBCAmerica, before they changed their schedule to include every reality cooking, cleaning, auctioning show imaginable.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:12:19 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised with Poirot and also enjoyed Foyle's War. Miss Marple was disappointing. I was very disappointed to learn this week's mystery is a a repeat Inspector Lewis. I'm a big fan of M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books. Are you aware of a television series based of these books and is it as good as the books?

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:51:31 +0000

Hi Laura,

Thanks for telling us about Pie in the Sky. I just looked it up, and it looks really good.

I haven't watched either of the last two Miss Marple episodes yet… "weird" isn't an adjective that I would usually think of as describing Christie's Miss Marple mysteries. I would, however, use "weird" to describe the vision that the filmmakers seem to have had when putting together the Murder Is Easy show.

By the way, on another note… How many people remember younger characters in the Miss Marple mysteries as calling her "Jane?" Apparently the filmmakers did! In Murder is Easy two of the young characters called her "Jane" >>> But, actually that number could be higher… I am NOT going to rewatch that episode just to find out for sure… I am sure, however, about them doing that at least two times.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:11:25 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up, Danna! Funnily enough, someone else mentioned on their blog (nothing to do with mystery reading) that the Miss Marple last night was "weird". I won't waste my time on it. Instead, I'll watch the "Pie in the Sky" mystery series on DVD. Laura

By: Nancy Lynn Jarvis

Nancy Lynn Jarvis — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:54:28 +0000

Hi Danna,
I'm so glad it wasn't just me. I enjoyed the shows so far, but thought I was losing my mind because I couldn't remember Miss Marple being such a "pushy broad."

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:10:35 +0000

I've read both Murder is Easy and Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Neither Miss Marple nor Tommy and Tuppence was in either of these books. The amateur detective in Murder is Easy was Luke Fitzwilliam and in Why Didn't They Ask Evans? it was Bobby Jones. Both novels are very good on their own with the existing characters. I think Agatha Christie can stand on her own without any "help" from TV writers.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:23:05 +0000

Hi Tori,

I might not have been in the right mood when I started the Byerrum movie... I should have saved it and tried it later on...

As for Murder is Easy... I know that I was in a good mood when I started watching that movie... but I wasN'T in a good mood by the end! I agree that the adding of Miss Marple to a Tommy and Tuppence mystery just doesn't seem like the way to go. One would think that there are enough Miss Marple mysteries that could be "movie-ized," rather than changing Christie's novels to fit into what the filmmakers want to do!

By: Tori Lennox

Tori Lennox — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:49:18 +0000

It had been way too long since I'd read Murder is Easy so I didn't remember the details. I just knew it wasn't a Miss Marple mystery. But they drove me insane last season when they shoved Miss Marple into the middle of a Tommy & Tuppence mystery. And T&T were very nearly just walk-on characters!

On the other hand, I enjoyed both the Ellen Byerrum movies. I'd never read the books before. So maybe that helped. I have since read one of the books in the series. I liked it a lot, so the movies, though different from the books, did introduce me to a new favorite author.