Poirot was way better than Sherlock

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ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Poirot: "for you see, a one armed left hander could never have shot the bishop; at 3:15, the clocks hand covers the left portion of the sniper nest!"

Sherlock, same mystery: "first, I found samples of the victim's stool. I tasted a hint of Giorgio Salvalri almonds, which of course we all know can only be found in the Po valley of upper Italy..." ad infinitum

# ¿ May 24, 2017 18:17

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 17:47

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Also, Columbo is the best

# ¿ May 24, 2017 18:18

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Sherlock is an autistic goon, hence the gbs popularity

# ¿ May 25, 2017 00:44

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Sherlock is a Mary Sue bad rear end bullshit character. Christie actively hated the poo poo out of Poirot, it's why he's a more interesting character.

# ¿ May 25, 2017 01:00

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

jazzyhattrick posted:

Mary Sues tend not to be self destructive drug addicts whose only only 2 friends are their roommate and their landlady.

Never heard of an anti-hero, I take it? What about his ninja skills, Bruce Lee combat skills, and monstrous strength? All that's missing is some Navy Seal bullshit.

# ¿ May 25, 2017 01:11

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Mr.Pibbleton posted:

My favorite Sherlock story is The Adventure Of The Yellow Face, where a husband talks about mysterious circumstances involving his wife and Sherlock gets the conclusion that she's being blackmailed by her former husband who didn't die in that fire and turns out he's completely wrong about everything and there's absolutely nothing sinister going on...just black people! Then Watson's safe word is "Nobury" for when Sherlock gets to be too much.

I loving loved it when Hastings jumped through a window to bail on Poirot and let him get arrested by the cops. "No point in me going to jail too old chap!"

LOL, good poo poo

# ¿ May 25, 2017 03:01

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Straight White Shark posted:

In the earlier stories there is some vague pretense of Holmes not being a magic superhero wizard (like the idiot-savant characterization that was introduced in the first story and then immediately dropped) and they're generally a lot better for it. After the Holmes stories became famous and successful they got super lazy and terrible.

It's too bad, he's a fun character, but eventually he turns in to Batman with a violin and omniscience.

# ¿ May 25, 2017 22:23

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

I'm going to see the gently caress out of that movie, amigos

# ¿ Jun 4, 2017 23:55

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 17:47

ElGroucho: Nov 1, 2005; We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane; Fun Shoe

Hogge Wild posted:

yeah poirot rules

but in the movies he had a bottom who followed him around

A selling point, imo

# ¿ Jun 6, 2017 20:41

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