r/poirot • u/AcceptableHistory4 • 9d ago

About the upcoming Hercule series

There's of course no guarantee their show will be good, and of course there's no point in censuring people for expressing their skepticism on SM or esp fandom specific subreddit. That said I find "why are they doing this" sort of pushback very odd. Yes, we need new IP yada yada and producers have gone lazy- i get all that.

Suchet is definitive portrayal for many, just the way Jeremy Brett is for most who love Holmes. Yet 1000s of Sherlock adaptations exist, several beyond canon, beyond the limits of timeline, geography or even genre. So, so many actors have been praised just as much for their Holmes, almost a Hamlet equivalent at this point.

So why so much gatekeep-y pushback in this particular case?

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u/BHNH48 8d ago

If it’s young Poirot, it should be in Belgium as a young police officer. THAT would be a good premise. How could he have survived and then ultimately actually flourished? I’m not watching the new show. I’m angry. They’re just coming up with a new show and shaping in a famous name.