The problem is ... I already watched Daredevil and some of Jessica Jones... and Luke Cage was highly praised...so will have to watch it.
And now Netflix is coming with
The Defenders which is gonna be like a Digest Comics of SuperCommandoDhruv, Nagraj, Parmaanu and Doga ...so we'll have to watch that!!
And because Iron Fist will be part of it... How can I miss watching this show What a dilemma Netflix put us in :lol:
This is how it starts. You watch one series, get hooked and then you don't want to miss anything because how else will you understand the references
? Soon enough, you are spending entire weeks dedicated to just this universe. My solution to this dilemma is simple. I am not going to watch any of these series for the next couple of years (including DD, which I do rate highly). If still interested, I can catch up with all of them (or what's left with high ratings and reviews) by the third year easily. It is not as if I am running short of series or movies, if anything, I am running short of time if I keep on adding. Everything in moderation
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series 19892013)
In the meanwhile, I finished all 13 seasons of 'Poirot'. Poirot as a series has two clear halves. The first half, mostly till Season 6, is populated with shorter episodes (50 mins). It has the aged and awkward title with awesome theme music. In most of the episodes, you have the entire team of Poirot, Captain Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon solving crimes. Irrespective of the nature of the crimes, the episodes feel very light-weight due to the friendly banter. Clive Exton was in charge for this part (He worked till S08, but the tone change comes before that).
In the second half, the running time crept up (to 90-100 mins per episode) due to the adaptation of novels. In the beginning, only one or two of the series regulars (Hastings, Japp or Lemon) appeared. Later on, Poirot was the lone person solving the cases. New characters like his writer friend, Ariadne Oliver and valet, George made an appearance out of the blue. This is the portion where some familiar faces like Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain, Damian Lewis, Emily Blunt, Aiden Gillan and Iain Glen make an appearance. The overall tone of the series became darker. The religious side of Poirot which was completely left out in the first half of the series becomes the centerpiece in some of the episodes. The shift, thankfully, was not jarring to me. I actually became more interested and some of my favourite episodes can be found in this second half.
The one thing that did not change is the impeccable acting of David Suchet. You'd notice that he limps in two of the episodes (to my memory) and those are the only stories in which Poirot has a limp due to a war-time injury. Having spent a long time with Suchet, I don't know if I can watch any other actor play the character of Poirot. That said, I am still interested in watching Albert Finney's version of
Murder on the Orient Express (1974), just for personal comparison.
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