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Guess That Adaptation

Bundle_ 22 Mar 10 at 2:15 p.m. GMT

I had an idea just the other day for a new game..inspirired by Christie week. But I figured that there are 2 ways you could play this game and I want to see which version everyone would prefer to play:

First idea: What if someone watches an AC adaptation, that person would say which detective it starred and then we would have to guess at something interesting that they saw in that adaptation; it could be something like an actor who played a small role in another AC adapt, or how Poirot was wearing a black suit in this scene when in the last scene he was wearing a blue suit.

For example I would say this: There was a lamp asscued in the background of this Poirot adapt.

And then we would have to watch Poirot adaptations and hunt or guess (if you don't feel like watching it) as to which adapt it was.

Second idea: We would describe a scene in a Poirot adaptation and everyone would have to guess as to which adapt it came from. This one is less complicated than my first idea but also less intriguing.

Here's an example:

This character wore a silk pink dress and a fur stole when she spoke to Poirot and Hastings.

Now it's just up for everyone to decide which version they like better.

Thesegames that I have described are different from Guess that Story in that that game has you guess the story from a character's narrative perspective. Guess that Adaptation focus is to describe a scene w/o giving the plot away.

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Nofret 24 May 12 at 3:49 a.m. GMT

Not Peril at End House or Nemesis, and it's not a Tommy and Tuppence book. The nationality of a minor character was changed.

NightRayDuck 23 May 12 at 8:03 p.m. GMT

Suchet version of Peril at End House? The miserable cocaine addict Mr. Rice appears in only one scene in the novel, and doesn't seem to be listed in the cast for the adapt.

Bunch_Marple 23 May 12 at 6:30 p.m. GMT

This reminds me of the complaints regarding the depiction of Tommy and Tuppence in By The pricking of my thumbs but Tommy does appear to some extent in that...

Tommy_A_Jones 23 May 12 at 10:34 a.m. GMT

The ITV version of Nemesis

Nofret 23 May 12 at 4:29 a.m. GMT

Don't even mention that travesty of a favourite book, Tommy!

The two people referred to in my original clue were husband and wife in the book.

Tommy_A_Jones 22 May 12 at 10:38 a.m. GMT

The ITV version of Pale Horse

Nofret 22 May 12 at 4:42 a.m. GMT

Not Death on the Nile or The Hollow. In the book, a person was described as well-built, with a dynamic personality, in the adaptation they are a skinny, miserable whinger!

Tommy_A_Jones 21 May 12 at 1:20 p.m. GMT

The Hollow

Bunch_Marple 21 May 12 at 8:49 a.m. GMT

Death on the Nile? David Suchet version..

Nofret 21 May 12 at 4:15 a.m. GMT

Not Cards on the Table, or A Pocket Full of Rye. The person missing from this adaptation was male and a potential murderer.

GKCfan 20 May 12 at 8 p.m. GMT

In the Julia McKenzie version of A Pocket Full of Rye, Miss Ramsbottom a favorite character of mine, is missing.

Bunch_Marple 20 May 12 at 7:18 p.m. GMT

Cards on the table?

Nofret 20 May 12 at 4:24 p.m. GMT

Third Girl was almost unrecognisable! This adaptation was quite faithful to the original - the murderer was particularly authentic.

Bunch_Marple 20 May 12 at 10:17 a.m. GMT

That could be any number of adapts! Third girl was missing a lot of detail...

Nofret 20 May 12 at 5:13 a.m. GMT

Thank you, Mr G.

An intriguing and complex character in the book is completely missing from this adaptation, and another character's personality is changed - IMO not for the better!

Mr_Graves 18 May 12 at 5:58 a.m. GMT

Nofret is correct, it is Basil Blake who had been duped by Inspector Slack and the forensic men. So sorry not to have replied sooner- your turn.

Tommy_A_Jones 04 May 12 at 12:53 p.m. GMT

Symington from The Moving Finger

Nofret 04 May 12 at 10:37 a.m. GMT

Basil Blake in The Body in the Library? JH version.

Mr_Graves 04 May 12 at 6:13 a.m. GMT

No to both- this adaptation is from a Miss Marple book, and the person who thought they were safe was male. 

Tommy_A_Jones 01 May 12 at 12:07 p.m. GMT

Caribbean Mystery If so it doesn't matter if it is the Film or the BBC1 version, The Murderer's wife thinks she is safe but she isn't.