Eating on The Orient Express Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors and one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. To sing her praises is to be cliché and any discussion of how influential she has been to the genre will more likely understate her impact than overstate it. She looms large over the genre and for good reason. Sadly, many of the modern interpretations of her stories coming out of the UK lately don’t trust her writing and seek to spice things up a bit.
Thanks for the Critical Hit Parader mention, and I completely agree with your recommendation of the Dark Worlds Quarterly website for sword & sorcery comic info!
As you say, the popular economic term is late capitalism. Using the medical definition of "end stage," I think I'm in the clear, from a literal [point of view at least. If capitalism is a disease -- and I'm not saying it is, but the show might be -- Fallout represents it finally eating itself like cancer devouring the body, because it can't help itself.
As for the Orient Express, I'm curious if you ever watched the British show MINDER? Old fave of mine, and they did a movie-length parody called Minder on the Orient Express.
It's so funny in hindsight what a uniquely British phenomenon Minder was. A show about a con-man and trafficker of stolen goods, and the "minder" who keeps him out of worse trouble. The Firm, best known for the song "Star trekkin'", began as a band with a Minder novelty song. There was a ZX Spectrum game. It brought Cockney rhyming slang into the mainstream for a while.
As huge as it was, I don't know that anyone over here ever got to see it.
Thanks for this awesome article :)
Did you know that the Original "Dont tell Mom the babysitters dead" has a big D&D poster on the wall of the kids room?
I do now and will be on the lookout for it when I watch it again.
Thanks for the Critical Hit Parader mention, and I completely agree with your recommendation of the Dark Worlds Quarterly website for sword & sorcery comic info!
As you say, the popular economic term is late capitalism. Using the medical definition of "end stage," I think I'm in the clear, from a literal [point of view at least. If capitalism is a disease -- and I'm not saying it is, but the show might be -- Fallout represents it finally eating itself like cancer devouring the body, because it can't help itself.
As for the Orient Express, I'm curious if you ever watched the British show MINDER? Old fave of mine, and they did a movie-length parody called Minder on the Orient Express.
I think you are in the clear too, and you are right about the show.
I'll definitely have to check out MINDER. I like Dennis Waterman in New Tricks so any show with him is a must watch.
It's so funny in hindsight what a uniquely British phenomenon Minder was. A show about a con-man and trafficker of stolen goods, and the "minder" who keeps him out of worse trouble. The Firm, best known for the song "Star trekkin'", began as a band with a Minder novelty song. There was a ZX Spectrum game. It brought Cockney rhyming slang into the mainstream for a while.
As huge as it was, I don't know that anyone over here ever got to see it.
And going down a rabbit hole, I just discovered that the series' longtime policeman antagonist was played by Patrick Malahide...of Cutthroat Island!