tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post8340555733012693553..comments2024-03-21T14:20:51.746-07:00Comments on Cult TV Lounge: The Saint in Europe, and on TVdfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-35671724659674579262020-07-19T15:58:17.090-07:002020-07-19T15:58:17.090-07:00Why was it so difficult to get a copy of "The...<em>Why was it so difficult to get a copy of "The Angel's Eye"? </em><br /><br />The colour series of The Saint has long been unavailable in Australia and ordering from overseas is now very difficult. But I have finally tracked down the colour series boxed set - it's just a matter of waiting for it to arrive.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-87600061685126055902020-07-19T00:44:02.115-07:002020-07-19T00:44:02.115-07:00Why was it so difficult to get a copy of "The...Why was it so difficult to get a copy of "The Angel's Eye"? I have 3 copies-US(A&E), UK(Network), and Aus(Umbrella). Delmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156851971491531444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-66545803251226860552020-07-01T11:25:19.694-07:002020-07-01T11:25:19.694-07:00I think Charteris had good cause to complain on oc...I think Charteris had good cause to complain on occasion. Some of the adaptations and particularly the dialogue tended towards the banal. His comments were usually amusing, particularly those on script editor Harry W. Junkin, whom he considered to suffer from 'a natural addiction to corn and cliches'.Robert Vickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490536976995803788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-21184357979275357552020-06-28T09:59:58.816-07:002020-06-28T09:59:58.816-07:00All very interesting.
Adapting the Charteris stori...All very interesting.<br />Adapting the Charteris stories must have been difficult as his prose was always long and verbose. Pages would go by without any dialogue at all. Portraying only the action - which a visual medium must do - makes those stories shorter. <br /><br />As a man with a healthy ego, Charteris disliked any liberal adaptations intensely. His letters of complaint were just as lengthy as his prose, which only demonstrated his lack of restraint. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625505959323828932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-63941650319562847032020-06-27T15:46:41.273-07:002020-06-27T15:46:41.273-07:00At that time he was disillusioned with the way the...<em>At that time he was disillusioned with the way the stories were being treated, especially this one, with 'ham handed bad taste'</em><br /><br />To some extent I'd have to agree with Charteris - I find the episodes which are faithful adaptations to be the most successful ones.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-27966262287877502702020-06-27T14:36:57.423-07:002020-06-27T14:36:57.423-07:00As ever,very interesting comparisons. As I recall,...As ever,very interesting comparisons. As I recall, The Angel's Eye was a faithful adaptation, which pleased Leslie Charteris. Not so The Spanish Cow. At that time he was disillusioned with the way the stories were being treated, especially this one, with 'ham handed bad taste'Robert Vickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490536976995803788noreply@blogger.com