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Why is columbo so good when all other cop shows are dreck? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it because he's always nailing smug weirdo rich fuckbags? Is it the peter falk hard carry? Is it because despite being canonically a cop he does anything but act like a cop?

Is everything downstream of columbo an attempt to erase his legacy as the hound of wealthy sociopaths?

Is Columbo a demigod?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I've got a real soft spot for Poirot. I think he's in Columbo's level

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I love Poirot! Just finished watching the entire series recently. There's some really great British murder mysteries series out there--some of my more modern favorites that I'd recommend to just about anyone are Endeavour, Vera, and Foyle's War. The mysteries in Foyle's War tend to be less complex than the other two, but it's more than made up for by Michael Kitchen being perfect in the lead role and the fact that the period setting (WWII in a coastal English town) isn't just an aesthetic choice but is integral to the plot of both individual episodes and the series as a whole. For all of them, the production values are just on another level compared to the slop churned out week after week, year after year for American police procedurals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I like him too, but Agatha Christie apparently hated him lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's hilarious

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Not only that, but she created a self-insert character (Ariadne Oliver) who is a mystery novelist who talks about how she regrets getting tied to her most popular character.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I have tried watching Poirot. He's nowhere near as charismatic as Columbo, and him caring about the law rather than about justice makes him rather unlikeable.

I suppose, I will give Poirot one more try after I finish 17 Moments of Spring.