When i was at uni i was big into the cinematic 1940 noir movement, i've always enjoyed detective stories (grew up with family members watching Murder, She Wrote, Miss Marple, Midsummer Murders and my favourite Jonathan Creek).
But the 1940s hard boiled detectives, straight talking, no prisoners, world weary shady justice dealers were my favourite. The Big Sleep is one of my favourite films of all time and in my opinion the best detective movie of all time (which isnt hard considering the source material of Raymond Chandler's novel was such an influential trend setter).
As far as TV goes Idris Elba's Luther tops my chart (season four being 2/3 episodes long was a slap in the face though).
There are a lot of different breeds of detective, most prefer the realistic Law and Order approach (detective Stabler was awesome in SVU) but which are your favourites?
Do you prefer detectives in novels or movies/TV?
Which genre of detective, sci-fi, noir, fantasy?
Or do you not like detective stories at all?
But the 1940s hard boiled detectives, straight talking, no prisoners, world weary shady justice dealers were my favourite. The Big Sleep is one of my favourite films of all time and in my opinion the best detective movie of all time (which isnt hard considering the source material of Raymond Chandler's novel was such an influential trend setter).
As far as TV goes Idris Elba's Luther tops my chart (season four being 2/3 episodes long was a slap in the face though).
There are a lot of different breeds of detective, most prefer the realistic Law and Order approach (detective Stabler was awesome in SVU) but which are your favourites?
Do you prefer detectives in novels or movies/TV?
Which genre of detective, sci-fi, noir, fantasy?
Or do you not like detective stories at all?