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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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Tommy_A_Jones 16 Jun 13 at 4:23 p.m. GMT

I am afraid not, I am in the minority as I quite liked that adaptation and I liked the Sleuths, I wish they had done more, The Recurring Main Character was a man though but one of the Characters the Actor has played is not Colonel Race who appears in your suggestion even though they changed his name which I thought was odd.

Nofret 16 Jun 13 at 12:27 p.m. GMT

Can I guess at the recent adaptation of Sparkling Cyanide starring Pauline Collins? I'm only guessing this one might had shown such a scene, but I thought it was so awful I switched off!

Tommy_A_Jones 14 Jun 13 at 5:01 p.m. GMT

Two people in this Adaptation played Husband and Wife in the Sitcom I referred to and a third has played 2 other Christie Characters apart from the one in this Adaptation

Tommy_A_Jones 02 May 13 at 3:57 p.m. GMT

The Situation Comedt of which I spoke of in an earlier Clue also starred Martin Clunes.

Tommy_A_Jones 23 Apr 13 at 4:24 p.m. GMT

The Other recurring Character was played by someone who has played 2 other Christie Characters he/she played these 3 Characters in 3 different mediums

Tommy_A_Jones 10 Apr 13 at 3:52 p.m. GMT

2 Characters in this Adaptation have been played by other people

Tommy_A_Jones 03 Apr 13 at 12:56 p.m. GMT

In this Adaptation 2 Characters fall in love, they areplayed b people who played husband and wife in a situation Comedy but I can't remember if the Sitcom wass before or after this Adaptation

Tommy_A_Jones 31 Mar 13 at 12:36 p.m. GMT

No.

Nofret 31 Mar 13 at 11:53 a.m. GMT

Is it the McEwan version of The Moving Finger, the children being Symington's boys?

Tommy_A_Jones 18 Mar 13 at 2:40 p.m. GMT

3 of the Characters appesar in other Adaptations.

Tommy_A_Jones 16 Mar 13 at 12:45 p.m. GMT

I don't think I have seen the Actor who played the Man in any other Agatha Christie Adaptations.

Tommy_A_Jones 09 Mar 13 at 3:49 p.m. GMT

It wasn't Poirot but it was a man

Tommy_A_Jones 03 Mar 13 at 12:49 p.m. GMT

No

NightRayDuck 03 Mar 13 at 11:57 a.m. GMT

Was this person Hercule Poirot?

Tommy_A_Jones 04 Feb 13 at 5:02 p.m. GMT

They imparted some information and then the person they said it to sai something that made them act like soldiers.

Bunch_Marple 03 Feb 13 at 3:33 p.m. GMT

Did they act this way because they were playing a game?

Tommy_A_Jones 27 Jan 13 at 3:01 p.m. GMT

They are small Children, something someone says makes them act like soldiers so Yes.

GKCfan 26 Jan 13 at 10:06 p.m. GMT

Are the "small people" children who are playing soldiers?

Tommy_A_Jones 26 Jan 13 at 1:31 p.m. GMT

No, Sorry

Bunch_Marple 25 Jan 13 at 11:47 p.m. GMT

Could it be flashbacks shown in Five Little Pigs?