You've been murdered by a dastardly villain. Which detective do you want on the case?

[pigtails]

Monk

He always gets his man/woman... and in such a comical way too

Oh my god how could I forget Monk!!

I'm changing to him too

 

[Meltingpot]

Columbo for me, or Kojak as second choice (who loves ya baby?).

 

[Nanker Phelge]

oh yes forget dupin, i'd want callahan on the case. or the man with no name out of various spaghetti westerns

He had a name in all three films.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Columbo's the daddy of TV tecs - and he was the character in a stage play before becoming a character on a TV show. And he had a glass eye.

 

[Bakunin]

He had a name in all three films.

I believe that he did, yes.

The names of 'Blondie' and (in the book) 'Joe' spring to mind.

 

[starfish]

Steve Carella.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I believe that he did, yes.

The names of 'Blondie' and (in the book) 'Joe' spring to mind.

Joe - Fistful
Manco - Few
Joe/Blondie - GBU

 

[Bakunin]

Joe - Fistful
Manco - Few
Joe/Blondie - GBU

Excellent work, good Sir.

Of course, such an imposing 'good guy' demands an equally evil 'bad guy.' For the purposes of this thread I nominate 'Angel Eyes' as the villian, seeing as he's among the all-time great villians of either big or small screen:

I'd like to see the likes of Inspector 'I'm very cerebral but not especially hard' Morse tackle him.

And where's that most thuggish of coppers, DCI Jack Regan of The Sweeney on the poll?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Excellent work, good Sir.

Of course, such an imposing 'good guy' demands an equally evil 'bad guy.' For the purposes of this thread I nominate 'Angel Eyes' as the villian, seeing as he's among the all-time great villians of either big or small screen:

I'd like to see the likes of Inspector 'I'm very cerebral but not especially hard' Morse tackle him.

And where's that most thuggish of coppers, DCI Jack Regan of The Sweeney on the poll?

Ramon Rojo...much harder, more dangerous, sociopathic, greedy, deadly with a winchester - he'd fuck up Columbo on the first meet:

That's the problem with most TV tecs, they don't really face proper bad guys. It's all spoilt wealthy people topping their wives and rich uncles.

 

[Bakunin]

Ramon Rojo...much harder, more dangerous, sociopathic, greedy, deadly with a winchester - he'd fuck up Columbo on the first meet:

That's the problem with most TV tecs, they don't really face proper bad guys. It's all spoilt wealthy people topping their wives and rich uncles.

I remember the legend that was George Orwell released one of his classic essays on how, even in his time, the quality of murders has fallen in the UK.

'The Decline Of The English Murder' is a great read, for anyone interested in crime.

 

[discokermit]

philip marlowe.

 

[LindaR]

Columbo, deffo: 'Just one more thing, sir'. He's so polite while he's letting the mofo dig his own grave...

 

[The Octagon]

philip marlowe.

Indeed.

I could rest in my eternal sleep, safe in the knowledge that not only is the perpertrator getting bitchslapped and probably shot, but my wife / girlfriend is also getting a good seeing to.

What a guy.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Ironside, surely?

 

[Idris2002]

Sorry to bring you the bad news, urbanite. But the good news is that all of these guys are in town, hanging around by chance as they seem to often do. You can only choose one though.

Who do you choose to exact your justice?

Lisbeth Salander, the Avenging Angel of the Broad Masses.

 

[camouflage]

I voted Colombo of course, to know that the smug arrogant killer who did away with me will be all the more gutted for being stalked in a shuffling sort of way for weeks before getting thruroughly coppered by the scruffy little man in the old coat who drives that bust up old Peurgot 403.

 

[spanglechick]

since the americans always get their man pretty quickly, i dismiss all the brits - and while colombo is bagpuss-like, and quincy is a cheese-ball, doctor mark sloan can sing, tapdance, rollerskate, and looks like my late father.

all fabulous qualifications, i'm sure you'll agree.

 

[Dillinger4]

Bunk Moreland.

Or Monk.

 

[kained&able]

vic mackie. I demand my murdere not only go down for killing me but get set up on drugs charges and rumopurs spread around that he is a nonce so he gets done hard in jail.


dave

 

[camouflage]

vic mackie. I demand my murdere not only go down for killing me but get set up on drugs charges and rumopurs spread around that he is a nonce so he gets done hard in jail.


dave

Ooh, good call.

 

[mitochondria]

Bunk Moreland with Freamon as secondary.

 

[nicksonic]

not forgetting the cornish charms of wycliffe...

 

[Bakunin]

not forgetting the cornish charms of wycliffe...

I quite fancied the redheaded Detective Inspector he worked with, if that helps.

Is that wrong?

 

[DotCommunist]

you knows he'd lay down the Law on your murdrer

 

[kained&able]

you knows he'd lay down the Law on your murdrer

but wheres the satisfcation he is too clinical and quick, isn't he. I want the dude to be proper tortured first rather then judgement to death in 2.32 seconds.

Suffering, lots and lots of suffering.


dave

 

[nicksonic]

I quite fancied the redheaded Detective Inspector he worked with, if that helps.

Is that wrong?

probably.

although i've never watched it, having a 1 hour detective prog (45 mins excluding adverts) doesn't seem worth it.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Batman

 

[Ms T]

Kurt Wallander! I want to be murdered on a moody Swedish beach.

 

[killer b]

phil marlowe, thanks.