tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4589305052237238790..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: The World Needs a Saintmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-70737754349174219832017-07-12T16:06:31.117-05:002017-07-12T16:06:31.117-05:00The Saint was the product of an age that could bel...The Saint was the product of an age that could believe in such characters; even as early as WW II, Leslie Charteris realized that his quixotic hero was no part of the mid-20th century. The world does NOT need a Saint, except the one who exists in the first dozen or so novels and collections, who meshes perfectly with his time. None of the movies or TV series--culminating in that abortion of a nadir "starring" Val Kilmer--have been successful in realizing Charteris's creation as he was conceived and portrayed in print, and I wish to Christ they'd stop trying. I love Eliza Dushku, but as Patricia Holm (who was a blonde, among other indelible differences)? Puh-LEEEZE. Mike Stammnoreply@blogger.com