Review of Cards on the Table

I can understand why Christie fans hate it when they change the books. Some changes are necessary (as with the one mentioned above by another reviewer, who believed that making the character homosexual was necessary as the original motivation was now dated from a modern audience's point of view) but some are anathema to those who are fans of the original. A friend of mine loves the Wolverine Origin movie. I hate it. Not because the writers have changed details, but because they have changed the whole nature of the character and his motivation. It's the equivalent of getting to the end of the Harry Potter series (which she loves) and finding that Harry is really Voldemort's secret love child and at the end Harry marries Hermione. That's not a radical rewrite, that's a whole other story about entirely different people. I never read Christie. I love Poirot (especially the older ones). I'm going to watch this episode tonight. I expect to enjoy it. But I understand why hardcore fans don't. Conclusion? You can please all of the people...never.