Who is the greater detective?

[Miss Chicken]

In another thread trekkiedane said that Hercule Poirot was a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes. I disagree, so I thought we should take it to a poll to see what other people think.

So people - who is the greatest detective of the two?

 

[trekkiedane]

Barnaby.

 

[miraclefan]

Na-na-na-na-na-na-BATMAN!

 

[Lindley]

Veronica Mars.

Seriously, I've never heard of the pirate guy.

 

[Mallory]

Jim Rockford.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

The outcome of the poll is easy to predict; the one who's most famous will win, in this case, that's Holmes.

 

[trekkiedane]

The outcome of the poll is easy to predict; the one who's most famous will win, in this case, that's Holmes.

Correct! - Even if there are way more episodes of Poirot!

 

[Miss Chicken]

I imagine that in Britain and Australia, and in certain European countries Poirot is as well-known as Holmes is.

Correct! - Even if there are way more episodes of Poirot!

What about all those old movies and TV series about Sherlock Holmes such as the Basil Rathbone movies.

 

[miraclefan]

Jim Rockford.

Great show!

 

[trekkiedane]

I imagine that in Britain and Australia, and in certain European countries Poirot is as well-known as Holmes is.

Correct! - Even if there are way more episodes of Poirot!

What about all those old movies and TV series about Sherlock Holmes such as the Basil Rathbone movies.

Most of those are just re-makes of the same ol' stories -well, actually the old ones are the originals and there have been dozens of re-makes of those ever since.
(and I wouldn't count those WW2 propaganda films as actual Holmes stories!)

Jim Rockford.

Great show!

Agreed!

 

[RJDiogenes]

Sherlock Holmes, definitely, and it has nothing to do with popularity.

 

[kathryn i am]

Sherlock Holmes, definitely, and it has nothing to do with popularity.

Agreed! I enjoy Poirot, but Holmes would beat him in any detective-off competition.

 

[Niorah]

I'd give just a slight advantage to Holmes, but I do like them equally.

 

[captcalhoun]

Endeavour Morse

 

[RoJoHen]

I have no idea who this Poirot guy is.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Sir Digby Chicken Cae... I mean Holmes. Yes, Holmes.

 

[HighteeHeller]

Obviously Holmes.

 

[JonathonWally]

Tough call between Batman and Columbo.

If they ever did a crossover of the two it would be incredible

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Tough call between Batman and Columbo.

If they ever did a crossover of the two it would be incredible

Let's just say Columbo doesn't need time to prepare. His time is best spent bumbling around and humoring his victim before unleashing the smackdown in the final scene.

 

[Hermiod]

Poirot and Columbo are both of the same school of detective work. You come up with a flimsy case and then use that to trick the murderer in to incriminating him or herself.