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@BathysphereHat I mean who doesnt?

@Talcott yeah sure sounds fun!

I mean the context of Julius Caeser, which we know Shakespear knew about, was that Rome had already had a hundred years of increasing strife and instability with an increasing instability in government including multiple armies marching on Rome.

However, this play was done during the 00's and I think there was a commentary on the frustration of regular people to respond to government policy and that regular people just had to keep living in unstable times.

I think I have said this before but every once in a while I think about this great production of Shakespeare's Julius Caeser. It was a "use modern tech props" show and one of the set pieces was just this normal guy in the back ground who was working at a desk computer. Even as Rome went through a massive crisis and bloody war he just kept working. That image of the guy working at his computer and sometimes responding with frustrated hand gestures to actions on stage stuck with me.

The pettiest problem possible: I want a new comforter blanket. The place I want to buy it from because I trust their quality doesn't have any that I love the look of. So I keep waiting for one I will like.

@roxy awww they the cuteness

TODAY I LOOK UPON ALL YOUR WORKS AND TRIALS. ALL THOSE TRIBULATIONS. ALL THE MILLENIA OF DISCOVERY AND STRIVING AND I THINK TO MYSELF: YES I WILL, IN FACT, DESTORY THIS VENDING MACHINE IF IT DOESNT HAVE MY PREFERED POP TART FLAVOR.

(joke from Animals Talking in all Caps, image from @RadPanda )

MAN I WISH I COULD STREAM ON THE CLOUD RIGHT NOW.

(credit to @hourlywolves and the Animals Talking in All Caps Tumbler)

@BathysphereHat this is fair but it does look cool to me

@artfulreggie safe driving, great packing job!

@BathysphereHat well now I want to see the tank!

If I was doing it myself I'd actually set them in modern times (because the stories were written to be contemporary) and lean into the fairy tale dreamy style where people really do have amazing intuition. Sort of a Sherlock/Elementary reboot. Make it a rambling Netflix-y streaming show where the episodes can vary in length and maybe lean into the queer aspects a bit.

Set them all in the same city (I say Toronto) and have the characters intersect. Poirot is still a refugee, Marple a woman from a wealthy family who has seen her personal fortunes decline in spinsterhood, make Inspector Battle truly a by the book inspector whose power is his organizational skills, Mr. Satterthwaite and Mr. Quin really are still the supernatural duo, Tommy and Tuppence are private investigatorsand spies. And have them cross over and do easter eggs for fans to spot like Mr. Satterthwaite in the background to a Poirot moment or Tuppence interviewing marple on a small case.