The New Saint 2013: A New Ride For An Old Hero

 Oddly with over 150 blog entries one of the ones that keep on getting hits is whenever I blog about an all most forgotten fictional hero......Simon Templar.....The Saint.  This is true especially in France where many people seem interested and stop by to inquire. Hello France. Anyway the new series of The Saint is now in post production and I am sure will be on at least a cable network  within a year or so I suspect . You can view the new promo for it on The Saint Blog. It has just been released. As a matter of fact you can read a treasure chest full of history about this character if so inclined on this blog. So now the question arises , can an old character first published circa 1928 arise in a new century. God knows many elements of Templar have been copied over the years including a certain British figure known  by three numbers.  But can Templar be revived  or end up in the dustbin of fictional sleuths like Bull Dog Drummond.{ how many reading this have heard of him.} As the old saying goes the proof will be in the pudding. The new Saint Adam Rayner seems well  familiar with  the character. His humor but also his potential for cold blooded thinking and cold blooded actions as well. So we shall soon see a TV show that may transcend decades of  writing and rediscovery from  Vincent Price to Roger Moore to Adam Rayner. By the way Roger Moore known best as James Bond  speaks a interesting line in the story and I quote....."The world needs a Saint."  I agree , oh and by the way an interesting subplot appears in  this adventure the search for a special Templar ring. Oddly it reminds of a ring I own that was specially made for me by my nephew  Jason  Stinson a jeweler in the Albany NY area. Odd coincidence , perhaps , but you never know.