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Nancy Drew (2002) Movie Review

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Nancy Drew postcards and Nancy Drew-related books I've read and watched and listened to and played quite a bit of Nancy Drew-related content. From reading The Secret of the Old Clock at age 11 to playing the Nancy Drew computer games to listening to podcasts, I have come to know a lot about the different versions of Nancy Drew. Like other detectives, I searched for the one I thought was the definitive Nancy and for me, it is Lani Manella from the computer games #1-32 (I have said this in previous posts). In terms of television and movies, Pamela-Sue Martin came close, but the creators kept changing the Nancy Drew lore around her, so it wasn't perfect for me.  I usually prefer the original version of something, whether its book covers or certain actors portraying characters (Here's hoping Liam Hemsworth portrays a good Geralt!). So, when CW's Nancy Drew show was announced in 2019, and I saw it was similar in atmosphere to Riverdale , I didn't bother to watch the sh...