Goodfish
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i enjoyed binge watching the new Reacher series on Amazon Prime this week. Way better than than the Tom Cruise version from a few years back. I’m looking forward to more episodes.
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noharleyyet
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True to the book, true to the characters. Also looking forward to another installment.
JV842
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That’s what I’ve heard, planning on catching it this evening
recon6036
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I binge watched it recently too. I enjoyed it and thought it was worth the watch
Cornell Cowboy
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I liked this new series and I liked the Tom Cruise movies. But the series definitely has much more of the flavor of the books.
Wallydeuce
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Good to know about the series. The movie? Meh. Watching 5'6" Tom Cruise play 6'5" Jack Reacher didn't compute.
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I see now a guy can survive a beating with a crow bar. Cool
dirtclod Az.
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I prefer the books to the on-screen versions.
My mind pictures a different scenario.
My mind pictures a different scenario.
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WapitiBob
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We just watched it and thought it was pretty good.
BrentD
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I started watching it this morning while riding my bike... Anything is better than nothing while doing that.
I found it sort of okay, but hardly on par with the TC movies. The movies were far better filmed and produced and Cruise, however much you may hate him, 10x a better actor than this guy. Basically, seems like a modern day John Wayne sort of character with more muscles, less gut, i.e., a good-guy bully with a ton of attitude. But better than nothing...
I found it sort of okay, but hardly on par with the TC movies. The movies were far better filmed and produced and Cruise, however much you may hate him, 10x a better actor than this guy. Basically, seems like a modern day John Wayne sort of character with more muscles, less gut, i.e., a good-guy bully with a ton of attitude. But better than nothing...
LuketheDog
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That's who the character in the book is, kind of a hulking young Sherlock Holmes...not a 5' 55-yr-old...
ashersdad
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Love the books. The movies were entertaining but not what I had envisioned. Watched the first episode of the new series and found it a little slow. Physically he's more the Reacher of the books, but it didn't go much further than that. Will probably continue watching it, but hard to beat the books imo.
noharleyyet
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Have you read any of he books?
noharleyyet
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The crow bar dude could take a punch...but not a bunch of close up big ol boolets.
BrentD
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No. So, I don't have any particular expectations coming in. I'm sure that makes a difference.
I kinda got to liking the new guy's habit of not talking because he tends to deliver his lines about like he delivers a punch.
Gerald Martin
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That’s completely in character with the books.No. So, I don't have any particular expectations coming in. I'm sure that makes a difference.
I kinda got to liking the new guy's habit of not talking because he tends to deliver his lines about like he delivers a punch.
“He speaks when he wants to.”
BrentD
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You guys are definitely not making me interested in reading the books, that's for sure.
Dialog is what makes a novel. The best ones anyway.
Maybe Reacher should go retro and be a silent movie...
Honestly, I get tired of an over abundance of all-about-me attitude sometimes.
But heck, don't let me drag this down. I just wanted to give an different perspective. Pretty obviously, I am in the minority.
Just for a little more contrast. I loved at least the first 4 seasons of Amazon's Vikings - and I saw all of those on my bike too. Great acting, great filming and production, great acting (mostly). Reacher isn't even in the same class - in my opinion.
Okay, enough.
jryoung
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That scene annoyed me. Reacher can handle 5 goons in prison, guys from the Venezuelan special forces with knives, but the little methy looking guy from GA was almost too much?
