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****Official Reacher Thread (Amz) ****** (1 Viewer)
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Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
I have read 4-5 of the books but haven't seen the movie(s?) or started watching this yet.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Love the books ...once I start reading, it's near-impossible to stop. I enjoyed the movies, though Tom Cruise didn't seem right for the role (but he did a great job).
Very much looking forward to this series.
Very much looking forward to this series.
... Won't return till I watch.. So spoil away 
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Kind of a spoiler ...a reaction to the first episode (but without plot comments).
I rarely watch TV shows other than sports and movies. Is TV generally this poorly acted? They certainly got the Reacher body type correct. But I wasn't impressed by the character. He seemed too upbeat. And I kept thinking of Jon Levitz - "acting!" But the writer, Lee Child, is involved with the production, so maybe my book-based imaging is just incorrect.
I rarely watch TV shows other than sports and movies. Is TV generally this poorly acted? They certainly got the Reacher body type correct. But I wasn't impressed by the character. He seemed too upbeat. And I kept thinking of Jon Levitz - "acting!" But the writer, Lee Child, is involved with the production, so maybe my book-based imaging is just incorrect.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Funny that Jack Reacher is 6' 5" on TV and 5' 5" in the movies.
skol asylum
Footballguy
He's tall in the books. I've not seen the movies but Cruise was a bad choice physically for the character. Ive only read the first two books.
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Jayrod
Footballguy
I have a friend who read all of the books and refused to watch the movies because he was so pissed about the Cruise casting.
belljr
Footballguy
Joe Mammy
Footballguy
One of his ex-sergeants. She's in a bunch of the books. He always let's her drive and she drives like a maniac.
for later. Avoiding any comments so far to avoid any spoilers.
heckmanm
Footballguy
I watched the Cruise movies but it really was bad casting for how he’s described in the books.
FYI the 2 latest books he’s passing off writing to his younger brother and they kinda suck by comparison.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
That thought had crossed my mind. But at least Cruise got the snarly attitude down well. This current Reacher doesn't emote much at all.
belljr
Footballguy
Joe Mammy
Footballguy
Reacher is very large in the books. But not with gym muscles. Reacher does not go to the gym. This guy playing Reacher has gym guns.
skol asylum
Footballguy
I have all but two of the 26 books in my 900 book elibrary. I've only read about 10% of my library. I need more time...and motivation to read. Much easier to binge watch all my streaming services.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Yeah, my wife and I sat down to watch the second episode tonight. We're now through #5.Sat down this morning to watch a couple episodes...
A couple turned into a few..
Next thing I knew 8 hours had past and it was over...
Loved it.. Probably will rewatch..
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Ritchson is only 6'2" in real life.......
ohhh ...so it's like "Scott of the Antarctic" - where the other actors worked out of a trench?
Joe Mammy
Footballguy
I picked up Killing Floor in 2013. I then bought a grab bag of all of the paperbacks that were out at the time on ebay. Devoured them in order. As in most cases, the books are way better than the screen. Each year I would buy the new release on release date, usually in Sept. And as someone mentioned above Lee Child has retired the franchise to his brother although he did collaborate on the newest.
I've now watched 12 episodes of this new Reacher (re-watched 5-8). Took me awhile to make my mind up on giving it a thumbs up.
Way up!
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
this is silly, but fun. acting and writing (micro) not great- but it does a good job moving along and each episode has solid pacing and lots of opportunities for Reacher to beat up a group of guys and always be omnipotent. I'm waiting for him to drop the flight speed of a laden african swallow.
skol asylum
Footballguy
All but one now. 61 Hours was on sale. That's why I have so many ebooks. I watch closely and buy when they temporarily drop to 1.99 to 4.99.
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Joe Mammy
Footballguy
Male or female? And is it FULLY laden? What about windspeed and precipitation? Duration of flight?
My wife (Army vet) who has read only one Reacher book asked me, "how does he know so much? I thought he was in the Army?"
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Joe Mammy
Footballguy
Reacher was born in 1960. But the books bounce all over the place. I like the ones where he is back in the Army as an MP colonel. He takes relish in the fact he can piss off generals with his rank in the MP.
An interesting thing about reading the Reacher series is that Lee Child switches back and forth between first and third person book to book. Reacher first person is pretty humorous.
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
same - seems to lean to the old school hokey, but it is entertaining.
watching ep. 6 right now.
El Floppo
Footballguy
100% agree. Emotionally dead, autistic, Robotic. Definitely not his underwear. Hal 2000 more emotive, tbh.
Joe Mammy
Footballguy
What do you expect from a black coffee guy?
His mantra is, "hope for the best, prepare for the worst."
Enjoyed it a lot and basically finished it this weekend. Will definitely watch more seasons.snogger said:Sat down this morning to watch a couple episodes...
A couple turned into a few..
Next thing I knew 8 hours had past and it was over...
Loved it.. Probably will rewatch..
same. Started on Friday, finished last episode Sunday morning. I was entertained and look forward to more seasons. I have not read any of the books so just enjoying it for what i see on screen. Thought there was great chemistry between the main characters.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Totally agree. I've read the books and never got that impression.belljr said:
Wife asked me last night in ep2 if he's 'on the spectrum'.
El Floppo
Footballguy
while his performance isn't doing to elevate this for me, it's also not taking anything away from being a silly, fun ride.El Floppo said:
but a question for the book readers regarding Bell's comments- does Reacher have some kind of high functioning autism discussed in the books? character reminds me of Affleck in The Accountant
eta: crazy timing with poke... I guess no autism. strange choice by the show-runners to make him like that then.
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heckmanm
Footballguy
Not that I can ever recall, and I think I've read all of the books. But I can see where his personality (even in the books) could give that impression. He's basically a loner, traveling around with nothing but an expired passport, ATM card and folding toothbrush. Has a nearly perfect internal clock, and a memory for old baseball stats.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
He's very logical in the books, and has very little emotion. It's actually something I've never pondered. Considering the first book was published in 1997, maybe he is 'on the spectrum' but it was never mentioned in the books? I dunno.
