19 Mar 22
@divegeester saidAgree, sticks to the book. The guy playing Reacher looks like Reacher.
The first movie is very good.
@kevin-eleven saidJust started Reacher on Amazon Prime, as a direct result of hearing about it here. Thanks for mentioning it.
Haven't seen it myself, but one of my uncles says Reacher on Amazon Prime Videos gets the books right. I did like Alan Ritchson in DC Titans, so will give it a try next time I subscribe.
Two episodes in, out of 8, and this is a Jack Reacher treatment that is leagues ahead of Tom Cruise's portrayal. This is a highly enjoyable production.
I last saw Alan Ritchson in Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy. He's much better in this.
Willa Fitzgerald is impressive in this as well. Overall, I'd say well-done, with excellent casting.
@divegeester saidWhat movie?
The first movie is very good.
The Tom Cruise Reacher?
You've got to be joking.
The Ritchson Reacher is not a movie. It's an 8-part series.
@divegeester saidOh, you were serious?
Why would I be joking?
Jack Reacher is 6' 5" in the books.
Tom Cruise is 5' 7". Not realistic. At all.
And you call me delusional.
24 Mar 22
@suzianne saidI said it was a good film, I didn’t say it was realistic.
Jack Reacher is 6' 5" in the books.
Tom Cruise is 5' 7". Not realistic. At all.
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@suzianne saidCool. I'm trimming my subscriptions at the moment, so might do Amazon Prime next month instead of Netflix.
Just started Reacher on Amazon Prime, as a direct result of hearing about it here. Thanks for mentioning it.
Two episodes in, out of 8, and this is a Jack Reacher treatment that is leagues ahead of Tom Cruise's portrayal. This is a highly enjoyable production.
I last saw Alan Ritchson in Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy. ...[text shortened]... Willa Fitzgerald is impressive in this as well. Overall, I'd say well-done, with excellent casting.
Haven't seen any of the Hunger Games but probably should. I guess I thought it was another stupid YA (young adult) series -- but those are the subversive ones, are they not? 😉 Still need to see Winter's Bone, too. I have seen "Mother!" and I loved it.
As for Paramount+ I'm probably going to wait until June or July to minimize the cost for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and also catch up on Discovery and Picard then.
(I didn't like how the previous season of Picard ended re: Picard himself. I've been a science-fiction fan for almost 50 years and would have gone more post-human or even Stapledonian. Cowards. Spoon-feeders. Why is Star Fleet so constipated when it comes to human evolution?)
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@suzianne saidNow I have finally watched the first episode of the Alan Ritchson Reacher, and I like it, not just for him.
Just started Reacher on Amazon Prime, as a direct result of hearing about it here. Thanks for mentioning it.
Two episodes in, out of 8, and this is a Jack Reacher treatment that is leagues ahead of Tom Cruise's portrayal. This is a highly enjoyable production.
I last saw Alan Ritchson in Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy. ...[text shortened]... Willa Fitzgerald is impressive in this as well. Overall, I'd say well-done, with excellent casting.
I'm not much of a binger, but I can handle an eight-episode arc.