DAKA Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 WOW a new series REACHER ( Without the midget) They found an actor who is actually a match for REACHER. Unfortunately the series is just HO HUM I guess LEE CHILD is just in it for the $$ (for shame) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinD Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I thought it was pretty good! At least the character fit in his shoes without lifts!!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyzz Kydd Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 About time. I refuse to watch movies where the main characters size is a big component of the story, yet casting hires an actor a full foot shorter than the character. The same goes for the Swagger series where the guy they cast in the main role is a total mismatch based on age, among many other things. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I didn't know such a project was in the works. I thought Joe Manganiello would have been a much better choice when I learned about the character. At least the guy they got for the series isn't a midget. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhookbklyn Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Could be better, but I am still enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'm am halfway through episode 1 right now. It may be the alcohol but, I'm enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 It could be better, but it was enjoyable and not woke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted February 11, 2022 Administrators Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'd give it an unenthusiastic meh. It was poorly written and the acting wasn't great, in spite pf having a couple of actors involved that I like. The black detective was great in iZombie. The main actors tried, but they didn't have much to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 We powered through it last weekend. I'm not a fan of Lee Child's dialogue, but I thought Prime did a good job with the material. I have not read that particular book, but the scene where Reacher was getting bashed repeatedly with a crowbar would have resulted in his arms being broken multiple times, no matter how big his biceps are. Oh, and the scene where he knew that the killer was a professional by the fact that they had used a 90 grain 9mm bullet (which apparently meant it was subsonic ) just left me scratching my head. If you're going to go subsonic with 9mm, wouldn't a pro use a 147 grain bullet with 150 more foot pounds of energy? 385 fps VS 249 fps. And if you're going to use a 9mm 90 grain bullet, wouldn't you want it to be going more like 1350 fps (364 foot pounds of energy). But, the thing that made me laugh even more was that the 6' 10" Alan Ritchson has a singing career. Has anybody seen his video, The Mojito? To his credit, he put on 25 pounds for the role. And, yes, he is the physically imposing Jack Reacher that Tom Cruise was not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 15 hours ago, minervadoe said: We powered through it last weekend. I'm not a fan of Lee Child's dialogue, but I thought Prime did a good job with the material. I have not read that particular book, but the scene where Reacher was getting bashed repeatedly with a crowbar would have resulted in his arms being broken multiple times, no matter how big his biceps are. Oh, and the scene where he knew that the killer was a professional by the fact that they had used a 90 grain 9mm bullet (which apparently meant it was subsonic ) just left me scratching my head. If you're going to go subsonic with 9mm, wouldn't a pro use a 147 grain bullet with 150 more foot pounds of energy? 385 fps VS 249 fps. And if you're going to use a 9mm 90 grain bullet, wouldn't you want it to be going more like 1350 fps (364 foot pounds of energy). But, the thing that made me laugh even more was that the 6' 10" Alan Ritchson has a singing career. Has anybody seen his video, The Mojito? To his credit, he put on 25 pounds for the role. And, yes, he is the physically imposing Jack Reacher that Tom Cruise was not. I call it action movie realism. Better than some worse than others. The 90 grain bullet was my first head shaker, there were others. But overall I liked it enough. It had flaws, but coming from Amazon I was impressed with how little wokeness was there. Now the Lord of the Rings show looks like it will be an underwater dumpster fire of epic proportions, but this was a decent watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 It wasn't the best show I've ever watched, but I generally enjoyed Jack Reacher. This was a better attempt at the character than Tom Cruise. It was certainly worth watching it all, and well done, but I'm not gushing over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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