AerynSun2 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 If you don't want spoilers - STOP READING. I hate it when what could be a good show does stupid things and ruins the "suspension of disbelief". Here are some of the stupid things in Netfix's Jack Ryan. Jack chasing a wounded limping terrorist, the brother of the main terrorist, after a bombing - Jack is in great shape physically, yet he can not catch the limping terrorist who is 30 feet away. Nor can he shoot him because people got in the way. In a flashback we see Jack in Afghanistan. His Marine team were evacuating via helicopter some friendlies who the Telaban marked for death. Jack decides to take some unknown 9 year old boy with him, just because the boy asked Jack a lot. The boy gets in the helicopter pulls out a hand grende and blows up the copter, killing many. The wife and 2 of the children have been saved by Jack and moved to the USA. The person in charge to watch them gives one of the girls a hand held computer to play a game. She uses it to message her brother in Syria who is with the main terrorist - their father. He sees that his wife and daughters are with the Americans and gets out of his hideout, just before the special forces arrive. The CIA knows the main terrorist is playing with Ebola. The CIA raids the hide out and finds American doctors - 12 in total. The CIA takes the doctors to meet the president - YES - the doctors have EBOA! It could have been a good show but it is rather mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 What I liked was the episode where they raid the terrorists in france and do not have anybody watching the back. They don't check bodies brought in the compound for breathing. They turned Greer into a muslim. ETC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Shoulda used Dwight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaDub Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I waited to read this until I was done. Thanks for the "spoilers" alert. I thought it well done overall. Perfect? No. Very few if any action series are done completely realistically. I'd grade it above average and I'm looking forward to season two. IF I stay with Amazon Prime, but that's a wholly different issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ryan Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I'm not sure what I think about this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c10bonanza Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I just finished the first season. I enjoyed it. Were there parts that strained believability? Sure. But what movie/series doesn’t? I’m ready for season two. I thought it was well cast and fast moving, with the necessary minimal amounts of non-action drama. I give it 3.5 stars out of 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I liked it as well. Making Greer a Muslim was one of few liberal giveaways. Compared to Designated Survivor, it is a very conservative series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I give it two stars. The Jim Greer from this series was a complete douchebag compared to the James Earl Jones character 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 The doctor chick's not as hot as Pam, either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMag Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Made it through about five episodes...probably won’t finish it.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali-Glock Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Netflix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMag Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Netflix? Amazon Prime.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItnStln Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 9/14/2018 at 9:43 PM, Silentpoet said: What I liked was the episode where they raid the terrorists in france and do not have anybody watching the back. They don't check bodies brought in the compound for breathing. They turned Greer into a muslim. ETC. Greer being a muslim was a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I like the old Greer best. But he was never here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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