The Jack Ryan thread

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Jacob29, Jul 8, 2018.

  1. Jacob29

    Jacob29 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Thoughts on Amazon making the television show after Clancy's novels.
     
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  2. tommy-thewho

    tommy-thewho Senior Member

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    They have been showing a lot commercials for it while watching the US Open.

    Starts Friday.

    I'm in.

    Loved the books and movies.
     
  3. ohnothimagen

    ohnothimagen "Live music is better!"

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    I'm in too, though I admit I'd prefer a series based on the later books where Ryan is actually President. Jack's younger CIA days have been well covered already. That said, I'd love to see a movie or TV show based solely around the exploits of John Clark as well. Clark's always been my favourite character in the Clancy novels.
     
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  4. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged

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    Anybody watching this? It started strong, but I’m starting to see problems several episodes in...

    And the love interest for Jack is pretty bad. There is zero chemistry onscreen there; it’s sort of funny how awkward it is. Maybe she’s the daughter of an Amazon exec? :winkgrin:
     
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  5. Jacob29

    Jacob29 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I completely agree very poor casting for Cathy Ryan.
     
  6. ChadHahn

    ChadHahn Forum Resident

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    In the final episode, Timothy Hutton says that if he keeps up the good work, Jack Ryan will be on the 7th floor before he's 40. John Krasinski, is 38 in real life, so I guess that Jack Ryan is slightly younger in the show. Yet, he has a doctorate in Economics, was in the military, spent who knows how long in rehab after the helicopter crash, worked on Wall Street and at the beginning of the series had spent 4 years working for the CIA. And he still finds time to row.

    Either they should have made him older or knocked a few items off of his resume.

    Chad
     
  7. Bachtoven

    Bachtoven Forum Resident

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    I've only watched one episode, but I enjoyed it. Well very acted and written.
     
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  8. Bad Samaritan

    Bad Samaritan Forum Resident

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    Up to episode 4 so far. I'm enjoying it but agree that the love interest is miscast. I pretty much love Wendell Pierce in anything.
     
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  9. tman53

    tman53 Vinyl is an Addiction

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    Binged the entire 8 episodes this weekend. I really enjoyed it. Very well written and acted.
     
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  10. Bad Samaritan

    Bad Samaritan Forum Resident

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    Done. I liked this quite a bit, although it was a bit far-fetched. I would have never thought of Jim from the Office being some kind of action hero, but I thought Krasinski was pretty good in 13 Hours and in this role as well.
     
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  11. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged

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    I have to say, the “villain” in this series was given one of the more complex backgrounds/portrayals of any tv show/movie in recent memory. Excellent work on that. I still maintain the love interest was laughably miscast, and there were a few missteps here and there, but overall that was a fun series to binge.
     
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  12. spewey

    spewey Senior Member

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    I’m four episodes in... it’s okay... but so far I think Dwight would’ve made a better CIA agent than Jim.

    Dwight wouldn’t quit chasing a wounded suspect who is only 15 feet away.

    And Dwight wouldn’t let a suspect get up and walk around after beating him into submission — Dwight would frisk & restrain him for further questioning.

    Just little things like that...

    But overall it’s okay... I’m gonna keep watching for now.
     
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  13. ohnothimagen

    ohnothimagen "Live music is better!"

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    After years of humming and hawing over joining Amazon Prime I finally bit the bullet and joined mainly just so I can see this show.
     
  14. R. Cat Conrad

    R. Cat Conrad Almost Famous

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    Excellent series. Binge watched with the wife this weekend. We both loved it. I'll agree that the love interest seems a bit miscast, but Jack Ryan is dead-on, ...closer to Tom Clancy's vision of the character from his early books (e.g., younger, like the Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan character in Hunt For Red October than the much older Harrison Ford character in later features).

    :cheers:
    Cat
     
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  15. Thomas D

    Thomas D Forum Resident

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    I've been thinking Krasinski is miscast here, unless they are trying to make Ryan into a more light, funny character. Maybe he is too typecast in my mind, and after reading reviews I think I will at least give it a chance.
     
  16. Brenald79

    Brenald79 Forum Resident

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    There was no way wasn’t going to check this out considering Amazon Video has been advertising it for 2 years lol. 2 episodes in. It’s a winner so far. I really Wendell Pierce who Bunk on The Wire.
     
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  17. Terrific series
     
  18. He was a child prodigy

    He’s not funny in this
     
  19. Chazro

    Chazro Forum Resident

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    Enjoyed it but felt the last 4 eps were slower than the 1st. And have to agree on the casting of the girlfriend, big mistake. Was on the fence about watching this until I heard Wendell Pierce was in it! No doubt the strongest actor in the show.
     
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  20. tommy-thewho

    tommy-thewho Senior Member

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    About 1/2 way thru.

    Loved the first episode.

    Greer seems to be stealing the show.
     
  21. Brenald79

    Brenald79 Forum Resident

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    Looming Tower on Amazon was also good.
     
  22. clayton

    clayton Senior Member

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    I'm 3 episodes into it and having read most of the books I've got a problem with Admiral Greers character, he too young, his antagonistic relationship with Jack never existed in the books and He wasn't a muslim convert.
     
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  23. Bad Samaritan

    Bad Samaritan Forum Resident

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    What was the deal with the drone pilot story line? It was so unrelated to the main plot, or I missed the point altogether.
     
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  24. mace

    mace Forum Resident

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    Yep, definitely a head scratcher.
     
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  25. jwoverho

    jwoverho Licensed Drug Dealer

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    Yeah....you definitely can’t be a staunch adherent to Clancy’s novels and easily digest the series. Greer is character in name only, basically. I’d like to hear what Clancy would have thought of the liberties taken with his characters for the show.
     

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