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Go ahead punk, make my day
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I'm not sure 'ol Tom would be in favor of the re-writing going on.

The first Jack Ryan scene in Ep. 1 rewrites the bad guy Venezuelan leader Reyes as a "Nationalist swept into office in a wave to power", not a marxist/socialist Chavez/Maduro. The good guy, actually a woman, is referred to as an "activist academic". Saw the same thing in season 1.

Chavez and Maduro were/are both socialists and nationalists. No contradiction there.
No, they avoid the whole reason Venezuela is a shit hole - socialism & dictatorship.

Having national pride isn't a bad thing until its coupled with dictatorship & socialism - Nazis are a good example of this that you are probably familiar with, even though they went to extreme lengths to keep the socialist stuff under wraps.
 
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Finished it. Not impressed. Nowhere near as good as S1, IMHO.

Ditto. Just finished and was seriously underwhelmed.

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I won’t get into spoilers here but it’s beyond unbelievable in so many realms and facets

Yep. By the last couple of episodes, it was getting absolutely ridiculous. I know one has to suspend disbelief and allow for some artistic license, but there still needs to be some connection to reality.


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The first season I thought was very good. The second season started off like a good remake of Clear and Present Danger but then devolved into unrealistic and eye rolling stupidity on many levels. But, it was still better than a lot of TV, I'll just wait next time before jumping into it with both feet.


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Just finished watching it last night. I'll never believe that Josh Krasinski was the right casting choice for the Jack Ryan role, but I thought the series was entertaining and mostly well done.
 
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Wife and I finished it last night.

Both agree that it stretches beyond our ability to suspend our disbelief. There is just so many “oh give me a fucking break” moments


Still entertaining enough we will watch season 3 when Jack Ryan single handedly invades and conquers all the moons of Jupiter


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Just finished Season 2 and found it to be as lousy as Season 1. It's amazing how cheesy they manage to make it considering the source material. I can't decide which is worse: this version of the Jack Ryan universe or the God-awful Mitch Rapp that came out a couple of years ago.
 
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Finished it but with disappointed feeling in the quality of the show. Actor performance was average, but plot execution badly flawed.


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I know, because television is usually so high quality. I was entertained


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My wife and I are on episode three of the second season. We're entertained. Yeah, there are "issues." E.g.: Military hand-held radios that can't take a dunking? Right. So, yeah: It has flaws. *shrug*



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Both agree that it stretches beyond our ability to suspend our disbelief. There is just so many “oh give me a fucking break” moments




After "24", anything goes in shows of that sort.


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I hate to say it, but 24 was several factors more believable than this thing was....hrm....might be time to re-watch 24


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Both agree that it stretches beyond our ability to suspend our disbelief. There is just so many “oh give me a fucking break” moments




After "24", anything goes in shows of that sort.


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I'm only on E4. What really bothered me was a dude taking a 3 1/2" blade through the eye socket like a champ and still functioning.

That could be survivable (depending on brain damage) but he wouldn't be very "functional" in the moments after.




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I'm only on E4. What really bothered me was a dude taking a 3 1/2" blade through the eye socket like a champ and still functioning.

If you loved that, you're gonna love Ep. 5 even more



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Clearly Uber never watched Apocalypse Now.

Never get off the goddamned boat.


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I about died laughing when Mattice saw Uber's ring and told him it "might come in handy if you have to knock a motherfucker out".
 
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I liked it a lot but I absolutely wasn't watching it with a critical eye.

I saw Air Force One in the theater and paid money for it (on a date even) and Jack Ryan was better than that. God help me if I ever encounter something worse than that.

I didn't have a problem with the whole radios dying thing - lowest bidder made it after all.


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Air Force One?




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I didn't have a problem with the whole radios dying thing - lowest bidder made it after all.
Actually the stupidest part of it. They'd have a Sat phone or 3 and some backups.
 
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Air Force One?

Movie with wossname... Harrison Ford as POTUS. Air Force One is hijacked by "radicals" and POTUS is, of course, a military veteran and fights to save the hostages.

(I actually had to look that up, it was so forgettable.)



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Not very good. Too many neat and tidy moments. Just one example - Car won't start, takes some .50 fire, then it starts... car should have been obliterated along with occupants.


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