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There is nothing wrong with the trope. It’s the fact they are taking a great story with a great period aesthetic and saying “Nahhhhhh they’ll never know”. If they had named this something else or we’re starting a new IP I’d happily be on board. At worst it looks fun and ‘spody. But to call it Without Remorse. Fuck that I’m out. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
That is the core of the offense. John Wick was not based on a book, and we all loved it. And all they did was kill his dog. Jodi Foster did a great take on the class revenge/vigilante movie in 2007 much like Charles Bronson way back in the 70's. We have always loved the story of the revenge/vigilante, but to take a book that tells the creation story of a near mythological character in the Clancyverse just to make a few bucks . . . The Widow is farming as much money out of this as she can. The whole "who owns Jack Ryan and such" is getting ugly, with the first wife and the 2nd wife in a legal war. I tended to think that the original novels were the under the control of the 1st wife and the later stuff under the control of the 2nd wife. and it goes downhill from there  Even the judge after 89pages, still cant figure it out. Link This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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That's the problem, right there. It sounds like a typical Hollyweird mindless bubble gum action flick. That, in itself, is fine. I know I've watched and enjoyed more than my share of such forgettable fare. But what they've done here is attached a much-revered author's and character's name to the thing. Some of us find that sufficiently annoying that we'll be taking a pass. Doubly-so because it looks like they've added a liberal dash of wokeism. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Karen Greer? That's just dumb. | |||
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I am not the best at these things, and so my Google kung fu is weak. But I have not been able to find where the script was approved by either family. I know Paramount sold it to Amazon Prime but I do not know if the ex wife and widow were involved. I have not met a Clancy fan yet that is looking forward to the movie. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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"I really need to speak to the manager of the navy, immediately!!!" -Karen Greer
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Hence the crux of why Hollweird buys the rights to the story: they control it, and then they can warp it. Its as bad as the music industry when it comes to distribution rights and such. In this case, just having the title Tom Clancy's Without Remorse and using the character names Clark, Ritter & Greer is all they bought, everything else, they've manufactured out of thin air because...well, woke.  Regarding Michael B. Jordan, I agree, he's not very dynamic actor, very wooden, incapable of embracing the role but instead just plays...himself. | |||
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Willem Dafoe shall always be Clark in my mind. I wanted a Without Remorse with him smokechecking pimps in decompression chambers then leaving them for the crabs. I also don't know that all of the premises of the book work in the modern world. FU Hollywood. | |||
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Makes me want to re-read the book, been a long time. Will have to put it in the queue after the Jackie Stewart bio. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Just watched it on Prime last night and it was pretty much just as bad a predicted. To say that it's based on the book is a stretch. There's a scene after the credits that sets up the sequel. ______________________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein | |||
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I didn't last 20 minutes. Yes it is that bad. Other than the name John Clark and being a SEAL, that is all it has to do with the book. Go woke, go broke. Over to Netflix to watch some Korean action series or Stargate series. | |||
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This is by far my favorite Clancy novel and one of my favorite reads period. The preview alone is enough to make me not want to watch it. Hollywood ruins everything it touches. To boot, this has been in the works for ages. I remember being pumped the first time I heard it was gonna be a movie and that was like a decade ago. Obviously it must’ve changed hands some cause back then Amazon was just an online store. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
Wait... what?!?! "the manager of the Navy?" Is that line actually in the movie? If so: That's even more st00pid than substituting Karen Greer for James Greer in the name of wokism. Btw: Just for grins I quickly looked at reviews for this abortion. Overwhelmingly negative--in every single respect.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, but Red Storm Rising has always been my favorite. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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The ending strongly suggests that the sequel will be based on the book Rainbow Six, which was another one of my favorites. I don't suppose there's any chance that they'll stick to the book and keep eco-terrorists as the main villians. ______________________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein | |||
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I am pretty sure the "villians" will be white nationalist/capitalists with some sort of slogan like MAGA who have interfered with the Paris Climate Change Accords. As for me, I am out. I want to be entertained, not lectured. | |||
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By any other name & the premise for this series would’ve been fine. Without Remorse just leaves you with remorse for what’s been done with a TC classic.. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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I watched it last night. It was underwhelming. I did learn one thing tho: "Karen" (how apt...) was wearing a male officer's cover which I thought was an error. Turns out that some time in the last 30 years, that's actually become a thing. I think it looks goofy, but I'm a curmudgeon. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
You can almost bet the rent on it.
As do I, which is one reason I won't see any of these or any follow-ups. Our Amazon Prime subscription expires in sixteen days. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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It was horrible. | |||
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