"But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley
Based on the 11th book in the Reacher series, Bad Luck and Trouble.
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Posts: 18121 | Location: Sonoma County, CA | Registered: April 09, 2004
I too enjoyed the first season.... but to be critical... except for the very final.... kind of stupid that it took him so long with so many explosions and fires to finally put down that punk.
It seems with many of these streaming shows that what would be a two hour movie just gets s t r e c h e d o u t to make an 8-10 show "season". I did enjoy the Jack Reacher shows though.
Posts: 11980 | Location: SWFL | Registered: October 10, 2007
Originally posted by trapper189: It seems with many of these streaming shows that what would be a two hour movie just gets s t r e c h e d o u t to make an 8-10 show "season". I did enjoy the Jack Reacher shows though.
On the other hand, the main complaint when a book is made into a 2 hour movie is how much of what made the book great gets left out. The one season series format is a nice balance between getting into deeper detail but not dragging it out season after season until it jumps the shark.
The main thing I like about these one season series like Reacher and The Terminal List is that they have enough time to develop deeper storylines and have the time to wrap them up. The new season is a new story with it’s own beginning and end.
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^^^^^ Right there with you, Skeet. I vaguely remember Season 1 and get it confused with the movie. Thing is, I'll certainly ENJOY watching Season 1 again!!
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Posts: 20255 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
Stoked for this too. Haven’t had any great recommendations lately for Prime, Hulu, Max, or Disney+. Never really got into any form of Star Wars and can’t bring myself to watch GoT after hearing how bad the final season was.
Posts: 3569 | Location: SE Michigan | Registered: February 25, 2007
