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Originally posted by mrmn50:
I am awaiting the next volume to come out.

Aren't we all? I know I am, also.
 

I just started the first Gray Man book after reading this thread. I'm enjoying very much--thanks to the OP for starting it.

I did a little background reading on Mark Greaney before jumping into the series. He sounds like an interesting cat. Turns out he has voluntarily relinquished the pen to the Clancy universe.

Well I just started the 5th book in The Gray Man series and I've got to say, Greaney really knows how to take you for a 'on the edge of your seat' ride that's for sure. Very addicting and entertaining. I highly recommend it.

Jim

Intense!!

RMD

The Movie made by Netflix has posted.

Blend of Bourne/Wick/a little Lethal Weapon thrown in, but not in a good way. Overall a pass. Predictablility, tired tropes, etc..

I've enjoyed them over the years and have read them all except Relentless. I have it, just haven't started reading it yet.

Another series to check out is the Victor books by U.K author Tom Wood.

Just got done watching "The Gray Man" on Netflix. For me, there have been some pleasantly surprising good movies, like "Extraction" and some others.....this was not one of them. Zero story and a bunch of bad action scenes. Maybe, my expectations are too high, as I just re-watched "The Man From Nowhere" yesterday.

As a fan of the books... this is pure shit. I am an hour in and this is terrible.


More later.

I hope to god they drove a giant convoy of dump trucks full of money to Mark Greaney's house for this abortion.

I mean, I REALLY hope his price to sell out was SKY HIGH.

This... was... TERRIBLE...

It's like Netflix hired writers to sit in a room and take his book and figure out how to shoehorn in LITERALLY EVERY ACTION MOVIE CLICHE!

They also invented characters who weren't even in the damn story (not even in later books), introduce characters that aren't in the series until much later, eliminate other characters who actually had substance, and changed the race/sex/preferences/EVERYTHING about existing characters to either be woke or hit the bingo card of diversity.

I'm not exaggerating here, approximately FIVE PERCENT of the story of the movie is in the book, and the other 95 percent is changed. I don't know how they can legally call it the same thing (unless I guess, the author sold out for the probably aforementioned dump trucks full of money)

I'm probably going to spend every free moment of the next two months learning the occult in attempts to summon demons to help me banish EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS ABOMINATION, and their children, and even their children's children, down the the deepest, hottest, fieriest pits of hell to suffer eternal damnation.

That and cancel my Netflix subscription.

Don't waste your time.

The books were great. I just finished Sierra Six after reading the rest a few years ago.

Never read (nor heard of) the books (until reading of them here).

Watched the movie last night. I was entertained.

And Chris Evans had more than a few good one-liners in there.

About an hour in. Big fan of the books. This, not so much. Gotta run errands so maybe give the second half a chance tonight.

I have not watched the Netflix show due to being hesitant since i like the books so well.

Hmm. After reading this thread I am not getting a good vibe.

My wife and I enjoyed the movie. Good, mindless entertainment for an evening.

Story line was underdone. Character development almost non-existent. Dialogue was often of the "MWA HA Ha ha ha!" variety. Some of the action scenes were more than a little OTT. But, still: Not the worst action/adventure movie we've ever watched.

We watched it. To summarize, as credits rolled my wife said it was the stupidest movie she’d seen in awhile. She isn’t wrong.

The action scenes were comically overdone. Characters were thin, even Court, dialogue was bad, you can miss this movie and you won’t regret it.

If you got nothing better to do it will kill an hour and a half.

Just finished the first book and this is my response comparing the book to the movie:

I have not read the books. The movie was bad.

DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT!

I really wanted to read different reviews from you guys.

Isn't pretty much a given that book is always better than the movie?

I am not a reader so I don't get expectations but I thought the movie was fine and entertaining.

I'll let the book/movie critics dissect it as they wish.

Watched the movie. Didn’t know there was a book. This is one of those movies where, if you just watch and not take it seriously and just accept things can happen like that, it can be entertaining. Ryan’s character was likeable. I always enjoy seeing Ana.

I only wish that the two managers suffered their due consequences. Loose end that demands satisfaction.