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Jack Reacher the movies
Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:40 am
Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:40 am
As we all know Reacher is huge, and that fact is constantly brought up in the books, we never forget here is a big bad duke. So word gets out there will be a movie which excites all us Reacher fans, then........little Tom Cruise????
That is as bad as John Wayne as Ghangis Khan.
Funny how I discovered Reacher. I was at a yard sale looking at books. Old lady...like to read? you might like this being a big guy....she hands me a book, yep, Killing Floor by Lee Child. Which is the first in the series. That was 20 some books ago, now own all of them.
That is as bad as John Wayne as Ghangis Khan.
Funny how I discovered Reacher. I was at a yard sale looking at books. Old lady...like to read? you might like this being a big guy....she hands me a book, yep, Killing Floor by Lee Child. Which is the first in the series. That was 20 some books ago, now own all of them.
This post was edited on 10/22/21 at 11:42 am
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Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:46 am to Avante
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Killing Floor by Lee Child.
What a great intro.
And a solid book cover as well.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:47 am to Avante
You make this account to tell us you're a big dude?
Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:52 am to Avante
Posted on 10/22/21 at 11:53 am to Avante
Tom Cruise makes great movies - you should have been ecstatic he picked this movie up as opposed to someone like John Cena
Posted on 10/22/21 at 12:06 pm to Avante
Batman is a big dude as well, but finding big actors that can pull of the role is not easy. Did you like TC in the movie? If so then chill. It's not as if they turned Jack into Jane Reacher.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 12:14 pm to Avante
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As we all know Reacher is huge, and that fact is constantly brought up in the books, we never forget here is a big bad duke.
I think it's in the same vein as when comic book characters are changed from current look/perception.
A current, modern comic sells about 100k issues with a first issue for a run, then if they're huge they may stay in the 80k range; for your non-Batman, non-Spider-Man series, that number is much lower.
There are times when the depiction in the "other" media works and times it doesn't. Spider-Man had organic web shooters at the same time that Tobey's movies came out, so he got organic. They went away from those, so Andrew and Tom got technological shooters.
I'm not saying I agree/disagree with Reacher's physical stature being different, but sometimes you drop one for the other.
Do you feel there's an actor who, at the time of the shooting, would have better fit Reacher's physical stature AND was a good enough actor to pull it off?
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That is as bad as John Wayne as Ghangis Khan.
Um, no. Nowhere near THAT bad.
This post was edited on 10/22/21 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 10/22/21 at 12:22 pm to Avante
I always thought the emphasis was on Reacher's training and intelligence not brute strength. I just did some quick research and the fact that Child made the guy 6'5" takes away from Killing Floor.
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