Started By
Message

re: The Terminal List Discussion. *Spoilers*

Posted on 7/3/22 at 10:50 pm to
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87349 posts
Posted on 7/3/22 at 10:50 pm to
I’m on episode three. Making Horn into a laughable comic book villain and Katie are the biggest misses so far.
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
5401 posts
Posted on 7/3/22 at 11:05 pm to
quote:

Making Horn into a laughable comic book villain


Meh, he's a wanna-be special ops fan boy. All bark and no bite. I think they got him about right.
Posted by indytiger
Krotz Springs
Member since Oct 2004
10251 posts
Posted on 7/3/22 at 11:28 pm to
Did anyone notice that the FBI station chief was Tim Riggin's older brother in Friday Night Lights?
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
13205 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 7:07 am to
Just finished last night and really enjoyed.
Posted by Maximus
Member since Feb 2004
81645 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 7:27 am to
No, but Horn looked like he's actually 5'6 versus looking 6'5 in Reacher or Die Hard when he was next to Tom Cruise and Willis.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38710 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:56 am to
I actualy cheered when Reece merked him
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87349 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

Meh, he's a wanna-be special ops fan boy. All bark and no bite. I think they got him about right.



Not following this from the book. He's a billionaire member of Riviera Country Club in LA who spends most of his time in the office or golf course. In the show he's a cartoon villain with dark suits and goons.
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2151 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 2:16 pm to
I’m 4 episodes in and am enjoying it but if memory serves it’s not really 100% true to the books. 2 things so far. The first book opens with the sniper scene where he kills the guy in the car. The other thing and I may be wrong but I thought he went to Montana not Mexico. Seems like there is a Latino element where there should be a Montana/South African one. I don’t remember a Mexican element.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62258 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 2:23 pm to
quote:

So in the end the FBI dude lets Reece go cuz he hears Hartley killed herself? Yet Reece just murdered like 20 secret service guys? (Including a tomahawk to the top of Cowboy Cerrone's dome). That was kinda dumb and unbelievable.


No. Not at all. He let him go because Reece let him live, TWICE, and he thought he was dead anyway from the tumor/gsw. It wasn’t just because she killed herself.
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2151 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 2:30 pm to
Nope sorry - went back and checked. I’m confusing the later books with the first one. First one is in Mexico.
Posted by CC
Galveztown
Member since Feb 2004
15181 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 7:08 pm to
quote:

The other thing and I may be wrong but I thought he went to Montana not Mexico
wasn’t Montana in the 3rd book? Pretty sure Mexico was number 1. I’m bothered that Katie became Chinese but kept her Czech name.

I liked it overall and was pleasantly surprised that a lot of the book’s gore was implied rather than shown. Much of the book was corrected in the series.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31554 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:14 pm to
Just finished the episode in Mexico. Gutting the dude that killed his wife and kid and pinning his guts to the post, then telling him to “Walk.” God. Damn.

Winkler-Seyok Tomahawk. Look them up. They are works of art.
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
5401 posts
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:52 pm to
quote:

I’m bothered that Katie became Chinese but kept her Czech name.


I could have sworn she was Asian in the book. Didn’t Reese’s dad get her family out of some Asian country are something?
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
7392 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 2:26 am to
Just finished it. Didn't read the book. Loved it, except as others are saying, too many flashbacks/delusions. Some notes:

Am I the only person that thinks Taylor Kitsch looks exactly like Keanu Reeves here? I saw him as "John Wick as a side character."

The reporter's very last interview with the Secretary seemed inspired by the Col. Jessup courtroom scene. It felt a bit too obvious to me.

Remember the movie No Way Out? There was this fake story of a Soviet mole, to cover up a crime. But the weird twist in the end was that he in fact was a Soviet mole. There was criticism that the twist was completely unnecessary to the story. Well in Terminal List the last twist with Ben was completely unnecessary, and as other have pointed out, too unrealistic.



Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
15294 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 8:41 am to
Good series.

Going to read the book now.

Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39262 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 9:33 am to
I really really enjoyed this show. It always delivered and avoided the pitfalls of other similar shows by staying true to the plot and character arcs while still remaining unpredictable.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39262 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 9:36 am to
quote:

Well in Terminal List the last twist with Ben was completely unnecessary, and as other have pointed out, too unrealistic.

It did seem kinda cumbersome and out of place. And seems like he could have given Ben a pass considering he basically through his life away to help him, and seems very unlikely he could have succeeded without his help.
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2151 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 11:19 am to
quote:

Am I the only person that thinks Taylor Kitsch looks exactly like Keanu Reeves here? I saw him as "John Wick as a side character."


Every time I look at him in this series all I see is Eddie Vedder.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62258 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 11:26 am to
quote:

Well in Terminal List the last twist with Ben was completely unnecessary, and as other have pointed out, too unrealistic.


Hmmm…I called he was the one that set them up the second he said he was CIA. Didn’t seem unrealistic to me.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38710 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 11:46 am to
My only issue with it is no more Kitsch. He was great
This post was edited on 7/5/22 at 12:12 pm
Jump to page
Page First 2 3 4 5 6 ... 12
Jump to page
first pageprev pagePage 4 of 12Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram