(02-09-2022 01:34 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I’m anxious to see this show. I have read all of the Lee Child books featuring Jack Reacher. The books are great stuff, and like someone else said, the movie featuring pipsqueak Tom Cruise was definitely miscast. If you read the books, the character is like 6’ 5” and 250 or 260. Cruise has to stand on a box to kiss most leading ladies. Not the guy to strike fear in the heart of bad guys.

I appreciate all the good reviews here. But, I gotta finish Yellowstone before I start this series. I’m in Season 2 on that.

I’ve read them also. One of my favorite series. It should rate high enough for a second season but it will likely take a couple of years to come out.

Ritchson did a very credible job and can grow into the role. Reacher is a big character in both size and presence. I was prepared to not like the Tom C. Movie version but in spite of his short stature I think he pulled it off.

I’m reading the most recent Cotton Malone paperback book now (I don’t do hardback, Recorded or Kindle). If you don’t know the Cotton Malone character check out author Steve Berry.

second season has already been announced. one of the top 5 debuts. I would imagine they will get to shooting as quickly as possible.

(02-09-2022 11:09 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:56 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Tom Cruise best movie ever was Losing It. California high school boys drive to a whore house in Mexico. What could go wrong?

A lot of people don't like it, but I kinda like Magnolia.

I really don't understand these people.

Magnolia is an incredible film.

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

:lauramac:People, People!!! Is this a Memphis Sports site or a dang book and movie review site. I thought I was going to immediately be reading about our game last night, not Tom Cruise and tv show called reacher. When y'all are excited about some guy 6'2 or 6'5 it should be about a new recruit for football or basketball not some movie guy.

yeah the "Memphis" scenes also used a fictitious 'Diner' in 'midtown' as they referred to it as well. They said something along the lines of "if there's somewhere we should look it is midtown"

(02-10-2022 06:44 AM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

:lauramac:People, People!!! Is this a Memphis Sports site or a dang book and movie review site. I thought I was going to immediately be reading about our game last night, not Tom Cruise and tv show called reacher. When y'all are excited about some guy 6'2 or 6'5 it should be about a new recruit for football or basketball not some movie guy.

The Mods probably need to move it to the People's Forum. Given that they actually have lives, too...likely take another day or so for one of them to git'er done.

(02-10-2022 06:44 AM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

:lauramac:People, People!!! Is this a Memphis Sports site or a dang book and movie review site. I thought I was going to immediately be reading about our game last night, not Tom Cruise and tv show called reacher. When y'all are excited about some guy 6'2 or 6'5 it should be about a new recruit for football or basketball not some movie guy.

Best way to fix your problem is move over on to another thread and don’t come back to this one. You can’t control others, only yourself. Don’t be a Karen.

Mods. Can move it if they choose.

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

And then proceeded to show New Orleans restaurants and scenes from there as if they were in Memphis. Even the two Memphis officers who ended up dead had names like Thibideaux. That was some laziness. But, that was the only beef I had with it so far.

At least this actor wasn't a 5'7" dude trying to play the part of a 6'5" 250 mountain.

(02-09-2022 09:29 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

I was trying to find Memphis landmarks when they were in Memphis but apparently the whole show was shot in Canada

Ahhh, I thought New Orleans since they showed a New Orleans restaurant, Andolette's Appoline's. I didn't think about there possibly being one elsewhere, I just knew it wasn't Memphis.

FTR, the ONLY reference to Appoline's is in New Orleans. That doesn't mean there is an actual Appoline's in Canada I know.

(02-09-2022 10:01 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:29 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

I was trying to find Memphis landmarks when they were in Memphis but apparently the whole show was shot in Canada

Actually a number of Atlanta scenes & some from around Senoia & Grantville GA too. Much better representation of Reacher as a big guy from the book series rather than midget Tom Cruise in the movie.

While on its own it was a good movie the whole time I was watching I was trying to reconcile a midget playing a giant.

(02-09-2022 10:52 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:01 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:29 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

I was trying to find Memphis landmarks when they were in Memphis but apparently the whole show was shot in Canada

Actually a number of Atlanta scenes & some from around Senoia & Grantville GA too. Much better representation of Reacher as a big guy from the book series rather than midget Tom Cruise in the movie.

Parts of Arkansas as well and of course the Mississippi river lol
It's a really solid show IMO and the Reacher actor did a great job. I binge watched it over 2 days.

I watched 6 episodes before I realized it was 0130. Paying for staying up so late right now.

(02-09-2022 01:34 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I’m anxious to see this show. I have read all of the Lee Child books featuring Jack Reacher. The books are great stuff, and like someone else said, the movie featuring pipsqueak Tom Cruise was definitely miscast. If you read the books, the character is like 6’ 5” and 250 or 260. Cruise has to stand on a box to kiss most leading ladies. Not the guy to strike fear in the heart of bad guys.

I appreciate all the good reviews here. But, I gotta finish Yellowstone before I start this series. I’m in Season 2 on that.

Well hold on there hoss. If you like Yellowstone then you have to check out 1883 first.

(02-09-2022 01:54 PM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:34 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I’m anxious to see this show. I have read all of the Lee Child books featuring Jack Reacher. The books are great stuff, and like someone else said, the movie featuring pipsqueak Tom Cruise was definitely miscast. If you read the books, the character is like 6’ 5” and 250 or 260. Cruise has to stand on a box to kiss most leading ladies. Not the guy to strike fear in the heart of bad guys.

I appreciate all the good reviews here. But, I gotta finish Yellowstone before I start this series. I’m in Season 2 on that.

Alan Ritchson is a big dude. Although he’s 6’2 in real life, they portray him as a 6’5 dude. Having a big physique helps as well and the way almost every character responds to his size helps with emphasizing the character’s size. The fight scenes are impressive and his size comes into play in most of the fight scenes.

Interesting. When he and the lady cop were dancing I thought that she must be at least 5'10" to 6' tall if he was 6'5". That explains it.

(02-09-2022 02:06 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:54 PM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:34 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I’m anxious to see this show. I have read all of the Lee Child books featuring Jack Reacher. The books are great stuff, and like someone else said, the movie featuring pipsqueak Tom Cruise was definitely miscast. If you read the books, the character is like 6’ 5” and 250 or 260. Cruise has to stand on a box to kiss most leading ladies. Not the guy to strike fear in the heart of bad guys.

I appreciate all the good reviews here. But, I gotta finish Yellowstone before I start this series. I’m in Season 2 on that.

Alan Ritchson is a big dude. Although he’s 6’2 in real life, they portray him as a 6’5 dude. Having a big physique helps as well and the way almost every character responds to his size helps with emphasizing the character’s size. The fight scenes are impressive and his size comes into play in most of the fight scenes.

Plus those in scenes around him seem to be Tom Cruise size. All in all I liked the series just like I have liked Lee Child's book series.

I read so many of them that I lost track of where I was when I lost my kindle. I didn't read anymore until recently when I got another and all my library was wiped out. So I started buying ones I thought I hadn't read only to get a little into them before I realized I'd already read them. I re-read them anyway.

I think the books resonate with me because my 6'3" 240 pound old man spent 25 years as an MP and I was pretty much raised in a boot camp. He was big and mean and smart as a whip. I watched in fascination one night as he disarmed a man holding a gun to his chest and sent him packing.

(02-09-2022 08:09 PM)murphster Wrote:  Tom Cruise is a fine enough actor (though I don't like him :) ) but not well suited for movies where the character needs to have a physical presence. eg. War of the Worlds... he has no business doing anything that might require athleticism. I cringe.

A good # of shows seem to be shot in Canada. Also, a lot of shows seem to Canadian actors. Stealing good jobs from hard working Americans.

When I watched Izombie one of the characters (a musician) wore a 'big star' (band from Memphis) t-shirt. Thought was kind of cool.

You do know he does almost all of his own stunts, or did when he was younger, not sure if he still does or not.

Reacher Round is a much better show.

(02-10-2022 07:01 AM)holysheetman Wrote:  yeah the "Memphis" scenes also used a fictitious 'Diner' in 'midtown' as they referred to it as well. They said something along the lines of "if there's somewhere we should look it is midtown"

Andolettes (or so I thought, I can't find it now so I must be misremembering that name of it). I googled it and the only thing that came up was for the one in N'awlins.

Edit: Appoline's

(02-10-2022 07:16 AM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(02-10-2022 06:44 AM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

:lauramac:People, People!!! Is this a Memphis Sports site or a dang book and movie review site. I thought I was going to immediately be reading about our game last night, not Tom Cruise and tv show called reacher. When y'all are excited about some guy 6'2 or 6'5 it should be about a new recruit for football or basketball not some movie guy.

Best way to fix your problem is move over on to another thread and don’t come back to this one. You can’t control others, only yourself. Don’t be a Karen.

Mods. Can move it if they choose.

This^ It's like complaining about a tv show being on that one doesn't like while ignoring the remote control that can be used to change channels.

(02-10-2022 08:42 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:29 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

I was trying to find Memphis landmarks when they were in Memphis but apparently the whole show was shot in Canada

Ahhh, I thought New Orleans since they showed a New Orleans restaurant, Andolette's Appoline's. I didn't think about there possibly being one elsewhere, I just knew it wasn't Memphis.

FTR, the ONLY reference to Appoline's is in New Orleans. That doesn't mean there is an actual Appoline's in Canada I know.

I looked up some of the Memphis “landmarks” and sadly they were in Toronto :(

(02-10-2022 10:59 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-10-2022 08:42 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:29 AM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:09 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  So my little fam-unit just watched the first season split into 3 nights. It's pretty good for a simple kick-ass movie. No spoilers, but there is a segment that supposedly happens in Memphis, and they even refer to our University as "Memphis State". Even if you take offense, they at least in subsequent line refer to us as "the University".

I was trying to find Memphis landmarks when they were in Memphis but apparently the whole show was shot in Canada

Ahhh, I thought New Orleans since they showed a New Orleans restaurant, Andolette's Appoline's. I didn't think about there possibly being one elsewhere, I just knew it wasn't Memphis.

FTR, the ONLY reference to Appoline's is in New Orleans. That doesn't mean there is an actual Appoline's in Canada I know.

I looked up some of the Memphis “landmarks” and sadly they were in Toronto :(

Because Memphis is basically a dump. Doesn't make for good television. There was a tv show about Memphis a few years ago filmed in Nashville.