Justice for Reacher!

blugold · Feb 18, 2022

braveheart said:
I think it followed pretty closely to the book as well. Movies are simply never as good as the book. They change or leave out things deliberately due to time constraints or what they feels plays better cinematically.
The girl playing the cop was nothing like the one described in the book. Once I let that go, I stopped making a direct comparison and went along for the ride. I’m currently reading each book in chronological order. This one was really the 3rd. I do hope they do two books every year on all of them. It’ll then be on awhile.

once I learned to let go and understood that I don't go to the movies to read a book, and vice versa, I was able to enjoy things a lot more.

Acesteve · Feb 18, 2022

SPOILER alert

Generally I agree Bluegold

But these seemed out of normal. Key example- Kliner boy dies in Hubble House on that botched attempt to kill reacher. Kliner boy does not kill his father and no one breaks into Kliner compound until the last scene. these were the really big alterations to the story but many smaller ones exist. the alterations don't seem to have made the show any better, did not reduce time to tell the story. Just got me to thinking, WHY

Was the actor playing Kliner Senior not able to execute the action packed last scene??? Generally I don't give it this much thought but just finished this book about 4 weeks ago.

blugold · Feb 18, 2022

Acesteve said:
SPOILER alert

Generally I agree Bluegold

But these seemed out of normal. Key example- Kliner boy dies in Hubble House on that botched attempt to kill reacher. Kliner boy does not kill his father and no one breaks into Kliner compound until the last scene. these were the really big alterations to the story but many smaller ones exist. the alterations don't seem to have made the show any better, did not reduce time to tell the story. Just got me to thinking, WHY Was the actor playing Kliner Senior not able to execute the action packed last scene??? Generally I don't give it this much thought but just finished this book about 4 weeks ago.

The simplest answer I can think of, the changes were because showrunners didn't want people who had already read to tune out and just expect the same exact story as the book. They changed it up because it was just slightly different enough to make people still tune in.

IceyShanks · Feb 19, 2022

Honestly I had no idea they were books, but I've really enjoyed the amazon show

Danimal · Feb 20, 2022

I finished Reacher last night. It was a very enjoyable season. Looking forward to the next edition.

MSEASU · Apr 4, 2022

Just started this and already binged 3 episodes.

AndyL0711 · Aug 3, 2022

just finished the first season. it was good but not great. the monster guy they got to play reacher is more of a tv type actor. you can definitely see the difference in him and the other actors. i enjoyed little man cruise movie over this.

Chef23 · Aug 3, 2022

IceyShanks said:
Honestly I had no idea they were books, but I've really enjoyed the amazon show

The books are excellent worth the read.

thewilderside · Aug 3, 2022

AndyL0711 said:
just finished the first season. it was good but not great. the monster guy they got to play reacher is more of a tv type actor. you can definitely see the difference in him and the other actors. i enjoyed little man cruise movie over this.

Have you read the books? As an avid reader I couldn't get over the minuscule Cruise being cast for the role.

AndyL0711 · Aug 3, 2022

thewilderside said:
Have you read the books? As an avid reader I couldn't get over the minuscule Cruise being cast for the role.

No I have not. I get it from others: reacher is a big dude like the guy in the show....but that guy was a robot. Tom Cruise is just better but yes a little dude.