Posted on 08/31/2018 4:14:26 PM PDT by Boomer
I got that too. Seems we can't seem to escape the leftist spin in Hollyweird even in books written without it. Sigh.
I agree; the screen writers took too many literary liberties with how this story was told.
I don’t know if it’s because they are so far left they can’t help themselves or if they were trying to appeal to a wider audience. Either way I don’t like it either. I tolerate it but don’t like it one bit.
I got partway into the second show and when his boss met with the imam I was pretty much done.
I’m a huge Clancy fan but this show just progressed way too slow. It’s another one of those “inch along a two hour movie into 14 hours of episodes” things. I just don’t have the time.
I remember watching “The 100” with my grandson as a binge thing. It was progressing way too slow. Then, suddenly all this stuff is happening as you would expect in a normally paced movie. I said to him, “This must be the season finale.”
Yep. It was.
I’ve not had television since 1997, but we got amazon prime late last year. My wife and I are finding we are really just doing movies with it. There are some TV shows that keep it mostly to one plot per episode, but even they can stray. i.e. we were hooked on Suits, but by the fourth season it just became a soap opera. The courtroom stuff was pushed to just background noise.
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That was my problem too. I’m thinking, “Our guys have nothing but small arms while these guys are pulling out all the stops and nailing the guard posts with perfect RPG hits. It didn’t suspend disbelief for me. The US looked like imbeciles.
And who doesn’t check for a pulse on a “dead” body brought in by guys you really don’t trust?
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And as soon as they caught those two guys and were interrogating them, I said to myself, “I’ll bet the ‘bodyguard’ is really the guy they want.”
And he was. But I’m sure those guys just never thought of that before. :)
These are not the sorts of things that happen in a Clancy novel.
We’re talking about you over here.
5.56mm
True; a lot of tv series are like that. They have scenes that just drag on seemingly to fill time.
I really like my fast forward button for those times. It’s easy to click on a button or keyboard key and jump ahead 20-30 seconds at a time so my time isn’t wasted.
Last week I watched ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ and it was passable but last nights episode was a constant fast forward button episode. There was about 2 minutes out of the entire show I found pertinent. Disappointing to say the least. If this is the best they can do; they should just shut it down.
You will see later on they allow the family of the the terrorist to have computers, cell phones, and video games. In real life that would never happen. Major fail on the screen writers part.
I’m actually watching season a second time and see these glaring mistakes more clearly now.
Don’t they have helicopters in Turkey? Do they really have to do it the slow way by roads? Bring on the flying cars!
I don’t mind cussing in what I watch. But I like the brit series and your point about language is well taken. not only the the Brit series do cuss. The word bugger come sup a lot. look it up. Friday on Endeavour is big user.
However I love the british dialogue and use of language. best wishes.
I don’t like greer being muslim. From a plot standpoint it may help now and then that he can go to mosque and talk to the Muzzies.
Both charters are staring out in what may be a 4-5 year series worth different stories each season. They will mature and I think move up. Something will take JR to moscow to be with Greer in the next run. I like character development over several seasons. I like how they brought Daniel Craig as younger rougher bond and he is maturing and becoming more sophisticated.
If this is the best they can do; they should just shut it down.
Up to episode 4 or 5, so far it’s interesting/entertaining enough. Still trying to figure out the priest and the drone pilot stuff.
I’ve read all the books, but I must have missed the one where Ryan is combat war fighter. Perhaps your thinking of John Clark?
Have you watched Bosch yet? Multiple subplots, not too PC
I didn’t think it was very good. A two hour story stretched out to 6+ hours. Very pedestrian. Seemed out of its time, too - like 15 years stale.
A little bit. I remember the actor from Suits. My wife and I started to watch an episode but something came up. I think it’s more to my liking than hers.
The drone pilot stuff is the worst subplot. It really adds nothing to show. I mean nothing.
Just old fashion LAPD detective stuff. Each season picks up where they left off although they close the main case at the end of each season. The subplots continue...
I saw it last week. Pretty good. Well produced and well acted.
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