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Could go in the doco thread but as it's a six part series I'll chuck it here.
Almost finished I, Sniper.
I watch a lot of true crime stuff and this is easily one of the best and most powerful things I've watched.
The story of the DC Area Snipers, as told probably half by Lee Malvo (the kid), with the rest filled in by law enforcement, emergency services, victims family/friends and survivors.
Brilliantly put together, as gruelling as it is fascinating and some of what you hear from Malvo is pretty tough to hear. Really tough to see the impact it had and still has on survivors, victims family and especially law enforcement.
Edit: Still worth watching if you listened to the recent Payne Lindsey podcast.
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Reacher
I've never read these books. Are they like this? I'm like half an hour in and this is some wish fulfilment shit
Giant good-looking weapon is also super smart and also chicks love him instantly. This is like a teenage wet dream.
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Giant good-looking weapon is also super smart and also chicks love him instantly.
You just described the books. Every one of them.
I'm 2 episodes in and loving it. So teenager. Wow. Many violent.
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@bones I listened to a podcast about those 2, was worth the listen so might give this a watch at some point.
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@taniwharugby yeah I listened to it also but this was still excellent, I'd highly recommend it.
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@nta said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Giant good-looking weapon is also super smart and also chicks love him instantly.
You just described the books. Every one of them.
I'm 2 episodes in and loving it. So teenager. Wow. Many violent.
I read some of the books, couldn't remember though if he was that far on the spectrum (or had a butterfly in his head), but it is pretty close.
Still enjoyable though
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Reacher
I've never read these books. Are they like this? I'm like half an hour in and this is some wish fulfilment shit
Giant good-looking weapon is also super smart and also chicks love him instantly. This is like a teenage wet dream.
Yep. Cool, eh?
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Finished Reacher, entertaining first season, loved how he uses a tie. Easy watching, lots of action and dry humour and occasional boobs. Some FX below par, but a fun watch and look forward to a certain season two
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I'm enjoying Legend of Vox Machina. I'm a DnD nerd from way back, but could never get into their live shows. But the series is Good mindless fantasy fun, best with beers
Critical Role's Cast Talk Episode 4 and All That Bloody Violence
Nothing brings an adventuring party together like trying to survive a night of terror.
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@bayimports said in TV Serieseseses:
Finished Reacher, entertaining first season, loved how he uses a tie. Easy watching, lots of action and dry humour and occasional boobs. Some FX below par, but a fun watch and look forward to a certain season two
Halfway through the last episode and bad guys are about to die in quantity, along with some no-doubt messy shit for the main one.
I'm going to miss this.
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@bayimports said in TV Serieseseses:
Finished Reacher, entertaining first season, loved how he uses a tie. Easy watching, lots of action and dry humour and occasional boobs. Some FX below par, but a fun watch and look forward to a certain season two
It was laugh out loud funny at times. Much better casting, didn't take itself seriously (at times it was lunacy). Amusing and inventive violence, story interesting enough to want to see how it ended.
Wife and I watched it over two evenings, hope they make more.
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Apologies if this has been mentioned, but was the entire season of Reacher based on one book?
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@crazy-horse said in TV Serieseseses:
Apologies if this has been mentioned, but was the entire season of Reacher based on one book?
Yes. So the actor playing Reacher has a job for life...
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@crazy-horse said in TV Serieseseses:
Apologies if this has been mentioned, but was the entire season of Reacher based on one book?
Yes. So the actor playing Reacher has a job for life...
that dude is fucking huge
6'5 if i'm not mistaken
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@crazy-horse said in TV Serieseseses:
Apologies if this has been mentioned, but was the entire season of Reacher based on one book?
Yes. So the actor playing Reacher has a job for life...
that dude is fucking huge
6'5 if i'm not mistaken
188cm according to Google, so 6'3"
Still. Fucking unit.
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Like @Kirwan, the wife and I binge watched it over the weekend in 2 days.
As a big fan of the books (but less so the recent two where Lee Child has coauthored the books with his Brother), this series is an excellent representation of the books, so much better than the two movies with the midget playing Reacher.
We loved it, the story, the acting, the comedy and yes, the violence which was pretty damn good. Haven't seen that many headbutts in a long time.
Also was quite surprised by the shower scene, very very nice rack!
In terms of which books are covered, technically, whilst it says "Killing Floor", there have been a number of artistic license changes made such as the addition of Frances Neagley who never appeared in Killing Floor. Her first appearance was in Book 6 - Without Fail. It actually has elements from other books as well such as the end scene where his Mother is dying and Reach and Joe visit.
In terms of the actor Alan Ritchson who plays Reacher, according to Wikipedia, he's 1.88 cm which makes him 6'3". He certainly looks bigger in the show and you would think he is 6'5" which is Reacher's stated height.
Beat me to it @NTA
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so, the fact it was a play on the fact he mentions his height like 4 times in teh first 2 episodes (details matter) just went straight over everyone's heads aye?
obviously launched it too high. Should have dropped it a couple of inches
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
so, the fact it was a play on the fact he mentions his height like 4 times in teh first 2 episodes (details matter) just went straight over everyone's heads aye?
obviously launched it too high. Should have dropped it a couple of inches
if you drop it a foot you might have the Tom Cruise version lol
I, Sniper (TV Series 2020–2021) ⭐ 7.5 | Documentary, Crime
