07-09-2012, 01:17 PM | #91 |
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Maybe Tom Cruise could play the role of the young 13-year old Jack Reacher in a movie adaptation of Lee Child's short-story "Second Son".
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07-09-2012, 01:35 PM | #92 | |
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I'm sure it'll probably still be an excellent movie but it'll be a Tom Cruise blockbuster action movie rather than Jack Reacher action movie. |
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07-09-2012, 08:54 PM | #93 |
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Hmmm.... if memory serves me right Anne Rice was more than a little upset when Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat in Interview with a Vampire but that IMHO was a good movie and he played the part well.
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07-09-2012, 09:21 PM | #94 |
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The thing here is that every single book makes reference to the 250 pounds and the 6.5" of Jack-none-Reacher, plus some books also reference the 50" chest. For anybody who's read the books, having a midget playing Reacher does not compute. Of course, those who haven't read the books couldn't care less.
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07-10-2012, 12:00 AM | #95 |
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07-10-2012, 03:53 AM | #96 |
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For me, Jack Reacher will always be, to use the words of Master King (Dark Half), a "High-toned son of a Bitch".
Cruise? LOL, no! |
07-10-2012, 10:10 AM | #97 | |
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I don't see how they can make it believable that he would get the same kind of reaction from people as the book-version character. |
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07-10-2012, 11:24 AM | #98 |
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Yes, that looks so wrong. Somebody give him a stool to stand on, please.
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07-10-2012, 11:35 AM | #99 |
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07-10-2012, 12:13 PM | #100 |
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07-10-2012, 12:19 PM | #101 | |
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Of course it probably won't matter anyway. People who don't know Reacher will go to see the latest Cruise action blockbuster... and Reacherites will all pay for a ticket to earn the right to say; "yep... Tom Cruise ain't Jack Reacher." It's win-win for the movie makers. |
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07-10-2012, 02:41 PM | #102 |
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07-10-2012, 05:41 PM | #103 |
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Pathetic - looks a bit like a college kid asking the other (taller) guy the time please, 'cos his girlfriend has to be in by 11.00.
That snap has saved me even spending money to go and laugh at him trying. It certainly isn't a Jack Reacher movie. |
07-11-2012, 12:47 AM | #104 |
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Wouldn't Lee Child have some influence how his character is portraied? Wonder why he hasn't made a stink about TC as the leading man.
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07-11-2012, 01:06 AM | #105 |
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