Really Jack(ed) about Reacher!!

[Quake1028]

Originally Posted by DianNC

I haven't read One Shot yet, but I remember in Killing Floor Reacher's height and weight (general physique) was mentioned frequently.

I enjoy the series. I just hope I'm not forever doomed to picture Tom Cruise as Reacher every time I read one.

I'll probably skip the movie.

Agreed on all counts. I could have easily written this post.

[jmilica]

Japan is also interesting for having Takarazuka Kagekidan, all female acting/musical troupe

[gurion]

Dolph Lundgren comes to mind as Jack Reacher, no?

[Apache]

Originally Posted by gurion

Dolph Lundgren comes to mind as Jack Reacher, no?

NO!!!!
Apache

[afv011]

By the way, the movie premiere has been postponed due to the recent events in Connecticut.

My deepest condolences to the families and friends of those involved in those tragic events.

[Graham]

Daniel Craig, were it not that you'd keep thinking of Bond.

EDIT: changed my mind. I hadn't realised that Craig's actually quite short.

Graham

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Graham

Daniel Craig, were it not that you'd keep thinking of Bond.

EDIT: changed my mind. I hadn't realised that Craig's actually quite short.

Graham

I hate Daniel Craig, both as a personality for his espoused Liberal hypocrisy, and as Bond.

My wife already won't see Reacher because she similarly hates Cruise for his medical rants.

[Penforhire]

I'm still stuck wanting Jason Statham. He's got the right presence to match what Lee Child wrote.

[DianNC]

Saw a funny comment a while back from a ReacherCreature -- paraphrasing...

"Since Tom's dyslexic, maybe he read it as Jack is 5'6" and decided he'd be perfect for the role!"

Heh.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by DianNC

Saw a funny comment a while back from a ReacherCreature -- paraphrasing...

"Since Tom's dyslexic, maybe he read it as Jack is 5'6" and decided he'd be perfect for the role!"

Heh.

Is Tom Cruise that tall?

[Kumabjorn]

Insoles.

[DarkScribe]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

A common mistake since all roles have been played by men for 300 years. Kabuki was "invented", perhaps developed is more fitting, by a woman called Izumo no Okuni (probably the domain she came from, rather than her actual name) and men in the audience, induced by local sake, would often get rowdy beyond reason.

When I was in Japan - many years ago - back in the Vietnam era, Kabuki was described to me as the Japanese version of Burlesque. Nothing that I saw or had related to me seemed to disagree with that summary.

[rhadin]

Originally Posted by Penforhire

I'm still stuck wanting Jason Statham. He's got the right presence to match what Lee Child wrote.

As unkempt as I envision Reacher, I do not think even he looks as unkempt as Statham. The other problem is that Statham's acting abilities are equal to those of Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren were the twoi combined into Sylvester Lundgren.

Why not Jean Claude Van Damme (spelling?)? They could dub his voice to get rid of the accent. Maybe we should ask Dan Ackroyd. Doesn't he have the size?

As for the sequel, if you really don't want Cruise in the sequel, we could always demand they use Danny DeVito to play an elderly Reacher.

And if cool is what is wanted, why not bring in the Fonz to star as Reacher?

[jmilica]

Originally Posted by DarkScribe

When I was in Japan - many years ago - back in the Vietnam era, Kabuki was described to me as the Japanese version of Burlesque. Nothing that I saw or had related to me seemed to disagree with that summary.

To the best of my knowledge, Kabuki is far from burlesque, at least today. But it might be that whoever explained it to you was referring to the time when kabuki was at its formative age, and when it was meant mainly to entertain "the masses" as opposed to Nō/Noh theatre (one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world) which could be "afforded" only by "aristocracy" at the time...

In an interview with The Times in 2007, late Kanzaburo Nakamura XVIII, a star of Japan’s Kabuki theater, explained the stark differences between Kabuki and Noh, an older, more aristocratic form of Japanese theater. “Noh has a history of patronage by those who hold power,” he said. “But it is the common people who have always supported Kabuki.”

[afv011]

Originally Posted by rhadin

As unkempt as I envision Reacher, I do not think even he looks as unkempt as Statham. The other problem is that Statham's acting abilities are equal to those of Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren were the twoi combined into Sylvester Lundgren.

Why not Jean Claude Van Damme (spelling?)? They could dub his voice to get rid of the accent. Maybe we should ask Dan Ackroyd. Doesn't he have the size?

As for the sequel, if you really don't want Cruise in the sequel, we could always demand they use Danny DeVito to play an elderly Reacher.

And if cool is what is wanted, why not bring in the Fonz to star as Reacher?

Van Damme? He's in the same acting category as Stallone, if not worse. Reading the novels, you'd think Reacher had a brain; I'm not so sure the names you listed have half that.