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Nobody who knows the Reacher books would agree with that. As you know having read all the books, the size of Reacher is a big part of the books.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Remember the Reacher novel where he tears a door right off it's hinges? Ethan Hawke?
Have you seen him lately? He bulked up..
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/E...59XJc5Atkl.jpg
he's already taller than Cruise, and was great in Training Day...
Which movie did you like more though? 1 or 2? I liked 2 the best, IMO... neither close to the books, but entertaining...
6-5 250 bulked up, nay!Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Lee Child said Cruise was 100% Reacher with 90% of the height, and Hawke is 3 inches taller than Cruise... that's 100%, 100%...
Avante shitting himself.
Lee Child has also said the next time we see Reacher he will be a big guy. He has admitted Cruise was too short.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
It won't be a feature film and won't be as successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avante
More like a Cinemax series that lasts a couple seasons.
Work with me people
The Reacher books have been around since 1997. So some 10ish years later here comes a big $$$$$$ deal. Now how many actually know what a Jack Reacher even is? So in order to sell the movie and make some $$$$$$$$$....enter Tom Cruise. Now it's no longer really about the...who is Jack Reacher?
This really needs to be explained? Where is the common sense?
Well the Reacher fans got pissed, a midget playing their hero, a guy who can choke out a 600pound gorilla......a midget?
Makes it even more awesome tbh.
I wasn't thrilled with Cruise, tbh, but Ethan Hawke... you could talk me into it...
Why use a little guy when that is not Jack Reacher at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Dave Bautista would be the closest.
Lee Child views Jack Reacher as a "happy-go-lucky guy. He has quirks and problems, but the thing is, he doesn't know he's got them. Hence, no tedious self-pity. He's smart and strong, an introvert, but any anguish he suffers is caused by others."[2] When asked about the casting of Tom Cruise in the role of Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise's casting as Jack Reacher was met with severe criticism from fans of the book series, primarily because the disparity in their heights with Reacher portrayed as a blond, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, 250-pound man in the novels, while Cruise is a 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall brunet[9][10]), Child replied that "Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force".[11]
Sounds really fucking boring when you talk about it, Avante.
You could also pick Fabio, it would be an instant B movie, and still wouldn't represent the Jack Reacher in the books. Very debatable, IMO.
The book has to put some numbers so people get a massiveness that you don't need on-screen, tbh...
So why even bother with the books at all? Nobody needs Jack Reacher. BUT.....if you do decide to bring the book to the big screen then ya do alll you can to stay true to the story.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Imagine Tom Cruise playing the part of boxer/rassler Primo Carnera....ha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRXTWKE_k4
Because the books need to be more graphically depicting, where a movie does not. Almost 80% of the time you're gonna hear the book was better than the movie, even when the movie was great on it's own.
They're completely different formats. Movies need to be shorter, but convey the same message.
For example, I also love the Ludlum's Bourne series, read all the books and even the ones written after his death, but I also agree that the movies are great, even though not as good as the books.
And 100% of the time if the character in the book is 6-5 250 pounds of muscle and the actor in the move portraying him is a midget, welll................Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
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Originally Posted by Pavlov
Blake, don't you ever tire of being a total asshole?
Do you ever tire of posting a male fictional character's measurements?
New deal. Instead of totally ignoring your sickness I'm going to use you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
Starting with your next..DUH!....I'm going to do my translation bit, might as well get something out of your stupid crap. Yep. just me showing off.
Don't even read you stupid.
Translation: I don't ever tire of posting a fictional male character's measurements because I think that's showing off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avante
I have book!
LOL...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
I'm intellectual...yep...quite the reader
Cool...what do you read?
Lee Child's Jack Reacher series
Hmmm...anything else?
Track and field magazines
TranslationQuote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
Hey Avante, in your opinion what really is wrong with me?
Here ya go little guy.
lonely
socially awkward
abused as a child
parents didn't want you
STILL...a cherry boy
masturbate three times a day thinking about....Avante.
have never had a friend
5-4 120
goofy look on your face
have a fetish for animal cookies
totally stupid
Also Koran!Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursforSix
Mexicans at supermarket!
Underage Filipina whores!