Season two landed today and it's getting much better reviews than the first.
Television Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
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Wicked. Just started this now.
So you're saying I need to power through S1 after all huh? So many shows.. Not enough time.
Good to see the faceless man come.
it's so badSeason 1 was pretty decent IMO
nuclear venezuela is going to first strike washington dc
hmm i dont think this is how subtitles are supposed to work
theres a chase scene and wendell pierce lets the bad guy get away and collapses against a wall. then john krasinski shows up and starts checking him, saying "where are you hit, are you okay?".
come on man, hes not hit. hes just a fat guy who is out of breath after running a half mile
come on man, hes not hit. hes just a fat guy who is out of breath after running a half mile
America = good, everyone else = bad is all I remember from season 1.
the propaganda is even more overt in this season and even if you ignore that, the show itself is worse. a random analyst for the state department / cia meets with the president of venezuela multiple times in the first 3 episodes. im convinced there are only like 4 people who work for the venezuelan government.
Just read the synopsis and reviews for Patriot. Sounds brilliant.
Will start the binge tonight. many thanks!!
Fat guy with a heart condition, more like.
there was no way bunk was gonna catch that guy. even 20 years younger he had no chance.
Why are you trying to apply so much logic to this show? Jack Ryan is best friends with a senator and can rock up to the president of a country when he wants and have sex with a spy for some agency and survive a plastic bag on his head for over a minute and etc etc. and you're trying to tell me Bunk can't catch some younger guy? Please.
It's brilliant. Enjoy.
Eboue can't take it that his comrades are presented in bad light here. Great season
It's fecking garbage. That scene where Jack Ryan straight up said to Venezuela's president that he killed his senate friend was hilarious.
Really enjoyed this season just cos its a bit OTT and fun action. Not the most complex plot, but still fun to view.
It's just astoundingly bad in every way. In the last episode an american military helicopter just flies directly up to the presidential palace. Its insane. Not even gonna go into detail on the other stuff but I laughed out loud at the last scene of episode 7.
4 episodes into the first season. Is quite good. A bit like Homeland.
You know, you would think you go through the door. If you're a normal person, you say, 'Knock, knock. May I come in?
The protagonists have killed literally a hundred or more Venezuelans on Venezuelan soil in an undeclared war with no authorization from Congress or anything.
They died like dogs. Beautiful, talented dogs.
Now hes trying to assassinate the president. This guy is a war criminal.
But he’s got the Stars and Stripes on his arm so it’s cool.
Turns out that the guy from house of cards talked him out of the assassination so jack ryan let the president go after killing another 15 guards.
Jack Ryan needs to team with Jack bauer
This is so goddamn awful. The plot, the dialogue, the music, the characters, John Krasinski’s fecking face...
I loved it. It's an action series and does a good job.
It's obviously ridiculous, but part of me saluted its commitment to nameless south American army deaths - pure 80s right there.
For me summed up in a scene where Jack and Mike are running and their car breaks down. Jack gets out to fix it, but before he can touch it, they're absolutely riddled with bullets from a high calibre mounted weapon. Which Mike blows up. Then Jack hops in and all those bullets must have done some good, cause the car starts up like a dream. Never addressed.
For me summed up in a scene where Jack and Mike are running and their car breaks down. Jack gets out to fix it, but before he can touch it, they're absolutely riddled with bullets from a high calibre mounted weapon. Which Mike blows up. Then Jack hops in and all those bullets must have done some good, cause the car starts up like a dream. Never addressed.
He had been stabbed in the leg 3 or 4 times as well as his eye! I would wonder why any of my fat mates hadn't caught a guy in that condition, let alone a CIA operative (even a fat one).
It was enjoyable nonsense, just like the movies tbh which were just as daft. The action was pure 80's though, bad guys getting picked off at will why the american heroes can seemingly dodge bullets aside from when the plot calls for an impactful death.
I stopped watching after that episode.
Season 3 is about to come in time for Christmas. Looks like Jack is on his own against the CIA and that unknown faction now.
Looks totally shit, especially when compared to the novels.
The first series was ok in a dumb way. The second series was not ok, not even in a dumb way.
First season was very good. Second season not so much.