July 8, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: I had to stop watching in the first episode. Pratt’s character was not only leading the ops team, he was making some comment that he had also gathered the intel that led to the operations. Why not have him be the President during the weekdays as well. but so many of you liked the show, perhaps I should give it another try. HUMINT Not unusual for Spec Ops teams to gather their own human intel, run it up the chain of command, and get the go-ahead to act upon it. They are closest to the action and available to respond. There are follow-ups later discussing the legitimacy of the intel in the series. This is a departure from the book on "why" they are involved with the target.
July 8, 20223 yr Seriously, you guys would bitch about a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. It's a fun ride. Enjoy it. Edited July 8, 20223 yr by RPM
July 8, 20223 yr I liked the series and thought Pratt was good in it. I thought eh hallucinations and the uncertainty at the beginning about his mental state were pretty well done. Him being able to take on an infinite amount of bad guys wasn't really any worse than any action movie. I liked that part where he pulled out the killer's intestines in Mexico. The only part I really didn't like was the ending twist. For some reason that just bummed me out.
July 8, 20223 yr So far my favorite line is from ep6 and went roughly like:“Good job Reece, you tackled the breacher. God damnit!”
July 8, 20223 yr On 7/7/2022 at 1:13 PM, stork642 said: Either the critics just plain suck at their job or they have a bias toward Pratt. A little of column A and a little of column B.
July 10, 20223 yr On 7/5/2022 at 9:21 AM, BabaYaga said: Catch Carr's cameo in episode 3? The author being killed by his main character was a nice touch. I thought that was him. Never looked it up though.
July 11, 20223 yr On 7/8/2022 at 12:48 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said: I liked the series and thought Pratt was good in it. I thought eh hallucinations and the uncertainty at the beginning about his mental state were pretty well done. Him being able to take on an infinite amount of bad guys wasn't really any worse than any action movie. I liked that part where he pulled out the killer's intestines in Mexico. The only part I really didn't like was the ending twist. For some reason that just bummed me out. In the book it's 10x more gruesome. I know that wasn't going to make it in the movie (as written). Check it out.....;) *carr talked about it, as written in the book, it was from an old Native American punishment for enemies. Edited July 11, 20223 yr by BabaYaga
July 11, 20223 yr The first episode was weak. It improved dramatically after that. It was good. The book is better.
July 11, 20223 yr I haven’t read anything by him before. I checked out the book and it shows as a series. I guess I’ll read the first one and see.
July 11, 20223 yr 44 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I haven’t read anything by him before. I checked out the book and it shows as a series. I guess I’ll read the first one and see. Yes that is how series work
July 12, 20223 yr At first, I thought this was the next season of Jack Reacher but they touted it on local news and some other shows. Thinking I may enjoy the first episode about now.
July 12, 20223 yr Author If you like Reacher, you'll like the Terminal List. If you disliked Reacher, you'll dislike the Terminal List. Both shows are escapism TV for middle-aged men.
July 12, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Parliament said: If you like Reacher, you'll like the Terminal List. If you disliked Reacher, you'll dislike the Terminal List. Both shows are escapism TV for middle-aged men. Reacher. Shooter. Terminal list. All hallmark movies for men. Same plot, quite predictable, yet oh so entertaining.
July 12, 20223 yr I’ll also say it again that The Terminal List above the other 2 is a larper and/or EDC junkie’s wet dream.Reece carries and has available just about every name brand item for both groups
July 12, 20223 yr On 7/8/2022 at 1:48 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said: For some reason that just bummed me out. Same
July 12, 20223 yr Just finished this series. I liked it but it had its weak spots. Chris' seal buddy that was by his side the whole time was obviously in on the deal from the get go. I guess the pilot chick just vanished? And there is no way you can walk into Warcom with a suicide vest on. But it was still a good show.
July 13, 20223 yr Just finished this series. I liked it but it had its weak spots. Chris' seal buddy that was by his side the whole time was obviously in on the deal from the get go. I guess the pilot chick just vanished? And there is no way you can walk into Warcom with a suicide vest on. But it was still a good show.They comment that his pilot buddy had taken off and was headed north I think.
July 13, 20223 yr 21 hours ago, Moby Ric said: Just finished this series. I liked it but it had its weak spots. Chris' seal buddy that was by his side the whole time was obviously in on the deal from the get go. I guess the pilot chick just vanished? And there is no way you can walk into Warcom with a suicide vest on. But it was still a good show. I also thought it was weird that she just vanished. That plane was sweet. Just a suggestion, you might want to hide your text for spoiler.
July 15, 20223 yr Finished watching it today. It was ok, but full of scratch your head moments and pretty predictable. The memories/hallucinations were effective, but at times just seemed to go on for a bit too long. And the jiu jitsu in the fight between Reese and Cox was bad. I wonder who choreographed that shit.
July 15, 20223 yr I really like it, currently watching e7. However there are way too many flashbacks. They take up like 45% of the air time.
July 15, 20223 yr On 7/8/2022 at 11:48 AM, NeverMarryAStripper said: I liked the series and thought Pratt was good in it. I thought eh hallucinations and the uncertainty at the beginning about his mental state were pretty well done. Him being able to take on an infinite amount of bad guys wasn't really any worse than any action movie. I liked that part where he pulled out the killer's intestines in Mexico. The only part I really didn't like was the ending twist. For some reason that just bummed me out. Yeah I hated that scene. Losing Ben like that sucked.
July 21, 20223 yr On 7/14/2022 at 8:38 PM, Patricio Swayze said: Finished watching it today. It was ok, but full of scratch your head moments and pretty predictable. The memories/hallucinations were effective, but at times just seemed to go on for a bit too long. And the jiu jitsu in the fight between Reese and Cox was bad. I wonder who choreographed that shit. Tell us about the time you went to Brazil with your jiu jitsu team and what the Turkish guy did. Series was decent. Entertaining and predictable. Don’t know why Pratt gets so much hate. The “not a good serious actor” comments are just bad opinions. My favorite Pratt roles have been “serious”.
July 21, 20223 yr 45 minutes ago, Porterhouse said: Tell us about the time you went to Brazil with your jiu jitsu team and what the Turkish guy did. Series was decent. Entertaining and predictable. Don’t know why Pratt gets so much hate. The “not a good serious actor” comments are just bad opinions. My favorite Pratt roles have been “serious”. Tell us about the time you decided to be an asshole for no reason. Be nice dude.
July 21, 20223 yr Tell us about the time you went to Brazil with your jiu jitsu team and what the Turkish guy did. Series was decent. Entertaining and predictable. Don’t know why Pratt gets so much hate. The “not a good serious actor” comments are just bad opinions. My favorite Pratt roles have been “serious”. Agree on Pratt. He has showed real depth and emotion even in things like GotG. Yeah he’s done some crap action movies as well but who cares.Also, not liking an actor because of his personal religion and politics is fucking stupid.
July 21, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: Agree on Pratt. He has showed real depth and emotion even in things like GotG. Yeah he’s done some crap action movies as well but who cares. Also, not liking an actor because of his personal religion and politics is fucking stupid. I just don't think he shows much personality in his roles unless he has a little goofball to them. Zero Dark 30 was a great movie and had a ton of awesome acting. Pratt was a part of that, but he didn't have to carry it. Love him in GOTG but his character has some goofball to it. Outside of Zero Dark 30 I don't know what "serious roles" he's had that would be a favorite. Maybe I am missing a movie that would completely reverse my opinion?
July 21, 20223 yr 23 minutes ago, formermav43 said: He had a great serious turn as Burt Macklin. Would be interesting to see a spin off short series of the adventures of Burt Macklin. Johnny Karate by day, Burt Macklin by night
July 21, 20223 yr 15 hours ago, Buzzrock said: Just started it. Riley Keough is hot. She's hotter in terrible movies. She's also my grandaughter.
July 21, 20223 yr I’ve never seen American Honey, but I thought LL was funny. I heard it described as Ocean’s 7-11.
July 21, 20223 yr On 7/11/2022 at 9:19 AM, BHMCruiser said: The first episode was weak. It improved dramatically after that. It was good. Had some down time recently, and gave the series another go after not grabbing my attention the first time through Ep 1. Agreed, got much better. Pretty formulaic--could almost hear the showrunners asking, "Hey guys, do you like Memento, Rambo, Punisher, A Few Good Men*, and Shooter? Well, have I got a show for you!!"--but entertained nonetheless. The ending was dumb; not necessarily because it was predictable (it was), but because they didn't set it up well at all. Spoiler So Ben is a spook who chooses to live like a vagabond and only wants to travel around to the next surf break in his sweet jeep, van, or sailboat. He desperately misses the teams. But, upon hearing from his old admiral that all of his former squad mates were poisoned by WARCOM--including his best friend and the father/husband of the closest thing to a family that he has--Ben not only agrees to keep it under wraps, but also takes a payoff to set them up, and let them die with their boots on. Oh, ok. What were his plans with the $20M that he couldn't already accomplish? *them trying to build up Coronado like it's Guantanamo for sailors was pretty funny.
July 21, 20223 yr I’ve never seen American Honey, but I thought LL was funny. I heard it described as Ocean’s 7-11. I enjoyed Logan Lucky also.
July 22, 20223 yr I’ll also say it again that The Terminal List above the other 2 is a larper and/or EDC junkie’s wet dream.Reece carries and has available just about every name brand item for both groups What does this mean?
July 22, 20223 yr What does this mean?I think he is talking about those EDC nerds that wear paracord bracelets and carry two pocketknives, a pistol and at home have an AR with all the tacticool plastic parts so they can have wet dreams of being an ex SEAL turned on GGWAG.
July 22, 20223 yr Author 2 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said: I think he is talking about those EDC nerds that wear paracord bracelets and carry two pocketknives, a pistol and at home have an AR with all the tacticool plastic parts so they can have wet dreams of being an ex SEAL turned on GGWAG. You rang?
July 22, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, Elvis said: She's hotter in terrible movies. She's also my grandaughter. Check her out in The Girlfriend Experience.
July 22, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said: Outside of Zero Dark 30 I don't know what "serious roles" he's had that would be a favorite. Maybe I am missing a movie that would completely reverse my opinion? Moneyball
July 22, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, RPM said: Moneyball Fair enough, but I mean your guys favorite roles of him are the ones where he has limited screen time. That's kind of my point as well.
July 22, 20223 yr Just now, Gene Parmesan said: Fair enough, but I mean your guys favorite roles of him are the ones where he has limited screen time. That's kind of my point as well. Huh? You asked for a serious role. Now you're moving the goalpost to fit you. Until GOTG he didn't have many leading roles. That's kind of my point as well.
July 22, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, RPM said: Huh? You asked for a serious role. Now you're moving the goalpost to fit you. Until GOTG he didn't have many leading roles. That's kind of my point as well. There are no goalposts. You guys like Pratt as a serious actor. I don't. He's been the lead actor in a handful of movies and half of them suck.
July 22, 20223 yr 41 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said: There are no goalposts. You guys like Pratt as a serious actor. I don't. He's been the lead actor in a handful of movies and half of them suck. He was good in Passengers. He nearly saved that movie.
July 22, 20223 yr 17 hours ago, aggie08 said: Had some down time recently, and gave the series another go after not grabbing my attention the first time through Ep 1. Agreed, got much better. Pretty formulaic--could almost hear the showrunners asking, "Hey guys, do you like Memento, Rambo, Punisher, A Few Good Men*, and Shooter? Well, have I got a show for you!!"--but entertained nonetheless. The ending was dumb; not necessarily because it was predictable (it was), but because they didn't set it up well at all. Reveal hidden contents So Ben is a spook who chooses to live like a vagabond and only wants to travel around to the next surf break in his sweet jeep, van, or sailboat. He desperately misses the teams. But, upon hearing from his old admiral that all of his former squad mates were poisoned by WARCOM--including his best friend and the father/husband of the closest thing to a family that he has--Ben not only agrees to keep it under wraps, but also takes a payoff to set them up, and let them die with their boots on. Oh, ok. What were his plans with the $20M that he couldn't already accomplish? *them trying to build up Coronado like it's Guantanamo for sailors was pretty funny. Spoiler You can't really understand Ben without knowing more about the continuing story line. He's really a foil for Raife. Both good friends of Reece's. Both of them were SEALS. Both left the SEALS. Raife left for reasons not yet explained (which are presumptively good, at least from Reece's perspective). But Ben left to join the CIA, where he was corrupted or at least allowed himself to indulge his already existing corruption. And he betrayed Reece. It's just an allegory, plain and simple. He left the brotherhood and was no longer trustworthy and Reece should have known that.
July 22, 20223 yr Yeesh, that scene at the end of ep 4. Someone said it was “10X worse in the book”, how so? (Feel free to spoiler)
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