I haven't read the book(s) but if this actor is true to what the book version was I can 100000% understand how casting Tom Cruise makes zero sense.

Enjoying it so far!

Really enjoyed it. Watched it too quick, need a second season

We enjoyed it. Pretty decent adaptation of the character in the books and the story was interesting.

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And although he's much taller than Cruise, they still must've done some camera angle tricks since the actor is only 6'2"

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They did not do enough tricks when he was standing around next to Roscoe and other women.
He should have dwarfed them

But it would be difficult to find a 6'5" guy who can act and also looks good enough

Three episodes in and it's a solid thumbs up for me. I was NOT hopeful after seeing the trailer. Already hoping for a season 2.

What book do you think they should adapt next?

I think Worth Dying For (the Duncans in Nebraska), The Hard Way (mercenary company in New York), and Bad Luck & Trouble (teams up with his old unit in LA) would all be good ones.

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Wife and I binged it this weekend and really enjoyed it. The only thing I had major problems with was the skeet shooting chick in Atlanta. You're going to hurt something badly if you fire it like that, sweetie.

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I noticed and appreciated Reacher's trigger discipline when he got Roscoe's gun but then shook my head at that scene.

I didn't go back to watch, but it looked to me like she shouldered it once she turned around to fire.

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I finished it last night too. Really enjoyed it. Though after watching Ozark the previous weekend, I kept seeing Ruth when I looked at Roscoe.

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Me, too! If she permed her hair she would dead ringer almost

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My wife and I stayed up Friday until after midnight bingeing the full season. I kept asking her if she wanted to continue or watch something else, later asking if she had enough for one day but she was hooked and wanted to go on and see what happened. We both really enjoyed it. Stayed pretty true to the book with a few minor differences. I am now re-reading the book.

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or did your wife just stay up to check out Reacher's biceps and pecs?

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Also, don't knock the Mayor. He's a Texan and played D-Day in Animal House. That goes a long way.

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Wow, I didn't recognize him as D-Day, although I would have had I bothered to look at the credits and seen his name (McGill).

I figured that was Child in that scene; it felt a little forced but I can appreciate it

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Also, don't knock the Mayor. He's a Texan and played D-Day in Animal House. That goes a long way.

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Wow, I didn't recognize him as D-Day, although I would have had I bothered to look at the credits and seen his name (McGill).

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Also the sheriff in My Cousin Vinny

Really good series so far. I've definitely recommended it to friends.

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My wife and I stayed up Friday until after midnight bingeing the full season. I kept asking her if she wanted to continue or watch something else, later asking if she had enough for one day but she was hooked and wanted to go on and see what happened. We both really enjoyed it. Stayed pretty true to the book with a few minor differences. I am now re-reading the book.

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Well, she obviously noticed his assets but didn't fess up to that being the reason. And she's not shy about expressing her views in that area. But after 45 years of marriage, I am pretty secure in my current state of physicality by comparison.

Haven't watched the show and just skimming for reactions. I've gotten pretty good at filtering out spoiler white noise without spoiler tags.

Show threads are fair game for any and all spoilers. It's on you if you are on here without finishing the show.

Finished it last night. Not a book reader (yet), so I can't comment on its accuracy to the books, but I was thoroughly entertained.

If the God-awful WOT series can get renewed (apparently out to season 3), then this show sure as hell better get renewed that far, at least.

I really like the Reacher books and I am glad to see one of them come to life in the Amazon series.

The series was good and my wife and I enjoyed it. She has not read any of the books.

We also both enjoyed the "Bosch " series on Amazon. Bosch is based on a book series. What they did differently on Bosch in comparison to Reacher is that each season of Bosch was based on a combination of 2-3 books in the series. Whereas this season of Reacher was based on just the first book of the series.

The Reacher season seemed like they were dragging the story out. I think Bosch was able to keep a faster pace with more action and plot development per episode over Reacher because they could pull the storyline from 2-3 books.

I wonder if Reacher season 2 will be based on just one book?

Excited there will be a season 2.

Link below has all the books with synopses (mentions a few things that are slightly more spoilery than what's on the book jacket, so beware). Wonder which one will be next.

I haven't kept up with the last few releases. I always listened to them and it's just not the same with the new narrator. Dick Hill was so good. Guess I could actually read them.

https://www.lovejackreacher.com/jack-reacher-book-summaries/

As someone who has read the books, does reading them add to the series? Thinking of buying the second book in the series to get a start on season 2 (assuming season 2 is based on the second book, no guarantee there).

I'm only three episodes in right now but so far I think it's been an enhancement.

I've enjoyed seeing how they've adapted it to account for it taking place about 30 years later than the book was set and the tweaks to some of the characters.

Re: the books, I love the Reacher series like I love Taco Bell. Like all of these series they're pretty formulaic but I think Lee Child does a good job of mixing things up to keep it interesting. Some are in first person, some are in third person, some he's a total lone wolf, some he's working with a partner, some have romantic interests, others don't.

I doubt you don't know what you're getting into, and if you can't suspend disbelief then you wouldn't be interested at all. But even so, there are a handful of moments in the series that'll make you roll your eyes. I think Reacher is a great character and if you like him then all the books are pretty fun even though some are better than others.

The second one wasn't one of my favorites -- personally I think it's unlikely it'll be the next season. Sometimes the books will make casual references to others in the series but for the most part they all can stand alone.