Thanks Kevin. I am getting old and too many great books / stories have passed through my hands. Star Ship Troopers was another good read but the movie screwed it up big time.
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Thanks Kevin. I am getting old and too many great books / stories have passed through my hands. Star Ship Troopers was another good read but the movie screwed it up big time.
I agree with you on both points.
I always go to the movies when a favorite book gets made into one, and usually find myself disappointed.
I find this to be particularly true of movies made from Stephen King's books.
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What Tom Cruise did to Jack Reacher was a crime! LOL I can't believe James Grant (Lee Child) let him play Reacher. Even the name "Reacher" is a reference to his height. My daughter is taller than Tom Cruise, LOL.
He finally came to his senses...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2...-jack-reacher-franchise-short-says-lee-child/
"I really enjoyed working with Cruise. He's a really, really nice guy. We had a lot of fun," Child said. "But ultimately the readers are right. The size of Reacher is really, really important and it's a big component of who he is.
"The idea is that when Reacher walks into a room, you're all a little nervous just for that first minute," he continued. "And Cruise, for all his talent, didn't have that physicality. So what I've decided to do is – there won't be any more movies with Tom Cruise. Instead we're going to take it to Netflix or something like that. Long form streaming television, with a completely new actor.
"And I want all those readers who were upset about Tom Cruise to help me out – participate in choosing the right actor for the TV series. We're rebooting and starting over and we're going to try and find the perfect guy."
"The idea is that when Reacher walks into a room, you're all a little nervous just for that first minute," he continued. "And Cruise, for all his talent, didn't have that physicality. So what I've decided to do is – there won't be any more movies with Tom Cruise. Instead we're going to take it to Netflix or something like that. Long form streaming television, with a completely new actor.
"And I want all those readers who were upset about Tom Cruise to help me out – participate in choosing the right actor for the TV series. We're rebooting and starting over and we're going to try and find the perfect guy."
