Jack Ryan in the movies- any fans here?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 18:56
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Don't get me started on the "Ryanverse"
Before Firefly, I was heavily into Tom Clancy's work.
AS for the books that could be made in today's climate.
"Rainbow Six"
"Without Remorse"
"Cardinal of the Kremlin"
"Red Rabbit"
"Bear and the Dragon"
Out of the Ryanverse, I'd Say SSN would be a good movie as well as an expanded version of any of the short stories he wrote to go with his military series.
Brian
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Before that lame Jack Bauer, Jack Ryan was OUR James Bond!
Jason Bourne is OUR James Bond! He would wipe out Bauer, Bond and Ryan before they even knew he was targeting them!
I liked Alex and Harrison in the role, but Ben Affleck was a horrible Jack Ryan.
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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Rainbox Six would just be a fun movie to watch. Especially with so many rabid anti-human groups about.
Age Liev Schrieber and call in Ray Cruz to continue as Ding Chavez. Rare is it for Hollywierd to get the characters right. THose two really knocked it out as Clark and Chavez.
Schrieber is the right age to play Clark in Without Remorse.
If I only had the money...
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Quote:Bourne is badass, but he is not of the body.
Originally posted by MacBaker:
Jason Bourne is OUR James Bond! He would wipe out Bauer, Bond and Ryan before they even knew he was targeting them!
Bond & Ryan work within the system.
Still waiting for a less tongue-in-cheek version of Derek Flint myself.
The covert Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Bourne is badass, but he is not of the body.
Originally posted by MacBaker:
Jason Bourne is OUR James Bond! He would wipe out Bauer, Bond and Ryan before they even knew he was targeting them!
Bond & Ryan work within the system.
Still waiting for a less tongue-in-cheek version of Derek Flint myself.
The covert Chrisisall
Bourne was within the system, until the system was corrupted and decided to take him out, and then tried to do so. Bond is not that much different, except that he works outside the system sometimes, and then within the system when it is convenient. Much of Bond's outside the system is apparently just to peeve his bosses, or Q.
Bourne is our Bond, and eats Bond for lunch. Bourne and Bond are Agents. Ryan is not an Agent, but an Analyst.
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Yeah the Ryan movies are great and whilst they are all good I think Ford wins out (but he did get more of a go at it).
Patiot Games is the best of the bunch, then Red October, Clear And Present then Sum Of All Fears.
My favourite character is the one the great James Earl Jones plays, especially the bit when he shows his ID, stops the button being pressed and says he was never here.
Put Ryan, Bourne, Bond and Flint together and no-one would dare to do anything. That would be a formidable team. As to whether they'd be able to work together.....
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Quote:*Thinks*
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Bourne and Bond are Agents. Ryan is not an Agent, but an Analyst.
Ryan and Bond have their memories intact, Bourne does not.
The differentiating Chrisisall
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Quote:'Tis my favourite, but I can't really say it's better than HFRO or CAPD...
Originally posted by lwaves:
Patiot Games is the best of the bunch
The just different Chrisisall
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Jack Ryan is America’s James Bond? That’s a little sad, but okay. Yeah, I like Jack Ryan, but there’s too much drama and too much politics. James Bond was a covert British assassin. Jack Ryan is a CIA analyst. That’s just kind of a sad comparison. I like all the Jack Ryan movies, but I’m never thought of him as America’s James Bond.
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Quote:Actually, it's a comparison purely because of the movies where Ford gets to kick ass, he doesn't have a license to kill or anything.
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
never thought of him as America’s James Bond.
The realistically Chrisisall
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