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Right? Tom Cruise is a midget
I read an article a month or so about this Reacher series coming to Amazon as a new show. If you go back to when Cruise was chosen to play Reacher, the author of the book Lee Child was gushing how perfect Cruise was to play the role of Reacher. Many of the Reacher fans, myself included said he was too short. Reacher's size in the books is always made a factor. His six-foot-five height and his weight of 250 lbs makes him look intimidating. The book makes a point how Reacher has a difficult time hitchhiking because of his appearance. Most people are afraid of him.

Cruise did not bring that to the screen. There's nothing in his looks that makes him look intimidating. The actor Alan Ritchson who will be playing Reacher is six-foot-two and weighs in at 200 lbs. He's a little smaller than Reacher in the books, but he does look intimidating, which is something Cruise couldn't pull off. What made Cruise successful in the two movies was the action.

BTW Lee Child no longer writes the books. He retired and turned writing the series over to his brother. He has one out, but I haven't read it yet.
 
I watched the entire season today. It was pretty darn good.
Well that sounds like a productive day...


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I had nose hairs to trim. Besides, anyone other than Grey Colson would be a disappointment.
 
I finished it yesterday. I enjoyed it as well. The dude playing Reacher is one large man.
 
I've read more than half the Reacher books. I'm reading another now. There are a few that bring out some of Reacher's social and political views. He's a liberal.
 
 
Well crap. I've read a few of them, but now the whole series is tainted.
I think Lee Childs puts some of his own liberal beliefs into Reacher. In reality, I don't see how a guy like Reacher would be a liberal. I would think by the way he lives and how has a strong sense of justice; he would be more inclined to be a Libertarian.
 
I think Lee Childs puts some of his own liberal beliefs into Reacher. In reality, I don't see how a guy like Reacher would be a liberal. I would think by the way he lives and how has a strong sense of justice; he would be more inclined to be a Libertarian.
I haven't see it or read the books.

From the interview I watched, I was thinking, "Wow a strong male role model on TV... hard to believe."
 
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