Man, the first 5+ seasons of Game of Thrones was just perfect. Then it wasn't.

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Hell, I used to read the Mack Bolan books all the time years ago. I'm surprised someone hasn't picked up on those for screen time.

I was curious if this was just them following the novel, so I looked up a plot summary. And no, the novel made more sense.

It's weird, I don't know why they would change it to something that makes less sense. Maybe they felt like they needed to add a bigger action scene for the ending, but I think it would have been better to beef up the confrontation with the arms dealer instead. Especially since that ended up being so anticlimactic. Which is another thing, the setup of that guy was pretty pointless. Like they spend this time setting up his resourcefulness and ruthlessness and in the end all he does is walk in and get shot.

That is just about exactly the genre of the Reacher books.

Which is why the poor writing and god mode stuff doesn't bother me at all.

I love the Reacher series. Just finished up the season the other day. Yeah, it's not great writing, but it is satisfying to see him (and his team) take out the bad guys. It's kind of like the 80s action hero movies. Yeah, they were lame and the writing wasn't great. But who didn't enjoy Rambo going all.....well.....Rambo?

its a decently fun series, but the books are so much better.

Yeah - that ending fell apart.

But I enjoyed watching Dixon jiggle as she dangled from the helicopter...

It was like LOTR Return of the King with it never ending.

The ending to Season 2 was just god awful. The writers were just horrible.

The books just got so repetitive. I think I read the first 4 (maybe 5) and the stories just get stale.

Maybe it's because I was reading them back to back. If I swapped to something else, then back to a Reacher book, maybe they wouldn't get to feeling so tedious.

But it was kinda like trying to binge watch Letterkenny. I love that show in small doses but if you watch three episodes in a row, you really do need a palate cleanser.

Season 3 teaser is out

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First season kicked ass... the second season was bad. I hope they get back on track.

I'm not sure I'd go so far as bad, but it wasn't great.

Dudes still got their asses beat. And that's always a good time.

Second season was a couple levels less than first season. BUT season 2 gave us Serinda Swan playing Karla Dixon. So, it's a wash.

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I’m currently in the middle of the most recent book, In Too Deep. I don’t recall the Persuader.

I enjoyed season one, not sure what happened in season two however after a few episodes, I basically forgot that it was there.

I finished it but man, it was kind of hard watching the last few episodes for sure.

I'll be happy if it's even a little better than season 2. Season 2 was a bit of a disappointment.

Season 2{s book wasn’t great either.

Guess I am the odd man on this....I actually enjoyed the 2nd season, although I agree nowhere near as good as the first.

I feel like season 2 missed a lot of the Reacher’s dry humor. And as someone said before the season didn’t go into his thought process. I was annoyed by the constant, “you don’t mess with the special investigators.”

Season 2 lacked all the subtlety that the first one had. They hit you over the head with the plot twists before they happened. The first season’s book was also much better than the second season’s. Any idea what book season 3 used?

He needs to be wrong at least once.

Another season of Jack Reacher: Omniscient God Figure would just annoy the hell out of me.

Because in the books, occasionally he just has a hunch that misfires. He gets on track (obviously) but he doesn't have the right answer every single time.

The story was mediocre but most critically, the storytelling was bad. The way they got to everything was just so frustratingly telegraphed. There wasn't a true 'twist' in there that wasn't given away at least an episode prior.

I remember something about guessing someones password. I just had to roll my eyes.

Persuader, the 7th book in the series.

This happens in the latest book, and the author calls out his ability to guess passwords. The newer books are written by the original author’s brother and aren’t nearly as good.

Yeah - turning these series over to family is just...lazy.

Am I really supposed to believe that, coincidentally, Frank Herbert's son is the guy with the talent and best perspective to continue the Dune series and give it its best possible treatment?

Meanwhile folks tend to cite the 'handoff' from Robert Jordan to Brandon Sanderson as being particularly well done.

The fact that Lee Child's brother just HAPPENS to be the guy that takes over the series tells me that he never really intended to put it in the best possible hands. He just handed it to his family and said "aight, I'm bored of this - do with it what you will..."

Kevin J. Anderson most likely actually wrote all those new Dune books despite Brian's name also being attached to them. Kevin's not a bad writer.

I read an interview with Lee Child and he almost killed Reacher off. After reading his brother’s interpretation of the character, that may not have been bad.

It's been awhile since I watched it, but I was in the same boat. Thought it was decent, just not as good as the first season. Looking forward to season 3.

Yeah, I've given my thoughts on the Anderson/Herbert collaborations in the various Dune threads.

Just am not a fan.

They're strict sci-fi. Very ordinary.

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The trailer may have more one liners than the whole second season.

**** it, I'm in.

I don't know, it doesn't quite seem "over the top" enough....

Pros: Trailer uses Wayward Son.
Cons: Just nowhere NEAR as hot as Dixon.

I guess I'll give it a shot.

Pretty sure Dixon is only in one book.

How can you tell?

They're all the same book.

(But yeah, there's very very very little overlap for secondary characters. I can't think of any in the 4-5 of them that I've read)

Jack Reacher was good, and I’m excited for season 3. But when are we getting a Terminal List season 2?? We’re going to have 3 seasons of Reacher before even a trailer for TL

"early 2025"

Apparently the second season wrapped filming two months ago.

https://uproxx.com/tv/the-terminal-l...eptember-2024/

In.

I mean it was obviously ripe for a sequel. And Kitsch, against all odds, has become a REALLY entertaining actor especially in these action movies so I'm excited for a possible prequel movie centered around him as well.

In.

Serinda Swan is bad as hell. Going to be tough to top her for hot.

Season 3 drops tomorrow

Thanks for the reminder!

We just finished bingeing seasons 1 and 2. The show is ridiculous...but lots of fun. Looking forward!

Yes, it is, but it's addictive.

Season 1 was a couple of clicks better than season 2, but that's not anywhere near enough to run me off for season 3.

Oh I'm all the way in on it. It's mindless action entertainment. Shows like that are needed sometimes!

One episode in...digging it so far.

Although the Boston accent is a BIT much

Just finished the first two episodes. Definitely a major improvement over last season.

I almost started this new season tonight. I told the wife we should watch it, she says we never watched season 2. We did, but the only thing I remember about it was that it wasn't that great. Hope this new season is better because I'm sick of watching shows that I can't even remember if I watched or not.

The Boston accent is horrible, but the show is back to season 1 form so far.

I'm all in. I could use more of Reacher destroying bitches, but I'm enjoying it.

Yeah, this season seems to be back on track.

Maybe just not being more of an ensemble cast is the key, IDK. But I'm digging it.

Really dumb, and really entertaining.

I forgot you don't get the whole season, so we watched the 3 available episodes...and I'm pissed! I actually want to know what gonna happen. It is much like season 1 in that regard, though season 2 was passably good, this one is better. So far anyway.

Two episodes in and I am a little underwhelmed at this point. Hopefully we start seeing Reacher destroying some fools.

I’m just glad he hasn’t figured out someone’s password in three tries. That was the bar I needed them to clear and so far they’ve far surpassed it.

That was such a roll your eyes moment for me. I think that is when I was like, this show needs some better writers.

If someone comes in here to tell me... that is how it was in the books... grrr... I don't care. The show has writers, they can adapt it to be better for TV(or streaming)... or just better in general.

Meh. Nitpick.

That "someone" was a close friend of the entire team.

If you don't have a friend whose password you can crack in 3 attempts, you probably either have no friends, or you're too self absorbed to actually know anything about your friends and retain the information.

Christ, I've had employees that I was able to figure out their password within 5 attempts before it has to be submitted to HR for reset.

Your complaint should be with the personal nature of the password the guy chose for something important, not that a couple of his best friends were able to guess it.

Really starting to ramp up now. Wish I could binge the rest. Hard just going one per week now.

Reacher is absolutely going to rail that French maid. She’s got some monster dogs hiding under that outfit.

He's gonna get her and Duffy, lol.

This season feels darker than the previous two. It's been good so far, a slow burn buildup.

I'm such a binge watch guy now I'll just wait till it's over.

Sorry, but that's absurd. Personally, I don't have friends that dumb. And for any place of employment you really shouldn't allow your employees to use simple dictionary word passwords in this day and age. Password requirements are more important than ever. Even better, enable MFA. Having a system so weak that you are able to guess employee passwords means the IT department isn't taking it seriously enough. Not to mention, unauthorized access of user accounts can get you into legal trouble in many situations.