Lee Child: Killing Floor

[Ell]

Reacher's size and appearence is very much the point in the novels.
To cast Cruise in the part was just plain silly.

I agree. In the books, Reacher's physical appearance is often pivotal in how other characters respond/react to him. Do they back down and run? Do they get all macho and escalate a confrontation? Do they dismiss him as a thug? These all have to do with his physical appearance. Not a small point.

I would have been fine with the Tom Cruise movie if he wasn't supposed to be playing Reacher.

 

[Roxbrough]

In reality a good big one beats a good smaller one every single time.
I am six feet one and do weight training, but have not practised C&R for some time and would not trust myself in a three man unlock any more.
I could put Cruise down with one hand tied behind my back though.
It was the biggest piece of miscasting since Jimmy Steward was the pilot in Flight of the Phoenix.

 

[Roxbrough]

I agree. In the books, Reacher's physical appearance is often pivotal in how other characters respond/react to him. Do they back down and run? Do they get all macho and escalate a confrontation? Do they dismiss him as a thug? These all have to do with his physical appearance. Not a small point.

I would have been fine with the Tom Cruise movie if he wasn't supposed to be playing Reacher.

He would make a superb Virgil Tracy!!!!

 

[Ell]

He would make a superb Virgil Tracy!!!!

You're right -- an uncanny resemblance!

 

[Răspunsul]

Once you've read one, you've read them all.

 

[Roxbrough]

Once you've read one, you've read them all.

That is a speed reading technique, of which, I am unfamiliar.
Repetition does not equate to poor quality anyway.
Paul McCartney has written many songs, but they are all worth listening to and the quality never dips.