02-11-2021, 11:11 AM
I really like Whisky Cavalier and was sad to see it dropped.
They tried to shop it with no success and I was sad again.
True Lies was fun, but it sort of fizzles out starting when Jamie learns Arnold's secret.
From there on it become far to simplistic and pat.
It's still ok, but a stronger finish would have made it a great movie.
I hope the TV show is OK.
Very often a TV version of a movie, or a reboot of an old series changes so many things or enough to lack the essence of the original, that it's just not worth my time.
The goes beyond a simple gender/race change.
I prefer that not done so as to be as close to the original version that I liked.
But when the reboot or TV adaptation bears little to no resemblance beyond the name, then I feel ripped off.
Watching The Equalizer, there were some weak points that I didn't care for, and predictably, the motorcycle bit was one.
But the fight stuff was better than I expected.
And I like the reality of once a bad guy was put down, hard, he/they didn't get back up.
If Latifah gets her stride, then I'll be watching regularly, as it does have some of the Robert McCall feel.
The one big trope that bugs me in this show the Super Computer-Guy Nerd.
Able to hack into corporation computers with a single key-stroke, no crime gets solved without one.
I like seeing Christopher Noth working.
They tried to shop it with no success and I was sad again.
True Lies was fun, but it sort of fizzles out starting when Jamie learns Arnold's secret.
From there on it become far to simplistic and pat.
It's still ok, but a stronger finish would have made it a great movie.
I hope the TV show is OK.
Very often a TV version of a movie, or a reboot of an old series changes so many things or enough to lack the essence of the original, that it's just not worth my time.
The goes beyond a simple gender/race change.
I prefer that not done so as to be as close to the original version that I liked.
But when the reboot or TV adaptation bears little to no resemblance beyond the name, then I feel ripped off.
Watching The Equalizer, there were some weak points that I didn't care for, and predictably, the motorcycle bit was one.
But the fight stuff was better than I expected.
And I like the reality of once a bad guy was put down, hard, he/they didn't get back up.
If Latifah gets her stride, then I'll be watching regularly, as it does have some of the Robert McCall feel.
The one big trope that bugs me in this show the Super Computer-Guy Nerd.
Able to hack into corporation computers with a single key-stroke, no crime gets solved without one.
I like seeing Christopher Noth working.