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Favorite Tom Clancy movie
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The Hunt for Red October
That scene is so cringey.BearsWiin said:
Did the walk through USNA and surrounding Annapolis neighborhood a few months after seeing Patriot Games (witnessed a Naval wedding with raised sabers, which was pretty cool). Patriot Games did have a young Polly Walker, which is good, but it also had Anne Archer doing her wifey "Just get him, Jack!" bullshit. If I were Tom Clancy, I'd have cried, toosection8 said:Red October is the best of the books IMO but Patriot Games the movie was pretty solid.
Clear and Present Danger had such good potential as a movie, good source material and just fell flat. -
BearsWiin said:
Did the walk through USNA and surrounding Annapolis neighborhood a few months after seeing Patriot Games (witnessed a Naval wedding with raised sabers, which was pretty cool). Patriot Games did have a young Polly Walker, which is good, but it also had Anne Archer doing her wifey "Just get him, Jack!" bullshit. If I were Tom Clancy, I'd have cried, toosection8 said:Red October is the best of the books IMO but Patriot Games the movie was pretty solid.
Clear and Present Danger had such good potential as a movie, good source material and just fell flat.
Wood absolutely savage Anne Archer circa '95.
Wood probably still savage Anne Archer circa '18 but the refractory period would be longer.
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Hunt for Red October is great. Taut thriller. Put yourself in the position of reading it in 1984/5, when the Sovs were still scary, intel was hard to come by, how the fuck did this guy know all this shit? Insurance salesman? Bring him in, find out what he knows. Favorite bit is when the A-10s light up the Kirov.YellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
Skip Red Storm Rising, it's a write-up of a wargame. Fine if you're into that, but outside the Jack Ryan world.
I'd read Cardinal of the Kremlin next, even though Patriot Games came out before. Either/or here. Then Clear and Present Danger. You can probably stop there. The rest got increasingly bloated and preachy. I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so much (the only other book I've thrown across the room upon completion was Clan of the Cave Bear). -
Oh, most definitely.PurpleThrobber said:BearsWiin said:
Did the walk through USNA and surrounding Annapolis neighborhood a few months after seeing Patriot Games (witnessed a Naval wedding with raised sabers, which was pretty cool). Patriot Games did have a young Polly Walker, which is good, but it also had Anne Archer doing her wifey "Just get him, Jack!" bullshit. If I were Tom Clancy, I'd have cried, toosection8 said:Red October is the best of the books IMO but Patriot Games the movie was pretty solid.
Clear and Present Danger had such good potential as a movie, good source material and just fell flat.
Wood absolutely savage Anne Archer circa '95.
Wood probably still savage Anne Archer circa '18 but the refractory period would be longer.
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The Hunt for Red October
I remember having a similar reaction at the time (I think that book came out in the mid 90s) - and then 9/11 happened. Clancy got a lot of FREE PUB! in the ensuing weeks.BearsWiin said:
I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so muchYellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
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She has a decent collection of nudes. The Man in the Attic has a nice fuck on the couch scene.BearsWiin said:
Oh, most definitely.PurpleThrobber said:BearsWiin said:
Did the walk through USNA and surrounding Annapolis neighborhood a few months after seeing Patriot Games (witnessed a Naval wedding with raised sabers, which was pretty cool). Patriot Games did have a young Polly Walker, which is good, but it also had Anne Archer doing her wifey "Just get him, Jack!" bullshit. If I were Tom Clancy, I'd have cried, toosection8 said:Red October is the best of the books IMO but Patriot Games the movie was pretty solid.
Clear and Present Danger had such good potential as a movie, good source material and just fell flat.
Wood absolutely savage Anne Archer circa '95.
Wood probably still savage Anne Archer circa '18 but the refractory period would be longer.
The sex scene with now-gay Doogie Howser is sorta odd. Amiright @AsiaArgentoDawg?
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The Hunt for Red October
What did you think of Without Remorse?BearsWiin said:
Hunt for Red October is great. Taut thriller. Put yourself in the position of reading it in 1984/5, when the Sovs were still scary, intel was hard to come by, how the fuck did this guy know all this shit? Insurance salesman? Bring him in, find out what he knows. Favorite bit is when the A-10s light up the Kirov.YellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
Skip Red Storm Rising, it's a write-up of a wargame. Fine if you're into that, but outside the Jack Ryan world.
I'd read Cardinal of the Kremlin next, even though Patriot Games came out before. Either/or here. Then Clear and Present Danger. You can probably stop there. The rest got increasingly bloated and preachy. I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so much (the only other book I've thrown across the room upon completion was Clan of the Cave Bear). -
The Hunt for Red October
Not Boors, but I dug it.ThomasFremont said:
What did you think of Without Remorse?BearsWiin said:
Hunt for Red October is great. Taut thriller. Put yourself in the position of reading it in 1984/5, when the Sovs were still scary, intel was hard to come by, how the fuck did this guy know all this shit? Insurance salesman? Bring him in, find out what he knows. Favorite bit is when the A-10s light up the Kirov.YellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
Skip Red Storm Rising, it's a write-up of a wargame. Fine if you're into that, but outside the Jack Ryan world.
I'd read Cardinal of the Kremlin next, even though Patriot Games came out before. Either/or here. Then Clear and Present Danger. You can probably stop there. The rest got increasingly bloated and preachy. I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so much (the only other book I've thrown across the room upon completion was Clan of the Cave Bear). -
The Hunt for Red October
Same. Clark is one of the best characters.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Not Boors, but I dug it.ThomasFremont said:
What did you think of Without Remorse?BearsWiin said:
Hunt for Red October is great. Taut thriller. Put yourself in the position of reading it in 1984/5, when the Sovs were still scary, intel was hard to come by, how the fuck did this guy know all this shit? Insurance salesman? Bring him in, find out what he knows. Favorite bit is when the A-10s light up the Kirov.YellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
Skip Red Storm Rising, it's a write-up of a wargame. Fine if you're into that, but outside the Jack Ryan world.
I'd read Cardinal of the Kremlin next, even though Patriot Games came out before. Either/or here. Then Clear and Present Danger. You can probably stop there. The rest got increasingly bloated and preachy. I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so much (the only other book I've thrown across the room upon completion was Clan of the Cave Bear). -
The Hunt for Red October
That book still makes me want to get a lathe. And an island.ThomasFremont said:
Same. Clark is one of the best characters.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Not Boors, but I dug it.ThomasFremont said:
What did you think of Without Remorse?BearsWiin said:
Hunt for Red October is great. Taut thriller. Put yourself in the position of reading it in 1984/5, when the Sovs were still scary, intel was hard to come by, how the fuck did this guy know all this shit? Insurance salesman? Bring him in, find out what he knows. Favorite bit is when the A-10s light up the Kirov.YellowSnow said:Ok, so I've never read a Tom Clancy novel before. I've always been mostly a non-fiction dude. What should I read first? Is Red October the place to start?
Skip Red Storm Rising, it's a write-up of a wargame. Fine if you're into that, but outside the Jack Ryan world.
I'd read Cardinal of the Kremlin next, even though Patriot Games came out before. Either/or here. Then Clear and Present Danger. You can probably stop there. The rest got increasingly bloated and preachy. I was in DC working three blocks from the WH when I read Debt of Honor, and I recall throwing the book across the room when I finished it, the ending pissed me off so much (the only other book I've thrown across the room upon completion was Clan of the Cave Bear).
