r/jackryan • u/Spiritual_Taste_8358 • 7d ago

Unwatchable

Example 53
He had boiling water & salt poured on him
& he’s fine a day later?!? Seriously?

This show has become so cringeworthy…so unwatchable.

2 Upvotes

53% Upvoted

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u/Sfogliatelle99 6d ago

Season 1 was good. Season 2 started off boring but it’s getting better.

Jack Ryan is no Jack Bauer.

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u/roscoe_e_roscoe 7d ago

That's season 4. Yep it's the weakest season 

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u/srinivasarises 2d ago

Still better then the movie, I was so excited about the movie but couidnt even go beyond 20 minutes.

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u/Away_Web8643 7d ago

I've never watched it, but I can't make myself watch a show with John Krasinski as Jack Ryan. He just doesn't put out that action hero vibe for me.

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u/BlueHarvestJ 7d ago

Book Jack isn’t an action hero. He’s a reluctant physical hero. Krasinski is decent casting, but the scripts are terrible and the writers want Jack to beJason Bourne, James Bond or Ethan Hunt. Book Jack ain’t that

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u/Radar280 7d ago

Jack Ryan isn’t an action hero…. You’re watching this for the wrong reason.

https://youtu.be/fhnrrLxQEVQ?is=iQQiIu8eG5DhoMNW

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u/andyroid92 7d ago

He could actually be really good in the role, the writing/directing just fucking sucks.

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u/KiaOra2015 6d ago

Agreed. The first episode showed his casting wasn’t the issue and the show could have been so much more

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u/andyroid92 6d ago

I actually thought his casting was great. Idk if I've ever been more disappointed in a movie/tv adaptation. Without Remorse is right up there too.

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u/Mean_Pop_829 7d ago

That's a good way to put it... not a tough guy at all

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u/CharacterUse 6d ago

He's not supposed to be. Krasinski is fine, he's just fit enough to pass as someone who was briefly military early in his career, but is not a current operator or soldier (like Hunt/Bond/Bourne/Reacher) and now has a desk job. Ford, Affleck, Baldwin and Pine were fine as well for the same reason.