Quote of the Day, Vanity Fair Has Sold Me On Jack Ryan edition.

As God is my witness, I wasn’t sure if I was going to watch Jack Ryan.  But Vanity Fair made the case for it.  Straight up:

[Jack Ryan] is a propulsive, enthusiastic, confident action-thriller that makes a glossy, gooey narrative of American generosity and valor. It lauds Jack Ryan—a true American hero who unfailingly escalates every situation and lacks even basic collaborative skills—while neglecting to even attempt to challenge the narrative of noble American involvement and intervention abroad. Both its protagonist and its plot are based on the foundational, unquestioned notion that American-military might—the best-funded killing infrastructure in human history—is helping to save the world.

…Well, damn, Amazon Prime.  Why didn’t you just say so?  Go talk to your PR people again; they’re not doing their jobs.

Moe Lane

PS: Yeah, I know that was supposed to be read as being horrifying.  …And?

7 thoughts on “Quote of the Day, Vanity Fair Has Sold Me On Jack Ryan edition.”

  2. Oh, it absolutely *is* horrifying.
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    The trouble is, the itty bitty minds over at Vanity Fair have sufficiently little imaginations .. and have likely never been exposed to Robert A. Heinlein, let alone his quote
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    “Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
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    This is known as ‘bad luck.’ ” — Heinlein
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    So .. yeah, horrifying it is .. but the alternate is **significantly worse**.
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    Mew

    1. Having now checked it out .. it’s pretty well done.
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      My minor complaint is that, rather than set it all in the ’80s or ’90s, they’re trying to set it post-2015 .. and trying to do so without bending the Jack Ryan character arc into something unrecognizable.
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      “Jim from The Office” works surprisingly well in the role.
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      My major complaint, echoing bensdad00, is that I can’t find a way to get Moe a money out of the deal.
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      Mew

      1. Never desired to watch the office, but recently watched A Quiet Place, enjoyed it, and was surprised that the lead was from there.

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