Imprinting on media

[gnarlygninja]

I agree Richardson is a better physical fit, but Cruise nailed the smarts bit. I wasnt too worried about being a "HUGE" dude im more interested in the smarts and snappy line delivery (Richardson does well there too)

I've not seen the movies, but I read Killing Floor after watching the tv show and now I think Richardson's portrayal is...weird. TV Reacher comes off more neurodivergent than realistically intelligent to me (not to say a person can't be both of those things). I was pretty surprised at how different the book Rearcher's personality is, and how some of the fight scenes Reacher wins effortlessly in the show were close calls in the book. It's possible those things change, and become more like Richardson's portrayal later on, I didn't like the book enough to read any others.

 

[payn]

I've not seen the movies, but I read Killing Floor after watching the tv show and now I think Richardson's portrayal is...weird. TV Reacher comes off more neurodivergent than realistically intelligent to me (not to say a person can't be both of those things). I was pretty surprised at how different the book Rearcher's personality is, and how some of the fight scenes Reacher wins effortlessly in the show were close calls in the book. It's possible those things change, and become more like Richardson's portrayal later on, I didn't like the book enough to read any others.

Now that you point it out, yeah there is a pretty stark difference on the takes of the role. Cruise Reacher was very cat and mouse and very snappy. Richardson is a little more I got the conclusion awhile ago and i'm waiting for you to arrive vibe. The former has "smartest guy the room" vibes, while the latter feels more like "im not like average folks" vibes. I enjoy both and find it funny that the preceding film/seasons seem to get worse. YMMV.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For context I'm a whole 2" taller than Cruise. Arms like pipe cleaners. Shaved head. Grey/white Van Dyke. Only a small subset of people find me intimidating, possible because I don't emote much and have RBF, but I'm not sure that I'd call it physically intimidating. At least not in the same manner.

OTOH, I’m actually 5’7. At my peak fitness level, I was 193 lbs and kinda slabby. (My 0% body fat weight was calculated as 173lbs, more than 30lbs off the height/weight charts for my stature.) Bench: 300lbs. Leg Press: multiple 10 rep sets at 700lbs.

And apparently, there’s a face I make involuntarily when I get annoyed. I scared people. I scared friends.

I stopped a brawl at an open air music festival when the crowd parted, revealing me walking to my friends with a round of beers.

And I was mistaken for a leg breaker while playing pool in an Irish pub. I was wearing a silk shirt and a colorful marbelized vest.

I wish to point out for the record that, I’m not a trained fighter or anything of the sort. I’ve never started a fight. (I’ve finished a few.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I think they went in a good direction where Cruise wasnt intimidating physically in appearance, but once the fight starts folks quickly understood they had made an error in judgement.

There was a heavy metal bar I used to frequent in Austin that had 2 bouncers. The one you always saw was 6’ tall, over 300lbs, and had a Mohawk he’d dye various colors. His mere presence stopped a lot of fights from erupting. He also did his share of physically yeeting the unruly out of the bar, as needed. But he couldn’t handle everything. That’s when they’d call his boss.

His boss was 5’5” max, and a trained martial artist whose “business greeting” was usually a flying kick to the head, after which the other bouncer would take the formerly unruly outside and call Austin’s finest.