Reviews

A Clear and Present Danger with the Cardinal of the Kremlin trying to prevent the Sum of all Fears

Overall - season 3 has been the best so far with elements of actual Tom Clancy plots to drive the story.

The writers have finally capture the intrigue and suspense that is synonymous with Jack Ryan lore unfortunately they fail to prevent the simplest of errors from occurring such as a CIA station chief calling a Navy Admiral "General".

Perhaps this is only one minor mistake but one that Tom Clancy would not have made.

Look forward to the conclusion of the season and to better attention to detail next season.

Just rewatched - probably first time in 30 years. Still enjoy it and it ranks high in movies that follow the common trope of class differentiation. For the period and place this movie takes place (late 70's Indiana), it touches on the conflict between working class and the college elites in a community whose national identity is associated with the college but local pride is with the quarry. Generally these two worlds stay separate but they intersect on something accessible by both - cycling. Many seem to think this is a movie about bike riding but cycling is not nearly as highlighted as it is in Tesich's other film "American Flyers".

This is a great coming of age story about realizing your destiny is yours to create. It a great story with cycling as the backdrop.

American Flyers is another movie to see - it's the opposite in my opinion - a movie with great cycling scenes that contains a story as a backdrop.

Great episode with an interesting twist in the timeline. The only real question is why is it that 10 years in the future that no one has aged - at all?

A few wrinkles and some graying hair would not have been that hard for the makeup team.

One of the best episodes in the series and confirms that Denise Crosby should never have left the show. I am sure she realized that by guest starring in this story.

At the same time it provides a great series plot point for future story arcs and of course amazing canon for the entire franchise.

Yes - these are weird people. But they are characters in a story yet to be unfolded. We know something happens that results in Marty seeking some type of revenge nearly 30 years later. I look forward to learning what happens while I enjoy two of my favorite comedic actors perform.

Danar's story seems to follow a similar arc of Rambo in First Blood albeit without all the death and destruction.

After not being welcomed back to society, a former soldier relies on his military training and reflexes to survive in a world where they feel unwelcome.

As a retired Naval Officer, I am easily drawn to Navy themed films. I have always been a fan of In Harms Way and John Wayne's portrayal of a senior Naval Officer given second chances. This movie is like Wayne's later film in that it depicts the reality of war and the risks associated with being in harms way - that the heroes are flawed and do make mistakes.

It was interesting to see John Wayne's Rusty and notice the similarities to his later role as Rock in In Harms Way.

Though John Ford had the experience of filming the actual war as a Public Affairs Officer in the Navy, the real credit for this movie's realism goes to Robert Montgomery. He brought his actual experience as a PT Boat skipper to the role - despite his movie demotion from being the actual rank of Commander in the USNR back to a Lieutenant for this role. And you can tell by his performance that he must have been a hell of a skipper.

This is a fine film that shows a part of the Navy that perhaps was not as glamorous as that of Aircraft Carriers & Battleships or as clandestine as Submarines and Frogman (precursor to Seals), but was a critical part of our war effort in WW 2.

I have to agree that this episode was not one of the best and perhaps deserves many of the negative critiques it received. What I don't understand is the various trivia notes discussing disappointment about the blatant racism in the episode.

Though the episode does involve African Americans representing an alien culture with primitive undertones. But what specifically was racist in this episode?