Comments on: Paramount in talks to reboot Jack Ryan franchise http://slyoyster.com/movies/2008/paramount-in-talks-to-reboot-jack-ryan-franchise/ Culture, entertainment, liberal arts and shenanigans Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dale http://slyoyster.com/movies/2008/paramount-in-talks-to-reboot-jack-ryan-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-9415 Dale Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:22:02 +0000 http://slyoyster.com/moviestv/2008/paramount-in-talks-to-reboot-jack-ryan-franchise/#comment-9415 Something I read regarding this movie made me wonder if it isn't an adaptation of Without Remorse, which is not about Jack Ryan at all (though he does have a small cameo), but John Clark, Clancy's gruffer, rougher, paramilitary snake eater type. I've read all the Clancy books, and for my money WR sits at the top of the pile right beside The Cardinal of the Kremlin. I guess it could be an original Ryan tale; Clancy hasn't written a novel since '03's Teeth of the Tiger, and he has to have been up to something. Something I read regarding this movie made me wonder if it isn’t an adaptation of Without Remorse, which is not about Jack Ryan at all (though he does have a small cameo), but John Clark, Clancy’s gruffer, rougher, paramilitary snake eater type. I’ve read all the Clancy books, and for my money WR sits at the top of the pile right beside The Cardinal of the Kremlin.

I guess it could be an original Ryan tale; Clancy hasn’t written a novel since ’03’s Teeth of the Tiger, and he has to have been up to something.

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