Wait - Henry Cimoli is supposed to be African American? With an Italian name? Yeah, I know it's possible (Giancarlo Esposito et al.). But somehow I missed that detail in all the books I read.
Anyway, congratulations on making it through an hour. I haven't had the courage yet. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 2:14:54 AM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > My fiancée has the Netflix, and we decided to try to watch this giant > mooseturd of a movie on Sunday during dinner. I was watching it to > hate-watch it, to borrow the phrase from Dave S. My fiancée was watching it > because Mark Wahlberg and I look so much alike (that’s my story and I’m > sticking to it). We shut it off after about an hour (just as Marc Maron > made his appearance). I could not get past the way they butchered every > single aspect of the Spenser universe. Just a few examples: > > — Hawk talked... a lot > — Hawk had hair > — Spenser was the one who taught Hawk how to throw a punch > — Spenser was raised by his mother instead of by his father and uncles > — Henry, a short African American, was played by Alan Arkin > — Spenser was directionless (a truck driver?) > — Lots of BPD officers and detectives in the movie... none named Quirk or > Belson > — Everybody in Boston is a professional MMA fighter > — (ex)girlfriend not named Susan > — No narration/exposition/commentary from Spenser himself > > That last one really hurt the character... whether in the books or the TV > show, Spenser let readers/viewers in on what he was thinking and feeling as > he investigated a case. There was no sense that Wahlberg’s Spenser had any > idea what he was doing or why he was doing it, which is the antithesis of > who Spenser is. Spenser is fully formed from the moment the character was > introduced in the novels. An hour into the movie, he’s just a guy who maybe > sort of but not really wants to drive a truck. As a stand-alone movie that > had nothing to do with the Robert B. Parker novels, maybe someone > predisposed to like a mindless D-movie could find a morsel of entertainment > from this film, but for a Spenser fan, it was nauseating. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 12:22 AM Kevin M. <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> The reviews are in... it stinks! >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/spenser-confidential-1282693 >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 6:04 PM Kevin M. <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> He carved out his own Belson character traits, different from the novels >>> but still the same relationship with Spenser. Looks like just Avery Brooks >>> and the love interests remain from the cast. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 5:14 PM Diner <[email protected] <javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Speaking of Spenser... I just learned of the passing of Ron McLarty, >>>> the wonderful actor who played Sgt. Frank Belson on "Spenser: For Hire." >>>> >>>> >>>> https://turnto10.com/news/local/east-providence-actor-author-ron-mclarty-dies-at-72 >>>> >>>> He was also one of the stars of "Cop Rock," where he did this gorgeous, >>>> heartbreaking rendition of a Randy Newman song. >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg1HiMiuuQ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6c231d4b-147c-42d2-aba6-fcb70bec00d9%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6c231d4b-147c-42d2-aba6-fcb70bec00d9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7997fdd8-0d2b-404b-b496-b5e1c6a42892%40googlegroups.com.
