On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 7:48 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
I was messaged off list about this as well. If I’m misremembering I’ll correct it. But I recall segments from the books when Henry and Hawk speak of, for lack of a modern phrase, the black experience. I’m going to do some rereading thus week. If I discover I’m wrong; I’ll issue a correction (I’m not a Trump, after all). > > Anyway, congratulations on making it through an hour. I haven't had the > courage yet. > The struggle is real > > 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]> 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]> 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]> 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]. >>>>> 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7997fdd8-0d2b-404b-b496-b5e1c6a42892%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAKgmY4BoqeCOiUkb%2BQWx%3DwrPPFO%2BmjVBa8OkzTB5OZzugr4%2BqQ%40mail.gmail.com.
