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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2528933" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>I've read all of them several times over, but I'm not as hyped up about the Mitch Rapp books after Vince passed away. Seems to have moved in a similar direction to how Mark Greaney moved from Jack Ryan Sr to Jack Ryan Jr after Tom Clancy passed, but retained the title character. I very much wish that Vince had been able to fill in some of the time between the <em>American Assassin/ Kill Shot</em> arc with Stan Hurley and the original <em>Transfer of Power</em> novel.</p><p></p><p>I enjoy the Jack Ryan Sr series a whole lot, <em>Red Storm Rising</em> is a great non-JR arc book that fits in well also. Clancy kept the "everyman" thread with JR Sr all the way through, IMO the character never drifted from that core personality that defined his actions so well in <em>Patriot Games.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>I do believe <em>Point of Impact</em> was the primary source material for Shooter in terms of plot, but the movie was so updated for timeframe it was hard to retain a lot of the detail from the book other than the big strokes. I enjoyed the movie a lot, seeing "Squeal like a pig!" Ned Beatty in that kind of a villain role was very entertaining.</p><p></p><p>Re the parachuting/wheelchair bit, it was a very short blurb in the middle of a very long narrative of the two groups getting ready for and starting to move trough the woods for the climatic meeting. I guess it stuck out to me because I've spent a good deal of time in that part of Arkansas and the unbelievability of it kind of pushed me out of the book's world.</p><p></p><p><strong>SPOILERS ALERT:</strong></p><p>In the book Lon Scott is the injured benchrest shooter who (in the book's conspiracy timeline) assassinated Kennedy and was setting up Swagger as the fall guy for the Archbishop assassination. He survives Swagger's assault on his house/ the coincidental mercenary ambush of Swagger and in the finale he's parachuted into Hard Bargain Valley along with a merc and a 4-wheeler. Scott sets up to take the final kill shot on Swagger when he meets with Col. Schreck to retrieve Julie Fenn, which in turn sets up Memphis to take a 1000 yard shot on Scott, thus redeeming himself for crippling his wife. The Memphis sub-plot that is entirely absent in the movie, which made the movie much cleaner but wiped out the best redemptive story line of the book.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, Stephen Hunter did a very good job layering several plot lines together and tying the whole thing to the Kennedy assassination plot and Carlos Hathcock's biography, there were just some things that were hard to get in to for me, like he must have literally never fired a 12ga shotgun in his life if he thinks you can hammer pair someone with a sawed off 1187 and slugs. It was entertaining at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2528933, member: 116181"] I've read all of them several times over, but I'm not as hyped up about the Mitch Rapp books after Vince passed away. Seems to have moved in a similar direction to how Mark Greaney moved from Jack Ryan Sr to Jack Ryan Jr after Tom Clancy passed, but retained the title character. I very much wish that Vince had been able to fill in some of the time between the [I]American Assassin/ Kill Shot[/I] arc with Stan Hurley and the original [I]Transfer of Power[/I] novel. I enjoy the Jack Ryan Sr series a whole lot, [I]Red Storm Rising[/I] is a great non-JR arc book that fits in well also. Clancy kept the "everyman" thread with JR Sr all the way through, IMO the character never drifted from that core personality that defined his actions so well in [I]Patriot Games.[/I] I do believe [I]Point of Impact[/I] was the primary source material for Shooter in terms of plot, but the movie was so updated for timeframe it was hard to retain a lot of the detail from the book other than the big strokes. I enjoyed the movie a lot, seeing "Squeal like a pig!" Ned Beatty in that kind of a villain role was very entertaining. Re the parachuting/wheelchair bit, it was a very short blurb in the middle of a very long narrative of the two groups getting ready for and starting to move trough the woods for the climatic meeting. I guess it stuck out to me because I've spent a good deal of time in that part of Arkansas and the unbelievability of it kind of pushed me out of the book's world. [B]SPOILERS ALERT:[/B] In the book Lon Scott is the injured benchrest shooter who (in the book's conspiracy timeline) assassinated Kennedy and was setting up Swagger as the fall guy for the Archbishop assassination. He survives Swagger's assault on his house/ the coincidental mercenary ambush of Swagger and in the finale he's parachuted into Hard Bargain Valley along with a merc and a 4-wheeler. Scott sets up to take the final kill shot on Swagger when he meets with Col. Schreck to retrieve Julie Fenn, which in turn sets up Memphis to take a 1000 yard shot on Scott, thus redeeming himself for crippling his wife. The Memphis sub-plot that is entirely absent in the movie, which made the movie much cleaner but wiped out the best redemptive story line of the book. Don't get me wrong, Stephen Hunter did a very good job layering several plot lines together and tying the whole thing to the Kennedy assassination plot and Carlos Hathcock's biography, there were just some things that were hard to get in to for me, like he must have literally never fired a 12ga shotgun in his life if he thinks you can hammer pair someone with a sawed off 1187 and slugs. It was entertaining at least. [/QUOTE]
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