Posted on 11/05/2019 10:12:16 AM PST by rktman
Amazon's Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, is back with a second season of the spy thriller. I loved the first season, full of action and patriotic pro-American fun. They got a little more political in this season and, Hollywood being Hollywood, they get it all wrong.
This season is centered on Venezuela, where a far right-wing nationalist is in power, and he is to blame for the horrible poverty currently plaguing the country. I'm not an expert on Venezuela, but I feel confident that right-wing policies aren't at the root of their problems. Socialism has destroyed what should be one of the wealthiest countries in the world. There's no food, no medicine, and inflation is so bad that their currency is essentially worthless.
In the first episode, "Cargo," Jack introduces the two Venezuelan presidential candidates to a class at the CIA. Americans are rooting for the current president's opponent in the upcoming elections - a young woman running on a "social justice" platform. Or, as Jack puts it, "Just not being an asshole."
Despite this, it's still a fun, action-packed show, and the Americans are still the good guys. It's entertaining to watch, if you can forget that they have the whole Venezuela thing backwards.
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Watched it. It was pretty weak. And, of course, they couldn’t have the evil tyrant be a leftist like reality. Wouldn’t want anyone in the audience to start questioning the cause.
Gee can TV writers really be that obtuse? And correct me if I am wrong didn’t we remove Noriega in Panama only for Panama to then nationalize its banks - other words embrace socialism?
I just finished season 2. I thought it was ok.
The thing with Greer being a Muslim was just no point.
I look past that because I know that is just more of the PC injection, but too much of it will kill the show for me.
Totally disagree. The woman is not a bleeding heart liberal, she is a patriot for her country against a corrupt dictator.
The scene where the bad guy had the plastic bag over Ryan’s head and Ryan had his hands free and didn’t just reach up and tear the bag where his mouth was open, I found unrealistic.
Old thread (but most recent by date), found through FR search, but before I start a new one, I figured I’d just add this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4V3GaXFBY
“Jack Ryan Is Lying About Venezuela”
Pretty good take, IMO. Uploaded 01/09/2020.
I already watched it and was disappointed that his girlfriend from Season 1 wasn’t in it.
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