The Day of the Jackal: TV Series
Discussion
bloomen said:
An assassin with a family has some sort of motivation to make the giant score rather than being a killing machine simply because.
But this hasn't really done a very good job of straddling both parts of his life.
Not really sure how you'd do it fully convincingly.
I agree, it doesn’t quite work but it’s reasonable viewing through the dark nights and the locations are interesting. But this hasn't really done a very good job of straddling both parts of his life.
Not really sure how you'd do it fully convincingly.
I’m always amused by some of the ‘hole in plot’ type comments that this place comes up with, especially from the ‘would be assassins’, they should get a special mention on the ‘misfits, dads army’ thread.
dave123456 said:
Misanthroper said:
It’s pretty poor with major plot holes and head scratchers, lots of silly things he does for a so called top pro assassin.
For me, I’d have gained access to the theatre as he did and put a few small explosives under a seat near the front. Then I’d have worn a suit similar to what the security team was wearing. Hang around out front, remotely set off the explosives, and join onto the security team escorting the target out in all the confusion, and assassinate him then, lot less hassle.
Strangely I’ll keep watching it thought, I’ve not got much else to watch currently and I’ve got this far…
That sort of reads like maybe you’d like to think you could have been a top pro assassin…For me, I’d have gained access to the theatre as he did and put a few small explosives under a seat near the front. Then I’d have worn a suit similar to what the security team was wearing. Hang around out front, remotely set off the explosives, and join onto the security team escorting the target out in all the confusion, and assassinate him then, lot less hassle.
Strangely I’ll keep watching it thought, I’ve not got much else to watch currently and I’ve got this far…
Misanthroper said:
dave123456 said:
Misanthroper said:
It’s pretty poor with major plot holes and head scratchers, lots of silly things he does for a so called top pro assassin.
For me, I’d have gained access to the theatre as he did and put a few small explosives under a seat near the front. Then I’d have worn a suit similar to what the security team was wearing. Hang around out front, remotely set off the explosives, and join onto the security team escorting the target out in all the confusion, and assassinate him then, lot less hassle.
Strangely I’ll keep watching it thought, I’ve not got much else to watch currently and I’ve got this far…
That sort of reads like maybe you’d like to think you could have been a top pro assassin…For me, I’d have gained access to the theatre as he did and put a few small explosives under a seat near the front. Then I’d have worn a suit similar to what the security team was wearing. Hang around out front, remotely set off the explosives, and join onto the security team escorting the target out in all the confusion, and assassinate him then, lot less hassle.
Strangely I’ll keep watching it thought, I’ve not got much else to watch currently and I’ve got this far…
Just started watching and 2 episodes in.
Is this made by the same team that made theSubmarine programme, same almighty mistakes - e.g. ep 1 you don’t crash a meeting you haven’t been invited to in those environments, if you try everyone goes quiet and you are asked to leave. Seen it happen.
Is this made by the same team that made theSubmarine programme, same almighty mistakes - e.g. ep 1 you don’t crash a meeting you haven’t been invited to in those environments, if you try everyone goes quiet and you are asked to leave. Seen it happen.
Not Ideal said:
I’m really enjoying it.
Love all the nods to the book and original movie.
The book and film were joined-up.Love all the nods to the book and original movie.
Just what a MI6 person is doing chasing around Croatia and Vienna to protect a Musk character from a person with multiple international identities is way beyond the bounds of probability.
The original it was the French DGSE who were doing the chasing because he was after the French President.
paulw123 said:
Really enjoyed Ep8 though I could see what was going to happen a mile away
Yeah, the missus suggested it too.Given that it's been trailed that a second series is on the cards, my money is on him doing the Spanish family in (let's face it the mother in law deserves it) and then disappearing again with the law after him ( hopefully he'll have also killed the wonderfully wooden MI5 agent as well but sadly I think she'll be back too)
ghost83 said:
paulw123 said:
Really enjoyed Ep8 though I could see what was going to happen a mile away
Wonder how his spotter meets his makerHis spotter was 'Ian Gallagher' who was in Shameless many years ago. Blast from the past as I havent seen the actor in anything else since.
Some thoughts..
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 29th November 11:28
the cueball said:
Was the original Jackal character "gay for pay".. or is this something else that has been shoehorned in?
Just seemed a bit abrupt to me... maybe I'm not modern enough these days..
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.Just seemed a bit abrupt to me... maybe I'm not modern enough these days..
The book has the Jackal being more outrageous, in a tight T-shirt and make-up, which makes the coppers recoil in disgust.
Lotusgone said:
the cueball said:
Was the original Jackal character "gay for pay".. or is this something else that has been shoehorned in?
Just seemed a bit abrupt to me... maybe I'm not modern enough these days..
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.Just seemed a bit abrupt to me... maybe I'm not modern enough these days..
The book has the Jackal being more outrageous, in a tight T-shirt and make-up, which makes the coppers recoil in disgust.
Tight t-shirt and make up is a bit much, one of the other surely!
Lotusgone said:
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.
It's not Anton Rogers he picks up, but David Kernan. Rogers played one of the coppers ...Gassing Station | TV, Film, Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff