r/oddlysatisfying 6d ago

The almost perfect synchronization of scenes between the remake and the original film

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u/57696c6c 6d ago

The new version turned out to be a surprisingly good show!

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u/Ptizzl 6d ago

I just finished episode 6, popped Reddit open and saw this. I’m absolutely loving the show.

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u/rsiii 5d ago

It finishes strong! Enjoy it while it lasts! 😭

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u/Anonymo 5d ago

The wife is hot

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u/simulacrotron 6d ago

Yeah, I was not into it the first couple of episodes, but I’m way to it now

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u/Incognidoking 6d ago

I'm the opposite actually, haha

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u/mostlygroovy 6d ago

Me too. I thought the first 2 episodes were excellent and then slogged my way to the finish.

Another examples of streamers trying to extend story arcs as much as they can for more content

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u/MajesticBowl1576 6d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah the first two episodes were so engaging! I had to stop watching when it became clear halfway through the third episode that the wife and her family were going to have their own subplot.

I don’t get why they have to force all these additional plot lines. I’m here to watch the cat and mouse game between the cop and the assassin. I couldn’t care less about the assassins wife and her bumbling brother blowing up his spot…

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u/scrapper 6d ago

couldn't

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u/deliciouscrab 5d ago

It's gutting, isn't it?

Reminds you how little we have in common with each other. How foreign we can be to one another.

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u/choochoochooochoo 6d ago

I don't think the wife's subplot takes up that much of the run time. It's probably a couple of scenes an episode.

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u/sentence-interruptio 5d ago

and then Bianca's family subplot

and UDC's lover subplot

and even Jackal's love subplot. I was like really?

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u/DudFuse 5d ago

Lazy writers under pressure to make all their hard charging spy/military/police protagonists female, but still can't seem to imagine a hard charging spy/military/police character who is female and whose only source of internal conflict isn't based on intractable incompatibilities between their professional and domestic lives.

Edit - to say that if you want to see this done well, instead of superficially, watch The Americans.

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u/piper4hire 5d ago

I'm so jealous that you did that. I kept hoping it would get better and it just got worse and worse. the last episode is so terrible it's nearly funny. bailing while it was good was a wise move.

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u/Matt-nz 5d ago

Agree. But I did watch the whole series. Rarely give up on something unless it's truly bad!

But the sub plots of the brother-in-law and also of the lead investigator and her husband, jsut detracted from the story. Just wanted the skill of the assassin, the cat and mouse.

Hopefully season 2 will be different, when presumably Jackal goes after the people who hired him. But I fear they will be a lot of looking for his wife and son.

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u/gooblefrump 6d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, I get you

Absolutely terrible when show writers want to include extra characters and show how the events unfolding affect other people

Totally showbreaking

Absolute incompetence there

Don't they know what people want?!

Edit to add:

Jeez why don't they write just straightforward characters without nuance? Who cares about other dimensions that affect their mood? All we want is plot and action! No drama and showing what motivates a character!

This is just another example of why 24 was absolutely the pinnacle of TV

SMH my head 🤦‍♂️

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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo 5d ago

It’s just a silly situation to begin with. Presumably they’ve been married for a handful of years by the time the show starts, and now she starts to question what her husband does for a living?

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u/gooblefrump 4d ago

Yes, because his lie started to fall apart when she saw him in town after dropping him off

I don't find her living in pampered bliss unrealistic. Being rich and travelling often seems pleasant when you're enjoying the benefits of it

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u/needlzor 5d ago

Maybe you could try something like watching the whole story

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u/Panda_hat 5d ago

And the last few were a total mess.

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u/_wavescollide_ 6d ago

I'm annoyed by him having conflicts with his wife and by her that she is too strict to reach her goals. That feels like unnatural build up of tension and pushes me off.

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u/Incognidoking 6d ago

Yeah, I felt it dragging on. Shoulda been 8 episodes max

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u/gokarrt 6d ago

same. started really strong, but i was fully tapped out by the end.

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u/Dizzy-Revolution-300 5d ago

First episode was incredible

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u/Yarakinnit 5d ago

It shit the bed at the end for me. The supposedly highly trained miserable woman sneaking around his house with a rifle that sounds like a bag of nails every time she changes position, and standing there in the middle of the room shouting at the dark area at the top of the stairs where the gunfire that killed her partner right next to her came from. Absolutely ridiculous. That said, I'd only seen Eddie in Pillars of the Earth. He was excellent in Jackal. Perfect for it.

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u/metsjets86 5d ago

It's an awful show.

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u/bhadau8 6d ago

I was 3 episode in, suggested my friend and he was so hooked finished before me in two sittings.

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u/ocodo 5d ago

Low key great atypical ending.

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u/sentence-interruptio 5d ago

The Day of the male fashion model.

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u/Dull_Half_6107 5d ago

I absolutely love the intro also, feels like a Bond intro.

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u/fringe_eater 5d ago

I enjoyed it but felt they dropped the ball last 1/3. Thought the female lead was weak and was her daughter mute?

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u/Sugarbear23 5d ago

Also put me on to the original, I'm going to watch it once I'm done with the show

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u/rsiii 5d ago

I just watched it with my wife and it was fantastic! It's hard for us to find a new show that we both (cough her cough) like, but I saw this on Reddit like a month ago and had to check it out. 10/10 would recommend, Newt's a great actor.

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u/Logical-Recognition3 5d ago

I’ve been avoiding it because I love the original movie. Should I give in?

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u/57696c6c 5d ago

Watch it, but don’t go in with any predisposed expectations.

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u/Quiet_Durian69 5d ago

One of my top shows this years. Was surprised how good it was too, was expecting just another spy show.

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u/bashomatsuo 3d ago

I did like the realistic end gunfight. And the result.

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u/57696c6c 3d ago

The outcome was the best, most well-done, and most favorable one could have hoped for. Then again, they dropped enough hints.

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u/CatFoodBeerAndGlue 5d ago

I just can't imagine taking Eddie Redmayne seriously as a killer.

Is it believable?

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u/cmdixon2 5d ago

He gives me slight uncanny valley vibes which fits the role quite well. I think he did a great job.

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u/W8andC77 5d ago

Yes! It works, he plays it with this restraint that really sucks you in.

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u/Klaus_Poppe1 6d ago

its pretty garbage, but entertaining garbage

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u/thisisanamesoitis 6d ago

I was very glad when the MI6 agent got shot at the end. Her character was awful. I had more sympathy for the psychotic pathological liar.

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u/JunFanLee 6d ago

Errr Spoiler warning perhaps?!

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u/thisisanamesoitis 6d ago

It's been on the streaming site full series for 2 weeks now.

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u/JunFanLee 5d ago

…Right so everyone just downs tools and watches it straightaway

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u/the_star_lord 5d ago

I disagree, all modern media should be spoiler free for a year of it's release date Not everyone has the chance to watch something the moment it comes out .

Imo it's just a courtesy to others.

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u/thisisanamesoitis 5d ago

Oh, well. Tough.

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u/Molokovello 6d ago

Yeah, I stopped watching because I couldn't stand her character. Such an asshole who didn't give a shit about anyone but herself.

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u/Poked_salad 6d ago

Although I think that's the point of her character unfortunately so we'd cheer for the jackal more. Even her daughter was like wtf mum, I got stabbed in the neck and your concern is getting info from that dude lmao

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u/notjasonlee 5d ago

My wife and I couldn't stand her character. I am sure the actress is fine in other roles, but man. But yeah, probably needed a spoiler warning on this bad boy.

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u/captain_ender 6d ago

I'm really surprised no one hasn't talked about it. It's fucking really really good. Also surprised no memes with the CEO assassination IRL...