Shooter (TV series)

redseat · Jan 4, 2018

SDGuy73 said:

Finally saw the entire first season on Netflix last night, liked it

SDGuy73 · May 29, 2018

Premieres June 21.

night · May 29, 2018

flyerhawk said:
The movie was pretty silly and the end was ridiculous but it was a fun movie.

Oddly enough that is kind of what makes it work.

redseat said:
Haven't seen a single second.. should I?

It's a lot less over the top than the movie. It is okay, I'd give it a 5/10 so far and I'm almost done with the first season. I'd say it is okay for something to binge watch just not something to hype up at all.

redseat · May 29, 2018

night said:
Oddly enough that is kind of what makes it work.

It's a lot less over the top than the movie. It is okay, I'd give it a 5/10 so far and I'm almost done with the first season. I'd say it is okay for something to binge watch just not something to hype up at all.

yeah now i've seen a few episodes, better than i thought it be

night · May 29, 2018

redseat said:
yeah now i've seen a few episodes, better than i thought it be

It is kind of weird that these shows based on movies generally end up better. Then again, they get a lot more time to tell the story.

Hank Kingsley · Jun 1, 2018

It, like Last Ship, are guilty pleasures of mine for TV viewing.

flyerhawk · Jun 20, 2018

night said:
It's a lot less over the top than the movie. It is okay, I'd give it a 5/10 so far and I'm almost done with the first season. I'd say it is okay for something to binge watch just not something to hype up at all.

Watched most of the 1st season, just 2 episodes left. This seems about where I am. Maybe give it a 6/10.

Pacing is pretty good. Phillippe does a good job with Swagger. His wife may not be as hot as Kate Mara was in the movie but she's pretty damn close. Tom Sizemore does a good job with the sleazy CIA operative.

Omar Epps character is a little ham fisted. I get he is supposed to be the tortured soul torn between doing something he thought was right but doing bad things, but it is a little over the top.

Agent Memphis certainly is a better character in the show than the movie even though I like Michael Pena as an actor. The movie version was a bit of a ding dong.

night · Jun 22, 2018

flyerhawk said:
Watched most of the 1st season, just 2 episodes left. This seems about where I am. Maybe give it a 6/10.

Pacing is pretty good. Phillippe does a good job with Swagger. His wife may not be as hot as Kate Mara was in the movie but she's pretty damn close. Tom Sizemore does a good job with the sleazy CIA operative.

Omar Epps character is a little ham fisted. I get he is supposed to be the tortured soul torn between doing something he thought was right but doing bad things, but it is a little over the top.

Agent Memphis certainly is a better character in the show than the movie even though I like Michael Pena as an actor. The movie version was a bit of a ding dong.

Season two isn't quite as good but I'd say it's in the same ballpark if you're interested. Epps changes his role which is kind of hard to accept. If you can get over that part then it's watchable.

flyerhawk · Jun 22, 2018

night said:
Season two isn't quite as good but I'd say it's in the same ballpark if you're interested. Epps changes his role which is kind of hard to accept. If you can get over that part then it's watchable.

Spoilers below for those who might care.

Well they set him up to be good guy for season 2. Epp's character is probably the biggest problem with the show is season 1. He starts off setting up Swagger for the assassination, despite the guy saving his life in the military. Then they have him kill off a old lady in cold blood. But then the show goes for a redemption arc with him. They really needed to portray him as more of a victim of circumstance than an agent of evil earlier on.

Side note: I was absolutely baffled by the flashback scene where Epps' character goes to meet the villagers in Afghanistan and Sizemore's character wants to keep him alive and gets frustrated with Epps for.... what? Not allowing himself to have his head chopped off? That was really strange.

night · Jun 22, 2018

flyerhawk said:
Spoilers below for those who might care.

Well they set him up to be good guy for season 2. Epp's character is probably the biggest problem with the show is season 1. He starts off setting up Swagger for the assassination, despite the guy saving his life in the military. Then they have him kill off a old lady in cold blood. But then the show goes for a redemption arc with him. They really needed to portray him as more of a victim of circumstance than an agent of evil earlier on.

Side note: I was absolutely baffled by the flashback scene where Epps' character goes to meet the villagers in Afghanistan and Sizemore's character wants to keep him alive and gets frustrated with Epps for.... what? Not allowing himself to have his head chopped off? That was really strange.

I don't recall that part. They kind of wanted to portray his CIA character as some sort of deep state agent playing a rogue game of 3D chess in the Middle East. I think they could have done more with that character because he was pretty sloppy within US borders and seemed to have it all figured out abroad.

flyerhawk · Jun 22, 2018

night said:
I don't recall that part. They kind of wanted to portray his CIA character as some sort of deep state agent playing a rogue game of 3D chess in the Middle East. I think they could have done more with that character because he was pretty sloppy within US borders and seemed to have it all figured out abroad.

You talking about Epp's character or Sizemore's?

night · Jun 22, 2018

flyerhawk said:
You talking about Epp's character or Sizemore's?

Sizemore's.

flyerhawk · Jun 22, 2018

night said:
Sizemore's.

Ah right. I liked Sizemore's character a lot. He definitely was sloppier stateside which kinda makes sense since it would be illegal for him to operate in the US.

SDGuy73 · Jun 24, 2018

I just watched the season 2 / 3 finale/premiere. They wrapped it up great and set up season three nice. I'm very intrigued.

calsnowskier · Jun 25, 2018

The little behind-the-scenes thing they aired after pretty much dropped the 4th wall and said this is a make-up for the finale from last year. I can respect that. S2 ended unexpectedly due to real world events. Deal with it and move on. That’s what they did. Bravo.

SDGuy73 · Aug 19, 2018

8/15: Shooter (USA) canceled after 3 seasons.

Roy Munson · Aug 19, 2018

SDGuy73 said:
8/15: Shooter (USA) canceled after 3 seasons.

surprised with the arc the show was taking. I hope they got enough notice to wrap it up nicely over the next few episodes.

calsnowskier · Dec 22, 2018

I was WAY behind on this one and finally finished it this week.

Glad they “finished it”, even if it I’d seem slightly rushed. USA hyped the finale as “Two will not survive!”, and proceeded to show images of the team of 4 as well as Swaggart’s wife and daughter. I hate when ads flat out lie to you.

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