The thing is "Padawan. Steal a car." is actually one of the oldest and noblest Jedi traditions. Part of the standard duties of being a Padawan involves securing the getaway vehicle when your assignment has gone sideways six times over and developed into a full Situation. They have all done this. I know in my heart that even Luminara at some point looked at a situation and sighed and asked Barriss to please steal a car before the shooting starts.
I'm reading Cardinal of the Kremlin which takes place about a year after Hunt for Red October, and I'm Absolutely Delighted to know that a: Jack Ryan and Marko Ramius hang out in an appropriately spy/Soviet defector kind of way and b: Ramius lives on a white sandy beach in the Bahamas and has a tan
also c: Ramius is still making life difficult for guys in boats
A. now I feel like I have to read Cardinal of the Kremlin purely because Marko is in it (and Tom Clancy is good anyways so it works out) and
B. Sean Connery lived in the Bahamas - which I think is hilarious, considering Clancy most definitely didn’t write this knowing Connery would be playing Ramius in the movie, which began filming just a little under a year after he published this book and
C. It’s nice to see what Marko is up to after the previous book’s events - I had wondered if he’d get to work with the Navy and still cause some sort of mischief
I watched Hunt For Red October for the first time a couple days ago and got SO ATTACHED to Marko Ramius. I'm so glad that there's at least one person who shares my love for Sean Connery. 💜❤️
oh my stars 🫶✨
this was the most pleasant surprise from the weekend - it’s nice to know there’s people out there that love Sean Connery too! we could be friends, anon - you have excellent taste
and don’t get me started on Marko - I have too many thoughts about that man that still weren’t completely resolved with the “Burn the Ships” fic I wrote - too many thoughts so I totally get being attached to him 🤝
Gogh's thoughts on The Hunt for Red October (movie versus book) that absolutely no one asked for
spoilers ahead for those who don’t want them
the book :
I absolutely loved all the character background on everyone, but especially on Marko Ramius - there is so much we learn about him and how everything culminates in his decision to defect
I also loved the fact that we get to know Natalia Ramius - I had been thinking of writing something based on the line in the movie about how his wife died at sea, but upon reading the book I learned so much more and understand that truly, it's her death that pushes him to leave the union (in addition to everything else that had built itself up to that point)
I liked that we can clearly see Marko and his officer's intent from the beginning, the little trick they played on Dr Petrov with exposing the badges to radiation before they sailed was genius and they were all in agreement about most things
one of the things I struggled with the most from the book was the fact that this is a Jack Ryan novel, and I don't feel like I saw much of him through the whole thing. He was there on occasion, but he really didn't do much
another struggle - there's too many characters doing too many things at once, and it seems that the whole entire everyone gets involved - the president has his meetings with the ambassador, we have alllllllll of the different government organizations involved with their own plot lines and opinions, and the British show up - it was just a lot, all at once, and half the time it didn't really make sense
I do have to say, though, bringing the British in, while it drove me nuts because they didn't end up doing anything for the plot in my opinion, it did make a little more sense. because in the movie, it's the British intelligence that has the pictures of the Red October - so naturally, I would assume they would at least play some small part. it was just the sending Ryan to England on the sidelines like they did until the last second when he got to go with the Americans to the Red October that bothered me. if he's main character shaped, why did he not act like main character?
we don't need to get into it, but all the technical explanations for things - the engineering reports that are discussed and go on for like ten minutes in the audiobook - I felt like I was reading the Hobbit again, taking three pages to discuss a spiderweb
I know I've already said it, but I love how much more depth we get on Marko - I would love to see a movie just based on him, because there's so much there that could totally be a prequel to The Hunt for Red October - however, I also think that Sean Connery is the only man who can fill this role, and because he's no longer with us, it can't be done
the movie :
the flow - Jack Ryan (while I struggle with Baldwin, he does a good job) is actually the main character and actually has pull and motive and an effect on what goes on around him. the switches between the two main plot lines of Americans versus the Russians feel seamless. not too many characters, and everyone plays their part in the plot and it makes sense
it's always fun seeing a book you love come to life, but I have to say this one is my favorite movie adaptation of any book I've read. it kept to the plot (and in the beginning, it's almost word for word with some lines, looking at the demise of the zampolit) - and I feel like it made the overcomplicated book plot later on a lot simpler and easier to understand and follow.
I do have to say, I wish they had added more of the character background for the Russian officers to the plot of the movie - their reasons for defecting, the fact that Marko considered them all to be his sons after they went through his Vilnius academy, everything about Marko because just the vague lines about "it's something that I alone must carry the burden for" and the lines about his wife - there's so much more to his defection than that and it would have been fairly easy to include even just a little more than they had. I do recognize that it would probably have made it a 3 hour film, but people love the Lord of the Rings and musicals that are that long, so there's really no reason it couldn't have been added
little side note - I think this movie was fantastically casted - there isn't really anyone that I look at the film and think they needed to get rid of or add - everyone took their roles seriously and it makes the film absolutely fantastic - lines are delivered just perfectly and every character has depth even if their roles are small.
some of my favorite lines include - "
the one point everyone was waiting for - I don't quite understand why we had to kill Vasily - the book didn't kill him, it had other things happen - but I suppose Sam Neill can only survive in outdoorsy mountain movies - it fueled the story that I wrote, because any decision that good directors make usually has meaning and purpose behind it, and this movie has some things that I think they definitely did with purpose, whether that was set or plot or dialogue, etc etc etc
both :
the letter Marko sent to Padorin - I would like to know what it said. neither the movie nor the book address what it actually says and I think there had to have been important things in there that caused Padorin to call the entire fleet to destroy the Red October, not just the fact that people were defecting, but there must have been something else too
I enjoyed a lot of the dialogue from the book, and was honestly pleased they included a good chunk of it in the movie. some conversations in the book I wish would've been included, but there are lines in the movie that I absolutely adore and I think they handled quite a bit better than the book.
the scene in the movie where Ramius tells his officers that he sent the letter (after they kick Tim Curry out of the room cause he's annoying and isn't in on the defection plot) - this makes sense that they'd be upset, wanting to slip away instead of announce their intention and put themselves in danger. I can also see, though, in the book where they know what's going on and are helping cover tracks. I can't quite decide which I like more.
All in all, I have to say this is one of the rare cases that I enjoyed the movie more than the book. Don’t get me wrong, the book was phenomenal and I enjoyed it and really want a copy with a pretty cover to add to my collection. But execution wise, the movie just tickled my brain more than the movie did overall.
also don’t be surprised if I add to this later, writing two separate fanfictions for this fandom has my brain running overdrive
The moment when they finally trust each other and they're talking, and Gipsy Danger's heart is revealed. The first time they are revealing each other's heart to anyone, they're starting to trust each other - Guillermo del Toro
andulkaphoto
2087
origamiaround
titsay
annaxmalina
stormborns
discoholicmusic
tangentwithtanner
