[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I LOVE The Hunt For Red October. The acting, script and direction are top notch. It's one of those movies for me that when it comes on, regardless of the time of day or night, I just have to watch it. Alec Baldwin admitted recently that he really screwed up in letting that role go. As much as I like Harrison Ford, he just wasn't Jack Ryan to me.

I'm probably in the minority but I didn't mind Ben Affleck or Chris Pine as Jack Ryan. But I think that this is the perfect format for Jack Ryan - 10-13 episode seasons on a network like Amazon.

Kraskinki's a fantastic actor and I think he'll do the part justice.

The Hunt For Red October was excellent because it remained fairly loyal to the book and because Baldwin captured the essence of Ryann - an analyst pushed into an action scenario. Ford is an excellent actor who probably captured that essence as well, but do to his history as an action type actor it is hard for me to not see him as such. I still enjoyed the films he played Ryan in, but think they would have been better with Baldwin (and staying closer the source material).