The Day of the Jackal is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. Re-imagined into a contemporary political setting, it centers on a ruthless British assassin, known only as the "Jackal", and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him.
Pullman was unwatchable. Terrible casting. Seeing her character dispatched was a huge relief in the promise of a Season 2.
You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
Her acting capabilities were not the issue, her looks even less so.
The problem was that the character was written to be very unlikeable, why?, don't know.
Especially since her early demise was planned, the character had so much more potential.
If you know you don't have to look out for a possible Season 2 for this character, you should make the character extremely likeable, so fans of the show feel something when the character dies.
The moment of "Oh no!, she died" is so much more impactful than "thank god, she dead..."
If done well, this would've also put your feelings for the main character to a test. It's easy to like the bad guy if the good guy (girl) is an a$$hole.
PS: Didn't put any spoilers in since pdm kinda spilled the beans on that character (some people might not have watched it yet) :)
by graybags posted 9 months ago
Rocky_Rock_Rockbottom wrote:
pdm wrote:
Pullman was unwatchable. Terrible casting. Seeing her character dispatched was a huge relief in the promise of a Season 2.
You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
Not a fan of her then? :rolleyes:
by Rocky_Rock_Rockbottom posted 9 months ago
pdm wrote:
Pullman was unwatchable. Terrible casting. Seeing her character dispatched was a huge relief in the promise of a Season 2.
You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
by pdm posted 10 months ago
Pullman was unwatchable. Terrible casting. Seeing her character dispatched was a huge relief in the promise of a Season 2.
by WilliamDrakeMcGregor posted 10 months ago
inkblot wrote:
Eddie Redmayne
Not only renewed but Eddie is back. Don't think it would have been the same without him.
Only if
he don't come back with that black dyed hair :)
by inkblot posted 10 months ago
Eddie Redmayne
'The Day Of The Jackal': Eddie Redmayne Will Return For Season 2
Indeed a great ending and perfect setup for Season 2.
The black hair at the end really looked weird :)
As little as I liked the character, I am still conflicted if Bianca should've really died or not. I know it's probably best for the story but also would've liked to see her coming back from near-death and giving another go at taking the Jackal in.
The best thing about the end of Episode 9 was that he did a test shot. I liked that a lot about the first episode and was worried when he didn't do it with the first guy he killed from the boat (maybe he did and they just didn't show it).
by lighton posted 11 months ago
1x10, season finale. Pretty good.
What I didn't like: They didn't resolve the 1x9 ending at all!
And how he survived the hit on him also remained a secret... :(
But at least some good news:
Eddie Redmayne's 'The Day of the Jackal' Renewed for Season 2:
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You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
Her acting capabilities were not the issue, her looks even less so.
The problem was that the character was written to be very unlikeable, why?, don't know.
Especially since her early demise was planned, the character had so much more potential.
If you know you don't have to look out for a possible Season 2 for this character, you should make the character extremely likeable, so fans of the show feel something when the character dies.
The moment of "Oh no!, she died" is so much more impactful than "thank god, she dead..."
If done well, this would've also put your feelings for the main character to a test. It's easy to like the bad guy if the good guy (girl) is an a$$hole.
PS: Didn't put any spoilers in since pdm kinda spilled the beans on that character (some people might not have watched it yet) :)
You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
Not a fan of her then? :rolleyes:
You know you've buggered up the casting when the biggest cheer of the season is when the GOODIE gets popped.
I fast forwarded past all her "family scenes". Excruciatingly shit and superflous.
Her ginormous pringles desk arse chasing after lethal assasin in the jungle then letting out a huge "FAAHHHHHK!" as if her wobble pudding butt was just about to run him down. Massive cringe.
Got to the point where I was questioning "why has this woman even decided she is a professional 'actor' at all? It's clearly not suited to her as a vocation..."
Not only renewed but Eddie is back. Don't think it would have been the same without him.
Only if
he don't come back with that black dyed hair :)
'The Day Of The Jackal': Eddie Redmayne Will Return For Season 2
2 for 2 here.
https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-day-of-the-jackal-eddie-redmayne-return-season-2-1236237964/
Not only renewed but Eddie is back. Don't think it would have been the same without him.
Yes, I had fully believed something ongoing like https://next-episode.net/killing-eve would happen here also! :)
The black hair at the end really looked weird :)
As little as I liked the character, I am still conflicted if Bianca should've really died or not. I know it's probably best for the story but also would've liked to see her coming back from near-death and giving another go at taking the Jackal in.
The best thing about the end of Episode 9 was that he did a test shot. I liked that a lot about the first episode and was worried when he didn't do it with the first guy he killed from the boat (maybe he did and they just didn't show it).
What I didn't like: They didn't resolve the 1x9 ending at all!
And how he survived the hit on him also remained a secret... :(
But at least some good news:
Eddie Redmayne's 'The Day of the Jackal' Renewed for Season 2:
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64967670/