The 2 I have seen were excellent

 

He is suppose to do one more. The books are good too.

 

I know I saw at least the first 5, maybe 6 or 7. I'll have to try to see the newer ones as they were all excellent. And he's a 1911 guy, too!

 

Good movies. Bought my wife the big DVD box edition. She was a big Selleck fan. At one of her leap year birthday parties we did a pin the mustache on the Magnum [poster].

 

I wonder if this Chum will bring jetgirl out of the wood work.

 

Love 'em Roci, probably watched them all 2 or 3 times.

Just rewatched Sea Change last night. Some of Selleck's best acting IMO and we've watched everything he's ever made.

OK, maybe Quigley Down Under was slightly better 🤠

Frank

 

Wife and I have been patiently waiting for his series to continue figure he is too tied up with
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Both the books and the movies are excellent. And Selleck is a darned good actor, continuing to show his chops, which have been evident in pretty much everything he has done, in "Blue Bloods".

 

I have watched them all. I enjoyed all of them.

 

Wife and I have watched them all at least 2 maybe 3 times. Definitely great viewing, not only good stories, dialog and pace but so many of the scenes could be postcards.
we love them
Rich

 

Definitely great viewing, not only good stories, dialog and pace but so many of the scenes could be postcards.

Rich

Absolutely. They have a look and feel all their own, and it's simply beautiful.

 

Rumor is Selleck is a Gunsite graduate. The 1911 he carries in the series is a Gunsite 1911.

 

Yes. You can see Selleck's fingerprints on all the scenes that concern guns........I suspect he insists on factual and realistic portrayals.

Great characters, great actors, great dogs, great photography and great writing.

 

I’m also a HUGE Justified fan


Rich

 

There's going to be a limited 8 episode series, Justified: City Primeval this summer on FX

 

Gonna have to check it out.

 

Wow, I didn't know that there had been that many. I'm not sure which ones I've seen because I've read the books too.

I used to be a big fan of Robert Parker's works. Other writers are continuing his characters but the last one that I picked up had a decidedly anti-gun message so I gave up on them.

 

I used to be a big fan of Robert Parker's works. Other writers are continuing his characters but the last one that I picked up had a decidedly anti-gun message so I gave up on them.

Keep in mind that, as you correctly noted, there are several writers who have been commissioned by Parker's estate to continue his series. I would suggest that you re-visit some of the recent books because they will not all have the same message.

 

The books were better than the movies

 

Probably true, as it is for most book/movie adaptations.
But the movies do stand out among the usual inane drivel that is American major broadcaster TV

I rarely read writers who continue another writer's series, but I'd make two observations about Parker:

• Parker "finished" Raymond Chandler's "Poodle Springs," and he did so brilliantly.
• He seemed to know his guns well enough. Spenser's main gats were a Hi-Power and a .38 J-frame. If you recall the novel where Spenser gathers his best/toughest gunfighter friends for an epic showdown with some bikers, Spenser picks up a Ruger .44 carbine to supplement his usual fare. For what was available, it wasn't a bad call.

I've sort of avoided Parker's Spenser series of books, because I just don't have that much time! But I'm sure there just as good as all of his other series of books. I've read a lot of the Stone/Sunny Randall books and got addicted to Parker's excellent old western series (most people don't even know about these) with lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Hitch, the deputy, carries an 8 gauge double barrel that he uses often to decisive effect. The books are gritty and ring true for the time, and the dialog is not effusive, often comically so, which seems right too. Most of these books have been written by Robert Knott after Parker's death, and he has done an absolute wonderful job in continuing the series.

As for Justified, I was also a big fan and look forward to the new series with Raylan Givens. Elmore Leonard is another of my favorite authors.

Finally, I have never been a Tom Clancy fan since his first few books, but another favorite author, Marc Cameron has carried on writing with Clancy's characters, and he's heads and shoulders above Clancy in my opinion. He also has his own series/characters; the best of which is about a US Marshall (Arliss Cutter) from Florida who gets reassigned to Alaska.

 

Local WalMart has the whole series on DVD,s.

 

We love this series. We've seen 4 or 5 of them on TV, then I found a DVD set with all 9 movies not long ago.
We are now watching the whole set over again in order.

 

I have the complete Jesse Stone series on DVD and also the complete Justified series on DVD.

 

I've not only seen 'em all, I own 'em all on disc having picked 'em each up over the years.
I was a big Robert B. Parker fan back in the day. And whoever put those movies together really got Parker's novels. From the casting to the photography to the music, they nailed it.

 

What really makes the series work is the cast IMHO. Even though he's a bad guy, I like Geno Fish. And Willian Devane as his counselor/therapist is great. Hell, the whole **** cast is great.

 

What really makes the series work is the cast IMHO. Even though he's a bad guy, I like Geno Fish. And Willian Devane as his counselor/therapist is great. Hell, the whole **** cast is great.

Christine Tizzard Ginos secretary

 

I watched a couple episodes of "Justified" but kept saying, "The Marshals don't do that" So I gave up on it.

 

Of course they don't but would anyone watch a show that was totally realistic, every day life? Nope, it would be too dull and boring.

 

We have watched all the shows and read most of the novel as both the wife and I are Selleck fans. I consider him to be at his very best in westerns though and he has made a bunch. I'll pick Quigley Down Under as his best even if the bucket shooting scene was somewhat over blown. He is pretty darn good in Blue Bloods now.

 

Watching the first episode now


It is SLOW to get going. May not continue.

 

Just about done with the first episode/movie.

Most boring **** thing I’ve ever watched.

Will not continue


My wife is asleep in her recliner.

 

It’s like reading a good book

Rich