‘Terminal List’ author responds to bad reviews of Chris Pratt’s series, says critics are ‘challenged’ by show

Author of the novel that served as the basis for the Amazon series starring Chris Pratt terminal list He talks about the show’s negative reviews.

Jack Carr, a former Marine whose novel was published in 2018, made an appearance. Tucker Carlson tonight on Friday, where host Tucker Carlson noted that there appears to be a large discrepancy between critics’ reactions to the drama series and the reactions of other viewers. The show, which premiered earlier this month and focuses on Navy SEAL Major James Reese learning more about the circumstances surrounding his platoon’s ambush, has a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a critical rating of just 43 percent. cent.

When asked how he felt about the case, Carr apparently said it was politics to blame. “It fits perfectly with everything I understand about the current culture and climate in the United States,” said Carr. “It seems to have turned against some of those critics.”

He continued, “A 95% viewership rating, an viewer rating, makes it all worthwhile. It didn’t work for us critics. We made it for those in the arena. We did it for the soldier, sailor, airman and marine who went to Iraq and Afghanistan so they could sit on the couch and say, ‘Hey, these guys did the job. They spare no effort to make something special and a show that speaks to them. And that 95 percent rating lets me know we’re getting close. “

Carr, who is executive producing the series with Pratt and Antoine Fuqua, read excerpts from various reviews and said that a critic asked him what the show should be called. terminal list. This led the author to joke that “you call this the #1 series on Prime Video”.

in your review terminal list, the hollywood reporterLeading TV critic Daniel Feinberg used the holiday kitchen analogy, writing, “It’s the entertainment equivalent of a carbonated hockey puck, with the same limited range of flavor and aesthetics.”

The cast also includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch and Riley Keough.