Talk:Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy)

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Hi yall.. I got rid of "==External links== *Jack Ryan bio at clancyfaq.com" because it was a broken link.

Contents 1 Sir 2 Speech? 3 slang 4 jack ryan a resourceful chatacter 5 Sister 6 Presidental Successor 7 Movie continuity 8 PIctures 9 Does this really need TWO in-universe biographies?

[edit] Sir

"Although given an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, he is not entitled to the prefix "Sir" as he remains an American Citizen." "... American citizens require special permission from Congress before accepting foreign honours" This implies he could be entitled but he didn't request it rather than they were not entitled to it? The article implies it would be impossible for him to have it.

No it only says that since hes not brittish he cant be called Sir not sure if thats really true but that is what it says

[edit] Speech?

The article says Jack was in London to give a speech when the attack occured; the book definitely says he was there for "vacation and research." Where'd the speech part come from? The movie?

[edit] slang

"Jack had his back blow out" can we get a better phrase, I'd doit myself, but my brain isn't working. Rich Farmbrough. 16:36, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] jack ryan a resourceful chatacter

jack ryan has such history that it makes you wonder. i really liked the way he is played in tom clancy's novells i mostly liked the two novels :- 1 the hunt for the red cotober {kranzytz ocktaybar} 2 the sum of all fears these two books are the best ones yet

The scene of the 747 hitting Washington was eerily similar to the 9/11 attacks some years later. Gilesmorant 14:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sister

in WR it is mentioned that Jack had a sister. she had not been mentioned since, not even in connection with Emmett and his wife's death. does she exist?

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Jack's sister married an italian-american engineer and lives in Seattle. The Caruso brothers in Teeth of the Tiger are her sons.

[edit] Presidental Successor

Wasn't the previous vice president elected to office after jack? I don't have my copy of The teeth of the tiger so i cant verify at the moment 86.132.188.170 18:38, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

As I recall, the order went Durling (killed by plane crash) --> Jack (retired) --> Robby (killed by assassination - according to 'The Teeth of the Tiger') --> Kealty (former vice president). None of those were elected to office - they all succeeded the last person. I could be wrong, however. Mike Peel 09:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I thought Kealty was elected though. Jack retired early to give Robby the chance to be titular president, even if it was only for a month or so but Kealty was elected. fdewaele

[edit] Movie continuity

Doesn't it make more sense to state that the movies are not intented to be contiguous with one another? There's no connection between each one, as some take place during the cold war and other (ostensibly earlier in Jack's career) movies do not. It's better to simply say they're separate movies in separate universes that just happened to involve a character with the same name. Kimpire 08:20, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PIctures

WE should get pictures of all his potrayers...you know...like Ben Affleck and stuff.--64.121.1.55 01:08, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Does this really need TWO in-universe biographies?

Why does this have two biographies for a fictional character? First you have a nearly 700 word "brief" biography and later you have an even longer "detailed" biography, neither including the very essential word "fictional." Is there any information from Tom Clancy himself that could provide a behind-the-scenes insight on the character that could constitute something non-fictional? On a side note, there is a list of movies, but not list of books or video games. - Kevingarcia 05:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)