who's ready? Its gonna be killer.
TV? :-P
can't wait!
we're running out of time!!!!1111eleventyone11
Quote from: tet on January 08, 2007, 11:56:09 PM
can't wait!
we're running out of time!!!!1111eleventyone11
we'll the PM I sent you gives you the benefit of time :wink:
i stand by my reply.... :frustrated:
:lol:
anybody else a fan besides RJ, mixmaster bob, and antelope19 ?
grabbed the first four episodes, ready to watch on my Macbook while I fly out back to the UK tommorow!
ok, let's make some ground rules here...
NO SPOILERS BEFORE AN EPISODE AIRS
NO ILLEGAL LINKS
NO SUPPORTING THE TERRORISTS. JACK WINS. ALWAYS.
this'll be the first time i've watched network tv on their schedule in weeks...
Pretty much since Lost went off-air.
I CAN'T WAIT!!!! Sorry for yelling. :roll:
I've also decided that you can sub Jack Bauer into any Chuck Norris Joke and it works just the same.
Quote from: tet on January 09, 2007, 12:32:06 AM
ok, let's make some ground rules here...
NO SPOILERS BEFORE AN EPISODE AIRS
NO ILLEGAL LINKS
NO SUPPORTING THE TERRORISTS. JACK WINS. ALWAYS.
sounds reasonable to me.
Well, my wife and I are having a kid, so we decided to get rid of our TV....seemed like a really great idea at first. I'm sure as soon as the Sopranos come back, we'll be knocking on the door of comcast...Anyway, we watched the first 5 seasons, and although it has gotten totally insanse the last couple, we were 24 fans.....guess I'll have to wait for this season on DVD....anyway, for those that have not seen this before, I thought I'd post it, it is super funny:
Basic Truths About 24's Jack Bauer
Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.
If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.
If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.
Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.
If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then you better believe it's beef.
Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.
1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.
Let's get one thing straight: the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.
Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.
Jack Bauer played Russian Rou! lette with a fully loaded gun and won.
When life gave Jack Bauer lemons, he used them to kill terrorists. Jack Bauer hates lemonade.
Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves.
Osama bin Laden's recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive.
Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.
Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.
When Jack Bauer was a child, he made his mother finish his vegetables.
Jack Bauer killed 93 people in just 4 days time. Wait, that is a real fact.
Simon Says should be renamed to Jack Bauer Says because if Jack Bauer says something then you better do it.
Jack Bauer won the Tour de France on a unicycle to prove to Lance Armstrong it wasn't a big deal.
When Jack Bauer pissses into the wind, the wind changes direction.
Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.
When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.
When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.
You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.
Jack Bauer can get McDonald's breakfast after 10:30.
When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.
Every mathematical inequality officially ends with "< Jack Bauer".
In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What the hell have you done with your life?
Jesus died and rose from the dead in 3 days. It took Jack Bauer less than an hour. And he's done it twice.
Jack Bauer killed so many terrorists that at one point, the ..5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball.
In kindergarten, Jack Bauer killed a terrorist for Show and Tell.
What color is Jack Bauer's blood? Trick question. Jack Bauer does not bleed.
Guns dont kill people, Jack Bauer kills people.
If Jack and MacGyver were locked in a room together, Jack would make a bomb out of MacGyver and get out.
People with amnesia still remember Jack Bauer.
Sun Tzu once wrote, "If your enemy is weaker, conquer him. If he is stronger, join him. If he is Jack Bauer, you're dead."
Jack Bauer literally died for his country, and lived to tell about it.
Jack Bauer has been to Mars. That's why there's no life on Mars.
Superman's only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.
When Batman is in trouble, he turns on the Jack Bauer signal.
It took Jack Bauer two minutes to beat a confession out of OJ.
The bumper sticker on Jesus's car reads, "WWJBD?"
Jack Bauer was conceived by torturing the other sperm until they gave up the location of the egg.
Jack Bauer's family threw him a surprise birthday party when he was a child. Once.
:-D
Quote from: caravan2001 on January 09, 2007, 10:56:52 AM
Well, my wife and I are having a kid, so we decided to get rid of our TV....seemed like a really great idea at first. I'm sure as soon as the Sopranos come back, we'll be knocking on the door of comcast...Anyway, we watched the first 5 seasons, and although it has gotten totally insanse the last couple, we were 24 fans.....guess I'll have to wait for this season on DVD....anyway, for those that have not seen this before, I thought I'd post it, it is super funny:
The internet has your 24...
Thanks for the heads up :clap:
any other fans? show yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: tet on January 09, 2007, 12:32:06 AM
NO SPOILERS BEFORE AN EPISODE AIRS
It's gonna be a long time before I can trust myself to post in this thread again...
I've only seen one and two of this season. I'm working on three and four. But I'll comment as if I've seen it for the first time on sunday and monday evening.
All I can say is go White Castle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say is go White Castle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought the exact same thing immediately. I'm only through 1 so far but now I gotta go home and view it again with my wife so she can catch up.
I suppose it should be added to the ground rules that respect for west-coast airtimes is requested...
thats sounds fair to me. Shall we say 2am EST posting time for the 4 episode premiere ? Then switch it back to 1 am EST for the remaining episodes?
when is the premier for this season?
fine, west-coaster should be respected too. no AK or Hawaii respect though, sorry - that's too long!
i'm pumped to see an entire season in HD now, especially with my upgraded 5.1 speakers! can't wait!!
Quote from: whyweigh2.0 on January 10, 2007, 04:39:55 PM
when is the premier for this season?
double episodes this Sunday and Monday at 8. so, 4 hours in 2 days.
Quote from: phan003 on January 10, 2007, 04:20:20 PM
thats sounds fair to me. Shall we say 2am EST posting time for the 4 episode premiere ? Then switch it back to 1 am EST for the remaining episodes?
That should be 1amEastern for Sunday & Monday nights... Right?
Just finished watching 604.
woah!
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 10, 2007, 08:14:14 PM
That should be 1amEastern for Sunday & Monday nights... Right?
correct, I was under the impression it started @ 9PM each night, but its 8PM.
so i havent seen an episode of this show, except for maybe one back in the first season...
can i jump on the bandwagon now, or am i gonna be lost?
Nope, you can't get lost if you start at the beginning of a season. Go 4 it!
yeah i'm in TV heaven this week, two HBO series made it to reg. cable:
sopranos on A&E and
more improtantly the WIRE from the first episode every night on BET... not too badlt edited either, at least they can leave in 'Shit' now.
I think ROME season 2 starts on HBO Sunday night :)
oooh one more day!! cant wait to watch on my new TV 8-) too bad I don't have a High def cable receiver... YET
Here, if I go to the cable company office I can make services changes and even get the new box on the spot. Time I get home, plug it in, everything's set...
There is still time.
ok.. after the west coast is done watching someone is going to have to give a recap. I went out with some buddies for wings and beer for the game and they refused to bring me home early after we got there. so i didnt get home till halfway through 24 :x
I think I might would accidentally spoil some of tomorrow's shows if I tried to recap tonight's.
recap: Jack returns to the USA (18 months after season 5 ends). The country is in utter chaos President Wayne Palmer agrees to trade Jack for information regarding the known whereabouts of islamic terrorists. Jack agrees to sacrifice his life. Jack discovers that different islamic terrorists are behind the attacks, he escapes his captors. He prevents a terrorist attack on the LA metro train line.
more details to follow
kill count: 2
WOW...still the only TV show that can get me up and pacing around my apartment. :lol: :clap: Tonights shows were great!!!!! I can't wait until tomorrow night! :-D
Here's a great recap Shawn.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/24-6-00am-7-00am-7-00am-8-00am-premiere/
i'd still put the kill count at 1, the 2nd was only an 'assist'.
btw, the collaboration of Jack + Assad shall be referred to from henceforth as Team JackAss.
Quote from: tet on January 15, 2007, 09:16:57 AM
btw, the collaboration of Jack + Assad shall be referred to from henceforth as Team JackAss.
LOL.
:clap:
+k
so i watched...
......
i guess that means i Have to watch tonite...
still doesnt do much for me.
last good thing Keifer did was LOst boys, IMO. :wink:
Quote from: VA slim on January 15, 2007, 11:59:30 AM
so i watched...
......
i guess that means i Have to watch tonite...
still doesnt do much for me.
last good thing Keifer did was LOst boys, IMO. :wink:
trust me, it gets better. 604 will be the free hit, until then your just watching others get high.
The reason they are running 4 in the first week is because it's all just a runup to the end of ep04.
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 15, 2007, 12:15:46 PM
The reason they are running 4 in the first week is because it's all just a runup to the end of ep04.
They did it like that last season too... I think it's a good way to get people involved right away.
Have you seen the Jack Bauer Killcount site?
http://jjafuller.com/mirror/bc/v3/index.php/season/show/1
method: "vampire bite" :lol:
cool site matt. thank you for sharing.
Quote from: mattstick on January 15, 2007, 06:57:38 AM
Here's a great recap Shawn.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/24-6-00am-7-00am-7-00am-8-00am-premiere/
thanks... all caught up now
um, wow.
no spoilers for a few more hours... but... wow...
not many shows on TV that make me go :clap:
wow indeed.
So now I can say it, "Holy fucking crap!" :-o
Bauer cries, this time the nuke hits people, and Curtis is killed! woah. That stuff got way hardcore fast.
Yeah, wow is right. I think my favortie part of last nights episodes was when whats his face told Sandra Palmer to STFU basically and stop being a lawyer. :roll: I mean seriously, at what point do you stop troubling your brother while he is trying to stop a nuclear bomb from going off.
Yeah. If she wants results, she should call that guy from The Unit (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_unit/)
Wayne Palmer as President is probably the least beliveable plot device in the history of 24.
Quote from: mattstick on January 16, 2007, 09:15:12 AM
Wayne Palmer as President is probably the least beliveable plot device in the history of 24.
Agreed, its the first time I've even been a disapointed in the show.
EDIT: But they made up for it with Jacks "Vampire Bite" kill :-D
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 16, 2007, 08:04:26 AM
So now I can say it, "Holy fucking crap!" :-o
Bauer cries, this time the nuke hits people, and Curtis is killed! woah. That stuff got way hardcore fast.
*changes name of show to 4, the remaining 20 can't top last night.
I'm not convinced Curtis is dead.
Quote from: mattstick on January 16, 2007, 10:37:53 AM
I'm not convinced Curtis is dead.
i still hear people saying that about Tony... i think Curtis is gone, but ya never know with this show!
I don't believe they actually showed him (Curtis) being carted off or anything. So that is always a distinct possibility. I couldn't believe Jack shot him!!!!! :-o
I feel like there is still alot to come out about Jack in the coming episodes. I mean, he used to just kill with no remorse. They must have done something serious over there in the Chinese Prison. Did you see his hands? They are still all banged up from being over there.
Oh one more thing, DAMMIT, when are we going to see Elisha Cuthbert? :frustrated: 4 episodes is WAY too long!!!!! :roll: :-D
A) I agree that we have had no confirmation of Curtis as a 'kill'.
B) Wayne Palmer as pres. Is about as believable as 2 terms for GWB.
4) I'll never get the Elisha Cuthbert thing...
while there is no "Deceased" sticker for Curtis yet, i did just read this on http://www.fox.com/24/character/ :
Quote9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.
Jack reluctantly accepts the President’s request to lead the search for Fayed and the nuclear scientist. When a woman calls emergency services about her family being taken hostage and she mentions Fayed’s name, Jack goes there and gets the address of Fayed’s safe house. Jack tries to convince Curtis to work with Assad even though Curtis has a history with the former terrorist. Curtis becomes angry when the President grants a pardon to Assad. Curtis is about to shoot Assad but Jack intervenes by killing Curtis in order to save Assad’s life. Jack becomes emotionally distraught and tells Buchanan that he is quitting the mission. Jack looks on in horror as the nuclear bomb explodes in the sky.
EDIT: it does show him as "Deceased": http://www.fox.com/24/profiles/cm.htm
Shame...
RIP
He was kind of being an asshole in the last few hours of his life though. :-D
http://www.slate.com/id/2157491?nav=wp
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 16, 2007, 12:26:58 PM
http://www.slate.com/id/2157491?nav=wp
good article.
Overheard at the Golden Globes last night:
"WHY is Jack Bauer just SITTING THERE in a tuxedo when they've just frickin' BOMBED L.A.!!? I am so concerned."
I just got the 24 ringtone. Its the sounds their phones make when they ring on the show, pretty funny. I attached in case anyone cares.
SICK! +K
so can you somehow upload it to your phone? Thanks for sharing!
My phone has bluetooth, and so does my Mac. Makes it pretty simple.
Yes, but what about us lowly PC users with a Razr and no bluetooth. I do know I can send text messages via verizonwireless.com. Maybe I'll give that a shot. :|
EDIT: its actually vtext.com
I have a RAZR too, although the ones they sell in the UK are wide open - some of the North American ones require hacks to use MP3s as your ring tones. Did your RAZR come with a USB cable? Mine did, and I can connect it to my PC with that cable and browse the contents of the phone.
No USB, so I guess I am SOL. Oh well. No worries
I had to browse to the mp3 on my website and dl it from there... But now my blackberry is pimpin that ring.
I feel sooper cool.
8-)
heh, i've had that on my phone for over 2 years as my ringtone... n00bs!!!! :samurai:
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 19, 2007, 02:48:17 PM
I had to browse to the mp3 on my website and dl it from there... But now my blackberry is pimpin that ring.
I feel sooper cool.
8-)
:-D :lol: :lol: :-D
So who is looking forward to tonights episode!!! Any predictions?
I may just download a few weeks worth and watch them all in a row, it's much more satisfying doing that...
However, that precludes me from discussing the show, and when I do get around to watching it and wanting to talk about it, most of you have "talked out" whatever it is I may like to talk about.
What a dilemma.
I don't know what to expect. I *think* it'll be a good episode, but I have yet to see a episode of 24 that I didn't like.
Matt,
I was thinking about doing the same thing; however, I enjoy getting together with my friends every Monday, drinking some beers and watching it on FOX. I really enjoy that better than satisfying my urge to know what happens next.
Definitely, that's what I used to do...
my problem with watching them all early is that it's a LONGER wait until the next batch of new material! it's hard enough waiting 7 days between episodes!!
So I made my girl sit and watch it with me last week. Going in, she thought she would hate it. But by the end, she was hooked!!! hahahahaha
I'm looking forward to it... no doubt.
man oh man....
Sorry it's too early, I know.
edit to add:
holy fuckin crap
Yeah, seems like they are pulling all the stops!!! EDITED TO REMOVE UNWANTED CONTENT.
Shh!
:-D Sorry....hahahaha
Not a spoiler but it was referenced, in passing tonight...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_R
Alright, wake up folks....
So Jack got back into the swing of things rather quickly. I thought, at first that he'd take some more time to think things over and whatnot but I guess he missed puting the screws to the bad guys.
And how about that heady family twist? :-o Is there anyone who didn't watch last season that needs that explained?
very odd plot twist indeed, i knew the bluetooth gang would return, but i had no idea they would bring it back like that!!
btw, i'm betting that Jack's nephew is really his son... you heard it here first!
I called the paternity tip as soon as EvilBauer made a comment to his wife about her past with Jack.
How about the 'scene from next week' when dude brings up Terri? I'm not the only one who has been hooked since day one, am I? Shall I say what I think is going to develop or would it be spoiler-esque?
All right, that was an awesome episode last night. The "blue tooth" gang was indeed a huge plot twist, and that had my jaw dropped. I believe this season will be the best yet.
Quote from: antelope19 on January 22, 2007, 09:37:15 PM
Yeah, seems like they are pulling all the stops!!! EDITED TO REMOVE UNWANTED CONTENT.
So what exactly was my "unwanted content" I've never been edited dammit, NEVER!!!!! :-D
Hmm, a ton of unexpected twists last night. I think your theory about Jacks nephew actually being his son is an interesting one. Do we know how involved their past actually was?
Quote from: antelope19 on January 23, 2007, 05:10:29 PM
So what exactly was my "unwanted content" I've never been edited dammit, NEVER!!!!! :-D
some mention of "family" i believe... who knows, it's not like we keep records around here! :mrgreen:
I watched all of last season.. didnt miss an episode and Im still uncertain who the blutooth gang is... i know it showed them late into last season...was there something i missed in the seasons before last?
Quote from: whyweigh2.0 on January 23, 2007, 10:08:12 PM
I watched all of last season.. didnt miss an episode and Im still uncertain who the blutooth gang is... i know it showed them late into last season...was there something i missed in the seasons before last?
nope, they were just around last year. only reason we call them a bluetooth gang is because of their earpieces, not much is known about them otherwise, except that they are very powerful, influential, and well equipped.
Quote from: tet on January 23, 2007, 10:21:57 PM
nope, they were just around last year. only reason we call them a bluetooth gang is because of their earpieces, not much is known about them otherwise, except that they are very powerful, influential, and well equipped.
And by that you mean, they controlled all that was evil in season 5.
I gathered that they were making the shots when in the last few episodes of last season it started showing the president answering to them
one day I will reactivate my netflix account and catch up on the seasons before last.. one day
Well, as said before... Last season was the first with the 'bluetooth gang'. But it seems as if they have had their hands in things for a long time. The thrust last season was that they wanted to instigate a Middle Eastern war so that they could secure oil assets and provide for the long term needs of an evil nation.
Maybe it was just let down from the few weeks off, but I thought last night was bad.
I feel the need to yell this to the producers of 24:
WE DON'T NEED TO GET JACK'S DAD INVOLVED TO MAKE IT DRAMATIC - IT ALREADY IS.
My other complaint is that there are also too many actors who were prominent in other TV roles recently (I watch a lot of TV :-D) - I don't know why but it bugs me.
you mean there are other shows on TV?? i thought there was 24 and... 24...
oh yeah, and like 17 different Law & Orders, on 3 channels simultaneously
but seriously, who watches anything but 24?!
I watch LOST.
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 24, 2007, 09:07:53 PM
I watch LOST.
i thought we were talking about entertainment? :evil: :samurai:
:samurai:
A duel it is, then!
I actually had a dream that I was in a nuclear explosion last night. It was very vivid... I was disintegrated :?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/DuelSwords.png)
damn
when the time is appropriate someone needs to fill me in on the first half of tonights episode. I got caught up with something and didn't tune in until exactly 1/2 way through. sorry, i suck
Well, it's all a blur but.. iirc, Jack didn't kill ANYBODY!
He'll make up for it, though.
There's a timeline here: http://www.fox.com/24/episodes/11am.htm
They actually do this for each episode, which is pretty cool.
Also, 2 episodes will air on Feb. 12!
Yeah, I thought last night's episode was kinda boring. Alot of story development and no death/distruction. :roll: But they always get ya at the end. Next weeks' episode should be interesting.
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 30, 2007, 08:39:54 AM
Well, it's all a blur but.. iirc, Jack didn't kill ANYBODY!
He'll make up for it, though.
There's a timeline here: http://www.fox.com/24/episodes/11am.htm
They actually do this for each episode, which is pretty cool.
Also, 2 episodes will air on Feb. 12!
thanks
Buckle up bitches! It's (almost) Bauer time!
great episode imo. :clap:
It was intense to be sure. My Wife and I correctly predicted Jack's dad's actions at the end. In fact I think the level of predictability has gone up.
def. I saw it coming too; however, I thought he was going to shoot his son. Did Jack go another episode without killing anyone?
Jack killed one of the two guys who had he and his father hostage (the one whom his father disarmed- all too easily.)
I also knew it was going to be Morris...
Quote from: rowjimmy on February 06, 2007, 09:31:20 AM
I also knew it was going to be Morris...
Wow....That was a bit of a shock to me....but I guess had I really thought about it, it makes sense.
OK, I remember how it went down now. thanks for the clearing that up.
Anytime.
BTW I watched a rerun of House the other day and it had a Jack Bauer reference. I thought it was too funny. It came out of nowhere.
Nice.
People spotted my ring when I was @ the local CISCO offices last week.
I was both proud and a tiny bit embarrassed. They thought it was great though, considering we were there to discuss phone technologies.
wow, just watched it.
Im glad I only have to wait 4 days for Monday
Monday is two episodes :-D
2 great ones at that.
only one thing can save the President now...
Seriously.
The Pres is too far away for Jack to help him.
Maybe Julian Bashear can save the pres.
I'm done with 24 - this is the worst season yet... I can't get into it at all anymore, it's time for Jack Bauer to hang 'em up.
I suspect this will be the end for Jack on the 'small screen'
Quote from: rowjimmy on February 15, 2007, 11:39:14 AM
I suspect this will be the end for Jack on the 'small screen'
Meaning the end of this season = the end of the show? :| :cry:
Well, they have discussed attempting to apply the base concept to a different type of character. But I doubt that anyone thinks that would be anything but an extremely difficult sell.
Also, there's talk of 'major motion picture'.
Quote from: mattstick on February 15, 2007, 09:30:06 AM
I'm done with 24 - this is the worst season yet... I can't get into it at all anymore, it's time for Jack Bauer to hang 'em up.
its like crack Matt, you just took too much at once, but like all addicts, you will return after a bit of sobriety.
Quote from: phan003 on February 15, 2007, 11:47:36 AM
its like crack Matt, you just took too much at once, but like all addicts, you will return after a bit of sobriety.
heh
Honestly there is something about the show that I find really bad, some of the plotlines take way too long to develop, some of the characters are stupid and unncessary, a lot of the "CTU politics" stuff is just irritating - unless Bauer is killing people the show is barely worth watching - and even when he is doing that sometimes I still wonder why I'm watching.
sunofabitch
Freakin holiday today padded by a bonus day off tomorrow caused me to forget what day this is!
Missed 30 minutes :x
Gonna hafta dl this first thing in the a.m.
Quote from: rowjimmy on February 19, 2007, 09:29:09 PM
sunofabitch
Freakin holiday today padded by a bonus day off tomorrow caused me to forget what day this is!
Missed 30 minutes :x
Gonna hafta dl this first thing in the a.m.
hurry up... YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!!!!
(http://static.tv4.se/imagesdb/editor/tv4noje/50B3B140-BB23-4338-81AA-8027435B0527.jpg)
This is a matter of LIFE and DEATH!
DVR dude. seriously. and that way you can watch a whole episode in 42 minutes, without any commercials. it's the ONLY way to watch 24, IMO.
my dvr is in pieces...
I'm a slacker
Thoughts on last nights episode? I think its gonna get real interesting from here on out. Although, I must say, this season has not been nearly as intense as it used to be.... :| Do you think karen coming back is gonna make any difference at all? Or maybe even Tom Lennox?
Im going to have to download this and re-watch it. A buddy of mine just showed up without telling me about 5 in before it came on and he talked and rough housed with the dogs the entire time. I was about to pull a Jack Bauer on him
Superman wears Jack Bauer Pajamas
I thought this was funny:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article54939.html (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article54939.html)
So I'm still watching this season, and it has been lackluster imo. Jack's kill count is low, and thats not going to fly for me. Anybody else still watch?
This show is still on?
They lost me. I was a big booster for it but they let me get away...
yep. 3 episodes left this season.
Quote from: phan003 on May 01, 2007, 08:54:38 AM
yep. 3 episodes left this season.
Same number of viewers, too.
I still watch, every week. But I'd have to agree. Jack has gone soft. He never used to hug women on the show, he used to kill them with no remorse! :-D But seriously, wtf is going on. Is this the last season? I am guessing so. :| He can't go out like this.
Quote from: antelope19 on May 01, 2007, 09:06:34 AM
He never used to hug women on the show, he used to kill them with no remorse!
Or shoot them in the kneecaps.
Seriously though....and while we're at it.......bring back elisha cuthbert!!! :beers:
butterface
Really? I don't mind it. We'll just say I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers. :roll:
as long as the crackers can fit in the paper bag...
wow, harsh. i'd tap that like when the irish discovered kegs. but she's a bullet and nerve gas magnet whenever she shows up, and now the neighborhood she was last reported living in has been obliterated by a nuclear bomb. so, chances are that she won't be making any more appearances, but it's always nice to see her in those tight outfits.
as for this season, i still enjoy it. sure, Jack has gone softer, but it's a bit hard to top the first kill of the season (vampire bite). any death after that is not gonna be nearly as cool. the story is what is whack. this day has more plot twists than Indecision 2000.
IMO, great episode last night. Things are starting to heat up again!!!! :beers:
it's easier to break into CTU than walking into a public park. it's truly amazing how awful their security and perimeters are...
on another note, sad they took out Milo, i was starting to like his character. now Doyle will be tappin Nadia...
agreed.....It was kind of sudden, but also, almost expected.
I tuned in midway through last nights show... PERFECT TIMING!
Got to see jack shoot several people.
It's been weeks since I've watched so I guess I picked the right one. :samurai:
I liked it, but I'm hoping this is the last season.
Quote from: phan003 on May 08, 2007, 12:04:47 PM
......I'm hoping this is the last season.
Me too, unfortunatley. :| :cry:
Quote from: phan003 on May 08, 2007, 12:04:47 PM
I liked it, but I'm hoping this is the last season.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07127/783957-237.stm
By Scott Collins
Los Angeles Times
Jack Bauer, America's favorite counterterrorism agent with the violent code of honor and the weird sadomasochistic bent, is squaring off against a stealthy and unforgiving new enemy.
His fans.
After peaking in the ratings last year, Fox's thriller "24" has been getting dumped on by seemingly everyone in this, its sixth season. Critics and fans alike are aiming tomatoes at the stage, carping about the soapy and repetitive plotlines that unspool Jack's unlikely familial past, tiresome romantic triangles in the security bureaucracy, and endless bickering among Oval Office advisers.
Two weeks ago, with a fresh episode designed to lay the groundwork for what the creators promise will be a typically suspenseful finale next month, "24's" ratings in the key young-adult category swooned to their lowest level in more than three years, with a total audience of just 10.4 million, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research.
More than one-third of viewers have bailed since the special four-hour season premiere that aired over two consecutive nights in January. And if that wasn't enough bad news for the series, "24" was one of the prime-time shows that the Federal Communications Commission singled out recently in urging Congress to curb TV violence.
The "vox populi" protests have not escaped the attention of the show's producers, who promise that some big changes are on the way for Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and other regulars next season. There's also speculation that something else might be at work in accounting for viewers' tune-out this season, but more about that in a minute.
"It hurts to hear the criticism," said executive producer and writer Howard Gordon as the cast and crew worked to finish shooting the season's final episode, set to air May 21.
"I don't dispute it's been a challenging season to write for us. But it's reinvigorated our determination to reinvent the show. This year could be seen to be the last iteration of it in its current state."
Oh, dear. Reinvention? That does sound ominous.
But Gordon says not to worry, as Jack, he says, "won't be flipping burgers."
"It won't be a musical or a half-hour," he added. "I've got a couple ideas, none of which I could even begin to share responsibly."
The clock is ticking, for fans as well as for Jack Bauer. Longtime devotees are struggling to keep the faith during this trying season.
"The writers have recycled some plots this season that are glaringly obvious: a recording, an almost removed president, an assassination attempt on that president, an attack on a Middle Eastern country, an impending nuclear strike, a person close to Jack kidnapped, etc.," Victor Lana, a novelist who follows "24" for BlogCritics Magazine, wrote in an e-mail. But, "The bottom line is that we still care about Jack Bauer."
Meanwhile, "24's" audience is getting noticeably grayer, typically a sign that a show is losing its purchase on the windy crags of pop culture.
According to Brad Adgate, senior vice president at the New York advertising company Horizon Media, the median age is 47.4 so far this season, compared with 45.1 last year and 42 in the 2003-04 season.
People born with resistance to "24's" charms have noted that in the second and third seasons the show benefited from following "American Idol." Now, though, its scheduling is cutting the other way: In recent weeks the show's Monday lead-in was "Drive," a new cross-country caper that bombed and got yanked last month. (The network hastily replaced it with reruns of "House.")
"We had every hope that 'Drive' would be a good companion to '24' and successor to 'Prison Break.' We were wrong," said Fox Entertainment president Peter Liguori, adding quickly that he nevertheless believed "24" would bounce back stronger next year.
But Gordon said he and his writing staff were wondering if something else was afoot besides the normal cycles of story telling and network scheduling.
Could it be that the vague but gnawing post-Sept. 11 fears that helped turn "24" into a hit are ebbing -- the nightmares that envisioned great cities laid low by chemical weapons spilled into the water supply, say, or suitcase nukes wielded by shadowy assailants?
"It's something we talked about at the beginning of the season," Gordon said. "9/11 is becoming, quietly, a memory; the memory is starting to fade. ... I do think that people are looking at the world differently, with less fear."
If so, that's probably good for America. And alas, that's probably bad for "24." Real-life political tension does wonders for creators of thriller fare. Look how kind the Cold War was to Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy.
Even so, Gordon sounds optimistic that "24" can recover from its "annus horribilis" and deliver the goods next season, no matter what changes are in store for the ever-suffering Jack Bauer.
"Certain tropes of the show will remain the same," Gordon said. "It'll keep its contract with the audience. We'll keep the adrenaline going."
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idk, if they succeded in "reinventing" it I'd surely be pleased. It has gone, for me, from a fantastic must watch show to a one hour a week I enjoy but don't particulary love.
And can anyone tell me what was the point of Milo getting capped like that? Just a sorry excuse to add the drama of another one biting the dust?
Quote from: TwoGoodEyes on May 08, 2007, 07:29:30 PM
And can anyone tell me what was the point of Milo getting capped like that? Just a sorry excuse to add the drama of another one biting the dust?
that he gave his life for Nadia... a tragic hero... other than that, no.
Quotelosing its purchase on the windy crags of pop culture.
Now THAT's good writing...
Nice article, thanks.
I recall Keifer talking a year or more ago about how they could change up 24 to place it in different locations and, even with entirely different cast members. But that, I think, was before Bauer was elevated to stuperhero status.
Now the show without Bauer would be like Perfect Strangers without Balki.
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/a11en1226/balki2.jpg)
:-D
Hmmmmm......how far the mighty have fallen. :| The 2 hour season finale tonight, and quite possibly the last episode ever, and not a single mention of it so far today on the 'paug. Well dammit, I for one am excited!
they just signed for 2 more "days", so it's not the last one ever...
i'm pretty excited, should be a good ending!
Quote from: tet on May 21, 2007, 05:15:40 PM
they just signed for 2 more "days", so it's not the last one ever...
Really? Where'd ya hear that? Maybe they'll stick to what worked, BRING BACK ELISHA!!!!!!!!!
um, everywhere.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8P64KV80.htm
Ha! Apparently, "everywhere" doesn't include the rock I've been living under. :-D Some how I missed this one. I will admit, i don't do a good job of following the news on the weekends.
weak ending.
timezone rule is still in effect...
the ending was fitting for the season, i'll put it that way.
i was hoping for a cliffhanger, but we just got the cliff... :evil:
Quote from: tet on May 21, 2007, 11:15:08 PM
the ending was fitting for the season, i'll put it that way.
yup
Yup, I was pissed last night. Next season, Jack better come back with a vengeance! I want to see a renewed commitment to killing terrorists, especially now that the love interest is out of the picture.
Quote from: antelope19 on May 22, 2007, 04:21:55 PM
Yup, I was pissed last night. Next season, Jack better come back with a vengeance! I want to see a renewed commitment to killing terrorists, especially now that the love interest is out of the picture.
agreed.
besides, his brother's ex-wife is waaaay hotter than Miss Horse Face. and it hasn't been revealed yet, but Joshua is actually Jack's son. YHIHF.
ya know, I kinda figured that. The way she was acting towards him. And I agree, the brothers wife is hotter than audrey "horseface" raines.
EDIT: Just remembered her name is marylin.
I miss 24. :cry:
Quote from: antelope19 on February 13, 2008, 02:41:44 PM
I miss 24. :cry:
I don't watch it but I saw something on drudgereport today that one of the writer/producers was moving on..
:|
Quote from: antelope19 on February 13, 2008, 02:41:44 PM
I miss 24. :cry:
looking like it may be 2009 before it returns. They only had 10-11 episodes filmed prior to the strike, so it is still gonna be a while.
WE'RE [NOT] RUNNING OUT OF TIME [TO WRITE MORE EPISODES]!!!!!
update (taken from the official website)
(http://www.fox.com/24/images/promoa-returns.jpg)