Posted on 04/09/2006 9:53:55 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
If you watch Kiefer Sutherland and "24," you learn to handle 60 minutes of tension, heartbreak and deception each week. And that's just between the characters of the president and the first lady.
But although fans love it, even the most ardent learn to overlook a lot regarding plot devices and characters.
Example: Jack Bauer, toughest guy on the planet and lead terrorist hunter, who can withstand torture, gunshots, drugs and severe mental anguish, found a pretty cool job for his annoying daughter, Kim.
After her stint as a runaway and a troubled teen in season one, she became an agent at the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU).
Kim, whose previous claim to heroic fame was escaping a wildcat while lost in the mountains of southern California, was now among the elite specialists who would save the lives of everyday Americans should the very worst take place. God help us.
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I hardly ever watch any TV except reruns of COPS and maybe a football game here and there. Since getting my video iPod, I've downloaded two TV shows that I think are okay. One of them is "Lost" - a show about an airplane that crashed on a remote island and all sorts of weird things start happening with them. The other show is "The Office" which is a sitcom that I can tolerate because it does not have an intelligence insulting laughtrack and it is about a typical American office that quite funny. I especially liked the episodes that dealt with political correctness like that "Sexual Harrassment" episode in which some corporate flunky came to the branch office to talk about sexual harrassment in the workplace.
So what of this "24" show? Liberal crap? Or is it worth checking out?
I do not think this show is available yet on iTunes.
Yep! Can't wait to see that scum brought down.
You might add, a president whose actions strongly resemble John Kerry...
Buy the DVDs of 24. It's that good. Nothing liberal (or conservative) about it at all. It's just a good show.
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Will do. So little good TV that I'm willing to buy DVDs of the few shows that are good.
It's probably in the eye of the beholder (or viewer), but I think of it as a patriotic show. Bauer is the kind of hero we all hope we have in our secret services--and probably do, but we'll never hear about them.
It's a great thread and a great show. I'm addicted!
Personally, I'm not a fan. It's just a little too much--all Jack Bauer seems to do is run around yelling "NOOOOOOOOO" as yet another thing goes wrong. And there's always a mole. It seems to me that they make it up as they go along, with no plan as to the direction of the plot from week to week.
That said, a lot of people like the show. Jack Bauer is a man of action and is not PC in the least. You might want to rent the earlier seasons to watch from Hour 1, because you'd never catch up if you start in the middle of the season.
Many people call it the greatest show ever--I call it mildly entertaining at first, then more and more annoying as the season progresses, until the point where I can't watch it anymore.
I know it's Lent, but if you're lurking, this one's for you!
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I can't tell if the articles authour is a fan or not. While reading the article, I was wondering why she bothered to watch the show. If someone watches TV expecting reality, they'll be disapponited.
In another season the SecDef tells his reprobate son to 'spare him the sixth grade Michael Moore logic'.
Lots of action, plots twists and major characters do go to CTU heaven from time to time.
I don't know how much this matters but it's one of Rush Limbaugh's favorite shows. He even spends time on the set when he can. It's probably the least PC shows out there. One hour of hard hitting drama and action.
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