24

[BarTopDancer]

24 starts tonight!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Keifer /drool

[innerSpaceman]

Ya know ... I watched the first season in complete thrall. I didn't want Season 2 to get that strong a hold on me, so I quit at the first sign of silliness ... and never went back. By all accounts, subsequent seasons have gotten way better.

But if EVER a series called for waiting and Netflixing, giving me the ability to watch each "day" in quick succession - this is that series. So I think I'll skip season 2 entirely, and start to catch up with season 3.

[BarTopDancer]

I never saw season 1. I didn't want to get attached to a show that was going to go away mid-season (oh the hindsight on that one). One of these days I'll rent it.

Season 2 sucked me in (and my love of Keifer). Last season was just amazing. Waiting and watching on DVD is a great idea. I wish I had that much patience and willpower to avoid spoilers.

mmmmmmmm Keifer.

Did I mention I have a little tiny thing for Keifer?

/swoon

[Babette]

I love this show, but man has Jack killed a lot of people (http://jjafuller.com/mirror/bc/v3/index.php/season/show/5). His cell batteries never run out, the data is always transferred lickety-split, he can find ammo when his firearm is out, he has connections in government agencies he is banned from, and he always manages to keep his satchel at his side. GO Jack Bauer!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Funny - GD reads Dave Barry's blog, and Barry is obsessed with 24....his running joke is that Bauer always shoots people in the thigh.

[scaeagles]

Can I get a boo-ya?

[BarTopDancer]

I love this show, but man has Jack killed a lot of people (http://jjafuller.com/mirror/bc/v3/index.php/season/show/5). His cell batteries never run out, the data is always transferred lickety-split, he can find ammo when his firearm is out, he has connections in government agencies he is banned from, and he always manages to keep his satchel at his side. GO Jack Bauer!

And it's possible to go from the San Diego vicinity to LA in less than 2 hours and anywhere in LA in less than 10 minutes.

[Babette]

Oh yea! He has super time travel speed :) GO, Jack, GO!

[scaeagles]

Well, in 2 hours, Jack has....

been delivered from his captors the Chinese, cleaned up, been turned over to a terrorist, bit a man to death, escaped, rescued an alleged terrorist, and saved a subway train full of people.

The guy's a stud.

[BarTopDancer]

Well, in 2 hours, Jack has....

been delivered from his captors the Chinese, cleaned up, been turned over to a terrorist, bit a man to death, escaped, rescued an alleged terrorist, and saved a subway train full of people.

Homage or not, that Lost Boys moment was great. He even had the same look. Tom is a weasel and I hope he goes away soon. Did the character relationship references bug anyone else? Chloe: "...your wife, I mean Karen Hayes...".


The guy's a stud.Ya he is. I can make him feel all better too. :evil:

[BarTopDancer]

Read this only after you have seen hour 1.

Some new names for 24 (taken from varous sites):
Interview with a Bauer
The Lost Jack
Bram Stokers Jackula

He referenced the bite on Leno as something long time fans would find amusing. It's funny!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We didn't watch it, but we did spend the evening mumbling darkly under our breath, ala Jack Bauer.

[scaeagles]

Anyone here happen to live in Valencia?

[BarTopDancer]

I think DisneyFan[bunches of numbers] does. Or did.

Poor Jack.

Some bored Mod can re-name my post if they wanna.

[DisneyFan25863]

Anyone catch the 4 hour season opener? Look like a pretty good start.
Though it seems like the new President is making every wrong decision. Also...apparently I would have just been killed by a nuclear weapon.

[BarTopDancer]

We're already talking about it here (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=5062)

Nice to see you're alive ;)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

DF - how silly of you to think a thread about 24 would actually be titled 24.

[Stan4dSteph]

DF - how silly of you to think a thread about 24 would actually be titled 24.Totally.

I saw it. I can't believe they actually nuked LA. That was a serious "holy ****" moment.

[scaeagles]

Should have gone populist and set it off in DCA.

[DisneyFan25863]

I think DisneyFan[bunches of numbers] does. Or did.

Poor Jack.

Some bored Mod can re-name my post if they wanna.

haha...yes, I do.
Or did
School will be interesting today since we all don't exist anymore.

[DisneyFan25863]

Right then. I actually looked for a 24 thread before I started this one, but wasn't able to find one. I'm too used to SA, where the threads have to have what you are posting in the title or you are banned :)

[Stan4dSteph]

Right then. I actually looked for a 24 thread before I started this one, but wasn't able to find one. I'm too used to SA, where the threads have to have what you are posting in the title or you are banned :)What's SA?

I like this thread better, anyway, so there!

[mistyisjafo]

This four hour season opener was awesome. I don't want to give off any spoilers but I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and at one point I was shouting at the TV and even had a few tears.

[CoasterMatt]

This four hour season opener was awesome. I don't want to give off any spoilers but I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and at one point I was shouting at the TV and even had a few tears.
Sounds kind of like the Seahawks game...

[Stan4dSteph]

This four hour season opener was awesome. I don't want to give off any spoilers but I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and at one point I was shouting at the TV and even had a few tears.I don't object to spoilers being posted if the episode has already aired in its regular slot on the West Coast. Otherwise, I would post in spoiler boxes.

[Kevy Baby]

You can ALREADY purchase (http://www.amazon.com/24-Season-Premiere-First-Episodes/dp/B000KQF6ZI/sr=8-10/qid=1168989805/ref=pd_bbs_10/002-1964745-0662450?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) the four-hour opener!!!

Fox (it is on Fox isn't it? - I don't watch the show) wanted to keep it under wraps that this was coming out as they didn't want to jeopardize the ratings.

Bloody brilliant though to do this.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

They blew up LA? Really? How awesome is that! :snap: I love when a fictional story gets some balls and does something really outrageous. Now I kinda wish I saw it. But only kinda

[DisneyFan25863]

They blew up LA? Really? How awesome is that! :snap: I love when a fictional story gets some balls and does something really outrageous. Now I kinda wish I saw it. But only kinda

They nuked Valencia, to be exact :eek:

And Kevy, the episodes were on the net a good 2 weeks ago..and the news of the dvd was leaked around the same time ;)

And SA is the SomethingAwful.com forums

[mistyisjafo]

You can ALREADY purchase (http://www.amazon.com/24-Season-Premiere-First-Episodes/dp/B000KQF6ZI/sr=8-10/qid=1168989805/ref=pd_bbs_10/002-1964745-0662450?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) the four-hour opener!!!

Fox (it is on Fox isn't it? - I don't watch the show) wanted to keep it under wraps that this was coming out as they didn't want to jeopardize the ratings.

Bloody brilliant though to do this.

I agree, great idea! What would be great is if it's available to rent too.

[Stan4dSteph]

Holy fvck!

[scaeagles]

Graham: "You're already hurting me."
Jack: "Trust me. I'm not."

Who else thinks that's really Jack's son and not his brother's?

[Stan4dSteph]

Graham: "You're already hurting me."
Jack: "Trust me. I'm not."He's such a weasel. Do you think Jack will kill him?

Also, were they calling him "Greg" or "Gray" as a nickname for Graham? I couldn't quite catch it. Sounded like Greg to me.

Who else thinks that's really Jack's son and not his brother's?I totally thought that too!

I can't wait until next week. Papa Bauer in the house!

[BarTopDancer]

Hummmmmmm.

More character story lines.

[mistyisjafo]

Graham: "You're already hurting me."
Jack: "Trust me. I'm not."

Who else thinks that's really Jack's son and not his brother's?

I agree! But that seems so obvious.

It was so great when Jack finally punched Gray in the face. When Jack showed up at Gray's door all I could do was yell at the tv "Punch him! Punch him!"

Best action shot was the copter stuck on the roof. :snap:

[BarTopDancer]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 24 in HD. I better go get my drool towel.

[Stan4dSteph]

Now that it's out in the open that Graem is evil, I hope Jack gets to torture him in very creative ways.

[DisneyFan25863]

Now that it's out in the open that Graem is evil, I hope Jack gets to torture him in very creative ways.

I still can't decide if Jack knows Graem is behind last season or not...

[Betty]

I don't think he does. I think they've got some old baggage that is causing Jack's cold shoulder. Just wait until he does find out! That will be lot's of fun!

[Stan4dSteph]

I don't think he does. I think they've got some old baggage that is causing Jack's cold shoulder. Just wait until he does find out! That will be lot's of fun!I agree. And oh yesssssssssss, it will be deliciously fun.

[BarTopDancer]

Did anyone not see that coming?

[Stan4dSteph]

Did anyone not see that coming?Well, I was hoping that Farmer Hogett wasn't evil. Poor Jack. He needs a hug.

[BarTopDancer]

Jack needs to go to my room. I can make him forget all about his bad day...

Every time he says "my father" I keep wanting to say that is NOT your father! I think it would have been really funny if they had cast Donald Sutherland in the role of Jack's dad. I half way expected it when they first showed the tall white haired man from the back.

[sleepyjeff]

Worse 24 in two plus years. I saw everything coming from who would be the technician(although, I must admit, the picture was a nice touch), to Graem admiting to the "lesser" evil to cover for his father, and I even predicticted about 10 minutes before it happened that his father would kill his brother.

I trust that this isn't a trend though. The show should start to pick-up a little bit, maybe not next week but certainly by the week after.

Still my second favorite show on TV right now....my fave is back Wednesday night:)

[Stan4dSteph]

Every time he says "my father" I keep wanting to say that is NOT your father! I think it would have been really funny if they had cast Donald Sutherland in the role of Jack's dad. I half way expected it when they first showed the tall white haired man from the back.They tried to get him, but couldn't due to scheduling conflicts.

As far as the predictability goes, I kind of see your point, but still I'm always expecting that there will be a twist, so it's almost like "we knew you would think we'd do X, and then you'd think we would do Y, so we did X to trick you!"

That sounds really lame, but I kind of think that at this point, nothing on 24 is predictable, except maybe that Jack will yell a lot and kick ass.

[BarTopDancer]

They tried to get him, but couldn't due to scheduling conflicts.

I did not know that. It would have been really funny, albiet distracting after the initial humor wore off. Though I'm not sure how much more distracting then his non-dad dad.

As far as the predictability goes, I kind of see your point, but still I'm always expecting that there will be a twist, so it's almost like "we knew you would think we'd do X, and then you'd think we would do Y, so we did X to trick you!"

That sounds really lame, but I kind of think that at this point, nothing on 24 is predictable, except maybe that Jack will yell a lot and kick ass.

The initial stuff always seems to be predictable on some level. I am thinking there is going to be a huge twist - though perhaps a predictable one (someone in CTU is working for Fayid). Maybe Morris really is a bad guy.

Wasn't Chad Lowe supposed to be on last week? And what happened to Rick(y) Schroder?

[sleepyjeff]

As far as the predictability goes, I kind of see your point, but still I'm always expecting that there will be a twist, so it's almost like "we knew you would think we'd do X, and then you'd think we would do Y, so we did X to trick you!"

That sounds really lame, but I kind of think that at this point, nothing on 24 is predictable, except maybe that Jack will yell a lot and kick ass.

You're probably right. If I recall, early mid-season last year was kinda predictable too, then BAM!

[Stan4dSteph]

Things are not looking good for Milo. I think he might be next to take a dip in the Dead Pool.

[Stan4dSteph]

I think it would be fun to watch this show with a heart monitor on.

Next week:

It's Grizzly Logan!

[scaeagles]

Holy Freakin' Cow. I didn't see that coming.

And you know what I'm still wondering? In the first episode when Jack gets off the plane, the Chinese guy says "your President paid a high price for him". What was the high price, and how will it end up playing into the season?

[Stan4dSteph]

Holy Freakin' Cow. I didn't see that coming.

And you know what I'm still wondering? In the first episode when Jack gets off the plane, the Chinese guy says "your President paid a high price for him". What was the high price, and how will it end up playing into the season?What didn't you see coming? The reappearance of that guy? Unfortunately, I had heard he would return.

I am nodding my head at the "high price" comment. I've been wondering that too. That's destined to rear its ugly head at some point...

[scaeagles]

That is what I am referring to. I had not heard of his return, and am obviously shocked.

[Stan4dSteph]

That is what I am referring to. I had not heard of his return, and am obviously shocked.Yeah, I was annoyed when I read that spoiler. I think it was in TV Guide too. :rolleyes:

I'm still waiting for Jack to have another emotional meltdown. First his brother and now his dad has betrayed him. Who's left? Do we know what happened to his mom? I'm guessing she died in his childhood, but I'm not sure it's been talkled about on the show.

[scaeagles]

Chloe? Maybe Chloe turns evil, too.

[Stan4dSteph]

Chloe? Maybe Chloe turns evil, too.I highly doubt it. However, I have a feeling her covering for Morris may come back to bite her in the ass.

Kim might make an appearance I suppose, just to tell her dad that she still doesn't forgive him for faking his death. Got to twist that knife in a little deeper.

[scaeagles]

I was being sarcastic about Chloe.

[Stan4dSteph]

I was being sarcastic about Chloe.Oh, fine. You need to use more emoticons!

Is this becoming the scaeagles and steph discussion hour?

[sleepyjeff]

The Logan thing shocked me too....which I am glad for as too much this season has been predictable.

[Stan4dSteph]

I wonder what the significance of Psalm 40 is? Maybe Logan is a U2 fan. :D

[BarTopDancer]

Am I the only one who was not super thrilled by the season finale?

Emo Jack is getting a little old. We have nothing to look forward to next season. Unless his dad got away. He could have rolled into the boat and no one would have heard anything with the explosions and choppers. Though there was a splash before the silent clock. I thought it was waves crashing. Maybe he did jump? And Chloe is pregnant? By Morris? Or someone else?

Story lines for next season

Is Jack Josh's dad?
Is Morris the father of Chloe's baby?
Is Jack's dad still alive?
Will Jack jump off the cliff?
Will CTU have yet another break-in?

It sounds like a soap opera.

[Stan4dSteph]

I liked getting to see a little more of Jack's humanity this season. According to the "Debrief" that is accessed via the AmEx website, Jack didn't jump, or if he did, he's not dead.

What about Cheng? That's something that can be carried to next season. I don't mind not having some sort of huge cliffhanger.

[BarTopDancer]

I liked getting to see a little more of Jack's humanity this season. According to the "Debrief" that is accessed via the AmEx website, Jack didn't jump, or if he did, he's not dead.

Ah. I don't have access to it. Thanks.

What about Cheng? That's something that can be carried to next season. I don't mind not having some sort of huge cliffhanger.

I thought he was still on the rig when it blew?

[Stan4dSteph]

I thought he was still on the rig when it blew?No, he was in the helicopter, and then taken to CTU. His last line was something like, "My people won't abandon me like you abandoned Jack Bauer."

I also think Jack's dad is dead. They showed a quick shot of him still sitting on the platform and he didn't look like he was going anywhere. We don't know for sure of course, because the Zodiac was still there, but I think that was meant to indicate he's most likely dead.

[BarTopDancer]

No, he was in the helicopter, and then taken to CTU. His last line was something like, "My people won't abandon me like you abandoned Jack Bauer."

Your right! I'm still curious to find out what the "high price" the government paid for his release was.

I also think Jack's dad is dead. They showed a quick shot of him still sitting on the platform and he didn't look like he was going anywhere. We don't know for sure of course, because the Zodiac was still there, but I think that was meant to indicate he's most likely dead.

Most likely.

[scaeagles]

I was only disappointed with the Cheng thing. When he said that, I so wanted Buchanen to say "Your people think you're dead."