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'24' is a Show Full of Surreal Life Lessons
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| 4/9/06
| Renee A. James
Posted on 04/09/2006 9:53:55 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: OXENinFLA; silent_jonny
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:57:46 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Isn't this the show whose next episode reveals the President of the US to be a traitor?
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:58:03 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Dr. Scarpetta
I've seen a lot of threads on Free Republic about this show "24." Is it any good? Or is it just another liberal claptrap show like "West Wing."
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.
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:58:21 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Need a tree census in Maine)
To: bill1952
Yep! Can't wait to see that scum brought down.
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:58:27 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: Dr. Scarpetta
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:59:00 AM PDT
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: bill1952
You might add, a president whose actions strongly resemble John Kerry...
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posted on
04/09/2006 9:59:35 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: SamAdams76
Buy the DVDs of 24. It's that good. Nothing liberal (or conservative) about it at all. It's just a good show.
To: OXENinFLA; COEXERJ145; silent_jonny; navynucmom; EdnaMode; eeevil conservative; EmilyGeiger; ...
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:00:35 AM PDT
by
Dr. Scarpetta
(There's always a reason to choose life.)
To: SamAdams76
Please rent seasons 1-4 and you'll be hooked. Liberal? Joel Surnow is one of its creators, and I've heard that Vince Flynn has been a consultant
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Will do. So little good TV that I'm willing to buy DVDs of the few shows that are good.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:01:31 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Need a tree census in Maine)
To: SamAdams76
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.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:01:51 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: SamAdams76
I've seen a lot of threads on Free Republic about this show "24." Is it any good? It's a great thread and a great show. I'm addicted!
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:02:23 AM PDT
by
Dr. Scarpetta
(There's always a reason to choose life.)
To: SamAdams76
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.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:03:18 AM PDT
by
Cyclopean Squid
(History is a work in progress)
To: bornacatholic
I know it's Lent, but if you're lurking, this one's for you!
;-)
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:03:27 AM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
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.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:03:51 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: SamAdams76
Sam, give '24' a try. The main character sometimes acts outside of the law for a just cause. Once season a bad guy had the ACLU on speed dial so they let him go and Jack went outside after him to get vital information, he wasn't gentle.
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.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:04:39 AM PDT
by
pbear8
(I have to wait until Monday for '24'!!!! =()
To: SamAdams76
Is it any good? Or is it just another liberal claptrap show like "West Wing." 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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posted on
04/09/2006 10:04:50 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:04:50 AM PDT
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Also check out the Rolling Stone interview of Keifer. He's this month's cover boy:
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:04:52 AM PDT
by
rintense
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