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'24' is a Show Full of Surreal Life Lessons
Morning Call ^ | 4/9/06 | Renee A. James

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 24; chloe; chloerocks; flank2; jackbauer; jackbauerpowerhour; lessons; tv; wwjbd
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1 posted on 04/09/2006 9:53:58 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: OXENinFLA; silent_jonny

ping


2 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.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Isn't this the show whose next episode reveals the President of the US to be a traitor?
3 posted on 04/09/2006 9:58:03 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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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.

4 posted on 04/09/2006 9:58:21 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Need a tree census in Maine)
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To: bill1952

Yep! Can't wait to see that scum brought down.


5 posted on 04/09/2006 9:58:27 AM PDT by rintense
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

http://blogs4bauer.blogspot.com/

6 posted on 04/09/2006 9:59:00 AM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: bill1952

You might add, a president whose actions strongly resemble John Kerry...


7 posted on 04/09/2006 9:59:35 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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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.


8 posted on 04/09/2006 10:00:27 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (A nickel bag gets sold in the park. I WANT IN!)
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To: OXENinFLA; COEXERJ145; silent_jonny; navynucmom; EdnaMode; eeevil conservative; EmilyGeiger; ...

Ping


9 posted on 04/09/2006 10:00:35 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta (There's always a reason to choose life.)
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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
10 posted on 04/09/2006 10:00:39 AM PDT by Watershed
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Will do. So little good TV that I'm willing to buy DVDs of the few shows that are good.


11 posted on 04/09/2006 10:01:31 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Need a tree census in Maine)
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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.


12 posted on 04/09/2006 10:01:51 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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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!

13 posted on 04/09/2006 10:02:23 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta (There's always a reason to choose life.)
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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.


14 posted on 04/09/2006 10:03:18 AM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (History is a work in progress)
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To: bornacatholic

I know it's Lent, but if you're lurking, this one's for you!

;-)


15 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.)
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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.


16 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.)
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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.

17 posted on 04/09/2006 10:04:39 AM PDT by pbear8 (I have to wait until Monday for '24'!!!! =()
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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.

18 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.)
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19 posted on 04/09/2006 10:04:50 AM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Also check out the Rolling Stone interview of Keifer. He's this month's cover boy:


20 posted on 04/09/2006 10:04:52 AM PDT by rintense
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