Posted on 02/20/2006 12:18:28 PM PST by Watershed
That's one of my very favorite things to hear about an actor. Thanks for telling me!
You've made my day! I'd LOVE to see David Palmer come back!
That would be fine with me. I can't stand her. She's such a whiner--what in the world would a strong man like Jack Bauer see in her? I'd like to see Kate (from Season 2) return.
Logan seems like a composite character... Jimmy Carter + Richard Nixon
Ok, I don't get it, but then I don't have to!
And I didn't like Kiefer Sutherland at all until he started playing Jack Bauer. Fierce masculinity and strength and courage and warrior skills will get me every time. Add a tender heart and I'm a goner.
The show is very simplistic in its "morality"..i.e., what Bauer wants = Good. What he does not want = Bad.
Thus, in season 4, it is perfectly okay for Bauer to kill a hospital patient for national security, but it horrendous to kill Bauer in order to avert a war with China.
I could not stand the utter hypocrisy of the Palmer character ... he'd give high and mighty speeches about morality.. but then he'd have his political opponents tortured, order raids on foreign embassies, pardon traitors and murderers, etc.
I guess the show is enjoyed best when you don't think very hard. Once you begin to think, you'll quickly realize how utterly stupid it is.
You sure know alot about a program that you think is stupid, but, thats why they call it TV. Nothing wrong with escaping reality for an hour or so a week.
Also 24 off-set articles have been written describing Haysbert's disappointment at his character's demise. 24's writers may be machiavellian, indeed a bit fascist, but I doubt they have Haysbert out there reeling in the press and leading them down false paths just to set them up for a plot twist later in the season.
I wonder if Allstate Insurance's sales are up because of "Palmer?"
That very well may be but that does not explain that promo I saw. And tell me, Why would Palmer mention the guy at the airport that knew about the nerve gas in his memoirs that wouldn't be made public for at least a year? I swear I think they showed that promo by mistake for I have not seen it since.
As for the promo you're talking about, it could mean that Palmer will perform in some flashback scenes. But it won't mean he faked his death.
Yea but it would be interesting if he was alive and exposed a corrupt administration. Of course logan is just inept, not corrupt himself. We shall see. I have heard there is going to be some very surprising turn of events from FNC personell but they said they ain't talking. Remember the bad guy was only mentioned on Palmers puter, not on the written draft.
Me too - such a rarity in Hollywood.
Whew, when I saw you had posted to me I thought you were going to tell me about Walken's politics, haha.
Well said sir or madame! Actually, I thought that season 4 plot point could have set up a meaty ethical issue. Yes, turn Jack over to the Chinese -- since everyone seems to think it's OK for everyone ELSE to get screwed over because "we're in a crisis here," why not Jack too -- actually having to pay the price for his actions? (Also, he could have escaped in time for the next season, setting up a whole "is Jack now a Manchurian candidate?" plot arc)
Yea, well my girlfriend's ex-husband looks a LOT like Christopher Walken -- now that's scary.
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