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'24' : An hour of realism
The Washington Times ^ | 4/29/05 | Christian Toto

Posted on 05/02/2005 2:32:12 PM PDT by Evolution

Fox's "24" is pulling off the unthinkable this season. No, it's not that it's one-upping previous seasons with an electric blend of nightmare terrorist scenarios and bold twists. It's that it's dispensing with the politically correct evasions that pervade prime time episodic television. "24" identifies the terrorist enemy without flinching and lets the good guys fight to win -- without apologies. In the process, the show is earning a conservative cult following.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 24; foxtv; hollywood; jackbauer; torture
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To: PJ-Comix

You can't just jump in. Too much of the dramatic effect depends upon how the show builds upon previous episodes (hours). Wait for the DVD, man.


81 posted on 05/02/2005 3:52:00 PM PDT by beckett
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To: isom35

""when it was mountain lion vs. Kim? I was pro-mountain lion.""

Same here, that's why I skipped the next season.


82 posted on 05/02/2005 3:53:32 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: chris1

I too never miss 24. TIVO for safe keeping. But "dispensing with political correctness" ... NOT. 24 like all other current forms of media displays total contempt towards white males. Every character on this and most other prime time drama puts females and non-white males in roles of power, principle and character almost to the total exclusion of white males. Always in positions to instruct and mentor the whining, weak, knuckle dragging bigots who've put us in this horrible state in the first place.

Even the almighty Jack has lost his love interest this series because she can't handle his serious character flaws. Mommy's boy Edgar finally had to lisp over the open channel that Chloe was by far the best analyst at CTU and her humble and powerful response "I know".

The coup d' gras though was the ending of last week's episode. Tune in tonight to see how it turns out. I bet you can't guess.


83 posted on 05/02/2005 3:57:26 PM PDT by darbymcgill
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To: All
Let's take a poll?

What will happen in the last episode?

I believe Marwan will succeed and the nuke will go off leveling an American city.

This will be Sutherland's way of saying wake up to the 9/10 mentality of the Rats.
84 posted on 05/02/2005 3:57:34 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over a year now)
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To: Lancey Howard

"Monday night at my house is "all phones are turned off" night, and it's been like that for three years now. When each '24' episode is over the first thing that occurs to me is that it's 6 days and 23 hours before the next episode. "

Yepper, that about nails it!

And yeah, Chloe was a total surprise to me, she done good.


85 posted on 05/02/2005 3:57:51 PM PDT by Fast5 (That Just Ain't Rite.)
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To: Evolution
*SPOILER*

I was biased against season 3 from the beginning--same with season 4. I couldn't believe he let the blonde from season 2 slip away. I was expecting them to be married in season 3. What a fool he is! Yes, she was probably a liberal, but she was dependable and courageous. I was just really partial to her. I still haven't gotten over it.

/*SPOILER*
86 posted on 05/02/2005 3:59:57 PM PDT by Born and Razed in America (The ninth plague was my first. The shadow of the wolf will forever linger.)
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To: dirtboy

"It has corporate interests in bed with Muslim terrorists"

Has happened. In the mid 1980's some German executives were arrested in a conspiracy to sell enriched fissile material and centrifuges to the Syrians.


88 posted on 05/02/2005 4:00:55 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (I live in Minnesota, I run a business in Minnesota, but I remain a TEXAN!)
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To: mercy

The "suspension of belief" idea hit home for me the night Air Force 1 went down, and after stealing the pages from the red section of the football, Marwan, driving a jeep, managed to get away from a helicopter in the open desert. Yeeaaahhhh, riiiiiggggghhhhht. :)

Chloe and Edgar's snippy comments to each other seem hard to believe also, given the gravity of the situation, but I'm kinda hot for Chloe, so it's all good on that note. :)

It also seems that no matter how many CTU guys are on the scene, no matter how much electronic surveillance they have going and no matter how well prepared they think they are, Marwan always manages to slip away.

I love to hate Marwan though. He (Arnold Vosloo) is the same actor I loved to hate in the "Mummy" movies.

But, even though it has it's moments that just about make you scream with frustration or laugh in disbelief, it's a great show. My favorite scene? Jack Bauer breaking that one feller's fingers to get information out of him, just as the guy's smug, bald ACLU lawyer is pulling away thinking he did a great job for his client. HehHeh. Schadenfreude!


89 posted on 05/02/2005 4:01:15 PM PDT by NorthWoody (Hey, politicians! Stand up, be men, do your jobs and close the borders while there's still time.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

You would watch a season of TV for this?

90 posted on 05/02/2005 4:03:43 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: NorthWoody

heh heh heh

"Here, this'll help with the pain" ....THWACK!


91 posted on 05/02/2005 4:03:50 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over a year now)
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To: TommyDale
Yeah, realism -- sure. This guy never sleeps, and an entire year of events happens in one day. Apparently the security of the entire country rests on the shoulders of one guy... yep, that's realism!

Not to mention that he can drive from anywhere in greater LA to anywhere else in about ten minutes. i know some folks who'd love to be able to pull that off.

92 posted on 05/02/2005 4:03:50 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: Sybeck1
I'm a fan, but I also wonder about his cell battery and when does the guy take a leak?

Didn't you wonder why he always wears dark slacks?

93 posted on 05/02/2005 4:04:04 PM PDT by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: savedbygrace

Is that the reason Hillary Clinton always wears black pantsuits?


94 posted on 05/02/2005 4:05:19 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: mercy

He has three nukes not just the one in Iowa, Marwan may escape this season but will be back just like Nina was,TBKL, to be killed later, by Jack, bomb goes off and martial law imposed, now in the next season Jack is gonna have to put up with vigilantes hampering him in his quest for Marwan, Lets not forget we get to visit the chinese this evening so that may be a factor next season as well and while we are at it lets throw in a couple of North Koreans, what a show.


95 posted on 05/02/2005 4:05:32 PM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: TommyDale

I guess that explains the smell that follows Hillary around.


96 posted on 05/02/2005 4:06:10 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Evolution
This SPOILER from
Digital Spy: '24' star signs new deal; more spoilers

24 star Mary Lynn Rajskub has signed a deal to become a series regular in the show's fifth season, according to TV Guide.

The actor, who plays CTU analyst Chloe O'Brian, will join Kiefer Sutherland amongst only a handful of stars on the regular cast.

TV Guide also revealed that two recurring characters - both male - would be killed off before the current season's end.



Mary Lynn Rajskub
97 posted on 05/02/2005 4:06:55 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

Well that's gotta be Tony. He's hopeless.

Also the black guy as he's the only other 'star'.


98 posted on 05/02/2005 4:09:35 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over a year now)
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To: TomGuy

Thats gotta be Tony and Edgar, Also heard Michelle might not make it back next year.


99 posted on 05/02/2005 4:10:53 PM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: mercy

Nope, Edgar gets sent to the field just like Chloe, but Edgar freezes under fire.


100 posted on 05/02/2005 4:12:56 PM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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