Hollywood Chooses Sides in 24: Legacy, and Chooses Poorly

Townhall.com ^ | February 9, 2017 | Kurt Schlichter

[Jmouse007]

Knew all along this un-American PC "new 24": "America is the bad guy", crud was going to happen from the get go as soon as I saw their casting choices. The kid they chose as the lead actor was "the right PC color" but way too young and physically wimpy for the role in real life. If the producers just had to have "a black actor" as lead the casting director should have gone with someone mature, with presence along the lines of a Dennis Haysbert or Idris Elba, not a metrosexual pajama boy.

Frankly I'm surprised the main character wasn't also a homosexual, cross dresser or fill in the blank deviant. That would have made him "perfect".

Didn't bother watching, have no interest in watching, the "New Coke" 24, isn't 24:

No Jack, not coming back!

[Lee'sGhost]

He’s being facetious.

[milagro]

Same with “team Genital Hat”!

[GOPJ]

Hollywood, Democrats and the Press have teamed together against our Country and our President.

It’s disturbing... elites and liars deciding they’re more important than the voice of the people.

[silent_jonny]

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I can't argue with much of this. But we (including the guy that wrote the article) are judging it on just the first two episodes. Episode 1 was solid. Episode 2 got a little wobbly with some social commentary, but ended strong.

The producers aren't stupid. They've already made changes to the show since the election. Gerald McRaney was hired just last month to replace (I think) Veronica Cartwright, playing Jimmy Smits' mother, who bore an uncanny resemblance Hillary.

I'm not bailing on it yet. 24 with Kiefer wasn't always perfect. Season 6 was a nearly unwatchable PC mess.

Also, the Townhall writer needs to switch to decaf. It's just a TV show.

[Williams]

Yes it’s true 24 always involved a twist with evil Americans but I could go along for the ride. The scene that turned us off was the hero’s statement he could easily be arrested because he’s black, followed by arrest for nothing, followed by white police brutality.

[Maverick68]

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with casting a strong woman and a black man as the lead in a series like this, the problem is that the woman isn’t Kellyanne Conway and the strong black man isn’t Dr. Ben Carson.

If Hollywood REALLY wanted to shock audiences, cast a Conservative black man or Conservative woman as the lead in one of your movies.

[Hot Tabasco]

I did have this show as a Watchlist to watch event on Hulu,

I started with episode two and created a series recording. Glad I read this review, I can save the disk space on my DVR.......

[Pollster1]

This sounds suspiciously like the Affleck version of Tom Clancy's "Sum of All Fears" movie where the rabid . . .

Or the "Runaway Jury" where the tobacco companies were replaced by the NRA.

[RepRivFarm]

Have not watched it. Never will.

Have not watched Law and Order. Never will.

Used to really like NCIS. Then, two things happened: They turned violently anti-second amendment and started spawning spin-offs like a rabbit in heat. With a sigh, I turned off my TV.

Now, all I watch on network tv is football, wheel of fortune, and Big Bang Theory.....and I’m getting leary of all 3.

What a shame. I can’t watch anything now without picking up liberal bias. I have Netflix and watched “Stranger Things.” I really, really liked it. Then the asshat who plays the sherrif went to the grammys and suggested liberals start hurting conservatives. Spoiled the whole damn thing for me.

Whats a conservative to do? Do we just withdraw from society and not partake of entertainment? I’ve watched some of the so called “Christian” movies. They were so poorly done they were painful to watch.

And I like edgy, thought proviking plot-lines.

Sigh. So depressing.

[Gaffer]

Yes.

[Twinkie]

Thank you for posting this graphic. TRUTH is refreshing.

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Posted by Travis McGee

[Travis McGee]

Trump is playing 3D chess a year in advance, the Rats are playing checkers with one piece.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Really!? You didn't watch?

I couldn't wait to see more brutha's an' bi'ches kick cracka' ass.

< /SARC>

[Louis Foxwell]

“Incoherent crap?” I thought the review was on target, clever and witty. But then I am very plebian in my tastes.

[21st Century Crusader]

Hollywood Chooses Sides in 24: Legacy, and Chooses Poorly

Hollywood has to be counting on Middle Class Americans to watch this, and from what I've seen, it amounts to little more than a brainwashing attempt to try and turn me into a lefty.

Sorry, Hollywood, but your asinine third grade dropout lefty mentality only pisses me off more.

[bray]

So far it has every racist, sexist, Islamophobe cliché in the book.

[pgkdan]

Felonia von Pantsuit

I'm gonna use that!

[pgkdan]

> sexy ultrahottie Lena Dunham ... ???? that liberal female is anything but hot.

That was his point.

[OldSmaj]

Hollywood, what the hell are you thinking?

As if thinking had something to do with it.

I turned this shit off when they presented the main character as "the youngest squad leader in Ranger history".

I really don't recall birth dates and the comparison thereof to be a part of any participation in US Army Ranger operations, nor can I understand why it would be germane to anything.

So why even present this kind of shit?

The fools actually think that no one is going to question their stupid stuff?

I must admit...I have not watched the show, only snippets...I will not watch the show...as it has every cliche ever presented about guns and the US military...in the first 5 minutes.