The 24 Thread
11-14-01, 12:07 AM
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Just finished watching hour 2 and it was way more intense than the first hour. This episode definitely had more action to probably keep it going and it got noticeably bloodier. I'm definitely loving this show and from the looks of the preview for next week, it'll probably be a similarly intense episode.
11-14-01, 01:30 AM
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I taped the first show but didn't watch it, then watched the 2nd and got sucked right in. Now I'll go back and watch the opener and catch the rerun of #2 on Friday night. They make good use of split-screen and Kiefer is a pleasant surprise - I sure squirmed when he took that fingerprint. Exotica is one of my favorite movies so I'll watch anything with Mia Kirshner (even Wolf Lake, R.I.P.) - Mia was quite the tease tonight too!
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11-14-01, 01:41 AM
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Originally posted by Static Cling
Every single character isn't constantly on camera. Say we go to commercial... (that takes two minutes)... and then Jack Bauer (Kiefer's character) doesn't come back on screen for another two more. That's four minutes right there. Plenty of time for each character to take care of bodily functions. People can also eat on the run... and they can also go without food or sleep for 24 hours and survive. I don't think any of the main Counter-Terrorist Unit characters will be getting any sleep, and possibly not any of the Bauer family, either.
I thought that the first episode was very tense. We still don't know who are the good guys and bad guys. Good TV, IMHO. I know a lot of you disagree, but please don't use this thread as your crapping ground. I look forward to discussing this show on here as the season progresses, and I'd really appreciate it if I didn't have to wade through a bunch of "This show sucks!" posts do to it. Thank you in advance.
Every single character isn't constantly on camera. Say we go to commercial... (that takes two minutes)... and then Jack Bauer (Kiefer's character) doesn't come back on screen for another two more. That's four minutes right there. Plenty of time for each character to take care of bodily functions. People can also eat on the run... and they can also go without food or sleep for 24 hours and survive. I don't think any of the main Counter-Terrorist Unit characters will be getting any sleep, and possibly not any of the Bauer family, either.
I thought that the first episode was very tense. We still don't know who are the good guys and bad guys. Good TV, IMHO. I know a lot of you disagree, but please don't use this thread as your crapping ground. I look forward to discussing this show on here as the season progresses, and I'd really appreciate it if I didn't have to wade through a bunch of "This show sucks!" posts do to it. Thank you in advance.
11-14-01, 08:50 AM
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Originally posted by Trigger
Well - as for sleep, the show started out at midnight and I imagine these people have been awake all day as it is - so we're not just talking about 24 hours without sleep - more like 36 or so. I can't barely function when I haven't slept in that long. 24 hours and I'm fine, but any more than that and I'm fried. As for the show - I had already seen episode 2 when I posted, guess it's on an hour earlier where I am. Good thing I didn't give away any plot spoilers... I almost did.
Well - as for sleep, the show started out at midnight and I imagine these people have been awake all day as it is - so we're not just talking about 24 hours without sleep - more like 36 or so. I can't barely function when I haven't slept in that long. 24 hours and I'm fine, but any more than that and I'm fried. As for the show - I had already seen episode 2 when I posted, guess it's on an hour earlier where I am. Good thing I didn't give away any plot spoilers... I almost did.
11-15-01, 11:33 AM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to get sucked into this cheese fest. Love it so far. I've been disappointed when each episode ended, as I still want more ... that's rare for TV these days.
11-15-01, 06:12 PM
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This show rocks so far! 
If not for the hype before the show started, I probably wouldn't even have bothered to tune in, but since there was so much hype I had to see what all the fuss was about! Boy am I glad I did...I'm already thinking about the DVD release. 
(As long as the show continues to be good and not somehow go down the poop chute).
If not for the hype before the show started, I probably wouldn't even have bothered to tune in, but since there was so much hype I had to see what all the fuss was about! Boy am I glad I did...I'm already thinking about the DVD release. (As long as the show continues to be good and not somehow go down the poop chute).
11-15-01, 09:08 PM
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Originally posted by immortal_zeus
Boy am I glad I did...I'm already thinking about the DVD release. (As long as the show continues to be good and not somehow go down the poop chute).
Boy am I glad I did...I'm already thinking about the DVD release.
(As long as the show continues to be good and not somehow go down the poop chute).
Frankie like Mia!
11-16-01, 10:18 AM
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I had only heard a little of the hype and didn't know what to expect from this show. After two episodes, I love it. It's pretty fast paced, engaging, the writers did a good job getting me intersted in the characters, and you don't get the whole damn_puzzle solved in one hour like most shows!
As for Kiefer's spoiler, I kind of had an inkling
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Way cool.
As for Kiefer's spoiler, I kind of had an inkling
Spoiler:
Way cool.
11-17-01, 12:32 PM
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I'm tempted to read Kiefer's spoiler from the Tonight Show... but I won't. Can someone tell those of us in the dark when the plot points he revealed have been played out? So I can finally read what he said.
11-17-01, 12:37 PM
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Originally posted by Bandoman
I had only heard a little of the hype and didn't know what to expect from this show. After two episodes, I love it. It's pretty fast paced, engaging, the writers did a good job getting me intersted in the characters, and you don't get the whole damn_puzzle solved in one hour like most shows!
As for Kiefer's spoiler, I kind of had an inkling
.
Way cool.
I had only heard a little of the hype and didn't know what to expect from this show. After two episodes, I love it. It's pretty fast paced, engaging, the writers did a good job getting me intersted in the characters, and you don't get the whole damn_puzzle solved in one hour like most shows!
As for Kiefer's spoiler, I kind of had an inkling
Spoiler:
Way cool.
Spoiler:
11-20-01, 07:03 PM
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I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show, but will have to miss this week's episode. Unfortunately, it seems that Fox is not replaying tonight's episode on Friday. I don't have access to a VCR or cable, so does anyone no where I could download this episode? I checked Morpheus and they don't have any of the past episodes so I doubt they will have tonight's. Any ideas?
11-20-01, 09:29 PM
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Originally posted by vasb
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show, but will have to miss this week's episode. Unfortunately, it seems that Fox is not replaying tonight's episode on Friday. I don't have access to a VCR or cable, so does anyone no where I could download this episode? I checked Morpheus and they don't have any of the past episodes so I doubt they will have tonight's. Any ideas?
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show, but will have to miss this week's episode. Unfortunately, it seems that Fox is not replaying tonight's episode on Friday. I don't have access to a VCR or cable, so does anyone no where I could download this episode? I checked Morpheus and they don't have any of the past episodes so I doubt they will have tonight's. Any ideas?
As for tonight's show, you REALLY shouldn't miss it. Try to watch it no matter what- it was GREAT. If I wasn't totally hooked already, I can say for sure that after tonight's show I am an official 24 addict.
11-20-01, 11:31 PM
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Originally posted by vasb
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show, but will have to miss this week's episode. Unfortunately, it seems that Fox is not replaying tonight's episode on Friday. I don't have access to a VCR or cable, so does anyone no where I could download this episode? I checked Morpheus and they don't have any of the past episodes so I doubt they will have tonight's. Any ideas?
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show, but will have to miss this week's episode. Unfortunately, it seems that Fox is not replaying tonight's episode on Friday. I don't have access to a VCR or cable, so does anyone no where I could download this episode? I checked Morpheus and they don't have any of the past episodes so I doubt they will have tonight's. Any ideas?
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11-21-01, 09:57 AM
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Johnny Salami, hundredeightyproof thank you for your suggestions.
I just checked and Johnny Salami you are correct, it is playing again at 9:00pm Saturday on Fox. I'm not sure why, but yesterday when I searched for 24 on broadcast television this airing did not appear.
I'm glad I'll have a chance to see it, I too am hooked. It is probably the only show I will watch regularly now that The Simpsons is really lagging. It is very well directed and the acting (especially Sutherland) is quite good. Actually, though it is a nice extra, being in real time really hasn't added that much to the show, it works well because of many other reasons. I just hope it doesn't have a bunch of twists that are there just for the sake of having twists. It should stay true to the characters and not turn them into mere pawns that can be interchanged in novel ways in order to elicit shocks from the audience. So far that would be my only real worry.
I just checked and Johnny Salami you are correct, it is playing again at 9:00pm Saturday on Fox. I'm not sure why, but yesterday when I searched for 24 on broadcast television this airing did not appear.
I'm glad I'll have a chance to see it, I too am hooked. It is probably the only show I will watch regularly now that The Simpsons is really lagging. It is very well directed and the acting (especially Sutherland) is quite good. Actually, though it is a nice extra, being in real time really hasn't added that much to the show, it works well because of many other reasons. I just hope it doesn't have a bunch of twists that are there just for the sake of having twists. It should stay true to the characters and not turn them into mere pawns that can be interchanged in novel ways in order to elicit shocks from the audience. So far that would be my only real worry.
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05-23-10, 12:12 AM
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Re: The 24 Thread
Weird reading posts about video taping (pre DVR and TiVo) and the original run of Band of Brothers. Amazing this show has been on for almost 10 years.
05-23-10, 12:25 AM
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05-23-10, 12:33 AM
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Re: The 24 Thread
So the third poster felt the need to separately respond to every positive remark in a TVG ad. In terribly unfunny ways, to boot. Wonder if he's still around.
05-23-10, 01:21 AM
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It's just kind of hitting me now that 24 is ending in a little more than two and a half days. Definitely the only show currently airing that I will actually miss. There are a few other shows I watch regularly but when they end I won't really care. This will be an end of an era.
05-23-10, 01:42 AM
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Ha ha. Yeah, I guess sometimes you get it right and sometimes...well after 9 years and it ending up being a very popular show, sometimes you're just flat out wrong.
It's just kind of hitting me now that 24 is ending in a little more than two and a half days. Definitely the only show currently airing that I will actually miss. There are a few other shows I watch regularly but when they end I won't really care. This will be an end of an era.
It's just kind of hitting me now that 24 is ending in a little more than two and a half days. Definitely the only show currently airing that I will actually miss. There are a few other shows I watch regularly but when they end I won't really care. This will be an end of an era.