24 or what not do do
By fred | May 9, 2007
(S06E21) Allright, so I just saw the latest episode of 24, and I’m not quite sure how to say things… but it was bad. It was really bad. So bad it hurts, really.
That show seems to be exactly what not to do when you work on a TV show, seriously it’s like they keep trying to sink the show down. I remember when I first heard about a 24 movie, and it got me excited.
I was thrilled at the idea of seeing Jack Bauer fighting his way on the big screen, couldn’t wait. But if it’s to see anything remotely like that episode, no no, BIG no, no please don’t do this to me!!
You know how when this season of Lost started, there was quite a few (fans) voices that expressed their dislike about it. And they were right, it wasn’t so good back then. But they reacted, they changed things, writers heard complaints & dealt with them. By killing off stupid new characters they were trying to add, but mostly by delivering fantastic episodes after great episodes, they turned that season into a freaking awesome one, again.
24 on the other hand… Looks like writers heard complains, and decided to keep pushing it, and doing the same stuff everybody hates & complains about over & over & over again. And again.
Remember what I said earlier about the movie? That’s one thing, that I’ve said here before, and many people said, 24 is not a show about how CTU people fight terrorists, it’s not a real-time concept (they never fully went with it, never took, and then they completely stopped trying), no what that show is about can be said in 2 words, one name : Jack Bauer.
Jack is the show, makes the show. Jack is the reason why people watch 24. So yeah, when they saw earlier on episodes where Jack was pretty much MIA, only there a few minutes sitting in the infirmary or hiding on some foreigner basement, people obviously got frustrated.
Remember the Die Hard movies ? Do you think anyone got to see them to see how one guy would save the world? If you said yes, slap yourself in the face right now, cause of course the answer is NO! People went to see how Bruce Willis would do it, him, no one else.
Let’s go with the crazy idea that they would do another one of those old movies, do you really believe it would have any chance to work, without Bruce Willis in it?
If you said yes, kill yourself now.
24 is the same, people want to see Jack Bauer save the world. That’s what 24 is all about DAMNIT! That’s why we go through the whole stupid fake CTU drama & all the crap, for Jack.
