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1. Mobile phones in hospitals. Nup, ain't going to happen. It inteferes with the equipment, you see. A friend of mine kept trying to use hers in casualty and almost had to be readmitted due to the great vengeance and furious anger of the duty nurse. Even Jack Bauer would have had some trouble dealing with that.
2. Almeida's beard. It really is cruel to kill a mouse and then use its pelt as a piece of facial hair: just cruel. How could such a man gain a position of authority in CTU?
3. Jack's table manners. Not too much of a spoiler here, but in a later episode we DO get to see Jack eat; frankly it was reminiscent of a pig at a trough. And yet this man still has beautiful women falling all over him.
4. Jack's bladder. How big exactly is it? Big enough that, if Richard Branson were to inflate the thing, he could attempt another hot-air balloon record? Or bigger even than that? Big enough to swallow the earth?
5. Jack's car. It doesn't talk? Did David Hasselhof make Knightrider for NOTHING?
6. Mobile phones II. You ring, they answer. Sound familiar? Thought not. No dropped connections, no random redirections to voicemail etc etc. What network are these people on?
7. Mobile phones III. Everyone has the same mobile. I can only presume that the producers bought themselves a great big box of the things down the market. I mean, surely a woman of Nina's obvious sophistication would have a snap-on cover - possibly in cowskin - or, at the very least, a snazzy ringtone. No wonder Jack dumped her.
8. The female Bauer gene. Any dangerous situation will act as an irresistible magnet for Kim or Terri, but at the last minute a magical repulsion will set in, causing the bullet/car/bomb to miss by a whisker.
9. Ira 'all seeing' Gaines, a man who has somehow hacked into every single CCTV camera in the city - how did he do that then?
10. Mobile phones IV. Does triangulating a signal really take so long? I thought the networks knew where we were every second of every day so that they could reccomend restaraunts to us: or in Gaines' case, secret hideouts. Why don't they just FIND these people.
11. CTU headquarters. Given that CTU peeps are constantly whining about being overstretched, why in god's name did they spend so much money on interior designers? I admit it looks cool: but shouldn't they be fighting terrorists instead of keeping Laurence Lllewellyn Bowen in stripy pants?
12. Jamey Farrell's chin. Ugh.
13. Ira 'not-so-all-seeing' Gaines and Rick. For a man clever enough to hack all of LA's security cameras, Gaines really lets himself down by promoting some loser kid with a crush on his hostage into a position of immediate authority. In future episodes: Gaines hands Rick a nuclear warhead and $50,000,000 'just to look after'.
14. So Mr Miyagi is sent to kill the women: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PULL A DAMN TRIGGER????
15. Kim's stylist, make-up artist etc. Stop work people! The girl has been kidnapped, punched, chased and terrorised; she has seen her friend left for dead, and her mum raped. I think it's OK that she looks a little tousled - she doesn't have to go to the prom.
16. Kim's stylist II. Why is that top not cut a little lower?
17. How come something REALLY exciting happens at almost exactly 59 minutes past every hour?
18. Ira 'not-so-all-seeing' Gaines II. If you're going to run such a brilliant terrorist operation, is it really too much trouble to actually CHECK if people are dead?
19. The news. Headline: Senator Palmer to have breakfast - says, I expect two slices of French toast, bacon, coffee and orange juice; Republicans condemn the move as unpatriotic. In other news: Senator Palmer expects to visit a school. Oh yes, and a few hours ago a plane or something blew up in Nevada.
20. Keith Palmer. In the absence of any discernible acting ability, he seems to express all emotion as a kind of subtle build up of physical pressure in his head. I predict he will explode by 9pm.
21. Magic freeways. Any location in under five minutes - or your money back.
22. Not so magical freeways. Unless that location is somewhere that you really need to get to. Then you'll probably arrive five or ten seconds too late.
23. Why is everyone EXCEPT Jack Bauer so utterly incompetent? He can sneak out of a locked down CTU, get a prisoner out of a police station, escape road blocks and avoid statewide manhunts. Is he Osama Bin Laden in disguise?
24. The self-destruct button. What's that you say? You're about to give Jack a vital piece of information that will ensure the safety of his family and Senator Palmer? You're going to tell him now? OK, hang on I'll get him...Jack! Jack! Quick!...OK, now tell him...Oh, you're dead.
Any more?
2. Almeida's beard. It really is cruel to kill a mouse and then use its pelt as a piece of facial hair: just cruel. How could such a man gain a position of authority in CTU?
3. Jack's table manners. Not too much of a spoiler here, but in a later episode we DO get to see Jack eat; frankly it was reminiscent of a pig at a trough. And yet this man still has beautiful women falling all over him.
4. Jack's bladder. How big exactly is it? Big enough that, if Richard Branson were to inflate the thing, he could attempt another hot-air balloon record? Or bigger even than that? Big enough to swallow the earth?
5. Jack's car. It doesn't talk? Did David Hasselhof make Knightrider for NOTHING?
6. Mobile phones II. You ring, they answer. Sound familiar? Thought not. No dropped connections, no random redirections to voicemail etc etc. What network are these people on?
7. Mobile phones III. Everyone has the same mobile. I can only presume that the producers bought themselves a great big box of the things down the market. I mean, surely a woman of Nina's obvious sophistication would have a snap-on cover - possibly in cowskin - or, at the very least, a snazzy ringtone. No wonder Jack dumped her.
8. The female Bauer gene. Any dangerous situation will act as an irresistible magnet for Kim or Terri, but at the last minute a magical repulsion will set in, causing the bullet/car/bomb to miss by a whisker.
9. Ira 'all seeing' Gaines, a man who has somehow hacked into every single CCTV camera in the city - how did he do that then?
10. Mobile phones IV. Does triangulating a signal really take so long? I thought the networks knew where we were every second of every day so that they could reccomend restaraunts to us: or in Gaines' case, secret hideouts. Why don't they just FIND these people.
11. CTU headquarters. Given that CTU peeps are constantly whining about being overstretched, why in god's name did they spend so much money on interior designers? I admit it looks cool: but shouldn't they be fighting terrorists instead of keeping Laurence Lllewellyn Bowen in stripy pants?
12. Jamey Farrell's chin. Ugh.
13. Ira 'not-so-all-seeing' Gaines and Rick. For a man clever enough to hack all of LA's security cameras, Gaines really lets himself down by promoting some loser kid with a crush on his hostage into a position of immediate authority. In future episodes: Gaines hands Rick a nuclear warhead and $50,000,000 'just to look after'.
14. So Mr Miyagi is sent to kill the women: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PULL A DAMN TRIGGER????
15. Kim's stylist, make-up artist etc. Stop work people! The girl has been kidnapped, punched, chased and terrorised; she has seen her friend left for dead, and her mum raped. I think it's OK that she looks a little tousled - she doesn't have to go to the prom.
16. Kim's stylist II. Why is that top not cut a little lower?
17. How come something REALLY exciting happens at almost exactly 59 minutes past every hour?
18. Ira 'not-so-all-seeing' Gaines II. If you're going to run such a brilliant terrorist operation, is it really too much trouble to actually CHECK if people are dead?
19. The news. Headline: Senator Palmer to have breakfast - says, I expect two slices of French toast, bacon, coffee and orange juice; Republicans condemn the move as unpatriotic. In other news: Senator Palmer expects to visit a school. Oh yes, and a few hours ago a plane or something blew up in Nevada.
20. Keith Palmer. In the absence of any discernible acting ability, he seems to express all emotion as a kind of subtle build up of physical pressure in his head. I predict he will explode by 9pm.
21. Magic freeways. Any location in under five minutes - or your money back.
22. Not so magical freeways. Unless that location is somewhere that you really need to get to. Then you'll probably arrive five or ten seconds too late.
23. Why is everyone EXCEPT Jack Bauer so utterly incompetent? He can sneak out of a locked down CTU, get a prisoner out of a police station, escape road blocks and avoid statewide manhunts. Is he Osama Bin Laden in disguise?
24. The self-destruct button. What's that you say? You're about to give Jack a vital piece of information that will ensure the safety of his family and Senator Palmer? You're going to tell him now? OK, hang on I'll get him...Jack! Jack! Quick!...OK, now tell him...Oh, you're dead.
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Yup, but not having any form of TV other than terrestrial, I can't watch it. :-(
Hay, did you know that if you have digital TV you can see next weeks episode of 24? They show it on BBC choice rift after the BBC2 episode. I've already seen whats going to happen on tonights programme, and it throws a few more twists into the show such as who wants Palmer dead. One of the best series on telly at the moment.
Vottanator wrote:
> Aaahhh stop complaining!!
>
> 24 is one of the best TV series in a long time. It's never boring,
> even when nothing is happening. The pace is constantly kept up, even
> when nothing is happening. And Kiefer Sutherland is the man, even when
> nothing is happening.
Don't get me wrong, I love 24: it is the best show on tv right now. But there ARE a few inconsistencies in the programme that, being a total pedant, I love to point out. I've been watching *coughed* episodes, and I'm up to 6pm: the twists keep coming!
> Aaahhh stop complaining!!
>
> 24 is one of the best TV series in a long time. It's never boring,
> even when nothing is happening. The pace is constantly kept up, even
> when nothing is happening. And Kiefer Sutherland is the man, even when
> nothing is happening.
Don't get me wrong, I love 24: it is the best show on tv right now. But there ARE a few inconsistencies in the programme that, being a total pedant, I love to point out. I've been watching *coughed* episodes, and I'm up to 6pm: the twists keep coming!
Yup, I totally agree with you there.
There seems to be a major twist in every 24 episode. I thought that Alan guy seemed a bit suspicious though. I saw him being a bad guy from the beginning. Took me quite a while to realise that they never actually knew for SURE that he was Janet's dad though. But once I realised that, I had it sussed.
But then another twist surprised again the next epsisode most likely, so the period of me thinkng how great I was am was over. :-D
The thing is, we're only a third of the way through and they've already made an attempt on Palmer's life.
At this point, I feel it necessary to say that Dennis Haybert rules!!
"You proud of me?! What the hell are you proud of me for?"
There seems to be a major twist in every 24 episode. I thought that Alan guy seemed a bit suspicious though. I saw him being a bad guy from the beginning. Took me quite a while to realise that they never actually knew for SURE that he was Janet's dad though. But once I realised that, I had it sussed.
But then another twist surprised again the next epsisode most likely, so the period of me thinkng how great I was am was over. :-D
The thing is, we're only a third of the way through and they've already made an attempt on Palmer's life.
At this point, I feel it necessary to say that Dennis Haybert rules!!
"You proud of me?! What the hell are you proud of me for?"
Thats the problem I have with the X-Files. It was great when it first came out, with an itriguing and mysterious plot, but now its just being strung along with some OK, but not great episodes. I agree there are some episodes which are great, but the main plotline which was started doesn't seem to exsist anymore. There aren't enough twists anymore which one thing 24 provides heavily on.
Yeah, I still watch The X-Files because there's the odd good one now and again and I've always watched it so why stop now? The conspiracy ones are always good but they've killed off all the characters now! The entire syndicate were killed by the alien rebels. The well manecured man died in the car bomb in the film. Cancer Man was pushed down the stairs in his wheel chair by Kritchek. And I'm pretty sure Skinner shot Kritchek.
So where the hell is the government plot now? It's over!
So where the hell is the government plot now? It's over!
Yeah I agree that episode was pretty cack. I found it a bit of a stupid thing for BBC2 to delay 24 for yet another x-files episode, the x-files has been on for ages and has lost its appeal, whil 24 has new ideas and seems to get better every episode.
Delaying an episode of 24 because of the Snooker final is fine by me. But when they could have shown is instead of that dismal metal man episode of The X-Files.....now that IS annoying!
"Agent Dogget, I found some metal in this dead guy's blood."
"Hold on Agent Scully, are you saying that we're looking for a metal man?"
"No I didn't say that at all! I merely said there was some metal in this guy's blood!"
"Agent Dogget, I found some metal in this dead guy's blood."
"Hold on Agent Scully, are you saying that we're looking for a metal man?"
"No I didn't say that at all! I merely said there was some metal in this guy's blood!"
Of course the programmes going to have some problems, it was filmed in real time 24 hours, but that’s what makes the show so fast paced and tense. And I was miffed that BBC2 replaced one episode of 24 for snooker and the x-files. I hate that kind of scheduling it pees me off.
Aaahhh stop complaining!!
24 is one of the best TV series in a long time. It's never boring, even when nothing is happening. The pace is constantly kept up, even when nothing is happening. And Kiefer Sutherland is the man, even when nothing is happening.
Hmmmmm....I seem to have given the impression that nothing ever happens. But it does!
:-D
24 rules! I've had to wait 2 weeks for this episode so it had better be good. Hendry losing last week was bad enough. Showing the most dismal episode of the X-Files I have seen in ages instead of 24 made it even worse.
Me having the worst game of snooker in my life today made it EVEN worse!
And I'm sure there's something else wrong. But I can't put my figner on it. Oh well...
24 is one of the best TV series in a long time. It's never boring, even when nothing is happening. The pace is constantly kept up, even when nothing is happening. And Kiefer Sutherland is the man, even when nothing is happening.
Hmmmmm....I seem to have given the impression that nothing ever happens. But it does!
:-D
24 rules! I've had to wait 2 weeks for this episode so it had better be good. Hendry losing last week was bad enough. Showing the most dismal episode of the X-Files I have seen in ages instead of 24 made it even worse.
Me having the worst game of snooker in my life today made it EVEN worse!
And I'm sure there's something else wrong. But I can't put my figner on it. Oh well...
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