Topic: The Jack Bauer Pauer Hauer (Read 52898 times)

The Thief · « **on:** 16 Jan 2006, 19:23 »

I'm talking about 24. This show is basically 24 episodes a season of Kiefer Sutherland fucking shit up. I love this show, and so do you.

JACK BAUER KILL COUNT - 13

(If anyone would help and write up synopsis of the season 5 episodes so far, I'll put 'em in this post. I'll continue to update the kill count for the entire season.)

Gryff · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 19:31 »

I missed the first episode of season 1, and I was like "Dang! I can't watch the second hour wthout knowing what happened in the hour before it!"

Also, when do they poop?

The Thief · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 19:38 »

They poop during commercial breaks. NEXT QUESTION.

Jarne · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 05:26 »

I was kinda dissapointed with this season (5). It seems like they're just going through the routines again, nothing original was happening. They could have made it great though!

SPOILER CONCERNING SEASON 4 AND 5!

After what happened at the end of season 4, they could have made a really kickass season involving Jack being hunted by the Chinese and nobody helping him. They could have finally gotten away from CTU and brought in a whole bunch of new characters. Instead, they opt for the 'ol "Jack is forced back into a world that he thought he had left forever. Just like season 4. And season 2.

SPOILER ENDING!

I'm sure this season will be great though and I like the way they started things off.

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 14:27 »

I agree with Jarne.

*** Here there are spoiled fruit ***

I was expecting a whole lot more of Jack on the run, but I guess they couldn't spend an entire show hunting Jack down, or burn precious hours having him on the run and still have him come back and avert a crisis he only has perhaps 12 hours to figure out instead of the universally required 24. I also think he needs to break down and lose his mind a little more emotionally over the death of his friends.

*** Isle four has been serviced, sorry for the inconvenience ***

The next couple of weeks should be interesting considering they used two-hour blocks for single arcs instead of just sixty minutes in the opener(s).

IronOxide · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 14:50 »

I feel bad for Jack Bauer, he has had so many damn bad days, that if I'm not mistaken

SPOILER?
killed his wife and kid.
END SPOILER?

But I may be mistaken.

I am not a fan of the show however, I don't hate it, but it really does nothing for me.

The Thief · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 15:41 »

To keep the discussion going, how do you guys rate the seasons so far?

Jarne · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 17:50 »

I think they keep getting worse each season (mind you, it's still good).

Season 1 is by far the best. All of the stuff was just great, including all those plot twisties at the end. Season 2 just pumped up the threat level which pretty much ruined the rest of the seasons because they couldn't just make the threat bigger but they tried to anyways. Season 3 stumbled a bit at points and season 4 was just them doing a generic 24 season.

mooface · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 18:35 »

I said this when you texted my brother about it, and I'll say it again. wtf.

The Thief · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 19:13 »

Quote from: mooface

I said this when you texted my brother about it, and I'll say it again. wtf.

24 is a show that unfolds in real time, over a period of 24 hours. Each hour in the show is an episode. It follows Jack Bauer and the CTU as they deal with terrorist threats.

McTaggart · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 20:07 »

I really don't like it. Jack is an arsehole, all the ctu people are self absorbed backstabbing jerks, the terrorists are arses. Who are we supposed to side with?

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #11 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 09:41 »

Jack. Always Jack. In Jack we trust. Oh say can you Jaaaack.

Jarne · « **Reply #12 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 10:02 »

Actually...

SPECULATION INVOLVING SPOILERS!

Perhaps they're going to have Jack stop the terrorist threat in the earlier hours and THEN the chinese find he's still alive and start hunting him. That would be awesome. I also want there to be more on Mandy, her character could sure as hell use some development.

END SPECULATION INVOLVING SPOILERS!

The Thief · « **Reply #13 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 13:16 »

Quote from: Jarne

SPECULATION INVOLVING SPOILERS!

LOL SPOILERSPEC

I keep hoping that the chinese will go to war with the US over this. Like, them hiding Jack acknowledges that the US was fully behind the raid on the embassy, and the chinese decide to counter-attack. (Yes, I know that the US didn't know he was alive.)

That would kick much ass, to see a full out war on 24.

NO MORE SPOILERLOLO

Inlander · « **Reply #14 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 23:08 »

So, is this one of those one of those threads that's specifically for fans of the show/band/film in question, or am I allowed to say that I think 24 is a reprehensibly and needlessly sadistic show whose "cliffhanger on the hour, every hour" style makes a mockery of its proclaimed realism?

The Thief · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 03:44 »

Quote from: Inlander

So, is this one of those one of those threads that's specifically for fans of the show/band/film in question, or am I allowed to say that I think 24 is a reprehensibly and needlessly sadistic show whose "cliffhanger on the hour, every hour" style makes a mockery of its proclaimed realism?

I don't think it would be wise to sacrifice entertainment for realism, in this case. The cliffhangers add to the show, no matter how sadistic you think they may be.

Also, criticism is welcome in this thread, but please please please don't troll.

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 11:39 »

I don't think anyone that watches 24 even remotely buys into the feasability of such a premise. And I can guarantee you that none of us care.

You can't take an idea like this seriously, so I personally just kick back and enjoy the 'splody stuff.

Inlander · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 15:45 »

Sorry, I'm not trying to troll. It's just that I really hate the show. I'm not saying that just for the sake of flaming: the fact that almost every season seems to involve torture of one kind or another - and more to the point seems to revel in it and even justify it - is to me utterly repugnant.

As for the cliffhanger thing, yes it does make the show more exciting. But it also makes the show less realistic - I don't know what it's like in the U.S., but when 24 first started screening in Australia every critic under the sun was trumpeting it as some new benchmark for realism in television. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 15:52 »

I could never get into 24. The premise just grated on me.

I'm sure it's a great show, but gimme Lost instead, whose motto is "Realism? Fuck that. We've got a black kid who can summon polar bears!"

Jarne · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 06:51 »

24 can in no way be seen as realistic. It's more like a James Bond for the post 9/11 years. It has got a formula it recyles involving the whole "worst case terrorist scenario", Jack's love interests and a bunch of moral choices (including torture and whatnot) that the characters have to make. Up until season 4 it even had really interesting villians who had alot of personality.

The Thief · « **Reply #20 on:** 23 Jan 2006, 18:59 »

Scissors in the fucking throat. What a way to die.

EDIT: I'M NOT CTU.

almost thursday · « **Reply #21 on:** 24 Jan 2006, 02:17 »

i LOVE 24. it really is one of the coolest shows on TV, without a doubt. although i think lost trumps it over all, i really outta make a thread about thaty show, except since i live in england i've onyl season one and i just know someone somewhere would spoil it for me. but anyway, back to 24, i know it get's a little grim sometimes but it has EXPLOSIONS and TERRORISTS and BEAUTIFUL GIRLS and SUNSHINE and THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR DETONATION! what more could a man want? except for, i guess, robots that fight each other. but for that we have transformers...

oh man, they should totallty do a realtime version of transformers where optimus prime fights terrorists. it's kick it.

Jarne · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 Jan 2006, 11:39 »

Ok, I've got a bit of a problem here. I was supposed to record last mondays episode for my mom (she loves the show) but the VCR recorded blank for an hour. Is there anywhere I can get the episode before the next one comes out?

cibohphobic · « **Reply #23 on:** 25 Jan 2006, 11:45 »

Soulseek or some such, at a guess.
I've never used those sorts of programs for TV shows, so I have no idea how soon after airing they're available, but that's where I'd start my search.

Bunnyman · « **Reply #24 on:** 30 Jan 2006, 23:19 »

Been watching season 1. "Let's blow up an entire airliner so we can steal a photographer's ID card!"

This is such a drinking game show.

Jack Uses A Cell Phone: One Shot
Tearful reunion w/ family: Two Shots (There have been six of these in the first 14 hours)
Teri Bauer/Elisha Cuthbert Duo switch personalities ("Strong, take charge reassuring" to "Totally unsure and clueless" and back again): Two Shots
Elisha Cuthbert is a flaming bitch, for NO APPARENT REASON: Two Shots
CTU member decides to fuck another CTU member for NO APPARENT REASON: Three Shots
Bureaucratic Hardass appears with no function other than waylay Jack Bauer: Three Shots
Pointless, distracting, and thoroughly rediculous romantic subplot pops up: Five Shots

And so forth.

The Thief · « **Reply #25 on:** 31 Jan 2006, 03:14 »

Someone says, "SEND IT TO MY SCREEN."

One Shot.

Shale · « **Reply #26 on:** 31 Jan 2006, 06:53 »

Quote from: Bunnyman

Been watching season 1. "Let's blow up an entire airliner so we can steal a photographer's ID card!"

The best part of that was how NOBODY mentioned it again for the rest of the day. And Season 1 was the most believable one!

MilkmanDan · « **Reply #27 on:** 31 Jan 2006, 07:23 »

I watched most of Season 1, thought it was kinda lame. Though if I remember correctly drinking a shot every time that stupid daughter got kidnapped would empty a bottle in about 2 episodes. I swear she was getting kidnapped by her own shoes by the end.

Jarne: Last night's 24 appeared on bittorrent by the time I was up this morning. This will be true for every episode, baring some sort of mass suicide pact by every release group. It also has around 800 seeders, so I don't think you'd have much trouble getting hold of an episode by the time the next one came out.

Shale · « **Reply #28 on:** 31 Jan 2006, 20:02 »

Quick question: Is anybody else trying very hard not to think of this season's villain as "Badger"?

Also Season 5 just turned into Season 2. That's only a good thing if George comes back. (yeah, I'm a day late. Fox doesn't broadcast out here, so I have to wait for BT)

The Thief · « **Reply #29 on:** 01 Feb 2006, 03:16 »

Quote from: Shale

The best part of that was how NOBODY mentioned it again for the rest of the day. And Season 1 was the most believable one!

They did that because it was only a couple months after 9/11, and blowin' up planes was still a sore subject.

And I refuse to think of the villain this season as anything but Badger.

"Tell that to the people on the rim, Jack!"

Bunnyman · « **Reply #30 on:** 02 Feb 2006, 00:46 »

FUCK YES! Serbian mercenaries attacking a secret military prison bunker in the middle of LA! Can this get ANY better? I thought the narc raid sequence was crrrazy enough.

Tiny'd to prevent spoilers.

This show is an exercise in Schadenfreude. As in, "Ha! Ha! Your character has fallen into an utterly improbable yet strangely predictable fate, which will be distinctly uncomfortable, to say nothing not-quite-lethal! Ha! Ha!"

Jarne · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Feb 2006, 09:24 »

Wait, the villian is the same guy who played Badger in Firefly?

almost thursday · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Feb 2006, 11:12 »

no, he's an actual badger.

surefunk · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Feb 2006, 14:23 »

so i skipped season 4 but jumped back in this year and am digging it. as always, it's all about the adrenaline. and my favorite part so far has been that derrick kid having to play the role of damsel in distress that jack's daughter had always so annoyingly handled. that kid sure could snort and snivel and hyperventilate at gunpoint. i thought his eyes were gonna pop.

Coolhanderik · « **Reply #34 on:** 04 Feb 2006, 18:47 »

Jack is my hero, when I grow up I wana be just like him...well...sort of

also I agrew with Jarne in that he is very much a James Bond of our times, except cooler, and less british

Jarne · « **Reply #35 on:** 13 Feb 2006, 19:48 »

Ok, so last weeks episode kinda blew, too cliched and nothing interesting much happened but tonights redeemed it. Who else is getting tired of Martha? Anyone 'sides me?

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #36 on:** 14 Feb 2006, 06:44 »

It would add a lot more to the story if someone shot her. Then the President could be a sniveling useless dormat for a semi-legitiment reason.

Iron Sun 254 · « **Reply #37 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 11:58 »

The real question is "When are Edgar and Chloe going to get it on?" We all know he wants her.

Jarne · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 16:08 »

Season six, I'm guessing.

Iron Sun 254 · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Mar 2006, 07:36 »

Quote from: Jarne

Season six, I'm guessing.

I'm guessing not.

That guy · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 Mar 2006, 22:28 »

Spoiler from two nights ago!

Yeah, Edgar is one dead guy. He does a lot of work on the Soprano's on HBO, so it looks like he wants to focus more on that. The news was saying that people were upset about it. I don't see why, Edgar was always a jerk and would go on power trips for no reason. He always seemed like a guy that would get bought off and betray CTU.

On a seprate note, I love watching this show with my dad. His standard "Put Two In Her/His/Their/A Baby's Head!!" answer for all of Jack's problems is a quite hilarious.

Second Spoiler Alert!!!

They almost get off the island.... but Gilligan screws it all up.

Jarne · « **Reply #41 on:** 08 Mar 2006, 15:41 »

Edgar and Chloe had social problems, I didn't view them as jerks but more lovable geeks with no social skills. Edgar was like a smart ass little kid and we loved him for that.

SailorPunk · « **Reply #42 on:** 09 Mar 2006, 07:38 »

I just had to pop in to say "I love 24!" I have watched it religiously with my mom, sister, boyfriend and best friend since season 1. (My dad and brother hate it so we have heard all the trolling imaginable)

Last 2 episodes were way too intense! Jack actually scared me for the first time since he cut off that dude's head in like season 1. ....and Edgar....oh so sad....I loved Edgar..he was kinda like a puppy...a puppy who could have cranky days and was overweight but you still loved him.

I hope Kim's new man get's shot though...by Jack. Twice. Once in each kneecap.

SayNOtoconformism · « **Reply #43 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 18:43 »

Apparently the Chuck Norris trend is in action... just like Texas Walker Ranger before him, Jack Bauer just shoots his way through everything.

On second thought, he hasn't roundhouse kicked anyone to my knowledge....

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #44 on:** 20 Mar 2006, 06:04 »

*Some spoilage here*

I think now that everyone Jack has ever known is dead, save Audrey and his daughter (who we all hope gets three in the chest and one in the head), he's due for a bloody rampage that can only end with him standing on a hill comprised of the mangled corpses of his enemies.

But maybe that's just me.

And did anyone else find themselves unable to not laugh at the twitiching hobbit in a business suit last week? There needed to be someone around that actually cared about his character to say "don't go where I can't follow!"

Again, might just be me.

Jarne · « **Reply #45 on:** 23 Mar 2006, 06:17 »

Did anyone else think that the German Intelligence guy and terrorist lady romance resembled the Jack/Nina romance?

edscoble · « **Reply #46 on:** 23 Mar 2006, 07:06 »

why does Jack always grunt?

jack - "terrorist blew up an ice cream van! *grunt*

Jarne · « **Reply #47 on:** 24 Mar 2006, 13:48 »

I haven't noticed him grunting all that much.

nancygirl · « **Reply #48 on:** 25 Mar 2006, 07:04 »

I am looking foward to the new season coming to Australia. I am also weirdly attracted to Kiefer Sutherland...damn you Stand By Me and Lost Boys!!

nescience · « **Reply #49 on:** 25 Mar 2006, 09:53 »

Would it make you less attracted to him to know that he once came up to a guy I know in L.A. at a bar, bought him a drink, then sexually assaulted him by grabbing his balls?

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Author Topic: The Jack Bauer Pauer Hauer (Read 52898 times)

The Thief

The Thief

Jarne

Vlishgnath

The Thief

Jarne

mooface

The Thief

Vlishgnath

Jarne

The Thief

The Thief

Vlishgnath

Jarne

The Thief

almost thursday

Jarne

cibohphobic

Bunnyman

The Thief

MilkmanDan

The Thief

Bunnyman

Jarne

almost thursday

surefunk

Coolhanderik

Jarne

Vlishgnath

Iron Sun 254

Jarne

Iron Sun 254

That guy

Jarne

SayNOtoconformism

Vlishgnath

Jarne

edscoble

Jarne

nancygirl

nescience