September 18, 2008
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24: Redemption
If there’s anything that was amiss from last year’s shortened (and very jacked up) TV season, it was everyone’s favorite guilty-pleasure-super-violent-but-we-love-Kiefer-and-America-and-the-good-guys-always-win TV show, 24.
YAY-YUS! We LOVE us some Kiefer. (That’s how they say “yes” in the south. “Yay-yus”…it’s a two syllable word…I can prove it).
And we were all very sad when FOX announced that they would not air any of the series last year in order to keep their commitment to give us consecutive new episodes every single week.
An honorable move, but sad.VERY sad.
In fact, I remember back to the first week of the writer’s strike–one of the people picketing was yelled at by a passerby and told to “Get back to work” so he could watch 24. In as much as I supported the strike and continue to support the fight for an artist’s rights in the wake of new media, for a moment one of my heartstrings resonated with this mean, mean person. I wanted my Jack Bauer.
(He would be my ideal choice as a #2, but he is unavailable, fictional, and overqualified.)Well, we still have to wait until January to see DAY 7 of 24.
BUT
This November FOX is releasing a 2-hour 24 movie event titled “24: Redemption”.
It looks pretty cool…but I warn you…keeping with the normal 24-vibe…it also looks a little disturbing.
But this is real.
And things in 24 are modeled after real-life situations. Sure, there is no Jack Bauer in real life…but there are children in Africa that are being forced to become soldiers–complete with machine guns…it’s horrifying…and a little scary to watch (which reminds me, don’t see Blood Diamond…it’s not a bad movie, it’s just similarly disturbing).(SEASON ONE SPOILER ALERT)
But if there is anything we can accuse 24 of being, it’s REAL. I mean, who in their right mind expected Jack’s wife to die in the end of the first season? NO ONE. And that’s what cemented the show in reality…everyone is not sappy-happy at the end of the show. It’s what makes us all scared to watch. No one is safe. Bad things happen to the good guys. Jack gets tortured and heads off to China in a boat. That was crazy!! But also kind of awesome…OK–ENOUGH SAID.
Watch if you dare.
Comments (8)
Jack Bauer Is My Reason To Live.
How I have missed my Kiefer!!! I so can’t wait for this either, have been looking forward to it for a very long time.
Plus Jon Voight too? Magic! Plus my friend is playing the President’s assistant (check out the cute blonde that probably won’t get a line, at least for a while:) ) that’ll be hanging around her. Fun!
Help me Dan…trying to place the score they use. It’s probably the same score throughout the preview but I recognize it specifically when Jack first appears and when the President addresses the nation. Requiem for a Dream maybe? Or is that the one with a crazy orchestra?? My sister would know too…..HELP!! This is going to bug me…
@eponine203 - yeah–it sounds like there are excerpts from Requiem for a Dream in there. Little bits mixed with other stuff. Who knows. They usually pull from ALL OVER to create those trailer things–or have goobers like me write stuff that sounds exactly like it…
I don’t think Xanga likes me. Everyone seems to be a “True” Xangan these days, but not me. I’m going to go blog somewhere else!
@MikeknaJ - Dude. I thought the same thing last night until I clicked on the icon.
You have to “apply” to be a true xangan. I applied last night and got approved already. So go for it…it doesn’t happen automatically. And I”M SURE you’d be approved.
Apparently I don’t comment enough on Xanga to qualify. I guess that makes me “FALSE”.
Hey- I liked Blood Diamond!
Thanks for the comment on my post. So far i like my camry. After switching from my huge truck the gas bill and turning radius feels amazing.
Oh, and I already read your and Christy’s blogs. Your boys are adoreable.