Comments on: OF SHARK JUMPING AND THE DEATH OF KINGS

By: laurie

laurie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:37:08 +0000

It would’ve been better if she had said nothing at all and just given him the usual scowl or something along the lines of “you should go back to selling shoes, Morris, we’d all be better off”

By: walt

walt — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:56:19 +0000

â€œIâ€™ll get back to you.â€

I thought this was the perfect response from Chloe and almost fell off the couch laughing. Your responders above have not improved on it.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:41:26 +0000

First off, the show wasn’t as bad as you made it out to be. You probably were in bad mood.
But there were sure a lot of howlers. My favorite was at the press conference. Less than 18 hours after a US city gets nuked the SECOND question was “what about all those detainees?”

By: leila butler

leila butler — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:53:51 +0000

It’s just a TV show and how many books, movies, etc. do we suspend belief on and manage to just go with the flow and enjoy the ride? I think the #1 rated show is still CSI Las Vegas. And yet I look forward much more to 24. Something like American Idol would make me retch. I often hear HBO praised to high heaven, but Rome did not float my boat. The Sopranos sparkles, but is nearing the end. Others laud Battlestar Gallactica. I found it sucky. I guess I might my number one pick The Shield right now. And of course if you look around you’ll see people praising Rosie O’Donnell as a seeress and a fountain of great knowledge and virtue. Even Keith Olbermann has his fans.
In any case, it looks like Kiefer will be around on 24 for quite some time. I doubt I’d bother watching if Ricky Schroeder took over the reins. I know Bauer’s daughter is not much of an actress, but don’t understand the criticism heaped on Audrey. I’d like to see more of Jack’s dad and some resolution there. Would even be great to see William Devane again.
I, too, never bought the second Palmer presidency and loathe his lawyer sister and that irritating blonde national security advisor. ..so concerned with rights of everyone but Americans. Screw European sensibilities and the UN.

By: The LLama Butchers

The LLama Butchers — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:31 +0000

Heresy!…

Rick Moran on the gaping, wheezing, suckage that is 24 at this point…….

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » 24 Jumping The Shark

Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » 24 Jumping The Shark — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:14:56 +0000

[...] Before diving into his recap of last night’s episode, Rick Moran says what many 24 fans are thinking: I may be the last person who comments regularly on the show who has faced up to the fact that 24 has hopelessly jumped the shark. The plot has collapsed into a heap of unfinished threads, an endless exposition of plot lines to nowhere. Do you care one whit if Milo gets Nadia alone for 15 minutes? Is there no further use for Jackâ€™s father in this set up â€“ a very promising storyline that has dropped off the scope with nary a word on his fate? Iâ€™m even beginning to yawn at the by-play between Chloe and Morris â€“ a sure sign of something having gone out of the show. [...]

By: Eric R.

Eric R. — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:01:33 +0000

I have not watched network television shows, apart from very occasional sports (and FNC of course) since Seinfeld went off the air.

Sure, that means I miss “24″ and I miss South Park. But they way I look at it, Hollywood is an evil, Marxist, morally debased, anti-American institution with no hope of ever reforming. Thus, even if I watch a “good” show, I am boosting advertising dollars for evil people.

To me it’s not even a boycott. These people will not change, so I have written television pretty much out of my life.

Try it, folks. You’ll find you won’t miss it.

By: Bic

Bic — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:56:07 +0000

Maybe Jack knows the Russians built a fail safe feature into their board. Any nation who tries to access the information will automatically go sterile.

No manly man would kiss up the way little Ricky did last night. I think Chloe is a better candidate to replace Jack, once he and Audrey sneak off to that Artic circle hideaway.

By: Jennie C.

Jennie C. — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:41:47 +0000

Okay, I’m going to be disagreeable this week :).

I would agree after seeing the endless episode about the 25th amendment on the shark episode, but I had hope. And I thought last week’s episode (”Death Struggle” to Rick) showed great promise. It was fun, anyway.

But I don’t think the shark has ducked. At least, I’m still enjoying. This isn’t the first time the main threat has disappeared before the end of the season (#2, wasn’t it, when the bomb blew up and Kimmy thought dear-old-Dad had bought it?), only to have another, lesser threat (in that case imminent war - less than an H-bomb) to be dealt with. Okay, Audrey’s situation isn’t a threat exactly, but c’mon, we know that Jack will do anything to save her. After all, Debbie from Season 5 and Marilyn are safe and healthy, she’s his only woman at risk (i like debbie, by the way, but marilyn is an opportunist).

Jack’s being willing to die to get Audrey out while not betraying the country (altho i agree that this one component’s giving up a whole country’s defense system is ludicrous - it’s a suspension of disbelief thing)? Not unusual, he had been prepared to be killed by Fayed for the sake of the country in the first hour - after he’d been released by the Chinks, which must have been the shortest-lived feeling of relief on record. And seems logical he’d be perfectly happy to waste Cheng in the process.

Chloe and Jack and the non-Biblical’s doing-anything-for? We’ve seen this before and it should be taken as a given. Chloe is absolutely loyal to (and possibly smitten by, but I think she knows it’s hopeless) Jack. Rick commented that Jack’s defied Presidents before. Well, so has Chloe, for Jack.

Maybe I’m a fan of understatement, but I liked her “I’ll get back to you.” Seemed like a usual worker-bee thing to say, but with greater implications.

Joel: I wouldn’t call Jack’s shooting of Curtis “willing.” He was devastated, threw up, and threatened to quit at the time (i suspect not just from ctu).

Finally, the VP’s resignation. For what it’s worth, he wouldn’t give the letter to the prexy. It goes to SecState. Haven’t you folks read Clancy’s Executive Orders? But of course, that was a plot device, so he wouldn’t have to actually hand it over.

Okay, disagreeableness over for now. I’m still having fun with the show (except between 8-9pm in virtual time). And Rick, your Star Wars bit was priceless, I hadn’t thought of that.

By: Mark H.

Mark H. — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:51:41 +0000

“After being told he is being forced out, Lisa can barely contain her excitement at the thought of spending more time with old Noah. Her flushed skin and heaving chest make it apparent that if nothing else, Noah Daniels sure hasnâ€™t lost his touch with the fairer sex.”

Hmm, I read her body language and expression more along the lines of: “You wish Noah, without power you’re useless to me, I’m off to find another ladder up.”