'24' Gets "Jacked"

Well, you could see this coming from as far away as just about any one of the plot twists of the past 3 seasons: 24 will come to an end at the conclusion of this, the eighth, season. Sort of. According to EW.com, a movie franchise is already in the works, which could be really interesting. Relieving Jack and Co. of the constraints that exist because of its "real-time" format could do a lot of good, and, according to Keifer Sutherland, this version of 24 will definitely not be held within those same confines. Can't say I blame them. As Keifer also states in the article, “The writers are producing the equivalent of 12 films a year, which is unheard of." Good point. Ironically, this season has done a much better job of keeping me on my toes than either of the past two. That is, until they pulled out the old "there's a double agent that's infiltrated CTU" plot twist again. Anyway, now that this has all been decided, maybe it will heighten anticipation a little bit as this season winds down. We shall see. I wonder what they're gonna do with the clock sequence at the end? Maybe it will explode or something...

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'24': Day 8 Premiere

I'll spare you the elaborate (and unnesessary) review of the "4:00pm-5:00pm" and "5:00-6:00pm" episodes of this brand new season of 24, and get down to the essentials.

Reasons Season 8 looks to be more of the same:

• Jack being so close to getting out of the game completely before being pulled back in at the worst possible moment.
• A plot to assassinate an important foreign leader
• The director of CTU is a stiff
• Someone in CTU has personal problems
• An office romance
• Chloe hacking into things
• Jack not playing by the rules
• Jack operating as some sort of rogue agent and directing government resources despite not actually being employed by said government.
• A noble president surrounded by people of questionable character
• Technology!
• Foreign Terrorists who have somehow managed to infiltrate the highest levels of government, and who undoubtedly have a plot so elaborate and sinister that no one will really have a handle on it until it's almost to late.
• Explosions!
• A "young Jack" character
• Jack's "intense" voice

Reasons not to Care it's more of the same:

• New York City
• Jack giving a baddy an axe to the chest within the first 30 minutes.
• A bazooka being used within city limits
• Kim Bauer not being an annoying drag so far
• Drones
• "Percy Wetmore" is one of the Bad Guys.
• The warden from Shawshank Redemption is still involved.
• This:

In short: Was the Season 8 premiere ground-breaking? Certainly not. But will I be tuning in again @ 8 tonight? Oh yes.

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New York Gets "Jacked"

Yeah, that's Fox's actual promo slogan for season 8. My expectations for 24 have regressed over the past 3 years, but there's always hope, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't kinda pumped for the 2 hour season premiere tonight (8 pm Central). The real question is whether this is going to be different (and changing the locale again isn't going to be enough) or if it's gonna be same formula, different day (literally). We'll see; either way it looks like they're gonna blow some stuff up real good...

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