OK, so if you couldn’t tell, the trailer I shared the other day was “unofficial.” Here’s the nice, polished, “OFFICIAL” trailer:
The OFFICIAL ’24′ trailer, this time
October 28th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, jack bauer
Oct
28
October 28th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, jack bauer
Oct
28
OK, so if you couldn’t tell, the trailer I shared the other day was “unofficial.” Here’s the nice, polished, “OFFICIAL” trailer:
October 25th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, jack bauer, trailer
Oct
25
September 8th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24
Sep
08
They’re Rami Malek, Julian Morris and Hrach Titizian and will be on for several episodes apiece, at least.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
• Malek will play Marcos, a would-be suicide bomber who is Arab American with sympathies toward radical Islam
• Morris will play a CTU SWAT agent
• Titizian will play Nabeel, the second-in-command of security for President Hassan (Anil Kapoor)
Now, this also means some things have changed. Back at the season finale time for Season 7, Kapoor was set to be the brother of/secretary of state to the president of this unnamed Middle Eastern nation.
At the time, I opined that I hoped this would not be another Behrooz plot, as Kapoor’s character’s wife and daughter were part of the plot. Of course, with Kapoor now being Mr. President, I’m not sure what other changes have been made. I need to read up, I guess.
Anil Kapoor of Slumdog Millionaire will play the brother of/secretary of state to the president of yet another unnamed Middle Eastern nation. His wife and daughter are in the picture, but I’m hoping this isn’t another Behrooz plot.
And for the sharp-eyed fans among us, you’re not wrong – Titizian had a blink-and-you-missed-it role in the Season 6 crapapalooza, two whole episodes, last seen accompanying Abu Fayed into the warehouse before the nuke went off. Presumed dead.
July 23rd, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, battlestar galactica, csi, doctor who, friends, heroes, jack bauer, lost, prison break, sex and the city, the sopranos, the wire
Jul
23
Confirming what most TV hounds already knew, 24 and Lost topped the list of LoveFilm.com’s most addictive television shows of all time.
Now, some might say that Lost is more addictive, and I can see that point to a degree. After all, 24 and Lost are my two favorite shows, now that Battlestar Galactica‘s off the air (still looking forward to The Plan this fall, though!)
But where Lost is addictive for that hugely mystifying secret that lies beneath it all, carrying its fans from season to season, with the promise of wrapping it all up next year, 24 is more or less a big blast of televised heroin (a drug that, coincidentally, Jack Bauer was addicted to briefly in Season 3). No matter how much you tell yourself you’re going to stop watching, you just have to check it out one more time, just one more time. (See also: Lays Potato Chips.)
June 8th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, battlestar galactica
Jun
08
It’s almost as if the Television Gods looked down upon Earth, said, “What casting decision could we make that would thrill Amy Vernon like no other?”
Katee Sackhoff is joining the cast of 24 as a regular for Season 8.
Let me repeat: Kara “Starbuck” Thrace is going to be a CTU data analyst in the reconstituted CTU in New York City for Day 8.
Yes, I am getting a mashup of 24 and Battlestar Galactica. I’m the luckiest girl in the world!
Here’s what Michael Ausiello had to say:
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Battlestar Galactica heroine has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU.
…
She’s in a relationship with fellow agent Davis Cole (played by the just-cast Freddie Prinze. Jr.), and she apparently has a skeleton in her closet she’s trying desperately to keep hidden.
Just wondering: Does CTU ever hire anyone who doesn’t have some sort of secret they’re desperately trying to hide? Remember Erin Driscoll’s schizo daughter?
May 28th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, jack bauer, liveblog, tv shows
May
28
Yep, it’s official: Freddie Prinze Jr. will be a Jack wanna-be on Day 8.
He’ll play “Davis Cole, a U.S. Marine who wants to follow in the footsteps” of our man Jack.
Guess what happened to the last guys who tried to be the next Jack:
• Day 3: Chase Edmunds: Dated Kim Bauer. Secretly had a child from a previous relationship. Nearly got shot in the head by Jack, who was trying to prove himself to the Salazars. Jack cut off his hand to remove a vial of a nasty flesh-eating virus. We last saw him being wheeled into the ER, hoping he could get his hand back. At the start of Day 4, we were told he had taken a job with some private consulting firm and was living with Kim. Status: No hand, no girl, no Jack.
• Day 6: Mike Doyle: Replaces the just-killed Curtis Morgan as Director of Field Ops. Something happened in Denver, and Milo’s pissed off about it. Hottie Nadia Yassir has to decide between the two of them, for some reason. A bomb blows up in Doyle’s face just before the day ends. Status: No sight.
The good news? The actor best known for being the son of Chico and his own roles in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “She’s All That” and “Scooby-Doo” probably has the life expectancy of a mayfly.
Photo by David Shankbone, Creative Commons
May 19th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, season finale
May
19
I know there are many people out there who don’t agree with me, but I thought last night’s finale was rather good.
Look, it’s 24, and it’s been written so deep into a corner over the past several years that it’s amazing they’ve been able to write their way back out.
But the rebound from last season was nothing short of spectacular.
Over the course of the season, there have been more twists in the plot than on a strand of DNA.
But the finale managed to bring them all together, albeit with a whining Tony who is a mere shadow of the shell of the man he once was. We all knew that Michelle’s death hit him hard. And, OK, she was pregnant, so that makes it even harder. But watching Tony was like going back to the TV show Pretender, when Jared was doing a patented Triple Pretend.
Except for one thing: On Pretender, we always were in on Jared’s pretending. We knew he wasn’t a doctor. Or a car thief. Or whatever.
Tony? It shifted almost from week to week. Gave me a headache. Was Tony bad? Was he good? Was he bad? Was he good? Was he badly good? Goodly bad? Just plain ol’ bat-guano crazy??
Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! Bat-guano crazy.
May 18th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, tony almeida
May
18
May 8th, 2009 | by AmyV | 24, blog carnival, carnival of bauer, liveblog
May
08
Honestly, it’s hard to get too excited about an episode that was so obviously filler and in which so little happened.
I mean, what does it say when Kiefer Sutherland headbutting a fashion designer on the streets of Manhattan in defense (kinda sorta) of Brooke Shields is almost more interesting than the Monday episode (for the definitive story on this, see Point / Counterpoint)? Especially when there are only three hours left in this day and we still have no idea what the frak is going on.
I guess that’s why I never really got around to a separate blog post on it this week and decided to wait for the weekly blog carnival, which I am always happy to host.
Basically, this is what happened this week:
May
06
That’s actually a true story. People magazine had the tale, about how Kiefer was talking with Brooke Shields and this designer said hello, and, long story short, he ended up head-butting the designer.
But why read the real story when you can read the first-person accounts on Blogs4Bauer (one of which was written by me)?
Point: You broke my mother-f-ing nose, bro, by Jack McCollough
Counterpoint: Moooooooooooo!, by Jack Bauer
Come back tomorrow for my take on yesterday’s – ahem – filler episode.
