24 goes from slightly stupid to fully fledged moronic

March 23rd, 2010 | by | 24

Mar
23

Really, 24?

CTU has just been EMP’d and no one even thinks twice about some random parole agent who’s bumbling around, asking questions about some idiot thief?

And how freakin’ committed is this parole officer that he sees that the COUNTER-TERRORISM AGENCY of the United Freakin’ States of America IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS, but, you know, he needs to get back to Arkansas so this just can’t wait.

Sorry for yelling, but Monday night’s episode was so moronically stupid that I still am quite upset.

I’m not gonna say not to read if you didn’t watch, because, frankly, you’re better off not watching and just viewing the liveblog we did over at Blogs4Bauer. I’ve been told it’s quite amusing. And you’ll get all the main points.

So, first, I would just like to ask:

A MOLE? I mean, I know it’s become de rigeur and all by now, but imagine how things would have been by season’s end if there hadn’t been a mole. The fans would have been all, “Hey, this season sucked, but at least there wasn’t a mole, so that’s something anyway.”

Now, we don’t even have that to hold onto.

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The Carnival of Bauer!!! … filler episode edition

May 8th, 2009 | by | 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.

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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:

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24: Whack-a-mole

March 19th, 2009 | by | 24

Mar
19

The big debate Monday night on Blogs4Bauer’s liveblog of Hour 14 was the status of moles.

Right now, it seems as if there are so many moles in the White House, the Rose Garden should collapse in on itself.

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Let’s look at the candidates, shall we?

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24: Hour 10

February 24th, 2009 | by | 24, jack bauer, liveblog

Feb
24

As I live-blogged tonight on Blogs4Bauer with my crazy boy friends, I anxiously awaited the “slap scene,” as we called it. We even got one false alarm, then, WHAMMO!

Do I even need to say there are spoilers ahead?

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So, since the episode made us wait for the slap scene, I’ll make you wait for my discussion of it.

First off, there’s been discussion on B4B and on Twitter as to whether this was the best ep so far this season or just the best ep ever.

I think the latter may be hyperbole, but if so, not by much. Seeing as Season 7 is shaping up to be awesome on the level of Seasons 2 & 5 (my two faves), seeing as this is the best ep so far makes it definitely up there in the pantheon of awesomeness.

So let me ask this: Does Marika’s death count in Jack’s killcount, seeing as he’s basically responsible for her death? I vote yes.

I honestly believe that Red Hot would have pulled the trigger on Jack if she’d had to, not that it would have actually killed him. Badder folks have tried to kill Jack and failed, after all.

This is what happened tonight:

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Blog Carnival roundup

February 13th, 2009 | by | 24, blog carnival, supernatural

Feb
13

Just one this week, but it’s the really important one:

Blogs4Bauer, home of the Carnival of Bauer!!!, hosts this week. Lots of good stuff, including several lessons to be learned from 24 (such as, “Don’t bring a knife to a Jack fight”).

Here it is. If you want to participate in the next carnival, submit your article here.

Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Variety (A Blog Carnival) is on a break, because Supernatural is on a break, unfortunately. Last week’s episode (with the siren) is the last until March 5, according to BuddyTV.

UPDATE: The CW has now pushed the return date for Supernatural (and Smallville) back to March 12, apparently to avoid competing with American Idol’s semi-final round (probably not a bad idea), according to BuddyTV. Thanks to my buddy, Erika, for the tip.

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The Carnival of Bauer!!!! returns

February 5th, 2009 | by | 24, blog carnival

Feb
05

Hour 7 totally rocked the house, with 5 Jack kills, Red Hot getting at least one kill, Tony claiming some lives, Phlox blowing up and general mayhem – along with the First Dude talking his way out of getting his brains splattered all over the wall.

Sure, we had a total WTF moment when Chewbacca got home and his waitress girlfriend came by to ask if they were still on for dinner, and Jack didn’t drop any Dammits, but it was an excellent hour of television, by any standard.

So it’s no surprise we have some excellent entries this week for the Carnival of Bauer!!!, and I’m thrilled to say Adam from The Jack Sack™ made a carny screencap for me (actually, gave me two choices, and as a bonus I’ll put the runner up at the bottom of this post):

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To start things off with the appropriate humor, let’s head on over to the aforementioned Jack Sack™ and check out the latest set of e-cards. No. 3 makes me sad. :-(

Steve over at the Magic Lamp, whose minute-by-minute recaps of 24 are so frakkin’ funny that Dave Barry posts them on his blog, does it again Warning: He does these so detailed it might take you an hour to read it. But it’s pretty funny, so it won’t be a wasted hour. Like this: “2:54 – At the White House, the news shows the Kidron plant is in a state of disarray, with some people wearing chemical outfits. Others are just going into neighboring towns which must have some kind of anti-insecticide shielding (but really HUGE bugs).”

Kasia over at Almeida is God waxes poetic over the episode. She truly, madly, deeply loves 24 and, of course, Tony. One thing I missed, though, was the symmetry of Jack and Tony’s handshake mirroring the opening scene of Season 2 (my personal favorite, btw), but that’s not lost on her.

Jackster at the covert diaries of jackster maps out all the potential moles in Season 7 so far, detailing the pros and the cons on why each would or wouldn’t fit the role. I really hadn’t considered Janis Gold as a mole, but he had some interesting theories. Fact is, it’ll be another 15 hours before we find out all of them for sure.

TonyJunkie from Tony Almeida Junkie Blog found a great little article about the good folks of Kidron, Ohio, who were quite surprised to find their town was the focal point of a 24 terrorist near-attack.

Jeff Kouba of Truth vs. the Machine recaps the hour with a Copy That drinking game, in which, just as it sounds, you have to drink every time someone utters “Copy that.” Needless to say, he’s a bit tipsy by episode’s end.

King Tom from King Tom’s Kingdom points out something I hadn’t noticed before (and neither had he) that our big bad guy (so far) is named “Ike.” Yes, Like Eisenhower. Really?

Here’s a fun one – Jack Bauer calls President Obama. How’s that work out? Not so well? Anyhow, thanks to Never Yet Melted for that one.
And over at Zap2It.com, they don’t much like Janis Gold, either.

Finally, we have Blogs4Bauer‘s weekly Tivo Blogging update by our very own VtheK, complete with all the “official” (to B4B, at least) nicknames of the season to date.

Want to  join in the fun next week? Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of bauer!!! using our carnival submission form. Past and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

carny2Again, thanks to Adam for the fabulous screencaps! You should see what he can do with some paint, children’s furniture and too much knowledge of Star Wars!

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The Carnival of Bauer!!! returns

January 21st, 2009 | by | 24, blog carnival

Jan
21

picture-11Yours truly, the only female member of Blogs4Bauer, has the extreme honor of hosting the first Carnival of Bauer!!! of Season 7.

It’s been a very long time since the last carnival — heck, we were still on Blogspot then —  but it’s very welcome. It posts tomorrow (Thursday) sometime… Basically, once I have a chance to get through all the posts and write it up.

I’m the luckiest girl in the world!

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Jack’s back, baby!

January 11th, 2009 | by | 24, jack bauer, liveblog

Jan
11

OK, so the liveblog over at B4B was a bit wacky, shockingly, but I have this to say:

Jack is back.

He’s totally shocked at Tony’s betrayal of the people who have no subpoenaed him and are trying him for crimes against humanity.

Wait, what?

OK. Lemme ponder all this and get back to you tomorrow. I’ll be liveblogging again at B4B tomorrow night for the second two hours of the season premiere.

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