Televisual hangover
Jul. 3rd, 2004 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsLast night, a bored and lonely friend emailed me and said, "Hey, Elf. I just scored the third season of 24 and have no one to watch it with. Wanna come over?"
So, after making sure the girls were fed on stir-fry and rice and stuff and that Omaha would be good alone with them, I headed over and watched six hours of 24-- about a quarter of the season.
OhmiGods, that show is visual crack. It must be expensive as hell to film, but wow, what they put on the screen is worth every penny. The actors are all excellent-- well, except for the woman who plays Jack's daughter, who's a bit flat-- and the writing is amazing. The schtick, that each episode begins with "The events depicted take place between 3:00pm and 4:00 pm" and so on, actually works and works well.
There is one thing I don't buy, though. These people are experts at pattern recognition, at making connections. Why don't they realize that every hour, on the hour, a cliffhanger happens?
So, after making sure the girls were fed on stir-fry and rice and stuff and that Omaha would be good alone with them, I headed over and watched six hours of 24-- about a quarter of the season.
OhmiGods, that show is visual crack. It must be expensive as hell to film, but wow, what they put on the screen is worth every penny. The actors are all excellent-- well, except for the woman who plays Jack's daughter, who's a bit flat-- and the writing is amazing. The schtick, that each episode begins with "The events depicted take place between 3:00pm and 4:00 pm" and so on, actually works and works well.
There is one thing I don't buy, though. These people are experts at pattern recognition, at making connections. Why don't they realize that every hour, on the hour, a cliffhanger happens?
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Date: 2004-07-04 03:43 am (UTC)