The following takes place between the left side of my brain, and the right side.
I understand that CTU is supposed to be a sooper seekrit facility, but is it really necessary for the lights to always be turned off inside the building. If they want to have no windows, or windows that you can’t see through, that’s understandable, but you still could turn on a light or two inside. I think that might make people happier, more productive, and perhaps even cause them to think more clearly.
This is my first season watching the show, so I can’t be certain, but is there a reason why there seems to be such a lack of even moderately attractive women? It seems to me, that if one appears in the show, she’s either dead soon, or agonizingly stupid. Yet, week after week I’m forced to look at Chloe’s ugly mug, and Audrey’s giant nose. What gives?
The CTU facility featured in the show, I assume, is but one of many. I would guess that it’s not the only one in the country. Right? So wouldn’t it make more sense to bring people in from the Las Vegas or Denver department of CTU to help out, than have an entirely different department takeover? I would think so. Apparently the writers don’t see the logic in this.
Why is the President in LA? He met with the Russian President to sign some sort of anti-terror treaty. This seems like the kind of thing that would have taken place at the White House. Maybe I just don’t pay enough attention to politics. Maybe it is normal to sign treaties at the Presidential retreats, but it seems odd to me.
Thanks for indulging me in my venting.
2004–2009
15 responses so far ↓
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fmragtops
// Mar 21, 2006 at 3:20 pm
I have to admit, Fitch, this season is seeming kinda weak to me. Too much emotional BS, and not enough terrorist killin’. That’s why I didn’t like the first season. Too much “boo-hoo” and not enough “bang-bang!”
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rightwingprof
// Mar 21, 2006 at 3:52 pm
LOL!
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rightwingprof
// Mar 21, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Seriously, though, since this is your first season (?!), the writers are stuck in several ruts. They think there always has to be a mole (we got rid of two at the beginning of this season, but that’s way too soon, trust me, there’s a mole). Another is the conflict between government agencies (that, and the whole president thing is the reason for HLS sticking their nose in CTU). And the chief of CTU always has to be a jerk and has to get the rug pulled out from under him (though I admit, the chief this season isn’t nearly as much of a jerk as all the others have been).
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FIAR
// Mar 21, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Too much emotional BS
Damn! That was supposed to be included in the post above. I forgot because it getting close to time to go back to work.
the chief this season isn’t nearly as much of a jerk as all the others have been
To which chief do you refer? Buchannan?
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rightwingprof
// Mar 22, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Yeah, him. They’re usually real a55holes.
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Chris
// Mar 23, 2006 at 11:13 am
I dunno, Cloe is radiating Geek-hotness. Either that or it’s actual radiation she’s acquired from staring at a computer screen all day. She’s always hunched over a computer with her chin on her chest, giving her a faux-double chin. She needs a Henry Higgins posture lesson.
This is my first season of 24 as well. The thing that’s bugging me about the show is that Jack had breakfast at 7:15 and hasn’t stopped once to use the bathroom. And he had coffee! Definitely a continuity problem, and possibly a continence one.
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FIAR
// Mar 23, 2006 at 12:26 pm
No, don’t you see. He relieved himself in the “Safe room” he retreated to when he found out he couldn’t get into the room to get the vent system back on. They didn’t show it of course, but what do you think he was doing while we were seeing other stuff and he was tucked away in there?
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Chris
// Mar 23, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I thought he was using mind waves to kill terrorists in their sleep.
Jack can do that, you know.
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fmragtops
// Mar 23, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Well, yeah, but he was relieving himself, AND using mind waves to kill terrorists. I think that can be called “multitasking.”
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Phil
// Mar 24, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Imagine Jack Bauer hearing your criticisms.
You’d be dead by now.
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FIAR
// Mar 26, 2006 at 9:19 am
No way! I think he’d be in full agreement with my concise analysis, and why wouldn’t he? Fitch is always right.
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James Stephenson
// Mar 27, 2006 at 7:16 am
I actually like the fact there are no super hot people on 24. Hell what I love most about old movies and TV shows are the normal looking people in the background. You know everyday average people, most of whom would be good actors, but in today’s business everyone must look like models. No basis in the real world.
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FIAR
// Mar 27, 2006 at 11:19 pm
I don’t want TV to be realistic. If I wanted realistic, I would videotape myself at work, and watch the playback. On TV I want the women to be hot and the explosions to be big. I want the good guys to always win, and I want to see them kick ass and take no prisoners. I don’t want realism, I want to escape realism.
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fmragtops
// Mar 28, 2006 at 10:48 am
Fitch, you are right as usual. I hate it when people that say, “you know, that’s that not very realistic” when watching movies or TV. Like you said, I LIVE in the real world, I wtach TV and movies, and play videogames so I can escape all the reality momentarily. If you want realism I’ll tape someone paying their bills, and putting their kids to bed.
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