CTU: Provo

hardy24 May 9th, 2008

I often receive emails from various people asking me to look at various 24 related materials they’ve made, hoping i’ll post about them here, not to downplay the efforts made but if I posted about any and everything which gets sent my way, it’s all this site would be, and so i’ve got to save my breath until something truly worth posting about comes along, which is the case now.

“CTU: Provo” is a fanmade ‘parody-homage’ which runs to a full 90 minutes. Don’t be mislead by the word fanmade, the film has very impressive production qualities, enjoys an excellent cast, a solid script and direction which at times is more inventive than that shown on the show itself in recent times.

The film follows the team of a CTU field office, a Jack Bauer wannabe and his best-friend as they try to avert a eco-terrorist threat made against the most unlikely of targets, the small town of Provo, Utah. What ensues is at times, exciting, funny or just down right silly, but always highly entertaining. In short, if your in need of something to watch while you soldier on through the torturous wait until Series 7, then this is heaven sent and highly recommended.

Watch the trailer above and then head on over to the website to download the full length film, at the moment it’s only available as a direct download of 1GB, but i’m told torrent downloads will be up as soon as possible. I’ll probably be posting a full review in a week or so.

website : ctuprovo.com
trailer : youtube.com
documentary teaser : youtube.com

What Do You Think Of The Day 7 Cast Photo?

hardy24 May 5th, 2008

It’s Great : 48%
It Should Just Be Jack, Chloe, Tony & Bill : 17%
Is That Really Tony & Bill? : 14%
Who Are All Those People : 21%

New poll asks what you think of the idea of Jack being in Africa for the Day 7 Prequel.

Manny Coto Reveals Prequel Plot - Updated

hardy24 April 30th, 2008

After some understandable silence from the official 24 sources, it was just yesterday broken when executive Manny Coto was quoted talking about the upcoming prequel in a press release for the latest round of 24 online promotional tie ins. Those wishing to stay spoiler free should probably stop reading now.

To further fill “24’s” gap this year, Coto says a two-hour “prequel” TV movie is expected to air this fall, which will bring Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer to Africa and “lead directly into the events of Season Seven.”

“He’s a soul in turmoil and has been moving from place to place trying to find somewhere he can be at peace,” Coto says. “But he winds up in Africa in the middle of a military coup.”

Meanwhile, Bauer is subpoenaed to appear before the Senate hearing while in Africa, but doesn’t want to go.

“He’s not running away from anything,” Coto says. “It’s because they’ve taken everything from him, but they won’t let them take his freedom.”

Yep, thats right, the prequel has actually brought back an idea that most thought was brave but probably unworkable. Jack in Africa. Being done in the form of a two-hour prequel seems to fit it much better, and gives me hope that actually the prequel will be something other than two episodes bolted on to the front of the main story.

UPDATE:

According to TV Guide’s Ask Ausiello, the prequel will indeed be shooting some scenes in Africa.

… Remember when I told you last summer that 24 execs were forced to scrap plans to shoot a chunk of Season 7 on location in Africa due to budgetary concerns on the part of Fox? Well, apparently someone found some extra dough lying around, because I hear producers are currently scouting locations in Africa to film scenes for this fall’s two-hour prequel movie.

This is good news, although clearly not all the scenes set in Africa will be shot in Africa, and so the key will be blending those scenes shot in Africa and those shot someone that looks like Africa together.

On Season 7 proper Coto says …

“Jack Bauer is under Senate investigation for crimes against humanity,” Coto explains. But while in Washington, FBI agent Renee Walker brings him in to deal with a series of possible terrorist attacks instigated by former CTU agent Tony Almeida, previously presumed dead. “Jack’s thrust into this mystery of how Tony is still alive, and why is he trying to bring down this country?”

For all the latest and most up to date news on Season 7, keep checking back.

source : ap.google.com
more : tvguide.com

Funny Greg Itzin Video

hardy24 April 24th, 2008

Not entirely newsworthy, but it’s a funny video with Greg Itzin in it, thats enough for me, although it may have a slight 24 twist at the end.

First Season 7 Cast Photo

hardy24 April 21st, 2008

24 Season 7 Cast

Above is the official Season 7 cast photo, since we’ve not had a massive amount of Day 7 news, I thought this might wet your appetites a little.

If your curious about who everyone is, click the “more” link for a full rundown on characters and actors.

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Your Favourite Show …

hardy24 April 21st, 2008

apart from 24 is …

Lost : 24%
Prison Break : 16%
CSI : 9%
House : 9%
Battlestar Galactica : 7%
Heroes : 6%
Smallville : 6%
Doctor Who : 4%
Dexter : 3%
Stargate Atlantis : 3%
Desperate Housewives : 3%
Grey’s Anatomy : 2%
Jericho : 2%
Bones : 1%
Gossip Girl : 1%
NCIS : 1%
Supernatural : 1%
Brothers & Sisters : 1%
One Tree Hill : 0%
The L Word : 0%

Not a huge surprise to see Lost take this I don’t think, with Prison Break a strong second. Very pleased to see Battlestar Galactica my other favourite emerge from the pack to win “best of the rest” as it where, even beating shows like Heroes, great stuff.

Which Character Most Deserves A Banner?

hardy24 April 7th, 2008

It’s finally Kim’s turn for the character banner.

Kim Bauer - 22%
Aaron Pierce - 20%
Bill Buchanan - 19%
Audrey Raines - 9%
Edgar Stiles - 9%
Mike Novick - 6%
Charles Logan - 5%
Curtis Manning - 5%
Wayne Palmer - 5%
Sherry Palmer - 3%

The new poll asks which out of a list of 20 possible choices is your favourite TV drama apart from 24?. Many people will probably ask why certain things aren’t listed, but there are some many possibles (one reason there are 20 choices instead of the usual 10), that I first had to narrow the field to just one hour dramas (or close in Doctor Who’s case) since that’s what 24 is. Then decided that it would have to be current shows only (those that have aired new episodes fairly recently or will do sometime in 2008). Then simply found some stats on the most popular shows. Still i’ll freely admit there’s probably something really obvious i’ve missed. Sorry.

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