hardy24 March 10th, 2008
Opinion quite evenly split on this one, more than I expected, with 60% looking forward to it to some degree. The full results below : -
Hell Yeah!, It’s The One I’ve Been Waiting For ! : 31%
Yeah, Looks Good : 29%
“Shrug” : 21%
Looks Like A Waste Of Money : 19%
The new polls asks how excited you are at the idea of the S7 Prequel TV Movie.
hardy24 February 27th, 2008
More interesting news about the Season One Special Edition DVD. According to this entry on Amazon.co.uk the boxset will be released on 20th of May, for all regions! Now obviously this could be a miss print, and Amazon is currently the only non-US online shop listing it that I know of, but it seems doubtful they would put up a Amazon UK listing for it up without some sort of release date. This is currently no price given on the Amazon UK page.
If any of this changes or if I can get better confirmation i’ll be sure to let you know
There’s a wealth of Fox PR on the boxset at the link below.
more : tvshowsondvd.com
hardy24 February 25th, 2008
Barack Obama eventually won out in a heated battle between himself and no, not Hilary Clinton, but David Palmer. No word yet if this strong second place for Palmer will see him enter the presidential race for real at this late stage. Full results below
Barack Obama : 32%
David Palmer : 30%
Hilary Clinton : 13%
John McCain : 11%
Mike Huckabee : 8%
Mitt Romney : 4%
Ron Paul : 2%
The new poll asks how excited about the S1 Special Edition DVD you are.
hardy24 February 22nd, 2008
As if to make up for no new 24 until next year, Fox have this morning officially announced the “24 Season 1 (Special Edition)” DVD. Many will remember the original Season 1 DVD release was pretty much devoid of extras. Full details below the image of the rather cool metal cover.
At the moment the only release date known is for the region one edition on May 20th. But i’m fairly certain a region two release can’t be that far behind.
Extras include (items in bold are extras not found on original release) :-
For me the most interesting extras will be the commentaries on both the pilot and the series finale, it will be incredibly interesting to hear Stephen Hopkins, one of the key architects of the show’s unique style talk about these two key episodes. As well as to hear Leslie Hope talk about the series finale.
The boxset will retail for around $60 in the U.S.
source : dvdtimes.co.uk
more : tvshowsondvd.com
hardy24 November 26th, 2007
…which has postponed series 7? Some mixed feelings here, which is probably to be expected for such a complex issue.
45% - Neither, Just Want It Sorted Out Soon
32% - Support The WGA
19% - Angry At Both Sides
5% - Support The Studios & The Networks
The new poll asks, Which Forgotten Favourite Would You Most Like To See Return To The Show? You’ve got 12 options which i’ll run through quickly.
Richard Walsh (Series 1) - Jack’s closest friend at the agency and mentor. Last Seen: Being shot by a unknown sniper.
Mandy - (Series 1, 2 & 4) - Hired gun with a multitude of skills. Last Seen: Being pardoned for her crimes in exchange for giving up Marwan.
Alberta Green - (Series 1) - Career minded CTU employee who was brought in to replace Jack when it was believe he’d “gone rogue”. Last Seen: Being overruled by Ryan Chappelle regarding Jack’s reinstatement.
Robert Ellis - (Series 1) - Behind the scenes go-to guy who helped set up Operation Nightfall. Last Seen: Being strangled in a men’s room of a bar in New Orlean’s whilst on the phone to Jack.
Paula Schaeffer - (Series 2) - CTU Tech Analyst, was being socially ackward before anyone had ever heard of Chloe O’Brian. Last Seen: Going into cardiac arrest on a gurney after the bombing of CTU.
Bob Warner - (Series 2) - Business Man whose family being inexplicably tie up in a terrorist plot on his daughter’s wedding day. Last Seen: Visiting his daughter Marie in prison trying to understand her actions.
Yusuf Auda - (Series 2) - Middle east intelligence agent who helped Jack and Kate secure “the chip”. Last Seen: Huddled in a phonebooth after being shot several times.
Jonathan Wallace - (Series 2) - Soldier turned hired gun, killed his entire military squad before blackmailing Jack when his employers double crossed him. Last Seen: Bleeding out in an urgent care centre.
Walt Cummings - (Series 4 & 5) - Charles Logan’s Chief Of Staff, responsible for ordering a hit on Jack at the end of series 4, and then a key conspirator in series 5. Last Seen: Hanging from his neck-tie in a presumed suicide that was later revealed to have been staged.
Diane Huxley - (Series 5) - Jack’s “land lady” at the start of Series 5, got dragged into things when her son followed Jack and eventually was taken hostage in the airport siege. Last Seen: Leaving CTU with her son.
Theo Stoller - (Series 5) - Deep cover German intelligence agent, who got in the way between Jack and a suspect. Last Seen: Being double crossed by Jack after giving up the suspect.
Shari Rothenberg - (Series 5) - CTU low level analyst given a provisional promotion to help out after the gas attack on CTU left them severally undermanned. Also more than a little odd, so much so she freaked Chloe out at times. Last Seen: Telling her superiors she let a locked up Chloe escape.
Poll will run for two weeks, good luck choosing.
hardy24 September 17th, 2007
I guess this was a stupid question to ask visitors to a 24 fansite four months before the new series starts. Off course your looking forward to it, as the 94% yes vote shows.
The new poll is a little more fun, and hopefully the results will not be so straight forward. It asks which is your favourite “worst” storyline, with there being an option from each season, so Day 1 pitches in with “Teri and The Amnesia”, Day 2 with “Kim and The Cougar” and so on.
hardy24 March 12th, 2007
As often happens I got sent a link to an article on ‘24′. But this time around the article I got a link to I so completely disagree with that I really feel as if I should post my own honest opinion.
I don’t want to do harm to the writers views, so I won’t try and summarise the article, expect to say it’s on the subject of torture on the show, and that I disagree with his view on the matter.
link : new.ifmagazine.com
I know many are sick to death of torture, so I really hope that this can be a final word on the subject, but I have a feeling this may be a debate which will run as long as the show is on the air.
My opinion of torture on the show is simple, especcially the sixth series, is that it’s just a really cheap lazy way to fill air time and try and build tension that the show has done so often now that it’s actually getting stupid, even silly. I quite frankly fail to see the entertainment value, and I can’t imagine it was ever in the creators original plans for the show (”yeah, and we’ll have these heavy torture scenes every 3 or 4 episodes”). The closest thing to torture in Day One is a threat of a painful death for a suspect Jack had kidnapped in a limo, and if you look at that scene carefully, analyse why it works, why its tense, it’s because we don’t know if the suspect Jack has kidnapped has anything to do with the ongoing threat and there is the very real possibility that the emotional stress of the day so far has started to take it’s toll on Jack and his judgment - leaving us thinking is Jack about to fall off the edge and kill an innocent man?. It’s a scene which is played out the way it is for the development of character as well as story.
I’m not neccesarily against all torture on the show, but when it’s nothing more than a way to play for time then I as a viewer feel as if the writers are insulting me, and I feel like sending them home to rewatch series one to take notes about how to build tension properly.
I have personally defended the show against a lot of critism from all sides, but for me the show has crossed the line with the amount of torture in the lastest series, and if the levels had continued to increased I would have stopped watching - or atleast waiting for the DVD releases so I could fast forward the torture.
Feel free to share your views on the subject in the comments, but please keep them measured - any nasty or abusive comments will not make it on to the site.
