Comments on: Has real-world torture killed off ’24′?

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:29:26 +0000

Amen, Gary Susman. 24 sucks now because it just recycles old plotlines and has stale, boring characters. Plus, they’ve gotten really bad at believably stretching out the “Day” to make 24 hours. Give me Jack Bauer any day – torture included – but with new writers, please.

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:40:57 +0000

Right on, Gary. 24 flatlined this past season not because of Jack going medieval on people (we love it when he does that) But because an action series looks desperate when the major, lone wolf characters start sprouting brothers, sisters, nephews, parents, all of whom are complete whiny pains.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:43:03 +0000

gary…you’re absolutely right. BAD WRITING and bad PLOT made 24 go down the tubes. I’m still in it to win it though, and I can’t wait to see TONY. People should grow longer attention spans. The show put out a SOLID 5 seasons….it deserves the right to slip up once. Let’s see what 7 has in store for us…

By: Joe C

Joe C — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:45:53 +0000

First of all, I always felt that Season 5 was overrated; the best two seasons were 1 and 2 when they had supervillain Nina, the best villain the show ever had. Again, what has set in now is staleness; you can only go to the well so many times. As Keifer himself noted: ‘How many bad days can one guy have?’ But I’ll be there whenever 24 comes back.

By: Nettie

Nettie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:40:12 +0000

Who cares? People take things far too literally sometimes. It’s escapism and adventure. Should we really be running the country and getting our political positions from a TV show, no matter how good it is. I just want my 24 and Kiefer back on the air as soon as possible. Suggestion: scale down the cast and get back to season 1 basics.

By: Eric D. Wilkinson

Eric D. Wilkinson — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:03:04 +0000

I have loved with show since season one and I couldn’t agree with you more. I think the show needs to take a complete break from the “terrorists always going after Los Angeles” (I mean really… Always Los Angeles? Isn’t their ANY other major metropolitan city that these guys are interested in?). Take a complete break from the terrorist story lines and have Jack visiting his daughter in New York or Washington or something. They walk into a bank, the bank gets robbed and Jack and his daughter become hostages (of course the bank robbery is a ruse for something else. I has to be, we have 24 hours to fill). Jack has to save his life and others WITHOUT the help of CTU and amazing computer hackers and support. I think a more minimalistic story line like this would do the show some good. Just a thought.
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By: wengem

wengem — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:09:13 +0000

24 is totally spent and it has nothing to do with torture. The writing stinks and the situations are ludicrous. Political power struggles are so overdone. How many different people are going to be in charge of CTU in the next 24 hours? How many insiders obtained top secret clearance and are helping the terrorists? How many distinct terrorist plots can Jack prevent in one day? How often have you joked about the show’s ridiculous travel times or the injuries that heal within hours? The writers need to be more realistic and less absurdly dramatic. Change the premise! 24 days instead of 24 hours might give them the chance to develop characters, lose absurdity, and get some believability back.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:56:28 +0000

I agree Gary, i’m a fan and i want to see some action packed tv, i’m tired of these game shows, let’s get some thrillers for a change.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:46:41 +0000

They really need to streamline the show–it always starts and ends great, but lags severly in the middle. I know the show is called 24, but perhaps it would be better if a season consisted of 2 separate 12-hour storylines instead.

By: Andie

Andie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:13:13 +0000

As a big fan of 24, I can only say that the reason why last season disappointed me was that it was boring! Plain and simple. A lot of the storylines felt recycled or only half-finished (anyone figure out just what happened to Pres Logan after his ex wife stabbed him in the neck?), and I really didn’t give a cr*p about all of the family issues that they kept going on about.
I really hope that this delay means that the writers and producers are trying to come up with a fantastic story and not just because of Sutherland’s DUI or the writers strike. Because if Day 7 ends up being as dull as 6 was, I won’t keep watching.