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[bonded56]

I have seen the first 4 hours plus 12 minutes of the 5th. I was in K-Mart on Jan 9 and saw 24 on a single DVD. When I went over to look at it, it was the first 4 hours of the upcoming season 6, plus a bonus of 12 minutes of the next episode / hour. My wife and I watched the whole thing last night. It may be crazy since it's coming up this Sunday and Monday, but if you don't want to wait or sit through commercials. Plus, it's on DVD and you don't have to record it. We both loved it. It cost $10.00. Does anyone know why they released it? The prospect of seeing it before it's shown on TV is cool plus it gets you hooked to watch the rest of the season. What effect on the ratings for the first 2 nights if it's been seen on DVD first? Now we have to wait 13 days to see what happens next.

Edited by bonded56, 10 January 2007 - 05:39 PM.

[Nimsworth]

Does anyone know why they released it? The prospect of seeing it before it's shown on TV is cool plus it gets you hooked to watch the rest of the season. What effect on the ratings for the first 2 nights if it's been seen on DVD first? Now we have to wait 13 days to see what happens next.

I'm guessing its cause of the 24 fanbase. There are some fans that will take Bauer when they can get it. Whereas others might be contempt to waiting for it to screen on TV.

Myself I cant wait for the Seven network in Australia to show 24 later this year long after its finished in the US which is why I get it as it screens. However I wont watch the 12 minutes of hour 5 mainly cause its only 12 minutes.

If anything I think it'd improve ratings due to word of mouth. After seeing the first 4 hours thats all I can talk about these days to everyone I know.

[sharpshooter]

Cant wait for Channel 7 to show it later on in the year. Each season is better than the last.

Hope Seven improve itself over the last few times they have shown 24 - putting it at 9.30 twice a week and doing two episodes at a time.

After they do a blitz marketing campaign, it seems they cant wait to get rid of the show in Australia. The show deserves more respect after all the awards it claimed.

Edited by sharpshooter, 11 January 2007 - 05:54 AM.

[Vauxhall]

Small bit of news for some of you fans out there. Kiefer Sutherland let slip in an interview this week that we will meet his brother in this series. The rumour is that...

Spoiler

his brother is Graham - the villainous character who was revealed at the end of last season as controlling the actions of President Logan

[killkenny kid]

Small bit of news for some of you fans out there. Kiefer Sutherland let slip in an interview this week that we will meet his brother in this series. The rumour is that...

Spoiler

his brother is Graham - the villainous character who was revealed at the end of last season as controlling the actions of President Logan

Nice.

[Vauxhall]

Small bit of news for some of you fans out there. Kiefer Sutherland let slip in an interview this week that we will meet his brother in this series. The rumour is that...

Spoiler

his brother is Graham - the villainous character who was revealed at the end of last season as controlling the actions of President Logan

Nice.

Have you watched all of the first four episodes yet, KK?

[killkenny kid]

Sorry about that, we lose power in the school for a short time. Well, yes I did watch the whole thing. And I think this will be the best season yet. The america under siege plot line from the producers is a bold move. That works well. And I was happy to see that D.B. Woodside is very credible as the President. I feel we will get lots of shades of grey from all of the cast this season. But, I hope they, don't go to far will Regina King's character. Right now she looks like a off shoot of the Carla Dean character from Enemy of the State movie.

Now to the last ten mins of eps.4. Damn, I didn't see that coming. Great scene. But, what I love the most was Jack's reaction to it. If this where they are going with Jack this year, It will be Kiefer's tour de force saeson. Let the mayhem begin.

[Vauxhall]

Totally agreed about those last ten minutes. If Sutherland keeps up that level of acting, then not only will Jack's character be superbly complex, then he should be on Emmy-winning form once more. Regina King's character is grating on me too - don't think we needed another Palmer sibling to be honest. I thought that both of the actors playing Fayed and Assad have been superb so far, and expect there to be another twist in regards to them. The other character I'm quite interested to keep an eye on will be Peter MacNicol's chief-of-staff... I can imagine him and Palmer having some friction later on in the season. Whatever happens and what is in store, I bet there will be some fantastic surprises!!

[bonded56]

Nimsworth: [/quote]I'm guessing its cause of the 24 fanbase. There are some fans that will take Bauer when they can get it. Whereas others might be contempt to waiting for it to screen on TV.

... However I wont watch the 12 minutes of hour 5 mainly cause its only 12 minutes.

If anything I think it'd improve ratings due to word of mouth. After seeing the first 4 hours thats all I can talk about these days to everyone I know.
[/quote]

Thanks for the comments. As far as the first 12 min of episode 5. Without giving away anything, compare "24" to a letter filled with paragraphs. Exciting cliffhangers would be in the middle of a paragraph. You can't wait to get back to that section. The first 12 min of episode 5 ends more like the end of the paragraph. It sort of lets you catch your breath.

Edited by bonded56, 11 January 2007 - 10:24 PM.

[Professor Dent]

I have seen the first 4 hours plus 12 minutes of the 5th. I was in K-Mart on Jan 9 and saw 24 on a single DVD. When I went over to look at it, it was the first 4 hours of the upcoming season 6, plus a bonus of 12 minutes of the next episode / hour. My wife and I watched the whole thing last night. It may be crazy since it's coming up this Sunday and Monday, but if you don't want to wait or sit through commercials. Plus, it's on DVD and you don't have to record it. We both loved it. It cost $10.00. Does anyone know why they released it? The prospect of seeing it before it's shown on TV is cool plus it gets you hooked to watch the rest of the season. What effect on the ratings for the first 2 nights if it's been seen on DVD first? Now we have to wait 13 days to see what happens next.

I think you got lucky. This DVD isn't supposed to hit the store shelves until Tuesday January 16th.

http://www.24weblog....anuary-16th.php

[bonded56]

Thanks for the info! Geez, I bought it a week early and 33% off of suggested retail price. If I had seen / recorded it on Sunday and Monday, I sure would not have bought the DVD just for 12 more minutes. Seeing it early was the reason I picked it up. K-Mart only had 3 on the shelf when I bought it.

There is a coupon with it for $10.00 off of any season DVD set. I had already picked up Season 1 and 2 for $20.00 each when Best Buy had them on sale from Dec 24 - Dec 30. That should be enough for awhile.

Edited by bonded56, 13 January 2007 - 12:00 AM.

[Johnboy007]

It is nice to see Alexander Siddig again.

[Nimsworth]

Thanks for the comments. As far as the first 12 min of episode 5. Without giving away anything, compare "24" to a letter filled with paragraphs. Exciting cliffhangers would be in the middle of a paragraph. You can't wait to get back to that section. The first 12 min of episode 5 ends more like the end of the paragraph. It sort of lets you catch your breath.

That's one of the best ways I've heard to describe it! I'm tempted to see that 12 minutes now. But I'll hold of. I need a full Bauer Hour of Power.

[dinovelvet]

Now to the last ten mins of eps.4. Damn, I didn't see that coming. Great scene. But, what I love the most was Jack's reaction to it. If this where they are going with Jack this year, It will be Kiefer's tour de force saeson. Let the mayhem begin.

Hell yeah the last ten minutes of Hour 4 were incredible. Spoiler free- First Jack shoots er, that guy, and then THAT happens. WOW!
They're really raising the stakes again, we've had the nuclear threat before in 24, but they're making it even more intense this time. Of course, knowing 24, all that's happening right now is only going to be the tip of the iceberg compared to the real master plan that won't be revealed until, say, hour 12. And yeah, excellent character development for Jack so far; imagine if Bond was doing that after his prison release in DAD!

[Professor Dent]

I was very impressed with the first 4 hours so far. What a great ending to hour 4! The twist with Jack's shooting was incredible -- truly, no one is safe on the show. Two things stood out for me. First is the ringer on Jack's phone. Sounds like an old-time telephone. I hope he can turn on vibrate mode when he is trying to sneak-up on someone. Second, from a product placement standpoint, Apple seems to have ramped-up the laptop & monitor presence in CTU. I think last year, David Palmer had a Mac & so did Henderson. I don't remember seeing any in CTU.

[Scottlee]

I can't believe this has reached Season Six. Seems only yesterday everyone was raving about the first season being on TV. Time flies.

I just bought Season Two today so I'm a long way behind. Loved Season One though.

[SecretAgent007]

My only disappointment so far with season 6 is D.B. Woodside. He's a terrible actor, at least in the role of the President, as is the woman that plays his sister. Just close your eyes and lister to her. Sound like she is reading her lines. My wife and I also thought it funny, that after being so indecisive about every other decision in the first 3 hours and 50 minutes, and getting most of those wrong, that he (Woodside)knew exactly what needed done after "that happened" while everyone else around him was dumbstruck.

[Vauxhall]

I too remember Season One first appearing on TV, but I never really got into the show back then. I first got into 24 watching the DVDs and I honestly can say that's probably the best way for a newcomer to follow it. I'm sure it is possible to watch each season as a standalone feature, but I do feel that it is a much better viewing experience if you see all that has preceded it.

[dodge]

My only disappointment so far with season 6 is D.B. Woodside. He's a terrible actor, at least in the role of the President, as is the woman that plays his sister. Just close your eyes and lister to her. Sound like she is reading her lines. My wife and I also thought it funny, that after being so indecisive about every other decision in the first 3 hours and 50 minutes, and getting most of those wrong, that he (Woodside)knew exactly what needed done after "that happened" while everyone else around him was dumbstruck.

I'll have to agree with you there. After the last two prezzes, he's a real nonentity. Thank God the rest of the show still rocks.

[Scottlee]

I too remember Season One first appearing on TV, but I never really got into the show back then. I first got into 24 watching the DVDs

I find it impossible to watch unless you get the DVD's. It's a bit like Lost, in that if you miss one episode on TV you're screwed. That happened to me when Season One came on TV years ago. I saw 4 episodes, missed a couple, and just couldn't get as excited when I saw episode 7. Also, the show is so addictive it drives you up the wall having to wait a week between episodes. I ploughed through Season One the other week in the space of about 6 or 7 days. Having a marathon is the best way to watch it, I find.

[Vauxhall]

So, the first two episodes of Season 6 have now aired in the UK as well. Have noticed more and more publicity for the series over the course of the week; seems to be advertising everywhere. I'm really looking forward to hopefully being able to track down episode 5 (being shown in the USA tomorrow) and not have to wait until it officially reaches Sky One in the UK!! (Especially as I don't have a TV at the moment) Having previously watched the first five series on DVD, the week-long wait between shows seems like eternity!!

[shady ginzo]

Just the thread I was looking for!

My brother and I are avid 24 fans, and yesterdays premier night (in the UK) was like a national holiday for us!

I

Edited by shady ginzo, 22 January 2007 - 11:47 AM.

[Vauxhall]

Some interesting points you raise here shady ginzo; when I watched the episode in question, I honestly never thought about the London bombings of July 2005. Perhaps it is a sad sign of the modern world we live in that suicide bombings are so frequent that I don't associate TV programmes taking their ideas from real-life events. Now that you raise the issue though, I can certainly see the similarities and how it may offend certain people's sensibilities. I don't think that the concerns of the UK population would necessarily be an issue for the writers. The feelings of the US population is much more pertinent to them; for instance, I would certainly not expect to see a 24 plotline anytime soon that involves hijacked planes being used as weapons. But the thing with 24 is that they may do... the writers do like pushing the boundaries and occasionally flirting with controversy.

I really don't think that the writers are trying to infer that Jack Bauer would have stopped the July 2005 bombings if he had been there. Indeed, whilst the attack in Los Angeles failed, attacks in other US cities have succeeded in 24. I don't believe that the threats in 24 are usually "removed from reality"; whilst similar attacks usually haven't occurred in real life, they are constant threats which may one day happen. This is all just my opinion though; I do enjoy what I perceive to be very realistic circumstances and I consider it to be a strength of the show.

Certainly an issue that can be discussed to great lengths though!

[dodge]

Is Season 6 running into trouble? Last night's episode left me feeling apprehensive. As in: Just a bloody minute here--Jack's brotherwas the evil mastermind...Jack never had a clue...but suddenly shows up bro's house, socks him in the face and then proceeds to torture him, as if he'd known all along????????

May the Power of Bauer preserve Season 6...but that whole business seemed pretty hokey to me?

Anyone see it differently? Why?

[crheath]

Is Season 6 running into trouble? Last night's episode left me feeling apprehensive. As in: Just a bloody minute here--Jack's brotherwas the evil mastermind...Jack never had a clue...but suddenly shows up bro's house, socks him in the face and then proceeds to torture him, as if he'd known all along????????

May the Power of Bauer preserve Season 6...but that whole business seemed pretty hokey to me?

Anyone see it differently? Why?

I'm not sure if Jack knows his brother was behind the whole thing. Maybe there's another reason he's torturing him. A lot of questions in that last episode (hour 5)...

[Professor Dent]

So, the first two episodes of Season 6 have now aired in the UK as well. Have noticed more and more publicity for the series over the course of the week; seems to be advertising everywhere. I'm really looking forward to hopefully being able to track down episode 5 (being shown in the USA tomorrow) and not have to wait until it officially reaches Sky One in the UK!! (Especially as I don't have a TV at the moment) Having previously watched the first five series on DVD, the week-long wait between shows seems like eternity!!

I've been watching 24 since the beginning & it was complete torture before they went with the "Non-Stop Season" format a few years ago!

ginzo does raise an interesting point. I watch every piece of behind the scenes stuff that I can get my hands on. In everything I have seen, the writers & producers are very much aware of current events & try create a different reality for Jack to battle the bad guys in. Unfortunately, bombings like that are a sad fact of the world we live in today. 24's premier season was the fall of 2001. There was a scene that was filmed involving an airplane exploding in mid-air. It was all over the TV promo spots that were airing at the time. After September 11th, this scene was removed from the episode even though it was no where near a building when it happened (it was over the desert). The producers have the delicate task of walking the fine line between fiction & reality while still keeping the show fresh. I, for one, hope the events they portray stay in the world of fiction.

[Double-0-7]

Is Season 6 running into trouble? Last night's episode left me feeling apprehensive. As in: Just a bloody minute here--Jack's brotherwas the evil mastermind...Jack never had a clue...but suddenly shows up bro's house, socks him in the face and then proceeds to torture him, as if he'd known all along????????

May the Power of Bauer preserve Season 6...but that whole business seemed pretty hokey to me?

Anyone see it differently? Why?

I'm not sure if Jack knows his brother was behind the whole thing. Maybe there's another reason he's torturing him. A lot of questions in that last episode (hour 5)...

Introducing a family that was never mentioned once in the 5 previous seasons seems a little 'jump the shark tank' to me. Especially when it is the evil mastermind from before and his hot wife apparently 'knew' Jack before they got married. And the boy sure takes after Uncle Jack!

[K1Bond007]

Is Season 6 running into trouble? Last night's episode left me feeling apprehensive. As in: Just a bloody minute here--Jack's brotherwas the evil mastermind...Jack never had a clue...but suddenly shows up bro's house, socks him in the face and then proceeds to torture him, as if he'd known all along????????

May the Power of Bauer preserve Season 6...but that whole business seemed pretty hokey to me?

Anyone see it differently? Why?

I'm not sure if Jack knows his brother was behind the whole thing. Maybe there's another reason he's torturing him. A lot of questions in that last episode (hour 5)...

Introducing a family that was never mentioned once in the 5 previous seasons seems a little 'jump the shark tank' to me. Especially when it is the evil mastermind from before and his hot wife apparently 'knew' Jack before they got married. And the boy sure takes after Uncle Jack!

A lot of people have been saying that. I thought it was ridiculous too. Seems weird considering Season 5 was one of the best seasons if not thee best then they turn around with Season 6 and throw this crap in. I don't know, but it is very shark jump-ish.

[Vauxhall]

It also struck me as weird, but I do believe that if anyone can make it believable, the team of writers on 24 probably can. Hopefully we will see a progression of the Bauer family storyline which comes to a reasonable conclusion. For instance, I think that there is a danger of dipping into soap opera territory if Josh is revealed to be Jack's son. I don't believe that Jack knows Graham was behind the killing of David Palmer and the orchestrator of Season 5's events, but perhaps the Chinese dropped hints about him during his torture which may explain how Jack suddenly resorted to suffocating his brother.

[Nimsworth]

Yeah introducing the Bauer clan does seem a bit unexpected but I see it like this. Jack hasnt spoken to his father in nine years. He hasnt seen his brother since Teri's funeral sometime after Day 1. Why would he bring them up through Days 2-5? Graham and the bluetooth mafia in Day 5 while they were the bad guys always saw themselves as patriots. Walt Cummings, Logan, Robocop etc. did what they did in Day 5 for what they saw was the good of the country.

Jack's lost his wife and his daughter looks like she wants nothing to do with him any more. His relationship with his brother and father is icy to say the least. Bauer's family values doesnt seem high on the plate compared to saving the country.

Jack's been forced to kill Curtis, shoot Ryan Chappelle in the head, shot Robocop's wife above the kneecap and he had to resort to killing the guy who recruited him into CTU. Suffocating a sibling is being nice in the eyes of Jack Bauer.