Television 24 - How do you rate it

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It was truly groundbreaking at first.

Overall excellent if a bit repetative later on.

Needs another mini series in Russia for closure.
 

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Amazing show, went downhill at the end as the format became a bit too much.

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Rewatched them all a few months back. It’s definitely aged but it was revolutionary for its time. Season 5 was the Apex of the show though. Bauer is boss.
 

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Knew immediately where this was headed :lol:
 

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The 1st season was fantastic but it just got more and more ridiculous after that.
 

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It's a nice thought experiment about how productiveness can go up by a significant amount if you don't eat, sleep or shit.
 

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I've been meaning to get around to watching this for coming on 20 years now..

starting to think it might never happen
 

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1-3 brilliant stuff..... bit trash from then on that becomes utterly unwatchable mid s6... when a load trashy family twists are thrown in basically.

1-3 just felt organic and natural, it become too much of a twistfest from then on.
 

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Rewatched them all a few months back. It’s definitely aged but it was revolutionary for its time. Season 5 was the Apex of the show though. Bauer is boss.
Season 5 was class, the shocking start to it, 6 was when it got a bit meh and they introduced Bauer’s family.
 

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First real binge worthy series as there was nothing like it at the time, it seemed pretty groundbreaking.
 

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It's horrific.

It normalised the ideas of widespread sleeper cells, 'good' torture, and the default evil nature of brown people until proven otherwise.

Shows like 24 greased the wheels of public opinion for acceptance of things like the Iraq War and drone bombings. The flimsy reasons for military action would never have been enough against other peoples or in other eras. But, you know, Jack Bauer gave the public a window into how those societies actually functioned.
 

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The jack Bauer power hour

It was a really good gimmick which was fun to watch. 24 episodes for a season is a lot.

It did well but had a lot of shitty side stories away from Jack. His daughter being terrible, the presidents wife story being terrible.

Fun show around the time it came though
And that ticking click was cool
 

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Repetitive but great show and one that definitely kept you engaged all season.
 

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It ruined TV, poisoned cinema and heralded the arrival of Trump.

By crystallising drama to its plot mechanics it paved the way for the modern TV production that saw no need for storytelling.

If the show hadn't been so brilliantly made (at least the first season), then we may have avoided this storytelling dark age.
 

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It's horrific.

It normalised the ideas of widespread sleeper cells, 'good' torture, and the default evil nature of brown people until proven otherwise.

Shows like 24 greased the wheels of public opinion for acceptance of things like the Iraq War and drone bombings. The flimsy reasons for military action would never have been enough against other peoples or in other eras. But, you know, Jack Bauer gave the public a window into how those societies actually functioned.
It ruined TV, poisoned cinema and heralded the arrival of Trump.

By crystallising drama to its plot mechanics it paved the way for the modern TV production that saw no need for storytelling.

If the show hadn't been so brilliantly made (at least the first season), then we may have avoided this storytelling dark age.
Great posts.
 

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Hardly - blaming a single show for the general dumbed downness of popular culture is a bit odd actually. Things had started to go that way way before 24.
 

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24 was great, until it became "12 (plus a 12 hour time jump)"

Needs to be finished properly though, you can't have Bauer rotting in a Russian gulag.
 

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I watched all of season 5 on DVD in a day with a mate. That was a long day that started at 7am. I ate a whole loaf of bread in toast form, and drank about 6 litres of tea in the morning, then we got a pizza for lunch, started on the beer and had a curry for tea at 9pm, and we still had 4 hours left.

18 hours of Bauer n one go is almost too much Bauer. Especially when Edgar died and I was high on a mixture of toast, tea, pizza and beer.
 

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I liked it. Re watched it maybe 5 years ago and it was still good
 

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Decided to rewatch 24 for no good reason. It’s really starting to look dated - was it always that grainy? - and the plot is more far fetched than I remember, yet I’m about eight episodes in and can’t wait for the next one!

Anyone new to the show would probably be disappointed, yet for those who remember it 24 still has charm. Felt revolutionary at the time and helped change the TV landscape forever.

Binge watching begins with Bauer. Got to try and get at least one more episode in tonight.
 

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Decided to rewatch 24 for no good reason. It’s really starting to look dated - was it always that grainy? - and the plot is more far fetched than I remember, yet I’m about eight episodes in and can’t wait for the next one!

Anyone new to the show would probably be disappointed, yet for those who remember it 24 still has charm. Felt revolutionary at the time and helped change the TV landscape forever.

Binge watching begins with Bauer. Got to try and get at least one more episode in tonight.
It stands up story wise, but it is dated. They still need to do a limited series getting him back from Russia
 

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Watching a show with more than 10 episodes in a season seems like such hard work these days

Loved 24 back in the day. it was good for the time
 

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Overall, 7.5 out of 10.

Was completely enthralled with it for the first five seasons, struggled through the rest & the tangents.
 

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It was truly groundbreaking at first.

Overall excellent if a bit repetative later on.

Needs another mini series in Russia for closure.
I binged the whole show over 2 months once Disney Plus came to Poland in June, 100% agree it needs another one for closure, really don't like how it ended for Jack.
 

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the best show ever made by the us security apparatus.

more seriously, it is terrible. it played into the worst kinds of stereotypes.
 

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Okay, so I started season one for a bit of fun a month ago. Not ashamed to admit, I’m now hooked - halfway through season three!

It’s so contrived it’s untrue, but damn if it’s not gripping! :wenger:

That end scene still hits you hard. Has to be up there with the best TV series finales.

Must be getting more sentimental with age. Tears when George flies the plane to his room!

Only just past the halfway mark but poor Chapelle! And the scenes in the hotel, just brutal.

How do I get out of this loop? I remember the show going downhill in later seasons, but at this rate I’ll still be watching come Christmas.
 

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Okay, so I started season one for a bit of fun a month ago. Not ashamed to admit, I’m now hooked - halfway through season three!

It’s so contrived it’s untrue, but damn if it’s not gripping! :wenger:

That end scene still hits you hard. Has to be up there with the best TV series finales.

Must be getting more sentimental with age. Tears when George flies the plane to his room!

Only just past the halfway mark but poor Chapelle! And the scenes in the hotel, just brutal.

How do I get out of this loop? I remember the show going downhill in later seasons, but at this rate I’ll still be watching come Christmas.
Eject after season 5.