July 4, 2008
Hello, America.
My name is Jack Bauer. You may not know who I am, so let me fill you in. I used to work for the Los Angeles division of the U.S .Government's Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU). I have killed literally hundreds of unnamed terrorists and henchmen and even some innocent civilians, all in the name of this country. I don't mean to brag, but I am a patriot. Obviously, the Fourth of July is my favorite holiday (close second: Arbor Day). Every time the Fourth comes along, I think of all the terrorists whose necks I've bitten off, whose groins I've electroshocked, all of the government officials I've kidnapped, and the foreign embassies I've infiltrated. All in the name of patriotism, of course.
Given my past as a government killing machine, I feel that I'm uniquely qualified to offer some advice for the common man as we approach this sacred holiday:
June 29, 2008
2017, despite what you might believe, is only a few months away. FOX's 24, which stars Kiefer Sutherland as uber-bad ass Jack Bauer, will triumphantly return to our television screens this November with a special two-hour prequel to the seventh season. The prequel film has been filming in South Africa this month. There was some brief confusion last week regarding how the 24 prequel movie would effect the length of the actual seventh season. Robert Carlyle, who co-stars in the movie as an old friend of Jack's, said in an interview that the film would bleed into the seventh season and, therefore, the season would only contain twenty-two episodes once it began next January instead of the usual twenty-four. This turned out not to be true, and FOX quickly rebuked Carlyle's statements. One thing we did learn from the whole mix-up was that season 7 will indeed take place four years after the end of season 6, making it the year 2017 in the world of 24.
June 20, 2008
We've received some clarification regarding the timeline for the upcoming seventh season of 24. Whereas it was initially reported that Day 7 of 24 would take place a year or year and a half after the events of season 6, Zap2It is now claiming that, according to sources, that it will take place four years after season 6. The significance of this probably won't be too huge, and will only make itself known in a couple of ways. Chloe's baby, which was in her belly at the end of season 6, will be three or four years old now, instead of a newborn. Also, the new president won't be as new as previously thought. Perhaps that will have an important part to play in season 7's plot.
June 13, 2008
Jon Voight is taking some time out of his busy film schedule and heading to television. FOX revealed today that Voight, the Oscar-winning actor and father of Angelina Jolie, will join the cast of 24 for the show's seventh season. Voight will be the man behind the curtain, the mastermind behind season 7's over-arching terrorist threat. His character will be introduced during the two hour 24 prequel, which will air this November. Since the first seven or so episodes of season 7 have already been filmed, viewers won't see Voight until mid-season, at the earliest.
June 13, 2008
24 might not be back until the fall, but that doesn't mean that we should forget all about Jack Bauer's ethically ambiguous propensity to torture his victims at the drop of a hat.
With CTU out of commission until the resolution of the WGA strike, one of us must step up to become our nation's hero. Millions of lives are at stake. Will you stay on the (mostly) good side and become the next Jack Bauer? Will you be evil like Nina Meyers or Sherry Palmer? Or will you be mostly useless like Kim Bauer? To find out who you are, BuddyTV has developed the personality quiz: Which 24 Character Are You? Take the quiz today for the sake of America
June 12, 2008
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We assume you already the numerous ways in which Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer is one of the coolest, most bad-ass men on TV. The man who's lived through six very long days on 24 is, without a doubt, an action hero made hot by virtue of the fact tat he saves the country, repeatedly. To understand why he's also a hot dad, one only needs to look back to the first season, when Jack broke every law imaginable trying to save his wife and daughter from terrorists. He didn't care about protocols or government codes of ethics, Jack Bauer did what he had to do to save his family.
June 7, 2008
Dennis Hopper is very good at playing evil human beings. One of his best, and most infamous scenes, came in the Quentin Tarantino-penned film True Romance, in which he faced off with Christopher Walken. In that scene, which is far too racy too discuss here, Walken played to Hopper's character's inherent racism, eventually earning a mercy killing at the hands of Hopper and his mafia henchman. I bring this up because Hopper has just been cast in the TV adaptation of Oscar-winning film Crash. The cable channel Starz has ordered thirteen episodes of Crash. The film focused on the topic of racism in modern-day Los Angeles, and will become only the second Best Picture winning film to be turned into a television show (the first was In the Heat of the Night). Hopper will play a character named Ben, a maverick record producer. Also joining the cast is Clare Carey, most recently seen in the now-deceased Jericho, who will Christine, a frustrated mother married to a real-estate developer. Hopper has recently been on the television show E-Ring, as well as a small, but important role on the first season of 24.
June 3, 2008
Sprague Grayden, well known for having either one of the best or one of the worst names in Hollywood, will play the daughter of the President of the United States on season 7 of 24. Grayden, who most recently has been seen as regular on the now-defunct Jericho and in a recurring role on Weeds, will play the daughter of 24's new president, who will be portrayed by famed Broadway actress Cherry Jones. As for Grayden's role on 24's seventh season, these things are shrouded in mystery. Since it is 24, there's a good chance Gradyen's first kid character will be either be tortured, kidnapped, killed, kill someone, team up with Jack Bauer or all of the above.