Thursday, July 28, 2005

24 Season 5: the latest...

Potential spoiler alert!!!

Taken from http://www.24spoilers.tvheaven.com/

First off, I have no idea how Bakersfield, California will fit into anything, I am being brutally honest about that. It makes absolutely no sense with the information I have. The casting notice for Craig Huxley is adamant about him living in Bakersfield but I truthfully have nothing to corroborate that. My information begins somewhere overseas, the information doesn't specify a country. We begin with Jack at an airport where he is waiting for somebody to land. Hmm... Who could it be ? The airplane he's been waiting for lands and his contact exits the plane. This contact is Jack's only connection to his past and it's one of the only people he can trust. The contact is Chloe O'Brian. I guess Chloe sneaks out of Los Angeles every once in awhile and covertly meets with Jack to give him updates on Kim and other people from his past. She takes every precaution possible because she knows what the consequences will be. So Chloe meets up with Jack and they talk for awhile about Chase and Kim and Chase's daughter. (I also heard something about surveillance photos) Anyways, they finish up and Chloe has to hurry and get back on a plane to L.A. Jack thanks her for doing what she's doing and they part ways.

Jack walks through the airport and he starts to head back to his apartment. Jack's plans of laying low and avoiding the spotlight come to a screeching halt when he spots an international terrorist. Jack knows that the terrorist is a bomb-maker and he knows that something big must be going down. So Jack follows the guy and right about here is where the information I have dies off. The terrorist is in the process of carrying out an attack and I've heard that the target is either the airport or a nearby Embassy. Jack makes his move and captures the man and begins to question him. I don't know what the two say to each other and I don't if Jack will be able to stop the terrorist attack in time. Surveillance footage of the bomber would be analyzed and it's likely that the tapes are reviewed by the intelligence community and this is how the U.S. Government learns that Jack is still alive.

Chloe, incognito???
Please. Easily the most annoying character on the show and no one notices her taking these sneaky trips to see Jack? You know she's gonna say something derrogatory or demeaning to someone during the trip.

Jack is still in the country... living in an apartment...
How about you leave the damn country, fool? Being out of the country is much safer for you and the government than staying there. How about some remote island? And why the freak is he walking around in an Airport? With the way security is today, that's the last place I'd go if I were in hiding.

Please don't bring Kim back!
We've had a nice season of rest from her, there's no reason to bring her back into the loop. But, if you do, kill her.

Jack spots an international terrorist...
Then quickly follows and captures him... and then what? Yup! You guessed it! He captures him and probably tortures him. Riiiiight where we left off from last season, more tortures. Classy TV.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

24 Season 4: Nominated 11 Times

Today the Emmy Nominations were announced. Looking down the list, you'll notice that 24 has been nominated twice, once for Outstanding Drama and again for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama (Kiefer). That makes it four years in a row that the show has been nominated for those two awards. That's impressive. Let's take a look at the nominations for 24 over the past four years:

Season 1: 2002 Emmys

  • Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 2: 2003 Emmys

  • Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Nominated: Outstanding Stunt Coordination
  • Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 3: 2004 Emmys

  • Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Winner: Outstanding Stunt Coordination
  • Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series
  • Winner: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 4: 2005 Emmys (winners not yet determined)

  • Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
  • Nominated (three times): Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Nominated: Outstanding Stunt Coordination
  • Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series
  • Nominated: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Notice anything odd about the nominations above? Consistently nominated for Lead Actor and Drama Series... never won. Consistently nominated, and sometimes winning, for Picture and Sound Editing, Casting and Stunt Coordination. One time, once, nominated and winner of Outstanding Writing... and that was for the Pilot episode of Season One. Not a single nomination for the writing since.

The show is exciting, you can't doubt that. But it's apparent that the quality of writing is not what they're going after. Typical viewers don't care about that, though. Does it put butts in seats? Yep, the ratings have gone up each year. Does the writing suck? Yep, it gets goofier each season.

My predictions for this year's Emmys... I think Kiefer will get snubbed once again and so will 24 as Outstanding Drama, both losing to Deadwood. They may pick up a few Emmys for Sound/Picture Editing. But there's no way in hell they win for Casting this year.