I was out of town and forget to set up the VCR to record for last night. Anyone have a way to see the episode?
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24, Season 5
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yea i was wondering why he kept on saying that, i kinda figured they have some secret word when they are captured...MacNut said:
watcher2001 said:
Did you see the news coverage when the man was shot running from the Miami flight about a month ago? I didn't see it myself but the Daily Show covered it. There was an unending amount of "we don't know what's happening yet" and "it might be the it might be that" and "i wouldn't want to speculate but..." They don't wait to confirm a damn thing anymore.
watcher2001 said:
That's the way it's been pretty much every season. During season 3 or 4 there was one time when Chloe got called in, and within 5 minutes she was there. We joked at work that she must live in a studio apartment above CTU, and just takes a firepole downstairs. We also figure that CTU agents have secret tunnels under the city. It can be annoying if you think about it too much, but it keeps the show moving.
Vader said:
It's probably available on whatever p2p networks are still operating. That may not be legal but sometimes you gotta do... It was my only recourse two years ago when I didn't put in a tape to record one episode. I wonder if the iTunes store will be selling eps of 24. I guess they'd have to work out a deal for Fox content first.
If they put it up on iTunes that would be awesome!
Any legal places to just watch a missed episode, I don't even want to dl it, just see it, really soon.
Any legal places to just watch a missed episode, I don't even want to dl it, just see it, really soon.
I love 24. It sucks that they killed Palmer, Michelle, and injured Tony in the first 10 minutes. From the commericals it looked like it was Jack and Chloe in the explosion. I liked Palmer because he seemed like such a great leader for the country, and Michelle, well, she was awesome. It's a good thing I finally made my PC a TiVo, I had to go to a thing at my school that honored 8th graders, missed the first 40 minutes and now I'm watching it. Once again, I love TiVo-rip offs!
MacNut said:
I dunno, i can't take him seriously. I keep picturing him as the guy with a lisp from "50 First Dates"
Vader said:
Yeah, I really want to pay for something of inferior quality. Download a copy from BT, it's not illegal. It's in a gray area of the law.
rickvanr said:
I'll go with that defense.
MacNut said:
<Clash reference>"Rudie can't fail!"</Clash>
Evil Advertising
I love 24, and the new season is pretty entertaining so far. But the absolutely horrible product placement is a serious negative. It's so bad it's detracting from the entertainment value for me.
I mean, come on. The "Avaya" label on the top of the telephone handset in the airport terminal? No one puts a label on the top of a telephone earpiece! When would it ever be visible? And Jack's Sprint cellphone. The labels on the
NEC monitors seem out of place. Not that they're there, but the fact that they've been relocated so that they're more visible than they ordinarily would be. Notice that all of the vehicles are Fords? What are the odds in a real world situation? (No doubt it's a holdover from the "commercial free" episodes Ford sponsored last season.)
Anyway, enough ranting. I just found it very noticeable and very annoying. Isn't it enough that we already have commercials every 8 minutes in the show?
I love 24, and the new season is pretty entertaining so far. But the absolutely horrible product placement is a serious negative. It's so bad it's detracting from the entertainment value for me.
I mean, come on. The "Avaya" label on the top of the telephone handset in the airport terminal? No one puts a label on the top of a telephone earpiece! When would it ever be visible? And Jack's Sprint cellphone. The labels on the
NEC monitors seem out of place. Not that they're there, but the fact that they've been relocated so that they're more visible than they ordinarily would be. Notice that all of the vehicles are Fords? What are the odds in a real world situation? (No doubt it's a holdover from the "commercial free" episodes Ford sponsored last season.)
Anyway, enough ranting. I just found it very noticeable and very annoying. Isn't it enough that we already have commercials every 8 minutes in the show?
BearRanger said:
To be honest, I didn't even notice any of those examples. I'm not surprised though. Last season there was a huge "ad" (i.e. product placement) for Cisco somethingorother.
I didn't hear you complaining about the Macs we've seen so far. (Have there been more than just Palmer's iMac? Other seasons there have been several Macs.) Of course I'm not sure if those are paid inclusions.
ebow said:
I did notice Palmer's iMac. Having a computer in the scene made sense, but I don't remember the Apple logo being prominently displayed. The iMac is just distinctive, so we all knew what it was immediately. I'm not sure if Joe Sixpack would.
I didn't notice any Macs in CTU. I guess the implication is that Macs aren't for "real" work. (no, I don't believe that)
Other shows that have Macs prominently featured usually cover up the logo somehow. "Surface" has an iMac that always seems to have a yellow sticky over the logo. And "Veronica Mars" somehow always manages to have an object in front of the glowing Apple logo of her Powerbook.
I guess the question is, is it product placement if the item is used but the logo or corporate identity of the manufacturer is hidden?
This is good ****. Logan, you prick.. And we all knew whats his face bad guy in the presidents area was gonna take out the president's wife at the end. Are the capsules they were handling nuclear?
Also, quit the spoilers in white. Just post them in normal font, anyone dumb enough to look at the thread, not expecting spoilers, after an ep has finished, deserves what he/she finds. I wait until I have watching to comment, I simply stay away until then. Anyone else can too.
Logan, you prick.. And we all knew whats his face bad guy in the presidents area was gonna take out the president's wife at the end. Are the capsules they were handling nuclear?Also, quit the spoilers in white. Just post them in normal font, anyone dumb enough to look at the thread, not expecting spoilers, after an ep has finished, deserves what he/she finds.
I wait until I have watching to comment, I simply stay away until then. Anyone else can too.
XIII said:This is good ****.
Also, quit the spoilers in white. Just post them in normal font, anyone dumb enough to look at the thread, not expecting spoilers, after an ep has finished, deserves what he/she finds.
They said it was nerve gas in the preview for next weeks, and it had a biohazard symbol on the canister.
I was let down by episode 4's ending because they showed it in the previews so I knew it was coming and it didn't have the same affect knowing that Cummings is a bad guy.
Kwyjibo said:
Logan just pisses me off... he's such an ******.
Actually, when Sean Astin appeared, my wife thought of Rudy, but I thought of Lord of the Rings. (I'd forgotten about 50 First Dates... he was funny with the lisp).
I thought that at least in Season 1 and 2 (and maybe 3) CTU used Macs, but dropped them in favor of Dell(?) Workstations. I notice the Macs. I point them out. It pisses my wife off. There is a lot of product placement in EVERY show. It supplements the advertising. I just rarely focus on the products (except the Macs) and focus on the show.
jdechko said:
Yeah, Logan pisses me off too. But it's clear he's not intended to be Carter. Logan is more concerned with his personal image. He delegates EVERYTHING. He doesn't listen, he's insulated from what's going on, and he seems pretty oblivious to the reality of the situation he's in. Seems clear to me who he's supposed to be.
I wouldn't say I'm focused on the products, but it really seems overdone. The Avaya one was the most annoying, because it was so out of place. It shouldn't have been there, so it stood out the most.
More than Sean Astin, I was wondering what happened to Badger's (Mr. Yellow Tie) Australian accent.
The guest list for upcoming episodes is sometimes fun to poke through...
http://imdb.com/title/tt0285331/guests
It does get updated as you get closer to a showing so don't think they are finalized yet.
Rot13/white spoiler? Ohg lbh pna frr gung Xvz jvyy or onpx ba Sro 5gu.
Come to think of it... maybe people could start using rot13 on their spoilers? Until you start memorizing that Wnpx is Jack. http://www.rot13.com
http://imdb.com/title/tt0285331/guests
It does get updated as you get closer to a showing so don't think they are finalized yet.
Rot13/white spoiler? Ohg lbh pna frr gung Xvz jvyy or onpx ba Sro 5gu.
Come to think of it... maybe people could start using rot13 on their spoilers? Until you start memorizing that Wnpx is Jack.
http://www.rot13.com