P1 with Matt and Tommy, Late Breaking F1, Things Unseen – Sinclair Ferguson, Wisdom for the Heart – Stephen Davey, The Move – Lance Armstrong, Cycling podcast, Wicked Smart Golf, The Race F1 podcast, History extra, We we have ways of making you talk, James Allen, Bring back V10’s, Dr. Hyman podcast, Stay off my operating table – Philip Ovaida, Jefferson Fisher, The rest is his story, The Red Pilled America, Missed Apex F1, The Chequered flag, Parc Fermé, Sharyl Attkisson.
I started out watching 24Cast. I loved Jack Bauer saving the day. I was heavily into martial arts at the time, and Jack was ex-Delta Force. It quickly went to F1 and Christian sermons that were meaningful to me.
I used to listen to the Marvel and Star Wars podcasts, but those shows went woke, so I lost interest. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ended so that took care of itself.
I miss F1 Misfits though. It was 2 Aussies with a sense of humor which used to kill me. They just went away. I listened to almost 1000 episodes of F1Weekly, but Clark lost the passion and just goes through the motions so I stopped.
I go in and out depending on what my interests are, but I can fall asleep to any of them.
The footage, which has not been independently verified, shows the suspect pinned to the ground by armed Russian troops who cut off part of his ear with a small knife.
They then force the severed ear into his mouth and attempt to make him swallow it.
The alleged terrorist is also struck on the face and later appears heavily bandaged.
The alleged Moscow terror suspect was detained and tortured in western Russia (Picture: east2west / AP)
Senator Blaine Mayer: You’re reprehensible, Bauer. Jack Bauer: And you, sir, are weak! Unwilling and unable to look evil in the eye and deal with it.
This was on Day 7 from 6-7 PM. Sure it was just a TV program, but it shows that some need to stand up and fight the fight that others won’t in times of crisis. Evil is a dark force that must be confronted. This will challenge your inner convictions and take you to the fork in the road in life of right vs. wrong. You will have to face your fears and conquer them first before you can vanquish the enemy.
Jack Bauer was the ultimate bad ass who wasn’t a comic book superhero
After eight seasons, 24 ended…or so we thought. Maybe it was the cult following, perhaps it was the ad revenue potential, more than likely it was a lack of good copycat shows but most of all it was the quality of the script, storyline, premise and character interaction that made it come back.
Most “sequels”, movie adaptations of TV shows and re-creations of TV successes (especially in the 60’s and 70’s before reality TV) are rarely successful and/or entertaining. Further, Hollywood’s meddling based on their belief that they knew what the masses want rather than what the audience desires has delivered mindless drivel and repeat stories that were mostly re-hashing a previously successful (or profitable) series (namely 24).
On Monday the 5th, Fox is bringing back counter terrorist bad boy Jack Bauer and 24 for twelve episodes in Live Another Day. Let me disclose that this genre is one if not my favorite to watch. That being said, there have been many opportunities to watch knock offs, but they haven’t captured the essence of 24. I attribute this to the writing, screenplay, conflict, reaching out to grip the audience’s emotional involvement and reality of what this show represents. Specifically it is good vs. evil, but is complicated by the personal strife and loss and moral decisions suffered by the lead character in his quest.
The storyline is to save the day in 24 hours, a simple premise. Numerous roadblocks get in the way many caused by the protagonist’s employer, not to mention having to decide which is the right path given limited information which must be sifted and decided on by experience and gut instinct. Jack does his job to protect the world despite whatever collateral damage happens to anyone near him
Where the writers excel though is in the interaction between characters. They frequently must choose to either go with Jack or against him based on orders they obey or disobey. This incriminates them legally or emotionally and inhibits their ability to help the cause of dealing with the bad guys.
Some may have issues with the violence or the all to realistic depictions of interrogation. From a micro point of view it can be intimidating, but from the macro level and overall storyline perspective it is as much a part of the story as any character would be. It peels back the layers of a person who will go to any length to protect the greater public, or a specific person (usually a politician of high ranking) which revels in right vs. wrong decisions. Jack has a crappy day and has to live through it.
It is a classical example of Ironist writing. The last act climax is both positive and negative. Jack always saves the day, yet he loses his family, relationships, job and other personal parts of his life.
Is Jack there to save or assassinate the president? That is what we will be led to be confused by when it starts. Nevertheless, he is willing to risk his life and freedom to avert yet another global disaster.
So hats off to Evan Katz and Manny Coto who wrote and produced it. Also Howard Gordon is the lead writer who worked on many other episodes and I admire his work.
Besides enjoying the good vs. evil in this years story, I will be closely watching how the writers build the tension, connect to the audience and develop the story to the last act climax.
Delusions of Adequacy 