Everybody loves me only for my "24" knowledge.
So, in the weeks preceding the HUGE PREMIERE EVENT ON FOX, which was TWO DAYS, FOUR HOURS OF 24 ON FOX, which we were reminded of during every Fox sporting event possible, it seems the number of visits I get per day has absolutely shot through the roof. The reason for this is simple...
Everybody loves The "Official" 24 Drinking Game.
Seriously. You would not believe how many people come here looking for that. Especially lately. It's kinda-sorta disturbing, and it really speaks to the lack of 24-related drinking games out there on The Internets. I mean, sure, there's the "dammit" one, but I really think people want more than that since you're only gonna hear it a couple times per episode. With the new season here already (which is FRIGGIN' AWESOME so far, but you knew I was gonna say that) I'm not sure if I should add new rules or not. I mean, so far we've had a man kicked out of a moving subway car, only to explode seconds later, we've had a man's jugular ripped out by another man's teeth, we've had an air-strike on a residential house, we've had both Kumar and Black Bauer killed, we've had a freaking nuclear bomb go off in the middle of LA and it's only the first four hours! I mean, really, the body count is already off the charts. Jack's had to ditch two blood-soaked shirts and he'd only been out of a chinese prison for 90 minutes! There would just be too many new rules, and I think a ton of the old ones still apply.
Teenager in peril? Check.
Cell phones and rude hangups? Check.
Nonsense computer techno-babble? Check.
Nobody believing Jack? Check.
Jack being right anyway? Check.
"Not enough time?" Check.
Jack killing at least one person per hour? Check.
I could go on and on. And that's just the first four hours! But again, this is why I love this show. It's like one big, long action movie that really doesn't make sense when you stop to think about it, but considering how much I overanalyze everything else, it's nice to shut off my brain for a while and just watch somebody going around kicking people's asses. Preferably when they're terrorists. Actually, especially when they're terrorists.
I can't be happier that The Jack Bauer Power Hour is back. God bless America. God bless Fox. God bless Jack Bauer!
PS: For those who don't know, this show is absolutely insane in HD. Had to throw that in there.
posted by Maki @ 10:07 PM
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12 Comments:
Dammit Maki I'm not watching it until I get caught up. Halfway through season 2 now...
This is gonna take a while...
I think you're in love.
Ed: Trust me, by the time you get to season 6, you'll have long forgotten everything in this post. I hope.
Holly: If he wasn't 4'8" tall, I might be.
Ok so I'm cheating, I copied these from a friend but I just had to share them here:
Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.
Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.
When asked the significance of the number 24, Jack Bauer just points to his crotch and nods.
Jack Bauer once double teamed a girl.. by himself.
and most importantly....
Your attraction to Jack Bauer in no way affects your sexual orientation
Oh, I'll get yelled at for admitting this but I still have never watched an episode of 24.
Sir Tom, drop everything you're doing now and go get season 1. I can't speak for the rest of them because I haven't seen them.
And Maki, as soon as I saw the checklist, I quit reading. I'm not letting anything get spoiled for me. :-p
Yes, it is due (in part) to your incessant recaps and raving about this damn show that I will lose another precious hour of my life to television every Monday night.
An hour I can never get back.
I've already lost four.
Thank you.
Ok, I just saw a commercial last night for the dvd set for the PREMIER of this show. Four Shows!!!! That is frickin ridiculous! And I know exactly one person who's gonna buy it! :-)
The HD here sucks.
we've had a man kicked out of a moving subway car, only to explode seconds later
The man or the subway car?
Tom: That last one makes sense. Bonus points for only a couple of them being generic enough to still make sense when you replace "Jack Bauer" with "Chuck Norris."
Ed: Smart man.
Beaner: You're welcome!
Holly: You didn't see that commerical DURING the show? But why are you getting it? I have a DVR so I don't need to buy it.
Kate: How can HD suck? Ever? Unless you only get NBC or something. I mean, there's only so much of The Office that can be watched...
And it was the man that blew up. This prevented the subway car from blowing up. It was even more awesome than it sounds.
I haven't caught up on the previous seasons, but my Mom promised me I would be hooked if I just start watching now. So I put in my two hours Sunday and Monday and DEAR GOD - I'm love this show and have already renamed both of my dogs Jack.
That is an awesome list that is sure to screw you up fast...
We need to rotate having drunken 24 nights over at everybody's house.
BTW - When the dude in the subway blew up, my subwoofer knocked my beer over. I think I may be deaf as well.
Hah! And here I thought you had a misplaced modifier :)
The HD here sucks because sometimes it doesn't come in as HD, but as regular, crappy TV, even though we're paying for HD. Other times, it's HD, only we get little squares and stuff all over the screen. That's what I get for living on the side of a mountain.
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