24 Season one

[Lonestar]

DON'T CLICK ON THREADS DISCUSSING SHOWS YOU DON'T LIKE

There's your off button for that, douchebag.

What about real life, say, around the dinner table? 

[Eel O'Brian]

EAT ALONE

[Lonestar]

That would be disrespectful. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Fuck it, I'm going to buy the first season boxset, perhaps tomorrow. Although I shouldn't buy it tomorrow because I need to do some homework lol

[CajoleJuice]

Fuck it, I'm going to buy the first season boxset, perhaps tomorrow. Although I shouldn't buy it tomorrow because I need to do some homework lol

GO GO GO

JACK BAUER > HOMEWORK

[Phoenix Dark]

 

I have lots of shit to do tomorrow. My brothers are bringing their friends over to my house to play videogames (ugh), and later I need to pick up my books for school lol. Usually I never study during the first week of school, but I have some problems I need to do for accounting. So...I could just get the boxset around 7, watch a couple episodes, then start homework at 10. Sounds like a good plan

[CajoleJuice]

You know you're never going to get to that last part of the plan 

[Phoenix Dark]

I fucking better considering the class is at 8:30 in the morning lol. 

[Diablos]

Lonestar: What specifically don't you like?

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm going to head off to Walmart and pick up the boxset as well as some CDs (Portishead) in a couple hours.

[Cheebs]

I suppose that's one way to look at it. But in reality you can sit on your computer and critisize events all you want but at the end of the day there are people out there deciding what to do with informants who might know something about terrorist attacks. If you had one of these people in a cell and you knew he had information on an imminent terrorist attack, what would you do? And would you give a fuck about what some asshole was typing about you in his safe apartment lol?

My problem with tortue is not "it doesn't work!" but that it is 100% illegal and yet it is given a blind eye and tarnishes our image in the rest of the world.

[Phoenix Dark]

I suppose that's one way to look at it. But in reality you can sit on your computer and critisize events all you want but at the end of the day there are people out there deciding what to do with informants who might know something about terrorist attacks. If you had one of these people in a cell and you knew he had information on an imminent terrorist attack, what would you do? And would you give a fuck about what some asshole was typing about you in his safe apartment lol?

My problem with tortue is not "it doesn't work!" but that it is 100% illegal and yet it is given a blind eye and tarnishes our image in the rest of the world.

I tend to think our torture is far more humane than anything that would be done to you in these countries we so desperately feel we need to have a good image with.

That doesn't make it "legal", but like I said if you had a terrorist in a room and you knew he had information that could stop an imminent terrorist attack, would you really be worrying about what you can or cannot do, or better yet what some asshole on Air America is going to say about you?

[Cheebs]

I tend to think our torture is far more humane than anything that would be done to you in these countries we so desperately feel we need to have a good image with.

I mean places more like Europe, who used to generally "like" us in the 90's (Europe loved Clinton).

[Phoenix Dark]

I tend to think our torture is far more humane than anything that would be done to you in these countries we so desperately feel we need to have a good image with.

I mean places more like Europe, who used to generally "like" us in the 90's (Europe loved Clinton).

Do you honestly feel they don't use torture practices, or practices some would consider torture?

[Cheebs]

I tend to think USA is far more likely to break laws(such as the tortue ones) set by the U.N. rather than Europe. We tend to act more rebellious to "wordly" things than Europe.

Even if they did, how does that make it ok for us to break the law?

[Phoenix Dark]

It certainly doesn't make it ok. I just don't like the idea that Europe is somehow better than us in these regards. Granted Bush is the president so I see your point, but Europe ain't no saints either.

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"As Saddam's food for whatever proves!"
-APF

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[Diablos]

Nobody's perfect, PD. But we've really sucked when it comes to foreign policy ever since Bush stepped into office.

[Cheebs]

Tony Blair is perfection. He'll go down as the greatest prime minister since Churchill

[Phoenix Dark]

Nobody's perfect, PD. But we've really sucked when it comes to foreign policy ever since Bush stepped into office.

Agreed

I tend to think our foreign policy moves have hurt our reputation more than a little torture here and there; everyone has their hand in the cookie jar with respect to that, just to different degrees.

[brawndolicious]

Torture usually doesn't work cause they tell the interrogators what they want to hear when most likely (9/10) are innocent and have no idea what to say.

[Cheebs]

 everyone has their hand in the cookie jar with respect to that, just to different degrees.

Not Tony Blair. What a man, what a hero.

[Lonestar]

Lonestar: What specifically don't you like?

It's terrible. 

[Diablos]

 everyone has their hand in the cookie jar with respect to that, just to different degrees.

Not Tony Blair. What a man, what a hero.

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Most people seem to now hate him because of his initial mega-pimping of the Iraq war.

[Cheebs]

 everyone has their hand in the cookie jar with respect to that, just to different degrees.

Not Tony Blair. What a man, what a hero.

(Image removed from quote.)

Most people seem to now hate him because of his initial mega-pimping of the Iraq war.

I used to be a "fan" of the labor party (from an American perspective) 

[Diablos]

pff, what is the labour party anymore?

They used to describe themselves as socialist... they wouldn't dare try that today, heh.

[Phoenix Dark]

HOLY SHIT. I just watched episode 6

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Alan Yorke OMFG. Once he started killing his daughther my mind exploded . But I got the connection at that point that he was actually someone else, but with heavy plastic sugery in order to look like Yorke (which is the same thing they did to that photographer). But even though I saw that coming my jaw still dropped when Nina called Jack's wife to tell her the news. GOD DAMN

And why can't David Palmer be our president? This is is so idealistic yet at the same time a strong leader. His son killed someone omg, and his whole family covered it up. Wow

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The next two episodes were even better.

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OMG Jack got framed for attempting to kill Palmer

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[Phoenix Dark]

DAMN

Just watched four more episodes. This show is fucking amazing. Every storyline is interesting, and it brings you in like nothing I've ever seen before.

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Jack was able to save his daughter and wife from the combound they were held in, but now they're on the run. Holy shit.

But despite all that amazing action I'm more interested in Palmer. His wife is a total bitch though lol; basically it seems like Palmer is a man of courage, truth, and justice, but most of the people around him are the complete opposite and see things very differently. And this Carl guy, lol. So the therapist just got killed in an "accident", but of course someone was behind it. Although I don't think Carl did it.

About three times something very interesting was brought up. The "summer two years ago". Jack's wife mentioned to her daughter that a couple years ago Jack came back from a trip and wasn't the same. Palmer also seems to know about Jack due to this event. And apparently this event is why the terrorists wanted to kill them both. I'm guessing Jack took out a lot of terrorists in Belgrade and now some of them want payback.

And who is the "they" Carl referred to when talking to Palmer? OMG DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING FAGGURTS

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This is the best show I've ever seen

[CajoleJuice]

  24

[Solo]

Indeed, PD. But keep in mind its FACTUAL information that S1 is leagues better than the rest, so be prepared for a slight drop in future seasons.

Enjoy that finale 

[Phoenix Dark]

OMFG 24

This is is fucking amazing. I am constantly entertained and intrigued by the intersecting storylines as well as the characters who are caught up in it all. From Jack to Palmer to Tony. Wow.

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Jack saved his family from the terrorists only for them to be chased again while he was at CTU. I understand Jack's wife is a bitch, but Nina should not have left the safe house. Oh boy, when Jack finds out someone is going to die....HARD

Perhaps the best thing about the episodes I just watched was the confrontation between Jack and Palmer. Palmer thought Jack was upset with him over a secret mission that went bad in Belgrade, but when the truth came out both characters clicked immediately. Both of them have opposing problems. Jack's only concern is his family while Palmer is being torn apart by his. Sherri is a BITCH omg. But his son is worse lol. I don't want any spoilers other than this: does Palmer's son die in the first season? I need to know because he's a fool and deserves to die a painful death.

And as I predicted the reason these particular terrorists want Jack dead is because he killed their father, and sister. I see why they'd go after Jack's family, but why not go after Palmer's family as well, at least his kids (easy targets)? Hm.

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[CajoleJuice]

Why would you want to know anything, PD? You're going to finish the season by week's end if you continue at this rate anyway

[Phoenix Dark]

Why would you want to know anything, PD? You're going to finish the season by week's end if you continue at this rate anyway

4 episodes a night lol, which is 1 disk. I'll rewatch the season after I'm done though because there are details that's I've missed (names mainly)

Then I'll get season 2 when I find a deal.