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What I think made Chappelle's death so impactful was that he was neither a really bad guy nor a really heroic guy. He was just really ordinary, kind of a jerk but mostly unremarkable. He didn't "earn" a death scene in either a positive or negative way. Which in some sense makes it easier for us to relate to. It's uniquely chilling to see a terrorist demand the death of someone he doesn't even know or have any personal vendetta against, and succeed. No one is really afraid to die a heroic death, but dying randomly without any loved ones around you is a thought that probably haunts us all at one point or another. Sir Lemming fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Jul 11, 2014 |
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Losing Palmer, Michelle and then supposedly losing Tony a few episodes later were the hardest for me, but they were always my favorite characters. Teri's didn't hit that hard since I started watching in season 2 and already knew she was dead. Chappelle's death was definitely the most brutal to watch, though.
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I'm a goddamn pussy - the only time that 24 really made me get weepy was Jack's near death in season seven. The scene where the muslim imam gives Jack an informal last rites just hit me deep, deep in the gut.
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Basebf555 posted:Has anybody posited yet that the (spoilers from the preview) casket shown in the preview will be for Kate's now exonerated husband? They probably didn't give him a state funeral before but now that they know the truth he'll be re-buried with honor Seems like a perfect way to have what appears to be a spoilery image in the preview but it doesn't actually spoil anything. When did they ever state he was dead?
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Mr Beens posted:When did they ever state he was dead? A couple episodes ago, when Jack was talking to Kate after they found that the evidence against him was planted. She said he killed himself shortly after being convicted.
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Mr Beens posted:When did they ever state he was dead?
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Ahh right, must have missed that
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The way they unceremoniously killed off Michelle and fake-killed Tony in season 5 did kind of irk me. They were our classic long-running characters. It's not like the season 5 opener wasn't already crazy as hell with Palmer getting sniped. And his death caused a lot of ramifications and really got explored whereas Michelle Dessler was just "surprise! she dead."thathonkey posted:IIRC they filmed two endings of season 1. One had Teri live, the other did not. Kudos to whoever had the balls to pick the latter! hypersleep posted:That's why Chappelle's death has the most impact of all 24 deaths. 
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Rewatching S1 right now, Jack was much closer to (obligatory D&D morality chart reference here) somewhere between lawful good and neutral good. He's definitely become more chaotic as the show progressed.
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VagueRant posted:God, this show used to be so loving good.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Used to be? Have you not seen any of this season? As someone who was really burnt out on 24 for seasons 6-8, I'm way into this season and think it's up there with 1-3, which in my mind is a small trilogy of TV perfection. Season 2 remains my favorite.
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How come nobody's talking about Lynn McGill?  He infuriated me so much.
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Oliver Reed posted:As someone who was really burnt out on 24 for seasons 6-8, I'm way into this season and think it's up there with 1-3, which in my mind is a small trilogy of TV perfection. Season 5 was the best season, this is an objective scientific fact.
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Bob Morales posted:How come nobody's talking about Lynn McGill? His druggie sister and her idiot boyfriend had the dumbest scheme ever. "yeah this shady stranger is just going to give us cash for a stolen access card to a high security govt building and then leave us alone"
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ElwoodCuse posted:His druggie sister and her idiot boyfriend had the dumbest scheme ever. "yeah this shady stranger is just going to give us cash for a stolen access card to a high security govt building and then leave us alone" ... they were crackheads. Of course something like that would work on them.
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Twee as gently caress posted:Season 5 was the best season, this is an objective scientific fact.
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Oliver Reed posted:As someone who was really burnt out on 24 for seasons 6-8, I'm way into this season and think it's up there with 1-3, which in my mind is a small trilogy of TV perfection. I just wish all that Kim poo poo could be cut out. It really was pointless and added nothing to the plot
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The first two seasons were really tight political thrillers. If Jack's family had just stayed at CTU after the attack on Gaines' compound until Teri gets shot, instead of floating off into disastrous subplots it would be a perfect season. Same with the Kim plotline in season 2. Though the Kim subplot was a nice idea at first - it would give the perspective of normal citizens as they react to the news of a nuclear bomb. It's something they never did before or since but they ruined it by having Kim in danger from a million unrelated reasons. The later seven seasons are quite a step down.
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Apparently they are having a 24 panel at Comic-Con. Hopefully they will use that opportunity to announce season 10.
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Ravel posted:Though the Kim subplot was a nice idea at first - it would give the perspective of normal citizens as they react to the news of a nuclear bomb. It's something they never did before or since but they ruined it by having Kim in danger from a million unrelated reasons. Kim gunning down the evil dad was extremely satisfying.
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Tokelau All Star posted:Kim gunning down the evil dad was extremely satisfying. Yeah, gently caress that guy for breaking up Kelly and Zach.
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Tokelau All Star posted:Kim gunning down the evil dad was extremely satisfying. Yeah it's all worth it for "shoot him again".
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The worst deaths for me, in order, were Chappelle, Edgar, Hassan, Bill, and George Mason. Though with Mason the one that was actually harder to watch was the scene with Tony where he walks out of CTU knowing he's done. Also Renee's death too.
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I don't know why nobody is affected by Curtis' death. Just the look on his face after Jack blasts him in the neck kills me.
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I was happy when Edgar died because he was such an annoying character with a horrible speech impediment.
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JazzFlight posted:I was happy when Edgar died because he was such an annoying character with a horrible speech impediment. 
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JazzFlight posted:I was happy when Edgar died because he was such an annoying character with a horrible speech impediment.
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Chuck Tanner posted:I don't know why nobody is affected by Curtis' death. Just the look on his face after Jack blasts him in the neck kills me.   
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Nooo, Curtis!
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Most WTF deaths in 24: 1. Curtis Manning - Come on, Jack straight up hurls after this one. "I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE." (Then he does this anymore.) 2. Ryan Chappelle - When he gives the gun back...oof. 3. Edgar Stiles - "Chloe?" *WHUMP* Speaking of death, I noticed we haven't been keeping a  count like the old threads. As crazy as LAD's been, Jack's body count this season is a mere 17, less than half of the previous season (source). I noticed early on that Jack wasn't doing much murder, probably a deliberate move on behalf of the writers to portray a more focused, reserved Jack.Having only half the episodes to rack up kills no doubt hurts his numbers, too. It's almost nice to see the quantity go down, so long as we're getting the quality. And I don't think anyone will argue against the quality of kills this season. And if they do I hope they're not seated near a window.
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Chuck Tanner posted:Nooo, Curtis! The look on Curtis' face is what gets to me.
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AndwhatIseeisme posted:I still don't know what that guy's deal is. He's always standing right off screen until someone needs something. I can't even remember if he's been given a name yet. I don't know what his name or role on the show actually is, but I knew right away he was Liebgott from Band of Brothers.
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I pray for another event series just so we can get the 24 writers' take on government shutdown and Putin going berserk.
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Goddamn it, a girl from work asked me out for drinks this Monday. I'm totally going to try and grab a few drinks with her, then frantically run out of the place to get to mine by 9 pm.
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Narcissus1916 posted:Goddamn it, a girl from work asked me out for drinks this Monday. I'm totally going to try and grab a few drinks with her, then frantically run out of the place to get to mine by 9 pm.
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Narcissus1916 posted:Goddamn it, a girl from work asked me out for drinks this Monday. I'm totally going to try and grab a few drinks with her, then frantically run out of the place to get to mine by 9 pm. Invite her back to your place to watch 24, and if she says no she's no good for you anyway. EDIT: 2 of 2 goons agree
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I think one of the hardest moments in 24 history is the end of season 7, when Tony gets dragged away and you almost wonder if Jack is going to straight up kill Tony like he did Curtis. Tony Almeida posted:These people think they can take everything away from us, Jack! Somebody had to stop 'em! And what did you do, huh? You ran away! That's right, you ran away Jack! You're one of them now! Congratulations! How would Teri feel about that, huh Jack?! Huh?! You lost your nerve! You're a coward Jack! You really wanted Jack to let Tony have his revenge. Silver Lining: Renee makes her transformation into a Bauer by unlawfully interrogating him.
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Narcissus1916 posted:Goddamn it, a girl from work asked me out for drinks this Monday. I'm totally going to try and grab a few drinks with her, then frantically run out of the place to get to mine by 9 pm. "I'm Something Awful Forums poster Narcissus1916...and today is the longest date of my life." 
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"Would you mind coming over to my place so i can livepost during the finale of 24 Live Another Day?" "Livepost?" "Yeah it is where a bunch of us goons get together and post our real time reactions to a show which also takes place in realtime  ""Goons?" "Yeah but there might be a time skip. Personally i think we will see the famous 24 clock fast forward! That has never happened before!" Then she makes a hasty excuse for why she must make an abrupt exit. Yeah, just DVR it if i were you
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