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There are a lot of shows I like. There are quite a few shows that I love. I tend to be an equal opportunity fangirl and I like fangirling, so I pick up shows on the fly.
But my favorite show, if forced to chose under threat of "aggressive interrogation", would have to be 24. It feeds my dark side without having to root for bad buys -- which I just can't do. There's so much about this show that I love. The character of Jack Bauer and Kiefer Sutherland's passion for the show and character top the list. I love the over-the-top action and melodramatic philosophical, moral and ethical dilemmas. I love the fact that it just keeps pushing forward. As much as I hate losing characters I love, I love the fact that anyone can die. (In fact I'm almost half convinced that all the talk of a 24 movie is just misdirection and Jack is going to die at the end of the series.) The show is far from perfect. It's limited by it's real-time format and it's write-it-as-we-go constraints: Subplots are dropped without any explanation. Great characters disappear before they have a chance to really grow. Really terrific possible subplots never happen. Character development is often overrun by the immediateness of the plot.
But that's all details. Every show's premise and format sets up limitations on what kind of stories can be told. You have to focus on the story that it can tell. And 24 tells great stories. The show has never failed to provide the trills and suspense that it promises. More than that it gives us Jack Bauer. And come Monday it will give us it's two hour series finale.
I would watch another season, but I understand why they are ending it. I think when the writers and the actors feel that they have done all they can do, it's time to move on. I'm also happy that they are going forward with movies. The different format, especially if they drop the realtime aspect of it, will allow the show to tell slightly different stories. I'm looking forward to that. They may have exhausted all the stories available in the television format, but movies... I can't wait to see the stories that they tell in the movie.
However, in honor of the end, I give you Jack: 8 seasons, 192 Hours 11,520 minutes of awesome!
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But my favorite show, if forced to chose under threat of "aggressive interrogation", would have to be 24. It feeds my dark side without having to root for bad buys -- which I just can't do. There's so much about this show that I love. The character of Jack Bauer and Kiefer Sutherland's passion for the show and character top the list. I love the over-the-top action and melodramatic philosophical, moral and ethical dilemmas. I love the fact that it just keeps pushing forward. As much as I hate losing characters I love, I love the fact that anyone can die. (In fact I'm almost half convinced that all the talk of a 24 movie is just misdirection and Jack is going to die at the end of the series.) The show is far from perfect. It's limited by it's real-time format and it's write-it-as-we-go constraints: Subplots are dropped without any explanation. Great characters disappear before they have a chance to really grow. Really terrific possible subplots never happen. Character development is often overrun by the immediateness of the plot.
But that's all details. Every show's premise and format sets up limitations on what kind of stories can be told. You have to focus on the story that it can tell. And 24 tells great stories. The show has never failed to provide the trills and suspense that it promises. More than that it gives us Jack Bauer. And come Monday it will give us it's two hour series finale.
I would watch another season, but I understand why they are ending it. I think when the writers and the actors feel that they have done all they can do, it's time to move on. I'm also happy that they are going forward with movies. The different format, especially if they drop the realtime aspect of it, will allow the show to tell slightly different stories. I'm looking forward to that. They may have exhausted all the stories available in the television format, but movies... I can't wait to see the stories that they tell in the movie.
However, in honor of the end, I give you Jack: 8 seasons, 192 Hours 11,520 minutes of awesome!
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