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Summary: Great TV
Review: With the onset of reality TV, the first season of 24 breaks new ground. Keifer Sutherland is absolutely fantastic as Jack Bauer. "24" sets the course of the day for our hero, Jack Bauer, and for a long and riotous 24 hours. The first episode begins with the beginning of Jack's day and each episodes continues with the next hour till Jack's day is concluded. This is definitely an ambitious TV series. But, let me tell you, each episode leaves you hanging. To watch this on DVD is much better then waiting a week in between episodes. I spent one whole day watching them, fighting sleep and hunger. I thought I was crazy until I heard other people's ideas on the series. And, I realized I wasnt the only one. Unfortunately, for me, I work nights so I can't see the TV series during it's time slot. But, thankfully, the DVDs are available. There are so many twist and turns that Jack's 24 hours become your twenty-four hours. Seriously, this is some of the most amazing television I have ever seen. You will love this! And, not to give away the ending, it's fantastic! You will not believe it. So, buy season one and two together so you won't be dying to find out what happens. And, if season three is as good as I have heard then go forth and buy that too when it becomes available. Happy Watching!!!
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Summary: "24" SEASON 1
Review: "24" always seemed to puncture stereotypes of dramitic television. It comes in with a tacit whisper but ends solely on the face of combat. In its first season, the aboveboard objective never seemed out of focus. Terrorism in the hands of script-writers planning its every breaking maneuver to oust the Presidency of the United States. Rigid and thought provoking that lasted for a good twenty-four hour marathon. Kiefer Sutherland's protagonist, "Jack Bauer" brought the demeanor of John McClane to a whole new generation. The spirit that is somehow incisive and diverting will never fail with an audience. Sutherland's ability to take Bauer and sculpt him into
the ordinary man doing remarkable wonders exhibits strength rarely seen in televison or film. Outside of Sutherland's persona, this show was brilliantly cast and directed. Its substantial portrayal of its characters made it intensly realistic and firmly believable. Its fast paced directing style was unlike anything before or since. The blastering of gorilla camera angles pounded on the structure that captivated its audience under complete control. "24" dvd box set of season one is an amazing joy ride of entertainment. Also included is an alternate ending to the season finale and a brief promo of the complete season. If you like action and suspense, see to it, you get it immediately. Understand too, if this doesn't go down in history as one of TV's most influential shows, it sure beats the price of paying full price for a movie ticket these days.
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Summary: Gripping, Great Television
Review: I almost watched this DVD set in 24 hours straight! Great stuff, unpredictable, complex, good acting.
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Summary: Beware of Addiction!
Review: You might watch the season one 24 during regular TV broadcast, so did I. However, this DVD set gives you a completely different experience. Once you put your disc one in your DVD player, play the first episode, you will continue to play the second episode, then the third one, and then the fourth one. Swap to disc two, episode 5, 6, 7, etc., on and on. It's so addictive. It is a really hour to hour in real time with the storyline immersing you. It's so intense, thrill ride, fast-paced, and lots of twists. When you watched it during regular TV broadcast, you watchd 1 hour 1 epsiode per week. You waited for a week to see the next hour of the story, another week to see another one. You totally lost all the excitment and the intensity when the 24 hours storyline is extended to almost a half year timeframe. If you plan to watch one episode per day, it won't work out. I bet you will keep playing the next one, and then the next one until your eyes & body get tired, or you need a biological break. I strongly recommend people should take a weekend and fully enjoy the 24 hours story in a real-time basis. The clock is ticking....
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Summary: Mixed feelings
Review: 24 - Season One evoked mixed feelings. As entertainment, the first half of the season is an innovative roller coster thriller, but the second half falls apart and overstretches the viewer's willingness to suspend disbelief. As a moral message it just scares me. Jack Bauer will do "anything to protect my family". He breaks the law, he jeopardizes the lives of friends, colleagues, and strangers. We cheer him on because hey, it's OK to break the law if it's for a Greater Cause. Who can argue against that? 50 years ago, serial action heroes, e.g. Zorro, broke the law but usually when they were in a corrupt country or region with self-serving officials. Today, action heroes break the law because they are impatient with the system, or because the system doesn't meet their selfish needs. Do we cheer them on for the same reason? Recommended for the action and the thrills, but ask yourself how much you really sympathize with Bauer.
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Summary: First rate drama.
Review: Until I bought this set, I was not a big Kiefer Sutherland fan. I had not watched a single episode on television. After watching Season One on CD I was hooked and had to buy Season Two. It is just simply the best thing I've seen from broadcast TV in a really long time. The plot has a twist a minute and there are some completely unexpected surprises throughout. All of the characters are believable including his Val-Gal daughter. Season One feeds nicely into Season Two, but you will have to watch it for yourself. It will be time well spent.
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Summary: WOW!!! W-O-W!!!!!
Review: Don't watch this series on tv. It's only worth on dvd as you coudn't expect for a week to see what happens next. This extra long movie - series has it all: Action, great scenario, good character development, saspens, conspiracy, everything and it doesn't lack in perfection but only in minor points ( has to do with scenario coherence which you won't understand unless you know what to look for). There is no chance that you will get tired of the series as I saw it in a few days and I really didn't have that much free time. The cast is great (Sutherland needs to be congratulated by someone near him) and everybody is perfect in its role except Jack Bower's wife whom I didn't like that much (They should put a prettier chick!!!) -Really she sucks and gave it on my nerves- This series is too much for the tv as never before have I seen something that match 24. I don't know about the 2nd season and what it's story is all about but the 1st was really something else.
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Summary: Vile overviolent garbage television
Review: America's obsession with extreme violence continues with the garbage that is "24". Here is you chance to see violent amoral "heros" and pointless plots about terrorism. Easily the worst television show in history, use the dvd to start a good campfire
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Summary: The Trouble with 24
Review: 24 represents some of the best story telling and acting that has ever been on television. But that does not mean that it's without serious faults. The most dominant of which is the grotesque liberal writing, especially in Season 2. The most obvious problem with the writing is the utter lack of concern to writing stories that are polarizing. You will either love or hate the story agenda. What we have here are writers that are pushing a liberal notion of saving the world that one will either choose to believe or find offensive.
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Summary: Awesome start, but falls apart later on
Review: Make no mistake about 24: it's groundbreaking television, it's Hollywood-level quality, and it's darn addictive. It deserves most of the accolades it gets. It's a bit unfortunate, however, that is started as a 13 episode series and got expanded to 24 at that point, because it affects the tightness of the overall story. Throughout episodes 1-13, thee series is just perfect. Yeah, there are cliches, and there's an awful lot of things happening in such a short period of time, but it's so unbelieveably well-plotted and TENSE that you can't stop watching. Then the series hits episode 13, and it feels like it was just dragged on for the rest of the show. The stories stop making sense (you certainly heard about the amnesia angle...) and the events become less and less believeable. As the series approach the 24 episodes mark, things seriously fall apart. Plot twists stop even trying to make sense, and are thrown out there for pure shock value without consideration for the damage they cause the story. Regardless of this, the concept of the show, the acting and the original 13 hours are so awesome, it makes you overlook the flaws of what follows. Make yourself a favor, and rent or buy this series if you have not already. It's very, very rare that we get such quality television outside of HBO, and 24 heralds a time when even Hollywood cannot approach the depth and excellence of what is put out there on network television.
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