Watching 24

Hey, everyone! As I promised before, here is a look at some of my favorite lessons, courtesy of the 24 School House. What were yours? Be sure to comment and let me know! Also, scroll down to the end for a clip of the biggest ‘say what’ moment of the whole series, in my opinion:

NEVER ever fall for the ‘I’m gonna leave my wife’ line. Especially if the guy is a treasonist creep. It’s really bad for your health.

If you’re gonna pull a gun on Jack Bauer, you better be ready to use it.

Before you decide to frame someone for shooting you, you might wanna get their prints on the gun first…

Jack Bauer has no patience for phone calls interrupting him. Telemarketers everywhere, take note! (I really like this one lately. I can’t stop the phone from ringing!)

Just because you’re a terror!boss doesn’t mean you can’t be laid back once in awhile and offer your employees a nice drink to relax them after a hard day of evil doing.

FBI Agents are easily fooled by looping video

The only thing more dangerous than being a believer in Jack from the beginning is being the person who was completely against him and ends up changing his or her mind.

Bad guys are children who need their carrots. (I still wanna know what the writers were smoking when they came up with some of Jon’s lines…)

Ethan’s incompetent, but apparently not evil.

When going into a military-type facility that’s housing biological weapons, it’s totally ok to walk in without face masks or any other type of protection. Not only that, it’s ok to take only a small number of people to pull off a very important mission. (There really isn’t enough suspension of disbelief in the world sometimes, is there?)

After you’ve pulled the ruse? Pretend you were threatened and/or tortured, and you were only saying what you had to to make it stop. (I have to admit, that guy was good…)

Jack Bauer would rather die than have his daughter come around (I think a lot of fans feel the same way). – Well, at least she ended up being somewhat smart and useful towards the end, right?

When blackmailing someone, be sure to make that blackmail as incriminating as possible to you as well. Especially when you’re in a position of political power. (Why that guy never called her out on that, I’ll never know. The fallout and scandal would’ve been pretty devastating for the Taylor White House. Of course, Olivia one-upped that one later….)

There is always a bigger cog waiting in the wings. (This is probably one of the biggest lessons)

Lawyers (especially fake ones) are evil. (Can this ever be stated enough?)

Blood on the face apparently makes people unrecognizable, even to highly trained government agents. (I still can’t figure out how no one realized that was the guy they were after)

It’s no big thing to create a long e-mail, phone, etc. trail implicating an innocent person for an attack that is going to happen in mere hours.

I’ve learned never to trust a shady guy who helped you hire a hitman. He’ll always change the rules on you.

I’ve learned that it’s better to transfer funds to a hitman from your work computer when the Justice department is investigating the murder of a witness than to risk a hitman getting upset with you. It’s not like you’re under secret service protection or anything… (How dumb was that? It’s no wonder she got busted).

I’ve learned that the medical wishes of a patient who was in his right mind at the time he made his wishes known can be overridden by his daughter later on.

Before you destroy the supposed evidence of your wrong-doing, it’s a good idea to listen to it first to make sure it hasn’t been switched on you.

Here it is, courtesy of TwentyFourfans. Enjoy!

In the time I’ve been writing this blog (and the Desperate Housewives one), I have seen so many connections between the two shows (not to mention other favorites of mine). Carlos and Karl from Housewives showed up on 24 in season 1, for example. Well, add one more connection to the list, because a new casting announcement as come out. This time, it’s for a recurring character.

Actor T.J. Ramini has signed on to be in the 8th season. He’ll be playing an associate of the middle eastern leader I mentioned awhile back. Of course, given all this, I don’t feel too good about his long-term status on the show. Still, it’ll be fun to see him in action elsewhere. So who is T.J. Ramini?

If you didn’t see season 5 of Housewives, here’s the scoop: Gabby was feeling frumpy and out of shape after having two kids and wanted to do something about it. Enter Edie, who tells her about an exercise bootcamp she’s been going to. T.J played the many in charge of the program, which was run with an iron fist. He got into a couple of good verbal sparring matches with Gabby, who didn’t like the intensive discipline of his program. I thought the actor did an awesome job and look forward to seeing what he can do in a more serious role.

If you didn’t catch his guest stint, and have no idea who T.J is, here is a little clip for you. It was posted by EvaLongtheBest:

Hey, everyone! Before I head out for the weekend, I wanted to share some scoop I read about the new season. No major plot reveals or anything, but it does reveal the start time for the season. If you don’t wanna know, beware the rest of this post.

So, it seems pretty official now that they have selected a start time for the new season. The action is supposed to begin at 4 PM. It seems this was a slight change that came about not long ago because of something that will happen during this season. No details on what, though. They’ve had a lot of different start times on this show and I think this should be pretty interesting starting so late in the day, although it seems like it would make the whole 24-hour thing a bit more of a stretch than it usually is. With the exception of season 1 (12 AM) and Season 3 (1 PM), each season has started very early in the morning, so you can assume everyone is fully rested when the crisis hits and they begin their 24-hour marathons. This time, Jack and company should technically be close to ended their day by the time it really even gets started.

So what do you all think about this? Do you like the season starting at 4 or would you rather they stick to early morning starts? Do you not care what time it starts? Share your thoughts below and let’s chat! Take care and I’ll see y’all again on Monday. In the meantime, here is a video by kingsag for you to enjoy:

Hey guys!! So, I was once again browsing the internet looking for scoop of 24. Today, I have some spoilery info I came across so use caution when deciding whether or not to read the rest of this post. (more…)

Hey, everyone!! So are you looking to see some of the 24 actors in other roles? Maybe on the big screen? You have a chance right now. Our very own Agent Pierce is playing General Morshower in the sequel to the 2007 Transformers movie. He’s the head of a group that is devoted to fighting the Decepticons. As an added bonus, General Juma (Tony Todd) is featured in the movie as well. He provides the voice of The Fallen, one of the main bad guys in the movie. Not too bad, huh? The movie also stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel. If you see it, be sure to come back and post your thoughts on the movie. I’m curious to read them.

Now, for something a little bit farther in the future and kind of related. Steven Spielberg, one of the forces behind the Transformers movie has also teamed up with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to produce what is being called a sequel to the film Band of Brothers. It’s called The Pacific and focuses on the Marine Corps role in the Pacific during World War 2. You’ll be seeing a pretty familiar face in it when it premieres in 2010 on the cabel channel HBO. James Badge Dale is in it! He plays Private First Class Robert Leckie. You’ll probably remember him as Chase Edmunds, the CTU field agent Kim was involved with back in Season 3. The relationship ended offscreen later on. Not surprising, since Kim’s dad had to maim him to stop a terrorist threat…. Even thought it doesn’t premiere for close to a year, HBO is already airing promos for the movie. As soon as a full release date is given, I’ll let you know.

Well, that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all next time. I leave you with two promos. One is for the Pacific, posted by kinsei1560:

The last one is for the Transformers movie, posted bymoviestvspot. Enjoy!:

Hey everyone! How’s it going? I’ve got the day off from the day job today and have been browsing the internet a bit to see what’s up with some of the current and former cast of 24. During my search, I came across a little news about DB Woodside. If you have been a long time viewer or read my Hail to the Chiefs posts, than you’re well aware of who he is and how he played President Wayne Palmer.

Today, I read some really cool news about him. It turns out that he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child. For those who don’t know, his girlfriend is Golden Brooks. She’s an actress that appeared on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends as Maya Denise Wilkes, a housewife and writer. The show ran from 2000-2008 on UPN before moving to the CW after demise of UPN and the WB. In addition to this, she has two movies that are listed as being in post-production. They are Polish Bar and My Place in the Horror. Sounds pretty interesting to me. I’ll let you know if I hear anymore about these.

Congrats to the couple and here’s hoping for a healthy, happy baby. According to reports, the child is due in September. Well, I guess that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all again tomorrow with more news and other stuff. For now,I’m going to leave you with a quick clip of Golden from her stint on the series Girlfriends. Thanks to macohhellyes for posting it!

Add another one to the cast listing for 24!! Remember when I told you about Katee Sackhoff joining the show as an analyst? Well, there is another new character showing up this year who is going to be connected to her in some way (not saying what right now as I wanna avoid getting too spoilery for once) and they have someone to play him! His name is Clayne Crawford and he’‘ be joining the show on a recurring basis. Never heard of him? Neither have I!! Don’t worry, though. I did a little reading and here’s the scoop for anyone who doesn’t know of him:

He was born in 1978 in Clay, Alabama according to his Wiki page, although it (and his IMDB one) don’t give much more info than that. His IMDB one, however, is a wealth of acting credits for him. It seems his earliest role was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He played Rodney Munson is Season 1’s Inca Mummy Girl (a good episode, by the way…). I’m surprised to see he was in another favorite of mine, Roswell (don’t judge me!! I only liked the first season and part of the 2nd). I can see why I don’t remember him from that show, though. He is credited with two episodes and both are in season 3, something I refused to watch after season 2’s finale. For anyone who’d like to check em out, the episodes were Panacea and Behind the Music. He’s also credited with parts on CSI Miami, Cold Case and Jericho.

Get ready to see a lot of him this year, because not only is he going to be on 24, he has 4 movies in post-production and a fifth that’s listed as completed. More to come on those parts later. I’ll also let you know when trailers and release dates come out. Well, that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see you tomorrow! I leave you with an interview with him posted by Dugless57. Enjoy!

Hello, everyone!! So, after fighting my car for awhile, I finally went for it and used some of the money I’d been saving for a situation like this and got a (new to me) car. Unfortunately, that meant most of the day was taken up by all kinds of other tasks and I didn’t even get on my computer at all. Sorry about that! It was just something that had to get taken care of. Anyway, here I am to give you some more 24 scoop I learned from TV Guide. (Don’t worry- this time there are no spoilers involved!)

Remember when I made some posts about the shocking moments 24 has had and I included season 1’s finale and the death of Teri? Seems that someone out there agrees! TV Guide just posted a feature about the 100 best TV episodes of all time. Where does this episode rank on the list? They consider it #10. Not too bad, huh? I love the little blurb about it too, where Surnow talks about how the cast wasn’t happy about this and he had to fight FOX for weeks over the story. Good for him for sticking to his instincts and refusing to back down.

Wanna know what else was on the list? Just follow the links below to read all about it. So now I wanna know what you think. Should this episode have been listed higher? Is there another episode you would have picked instead? You know what to do! Take care and I’ll see ya next time. I leave you with a season 1 promo posted by Hendrix47

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Hello, everyone! How’s it going? I read a little spoiler today and I wanted to talk about it a little. If you don’t wanna know, you may wanna skip this one. Everyone else? Follow me behind the cut… (more…)

Well, here it is: the final installment of Hail to the Chiefs. I know I already talked about Taylor quite a bit during the season, so I won’t spent too much time on her. I will say, though, that I think Alison Taylor is one of my favorites and is, to me, the most interesting President on the show since Palmer. They actually have quite a few similarities between them, one being their shared desire to get things out in the open and go the honest route, rather than try and cover-up every scandal that comes along. She seemed to really grow into role as the season went on and I’m curious to see how she has evolved since the events of Day 7.

As for the actress… what can I say? Cherry Jones is great and she’s busy. According to IMDB, she won’t just be seen on 24. She’s also in a movie called Mother and Child, playing a character named Sister Joanne. The movie follows two different stories about adoption. One is a woman who gave her child up decades before. The other is an African-American woman who is trying to adopt. Their stories are supposed to overlap. Should be cool. There’s quite a few familiar names on the cast list as well. Naomi Watts, Marc Blucas, Jimmy Smits, Tatyana Ali and Samuel L. Jackson are credited as having parts. I’ll let you know when more information and a release date comes out. Well, that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see ya next time!

Hey everyone!! Today, I wanna talk about one of my favorite 24 Presidents ever: David Palmer. He was the first person to hold the office on the show and I can’t help but have a soft spot for him. For those of you who tuned in late, season 1 was all about him running for the Presidency while being targeted by terrorists who were angry over a military mission he was a big part of.

One of the things I liked best about him was the fact that he was always so straight-forward and was not one to try and sweep scandals under the rug. He wanted to get any stories out first on his terms, which I think earned him a lot of good will in 24-land. While he decided not to run for a second term at the end of season 3, he was part of the show for a little bit after that. He helped President Logan out during the crisis in Season 4. He was killed in season 5 in order to keep him quiet about certain things he had found out during his time working with the Logan administration.

While he hasn’t been on the series in a few years, Dennis Haysbert has kept pretty busy. He spent several seasons as the lead character on The Unit and does a lot of commercials for AllState insurance company. The biggest thing going on with him now is he’s started his own production company and will be producing a documentary under it. Cool, huh? As I learn more about it, I’ll fill you in. You can also hear him if you watch the History Channel. He’s done some narration work for them. Well, that’s about it for now. See ya next time!!

Hello, everyone! I have the last couple ‘Hail to the Chiefs’ coming this week, but first I thought I would take the time to fill you in on where some of the new cast members can be seen on TV over the next week or so. For anyone who hasn’t really seen anything they’re in, it’ll be a nice introduction to them and their acting skills. Let’s start with one of the more surprising additions: Freddie Prinze, Jr.

He’s the son of the late sitcom star Freddie Prinze and can be seen in a few movies soon. One of these is the movie Down to You. It airs on Lifetime movie network tomorrow at 8 PM and the 17th at 12 Am and 12 PM. Nick is also going to be airing a guest appearance on the old sitcom Family Matters (Yes, that Urkle show!) It airs on June 22 at 5 AM and on the 23rd at 12 AM. Finally, you can watch him in Head Over Heels. That airs on USA at 2 AM on the 24th.

Next (and last for today) is Katee Sackhoff. She’s most famous for her roles in Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman, but there’s another appearance getting some airtime soon. You can see her in the series Nip/Tuck on FX June 21st. The show airs at 12 AM and 1 AM. Funny, considering those 24-hour marathon FX used to air of 24. I wonder whatever happened to those…

Anyway… that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see you all again tomorrow! In the meantime, here are some youtube clips for ya:

Hello, everyone!! Well, I mentioned this before but I figured this may be a good time to remind y’all that TV signals are going out today (6/12). If you don’t have a digital cable/satellite service subscription or a convertor box, you are about to be out of luck. Not to worry, though- there are plenty of stores that sell these boxes that will allow your TV to receive the new digital signals. Radio Shack is one of those.

So why are they doing this? Over the past few years, the government has been putting this in motion to free up the old analog TV signals for other purposes. Police and other important emergency communications. The switch was supposed to happen all the way back in February, but it was delayed to allow a little more time to prepare. Surprisingly, according to a yahoo news article, those of us from the younger generation are less prepared than older viewers. The commerce secretary is saying it’s likely because the younger generation doesn’t care much about TV because they’re getting a lot of their shows on the internet or by other means. Makes sense, I guess. So now I’m curious…. how many of you out there are already prepared for this switch? When did you prepare? If not, is it because you watch most of your shows online or is there another reason? Comment and let me know! I guess that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all again on Monday. Have a great weekend and good luck if you’re still getting ready for the switch. I leave you with a quick youtube video about getting ready for the switch thanks to IowaPublicTelevision:

Hey, guys! So, I was browsing through youtube and came across something kind of cool with Kiefer Sutherland. Now, I know the guy has his issues and does stupid things sometimes. In fact, similar antics by others turn me off the person entirely. So why do I still have the Kiefer love? One is because of the way he speaks about 24 and his career. He always comes across as humble and grateful about it all. And then? There’s stuff like this…

Having trouble seeing the video? No problem! I’ll give you the scoop. There’s a indie film thing called the1secondfilm that’s based around the idea that sometimes the best or most important parts of your life can happen in a second and they make a film about these different moments. One day, they ran into Kiefer at a bar and got to talking to him. Before they knew it, Kiefer was writing them out a check for $600.23 (yes, I know. That .23 is kinda random huh?) In exchange, they made him on of their producers. He also gave them stuff to auction off that will raise them another $500.

So what was Kiefer’s one second? According to him, it either his first or will be his last. The first because of all the wonderful things that have come and the last because he hopes to go with a smile on his face, remembering all the good things. If you can see the video, watch for yourself and enjoy and check out their other stuff. It’s pretty cool.

So what’s your best second? Comme and let me know and I’ll see ya next time.

Hey, everyone! How’s it going? I’m back to talk a little bit more about the men who have played the Commander-in-Chief on 24. Today, I’m going to talk about one of the more infamous Presidents in the show’s history: Charles Logan. Yes, the traitor!

He seemed like an ok guy at first. A bit wimpy and indecisive at times, but overall pretty harmless. Little did we know that he was involved in one way or another in basically everything the terrorists did that year. This includes the assassination of former President Palmer. (I’m still annoyed over that one. I liked him! Anyway…) He tries over and over to foil Jack’s discovery of his wrong doings, but he fails miserably. After all, this is Jack Bauer he’s dealing with. Not to mention the awesome Martha Logan, who does her part to bust him. He tries to get her committed for her already existing mental issues, but she still wins. All we know about them today is that Charles is still under House Arrest somewhere and something happened with Martha that Aaron Pierce didn’t wanna talk about in season 7.

As for the man behind Logan… he’s been keeping himself pretty busy. Gregory Itzin voiced the character of Dick Tracey on the series Robot Chicken (if you haven’t seen this yet… do it now. Seriously.. It’s awesome!), Guested on Hannah Montana and appeared on several episodes of The Mentalist. He has also completed work, according to IMDB, on two films: The Job and Autopilot. I’ll let you know what’s up with those as more details are released. So, that’s about it for now. I’m going to leave you with a clip, courtesy of lukierosie, discussing some of the best 24 moments. Enjoy!