Tuesday, August 29, 2006
24 wins an Emmy
24 wins the Emmy for best drama and everybody is jerking themselves off in celebration.
I’ve a tidbit of news for you guys: 24 sucks.
I know this because I’ve seen every episode.
I know… I know how that sounds. But I’m hooked. It’s a train wreck that I can’t look away from. It’s the needle I can’t take out of my arm. I know it’s bad for me, I know every second kills more and more brain cells, but I can’t stop.
I loved the first season. I think the opening and closing shows rank with some of the best TV ever made – and because of that I am able to overlook Kim’s multiple kidnappings, Terri’s amnesia, and the cougar trap. I’ll never forget the cougar trap, but I can forgive it. Because I’m a forgiving guy.
And then I just couldn't forgive anymore.
In the second season, Jack survived a nuclear bomb by hiding behind a rock not fifty feet away from the blast. It was then that I realized this show had become parody. Everything is a joke: from Keefer’s two modes of acting ("rar rar rar" whispering and "RAR RAR RAR" shouting), to the “shocking” main character getting bumped off every season, to the complete reset of the show every mid-season (Jack's not chasing a drug cartel – he’s really chasing a chemical weapon!!![season 3] the kidnapping of the Secretary of Defense was all just a ruse by terrorists to uncover… a chemical weapon!!!![season 4]).
In 24’s five seasons, I’ve seen Jack overcome heroin addiction in two hours, the president start up a little whoopee at the end of one episode and buttoning his shirt up at the start of the next (hey Romeo, two minutes have passed), Jack die twice, Kim get kidnapped 137 times, CTU be infiltrated by more moles than your mamma’s garden, Jack merely pull a jacket over his head ("Pay no attention to me, I'm a suitcase, I'm a suitcase") to sneak onboard a plane's heavily guarded cargo hold, and (in the Emmy winning season) the President of the United States turn traitor.
And through it all Jack Bauer saves the day EVERY TIME. Yet, when the next crisis arises, nobody (except Chloe, of course) trusts that Jack can do it again.
See, how can it win an Emmy for best drama when it’s clearly a comedy?
So, yeah, I watch. And I’ll keep watching. But, come on Emmy voters, as a drama that show sucks.
I’ve a tidbit of news for you guys: 24 sucks.
I know this because I’ve seen every episode.
I know… I know how that sounds. But I’m hooked. It’s a train wreck that I can’t look away from. It’s the needle I can’t take out of my arm. I know it’s bad for me, I know every second kills more and more brain cells, but I can’t stop.
I loved the first season. I think the opening and closing shows rank with some of the best TV ever made – and because of that I am able to overlook Kim’s multiple kidnappings, Terri’s amnesia, and the cougar trap. I’ll never forget the cougar trap, but I can forgive it. Because I’m a forgiving guy.
And then I just couldn't forgive anymore.
In the second season, Jack survived a nuclear bomb by hiding behind a rock not fifty feet away from the blast. It was then that I realized this show had become parody. Everything is a joke: from Keefer’s two modes of acting ("rar rar rar" whispering and "RAR RAR RAR" shouting), to the “shocking” main character getting bumped off every season, to the complete reset of the show every mid-season (Jack's not chasing a drug cartel – he’s really chasing a chemical weapon!!![season 3] the kidnapping of the Secretary of Defense was all just a ruse by terrorists to uncover… a chemical weapon!!!![season 4]).
In 24’s five seasons, I’ve seen Jack overcome heroin addiction in two hours, the president start up a little whoopee at the end of one episode and buttoning his shirt up at the start of the next (hey Romeo, two minutes have passed), Jack die twice, Kim get kidnapped 137 times, CTU be infiltrated by more moles than your mamma’s garden, Jack merely pull a jacket over his head ("Pay no attention to me, I'm a suitcase, I'm a suitcase") to sneak onboard a plane's heavily guarded cargo hold, and (in the Emmy winning season) the President of the United States turn traitor.
And through it all Jack Bauer saves the day EVERY TIME. Yet, when the next crisis arises, nobody (except Chloe, of course) trusts that Jack can do it again.
See, how can it win an Emmy for best drama when it’s clearly a comedy?
So, yeah, I watch. And I’ll keep watching. But, come on Emmy voters, as a drama that show sucks.
