8 June 2005 @ 9:40AM >>
For some reason,
my comments on the TV show 24 yielded more e-mail than any recent post. A friend of mine even left me a voicemail defending the show!
Of the e-mailers who’ve seen the show, the unanimous verdict is that 24 is quite excellent. People were split, however, on whether the show was becoming weak-kneed and politically correct in its portrayal of terrorists.
Lydia Brodeur wrote:
Augh! Your last post at BT almost had me writhing on the floor.
Admittedly, I haven’t seen the fourth season of 24 yet. My fiance Ben and I
always wait for the DVDs to come out, and they haven’t yet. 24, being
a show mostly about stopping various threats to the country, can’t
avoid tidbits of political commentary. But that article you
apparently drew your opinion from is NOT representative of the show.
It makes the show seem so shallow, when it’s not! The show is really
thrilling and the story is always fantastic. Edge-of-your-seat,
literally. Ben and I would stay up until 4 am sometimes watching the
DVDs because we always had that “Oh, just one more episode” attitude.
Just
couldn’t put the remote down. Any of our friends that weren’t
watching WITH us just assumed we were unavailable on Friday and
Saturday nights for a few weeks every time we got a new season on DVD.
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Look, my point is, please don’t swear off 24 because of that article.
It’s just not representative. If you get the chance to watch 24,
please do. Just make sure to watch from the beginning. It’s not a
show you can jump into the middle of.
Jon Koolpe said:
Regarding your comments on “24,” I felt compelled to write you a quick note. While I do agree that the producers/writers very much whitewashed Islam by the end of the season by removing almost all references to this religion, I do feel that the show was well done and did expose some of the liberal hypocrisy and naivete that is so prevalent in this country.
For instance, when the heroes had a suspect in custody that was not cooperative, the first thing that the Marwan character did was to contact a liberal lawyer in what was an obvious swipe at such “humanitarian” groups as Amnesty International and the ACLU in order to get a lawyer to delay the proper interrogation of the prisoner. AI has certainly managed to up the ante in their foolishness this past week with their absurd “Gulag” claim....
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Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I truly enjoyed “24” and found it worthwhile even though I was also pretty upset at the obvious changes that the producers undertook due to Islamic pressure groups. There was still enough there to enjoy and at least this one TV show had some cajones in this case, even if they weren’t as steadfast as I would have preferred...
