SPOILERS!!!
ALSO, ADULT LANGUAGE!!!
...PROCEED!!!!!!!
Holy.
MOTHER.
FUCKING.
SHIT!!!
All the haters can suck on it. This season is starting out way, way better than the last one. Of course, there were the usual clichés of "our only lead is dead because some random CTU guy is trigger happy" and "the terrorists are going to kill the hostages no matter how cooperative they are," but...
HOLY SHIT! NUCLEAR FUCKING BLAST! CURTIS IS DEAD! WHAT THE FUCK, PEOPLE? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?!
That second episode was really good...in case you haven't deduced that from my post.
Also, accurate predictions on my part (additional preview spoiler warning): Jack's breakdown (although I guess everyone is still going to trust him) and the return of the balding douchebag with glasses.
We're about to see Jack Bauer on a total rampage here. I can't wait.
Final note: Execution scenes in fiction (such as the one in the second episode) really, really bug me. If you know the guy is going to kill you, why bother listening to him when he tells you to get on the floor and turn around? You're going to die anyway; Make him work for it (like Nina did in the first season, which I am currently halfway through on DVD at the cost of packing/unpacking productivity).
Incidentally (even more spoilers ahead), it's interesting to watch the first season with the knowledge from later seasons that David Palmer, Nina Myers, Teri Bauer, and Tony Almeida will all be dead soon. However, I haven't seen seasons 2 or 3 yet (don't even have the DVDs), so the specifics are still good for some suspense in the case of a few.
Okay, now I'm just rambling. I still need to unpack.
...And by "unpack," I of course mean "watch more 24 DVDs, then unpack everything essential and go straight to bed because I've been awake for a really long time."
Posted by CD on January 15, 2007 10:01 PM | TrackBack