24 has officially jumped the shark

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#51 194197844077667059316682358889
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Lost was originally supposed to be a 2 or 3 season show, which would have been better. Now they are just prolonging it for the ratings. Its still entertaining but probably could have been a lot better.NavigatorsGhost
That's odd, since the showrunners said a 5 year storyline was planned, followed by a movie. They said they can't keep the network from renenwing it past that, but that they probably would leave the show at that point
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#52 NavigatorsGhost
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[QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"]Lost was originally supposed to be a 2 or 3 season show, which would have been better. Now they are just prolonging it for the ratings. Its still entertaining but probably could have been a lot better.xaos
That's odd, since the showrunners said a 5 year storyline was planned, followed by a movie. They said they can't keep the network from renenwing it past that, but that they probably would leave the show at that point



when did they say that?
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"]Lost was originally supposed to be a 2 or 3 season show, which would have been better. Now they are just prolonging it for the ratings. Its still entertaining but probably could have been a lot better.NavigatorsGhost
That's odd, since the showrunners said a 5 year storyline was planned, followed by a movie. They said they can't keep the network from renenwing it past that, but that they probably would leave the show at that point



when did they say that?

On an edition of their podcast; I can't recall which one, but it was one of the ones for one of the first 6 episodes of season 3
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#54 bluezy
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I keep saying, i really don't like this season. Last season was great, this one just plain sucks. I don't like how they've got Logan back in the show now, either. Stupid season.
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#55 alcarazo9
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i never cared for that show
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#56 geist117
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"jump the shark" is the absolute worst phrase imaged by man. It makes no damn sense and sounds retarded.
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"jump the shark" is the absolute worst phrase imaged by man. It makes no damn sense and sounds retarded.geist117

Thanks for saying that.  I didn't know if it was a dumb joke or a dumb writer
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#58 TheManOfChoice
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It hasn't jumped the shark Lost jumped the shark when they went in to that hatch thing and there was that guy who was part of ther others down there and he was all you have to enter that code. And then there was a polar bear and then the others started captureing everone and then yadadayadaStarFoxCOM

You obviously don't know what jumping the shark means. Jumping the shark means the show took a very radical choice of action into either the unrealistic or just impossible and stupid. Not only that, but your info is wrong. The guy down there (Desmond) is not part of the others. The polar bear is there because it was being experimented on.

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#59 TheManOfChoice
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="nohabs"]When watching 24 it's required to turn down your brain wave levels. Enjoy it for what it is a heart pounding action show. With it's faults it's still the best action show yet. mimic-Denmark

pretty much. its just a TV show, its supposed to be fun and entertaining it doesn't have to be super realistic all the time

I agree, ive watched 24 since its first season and enjoyed every one of them, although season 5 is the best in my opinion. Prison Break is very good to, espacially from season 2. Lost Went downhill in the second season and now they arent even trying to hide the fact that they wanna milk the show to its last episode,  and man i cant say this enough, BLACK FREAKING SMOKE when all you thoughts in season 1 goes towards a monster type of thing.

Sad sad attempt at discrediting a show. Prison Break is the show that is obviously being milked. How many times can they make it so the characters JUST BARELY escape danger to make it exciting instead of making more connections to their plan and Michaels tattoos or at least making the story more deep. Lost is science fiction, and they have had the story planned out since the beginning, something most shows can't say. Lost writers and producers have said that their is a logical and scientific answer to everything in the show, it's not all made up lies for the show, these things are possible or could be possible with certain types of technology.

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[QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"][QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"]Lost was originally supposed to be a 2 or 3 season show, which would have been better. Now they are just prolonging it for the ratings. Its still entertaining but probably could have been a lot better.xaos
That's odd, since the showrunners said a 5 year storyline was planned, followed by a movie. They said they can't keep the network from renenwing it past that, but that they probably would leave the show at that point



when did they say that?

On an edition of their podcast; I can't recall which one, but it was one of the ones for one of the first 6 episodes of season 3

It was like 5 or 6 podcasts ago.

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Never watched it.
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#62 FrozeN__54
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I didn't bother watching even after half the first season... got boring..
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#63 tao_bromley
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I agree, 24 used to be good. Now it is just unrealistic.
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[QUOTE="double_decker"][QUOTE="jm4847"][spoiler] 1) A nuke goes off and there isn't panic everywhere in the streets? No looting or anything? The attacks have been going on for the last 11 weeks, so it wasn't as big of a surprise as it seems. 2) Morris gets tortured for like 5 minutes and gives the terrorists the trigger information they need for the nukes Not because of the torture. He panicked when they shot that girl in front of him. Most people wouldn't last that long anyway. 3) Morris is allowed to go back to work after doing this Well, yeah. He was coerced and they needed him to get back to work ASAP. 4) Morris suddenly seems to have no more pain an hour after getting a big drill bit through his bone They treated him in the clinic. 5) Jack Bauer kills a man vampire style and the man doesn't utter any noise during his demise He covered his mouth. 6) The implied love triangle between Jack, Graem, and Marilyn is silly and soap operish At least is implied, not like any other shows were the love triangle is a main plot... 7) Jack's dad happens to be one of the most evil men ever and Jack never suspected anything wrong? Because he hadn't seen him since Terri's funeral. Besides, he's not 100% evil, just a greedy bussiness man and a misguided patriot trying to cover up his mistakes. 8 ) Wayne Palmer as president = snorefest. What unbelievably boring president compared to David Palmer who had the voice and presence to be attention getting. If he was as good as his brother you'd be complaining about the lack of realism. Not every president has to be as good as David Palmer. 9) Jack sure gave himself a nice haircut and shave in 5 minutes. He had long hair and a beard. He cut his hair really short, that can be done rather quickly. 10) Milo gets shot away from CTU...then like 15 minutes later he is shown again at CTU all bandaged up and seemingly fine. Please.... They were close to CTU... Whatever. The only season I've hated so far is season 4. So ****** pointless. No conspiracy, no underlying motive other than destroying America, nothing more that Marwan (worst villian ever). Seasons 5 and 6 are way better IMO. I like Jack's family so far, specially Phillip Bauer. [/spoiler]

Kudos on knowing your show well jm4847, I was impressed 8)

Well thanks :)
I like season 6 :)shishkabob_6
Me too :)
2 > 1 > 6 > 4 > 5 > 3
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I'd say (after watching every season): 1 > 2 > 6 > 5 > 3 > 4 But best season finale was season 2 by far [spoiler] (The coliseum). [/spoiler]
When watching 24 it's required to turn down your brain wave levels. Enjoy it for what it is a heart pounding action show. With it's faults it's still the best action show yet. nohabs
It can still make sense without doing that.
that show has an interesting gimick, the 24 hour thing. But I've always wonderd what happens when they have to fly across country, or the world on a mission. Does it take 8 hours of the show to make that happen?Darth matt
[spoiler] Usually everything happens in LA and Washington or aboard Air Force One, Two (the Veep this season) and "Seven" (Heller last year) and once in Mexico [/spoiler]
[QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"]Lost was originally supposed to be a 2 or 3 season show, which would have been better. Now they are just prolonging it for the ratings. Its still entertaining but probably could have been a lot better.xaos
That's odd, since the showrunners said a 5 year storyline was planned, followed by a movie. They said they can't keep the network from renenwing it past that, but that they probably would leave the show at that point

That sounds like a good plan. I hope they decide to end 24 before it gets cancelled.
"jump the shark" is the absolute worst phrase imaged by man. It makes no damn sense and sounds retarded.geist117
It makes perfect sense, go to http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Jump_the_Shark
Sad sad attempt at discrediting a show. Prison Break is the show that is obviously being milked. How many times can they make it so the characters JUST BARELY escape danger to make it exciting instead of making more connections to their plan and Michaels tattoos or at least making the story more deep. Lost is science fiction, and they have had the story planned out since the beginning, something most shows can't say. Lost writers and producers have said that their is a logical and scientific answer to everything in the show, it's not all made up lies for the show, these things are possible or could be possible with certain types of technology.TheManOfChoice
Now to defend Prison Break :P [spoiler] The fact that they barely scape danger every other episode is inevitable. Is either that or: 1) Having them leave the US and leave happilly ever after in Brazil, but that wouldn't be very thrilling... 2) Having them arrested again, in which case they'd either spend life in prison or be killed by the goverment. No way they'd survive in jail. And they have to stay in the US to uncover the conspiracy and exonerate Lincoln. The reason they're not using the tatoos anymore is because Michael's plan is over. Once they decided not to take that plane with Sucre and stay in the US to face the goverment and clear Lincoln's name his original plan went to hell. Now I can't talk about Lost since I've never seen it. But I think Prison Break should be more like Lost (at least the Lost you described), planning a story and then ending the show on the creators terms. In my opinion Prison Break should not last more than another season. [/spoiler]
I agree, 24 used to be good. Now it is just unrealistic.tao_bromley
Unrealistic =/= Bad.