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General rant about 24
I like 24. I think it's a wonderful drama and Jack Bauer is the best character I've seen in years. If you can get over the fact that you're watching the same story over and over, it works well. Repetetive plot devices aside, there are 2 things about 24 that really get me.
1) Nearly all of the female roles are weak. In the first season, every female was either a traitor, a blind authoritative bitch, or a whining, crying, annoying nag. The trend continues from season to season. I believe the writers don't like women and see them as extra baggage. Only males seem to get the stoic, steadfast and stern dispositions.
2) The technical jargon is so ridiculous, it makes me cringe. I can deal with "custom" user interfaces and live satellite tracking... I'll suspend my knowledge when I see giant globs of data being sorted and displayed intuitively, too. But please, don't talk about the technical proceedures like you grabbed the technical terms out of a hat.
Beyond that, season 6 seems to be a real half-assed directing work. The acting and the set interaction is just atrocious. I need to see more, but from the first 6 hours I've seen, the show has become pure camp.
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