January 07, 2004
First David, Then Me
Several months ago, David wrote a blog with the title "24." It was about that Fox TV show.
I thought to myself, 'Whatever. How could any tv show be that good?' I should have known better, as lots of creativity and dollars are sunk into television programming these days, and some shows are quite excellent (CSI, for example).
Anyway, now I'm hooked. I've watched Season 2. I'm watching Season 3 on tv each week (sigh), and I'm "catching up" by watching Season 1 on DVD.
This show masterfully uses all the tension and cliff-hanger drama techniques quite well and fuses them with a story line that includes terrorism, bio-chemical and nuclear weapons, hi-tech gear, and old-fashioned police action. The characters are well thought out and only ocassionally are they extreme and easy to read. Plenty of irony and twists and turns. Some of it, like much tv these days, is pretty rough. I'm digging it like a good chocolate chip cookie -- I can't get enough.
