24 Telemovie / Season 7

[Ryan]

Searched on 24 threads, figured we may as well start a new one for Season 7 and the now CONFIRMED telemovie:

FOX has officially confirmed that 24 telemovie, which was last hovering in jeopardy with talk that it was distracting writers from the main game: the series itself.

But FOX has now confirmed the two-hour 24 movie will air on November 23 (and not November 24?) to appease viewers awaiting the new season in January.

The episode will be shot in South Africa. It will have Bauer battling an international crisis while the U.S. prepares for the inauguration of a new President.

Fox had eight episodes of 24 shot before the writer's strike, and production was already hampered by LA fires and Kiefer's brushes with the law. Rather than screen a short-run series the network decided to hold the show back until next season.

"As much as we all wanted it back on the air, this prequel came out of it," said Kevin Reilly, Fox's Entertainment president. "It's going to be a stand-alone, E-ticket ride in November."

If Seven is able to fasttrack the film, it could slate it into the final week of the ratings year in Australia. Holding it over until February the network would probably find fans have already downloaded it from the web.


TV Tonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/24-movie-back-on-track.html)

Not much to go on with the Prequel, but i am seriously stoked for Season 7.

[grübermeister]

I'm gonna have to see season 6 first. But yeah looks awesome.

OMG Tony's bald.

[Dental Plan!]

Season 6 was well below average for 24. It just felt like it had all been done before, and in a more interesting way. I'm still looking forward to season 7 and the telemovie to turn around the quality of the show.

[Matthew Good]

Not to sound like a dick but... do people still care about this show? Ratings are down..almost in the toilet (under 10 million for last year's season finale)


I was a fan for the first two seasons... then after that It felt like it had all been done before... Season five was ok at a couple points but just went off the tracks as they tried to create an even bigger plot twist....and it just blew up.

Season six was just, bad...very, very bad I really don't want to go into detail with it.

The characters are just boring, bad acting, bad writing....so much better in the first couple seasons where Bauer was actually human... i'm so tired of "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?!?!" stupid robot.

I stopped watching on TV after three, saw the rest on DVD

[Ryan]

can't be that bad if you got four seasons of it on dvd

obviously there's only so much they can do given the formula of the show, but season five proved that the writers/actors can still give us one hell of a show

[Dead Nigga Storage]

you're judging the entire series' ratings trend off of one episode (albeit the finale of a season)?

the show averaged fewer than 9 million viewers in its first season, and peaked at over 13 million in season 5. it's now leveled off at roughly an average of exactly 13 million. hardly "in the toilet."

if you hate the show, good for you. just don't lie to try to justify it.

[Matthew Good]

Season's 6 ratings were saved by the start where it had a couple 15/16 million viewers for a couple episodes...then near the end of the season it was struggling to get passed 10/11 million.

From the trailer we saw during the World Series it doesn't exactly to get much better the producers and writers have been out of ideas for a while it seems, bringing back Tony? Seriously? What the hell is that?

Also about the trailer (Just went back to watch it) It seems Jack is on trial for torture okay that's fine I guess.... only for a minute later in the trailer he is told he is going to enjoy torturing someone? What the hell is that?

I don't hate the show..it's just not very good


and I don't own the DVDs.

[grissom]

I'm hopeful about the new season and the movie, but I don't really know why. season six had a strong start, but after a couple hours in it was sort of a mess. bringing tony back from the dead certainly isn't a good sign either. they might as well come out and tell us they've got no ideas left.

[The mayor of Albuquerque]

this season the mole at CTU will be the ghost of Edgar

[Dead Nigga Storage]

11 million viewers a show is good for a network's prestige show. certainly not "in the toilet."

and if it were 15-16 million viewers, then averaged 13 million overall, then it had 15-16 for AT LEAST half the season if you're gonna insist that it was struggling for 10-11 million later on.

[bovine_university]

Season 6 was bad. Really bad. And every new tidbit I hear about the show nowadays just makes me more and more fearful of season 7. The new president? The trial situation? If the show isn't careful things are going to become a real preach-fest. All the behind-the-camera stuff that has been going on lately hasn't gotten me excited either, Surnow leaving the show, Keifer Sutherland's DUI charges, all the script and locale changes that were made, the list goes on. On top of all that I'm wondering if this TV movie is going to have an impact on when we ever get to see that 24 theatrical movie. A TV movie seems nice, but what could it do for us that a 2-hour premiere or finale of 24 can't? I'm giving 24 one last chance this upcoming season, but that's it.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

surnow leaving isn't that big of a deal.

at all.

[Kamerica]

and since when was kiefer sutherland getting into trouble unexpected?

[bovine_university]

With Surnow gone, who will balance out the gratuitous right-wing bashing with gratuitous left-wing bashing?

You'd think that with a steady job on a high-profile show on FOX would straighten up Keifer just a little.

And yes, I'm aware that both of those points can be retorted with "But it's FOX!", but still.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

You'd think that with a steady job on a high-profile show on FOX would straighten up Keifer just a little.oh yeah, totally. when i think of great cures for drug dependencies of any type, i immediately think of "increased exposure to hollywood fame."

[DAntae]

I think the large amout of time off can really work in 24's favor. the last season as most people can concede was pretty weak compared to the previous ones. however after viewing it on dvd...I found more parts of it I enjoyed than I originally remembered. the movie could be a nice way to drum up interest again, fail to how it could do any harm.

[Roarke]

i demand to know why bovine's post wasn't a five page essay.

[DAntae]

he's working on season 7. duh

[bovine_university]

I don't know DNS, this is the upcoming 7th year of the show. I figured he'd have gotten that stuff out of his system by now.

To the patient go the spoils Roarke.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

I don't know DNS, this is the upcoming 7th year of the show. I figured he'd have gotten that stuff out of his system by now.uh. this sorta just continues to feed into the point i was making before about him.

[Ryan]

Jon Voight has signed up to play the enemy mastermind in season seven of 24.

Voight's character will be introduced in the two-hour prequel planned for the US fall, then feature heavily in the second half of the full series.

Voight has made TV guest appearances (including as Pope John Paul II and also in Seinfeld) but has not appeared as a series regular since Gunsmoke in the late 1960s.

The seventh season is scheduled for January 2009.


TV Tonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/06/voight-joins-24.html)

[bovine_university]

Hmm, so the plot thickens. I had a feeling that Tony wasn't going to be the only villain next year, but if this is true, he's not the main villain either. If Voight is the mastermind, what does that make Tony? His toadie? An independent villain to occupy the first half of the season? Someone trying to gain his trust in order to take him down from the inside? So many possibilities, but I hope it's true that Tony is not the main villain next year, Tony vs. Jack doesn't strike me as something that can carry a whole season.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

why even bother assuming that tony is a villain at all if we're gonna play the guessing games?

[bovine_university]

I suppose you could look at it that way, but I was looking at it from a perspective that he's a villain for now who might stay a villain or redeem himself eventually. Personally, I hope that he actually is a villain through and through, that would be more difficult to pull off.

[PMD14]

Looking forward to season 7 but not so much the telemovie. I think it won't really go with how the show works as in each episode is an hour of the day. It won't take place in real time. Even though when you think about it it doesn't really take place in real time because each episode is roughly 45 minutes and not an hour. So it doesn't add up to 24 hours but whatever.

[Gaz]

I'm not sure what to think about the telemovie, I wonder what the plot is. Season 7 sounds like a 24 hour version of Die Hard 4 with another bald villian. (OMFG Tony is a bald zombie out to avenge his pathetic, unworthy death)

I'm going to give 7 a chance. 6 wasn't that bad, had a hell of a first 4 hours and when hour 17 came around, I was hooked again.

[gonz]

i still need to finish watching season 6. seasons 4-5 had in me in the 24 zone, and then i went off it. don't know what to expect of this. don't see what was wrong with doing 24 episodes.

and also, @ grubermeisters post:

wtf? isn't tony dead?

[Jamie]

Looking forward to season 7 but not so much the telemovie. I think it won't really go with how the show works as in each episode is an hour of the day. It won't take place in real time. Even though when you think about it it doesn't really take place in real time because each episode is roughly 45 minutes and not an hour. So it doesn't add up to 24 hours but whatever.

Actually, the time that passes during commercials is accounted for in the show

[Ryan]

which any fan would know.

PMD14 IS... AN IMPOSTER!

[Ryan]

Season 7 will be set 4 years after Season 6

As if Desperate Housewives' time leap wasn't enough, now there is word four years will have passed when 24 returns next year.

That'll make Jack Bauer 52 years old (in reality Kiefer Sutherland is 41).

Chloe (Mary-Lynn Rajskub), who was revealed to be pregnant in last year's finale, will suddenly have a 4-year-old kid.

"We've always built in significant passages of time between seasons of 24'for dramatic purposes," said a spokesman from Fox, the studio that produces the show.

"Luckily, like all great iconic characters, Jack Bauer is ageless." Kinda like Maggie Simpson?

The show returns with a 'prequel' telemovie towards the end of this year.

TV Tonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/06/jack-bauer-will-be-turning-52-when.html)

Not really much of a big deal, but of note i guess.

[Jamie]

that's 13 years since season 1 :nerd:

[PMD14]

which any fan would know.

PMD14 IS... AN IMPOSTER!

Never said I was a fan. I just saw season 6 and thought it was good so I'm looking forward to the next season so 24 will be on TV again.

[Toli]

I gave up on this atrocity after the second season. The formula was so repetitive it was either "this guy is a spy", "character who can attest to corruption dies", "the fate of the world is doomed". Just so tiring.... Sure the first season was good but I'm surprised this thing has managed to sustain itself on such a large fan base for so long when IMO even if anything beyond the second season was at first season standard it'd still be average.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

good post, dude.

[Ryan]

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worst voiceover guy ever

[grissom]

worst voiceover guy ever
haha, definitely.

that trailer isn't very good otherwise either. could turn out good, but there isn't much to get excited over there.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

24: Blood Diamond 2

[Cerpin Taxt]

I guess we're treating this as the new thread. I just read a pretty credible spoiler that

the president is kidnapped. motherfucking kidnapped. the most secure individual in the nation.

So much for realism and backing away a little bit on the presidential side. This just proves how far they have moved from believability. The original storyline for the first half of the season for the president was to have Colm Feore trying to prove that his son was murdered rather than committing suicide...which sounds a lot like season one's plot in that it's a human storyline rather than just being shit for the president . And if this spoiler came from past the half-way mark? Seriously, it sounds like all those terrible last-ditch efforts from years past...Teri's amnesia, the CTU raid, etc.

And while I'm on a roll...more and more, this season seems like it hasn't switched gears at all. All they did was swap locations and cast. I'm betting that the "CTU is gone" plot point will be glossed over. It literally only exists so that they can check it off the list of things they promised to do, not for any deeper explanation of why a government agency responsible for stopping six major terrorist attacks with little incident for the American people would be shut down.

I love this show and everything, but the last 3 seasons (and now it looks like this one too) have been action pieces where the "thrill an hour" and wrapping up of plots in one episode has taken over. It's just mindless. You could skip everything except the first and last 5 minute stretch every episode. Remember the good old days when a storyline like Reza and the Warners played out over eight episodes and made sense with a timeframe? If that happened today, they would've been brought in by episode 3, before CTU knew there was any credible threat in the original version.

Sorry for the rant, but I've been checking out spoilers for weeks now and they just prove that these writers have learned nothing, even with a year to fine-tune everything. It's one thing to not understand how to change the format (even I'm hard-pressed to come up with something interesting here), but its quite another to forget about the way storylines actually play out in real time. They are not resolved quickly within the hour and focused on for the entirety of an episode while other arcs don't appear for hours at a time.

[mrkatie]

oh yeah, totally. when i think of great cures for drug dependencies of any type, i immediately think of "increased exposure to hollywood fame."

All right, that made me laugh.

Kiefer's problems aside, 24 was awful throughout season six. It wasn't merely a subpar season. It was bad by any measure. Makes the recent Simpson's seasons appear brilliant. I actually fell asleep during a couple episodes and didn't bother watching the rest after Wayne woke up and insisted on attacking a nation no one had confirmed was guilty of attacking them.

It sounds like the producers have admitted that they dropped the ball, but their solutions to fix the show hardly give me confidence that it'll be worth watching again. Tony? Alive again? Evil suddenly? Gee, glad to see they've been watching soap operas for their inspiration. Getting rid of CTU isn't going to make the show feel fresh either if they just have a different group of people in a different location helping (or going after....probably both) Jack go about his day.

[Cerpin Taxt]

It was bad by any measure. Makes the recent Simpson's seasons appear brilliant.

Overstatement of the century. The new Simpsons seasons are so unsalvageably bad that they've tainted the whole show. Can you honestly enjoy that turgid shitstorm?

And...Wayne did not attack the nation, and had no intention of doing so, as was explained...pretty much five minutes into the next episode. Why would you stop watching on a cliffhanger and then make up your own conclusion about how it was carried out?

Seriously, though, for all the hate I give season 6, and all the hate it deserves, episode 7 is one of the greatest in the show's history. Graem gave me fucking chills.

[mrkatie]

Overstatement of the century. The new Simpsons seasons are so unsalvageably bad that they've tainted the whole show. Can you honestly enjoy that turgid shitstorm?

And...Wayne did not attack the nation, and had no intention of doing so, as was explained...pretty much five minutes into the next episode. Why would you stop watching on a cliffhanger and then make up your own conclusion about how it was carried out?




I didn't stop watching because of the cliffhanger. My work schedule changed and I thought the season had been bad enough that I didn't bother taping the rest to watch it. I didn't really feel like I was missing anything. Whether the cliffhanger was resolved or not, it doesn't make up for the fact that the season was pretty much unwatchable. And yes, new Simpson's episodes are fairly bad, but not as bad as season six of 24. That was some of the worst television I've ever seen, and I consider myself a fan of the show's first few seasons so its not as if I've just got some agenda against 24 or haven't seen enough of it to comment on.

[bovine_university]

I agree that we should be careful to believe that the show is serious about switching gears in any way whatsoever. Remember the almost brand new cast from season 4? Halfway through they ended up just reuniting the old cast again. They could just as easily get rid of everyone this year only to bring them back later, the thought of Doyle coming back with an eye-patch makes me queasy. I too believe that CTU isn't "gone", but I'd go so far as to believe that CTU is really just working as some underground network, complete with all the stupid relationship problems we saw last year. And I'm with Cerpin Taxt, those spoilers do not sound good.

[Cerpin Taxt]

Anyone notice how, in every "trilogy," the third installment introduces some mindless characters that we're conditioned to not care about because we know they're going to get scrapped anyway (in theory, at least). In season 3 it was Chase, Chloe, Gael (actually, I cared about Gael, and its interesting about Chloe). Last season it was: Morris, Nadia, Dickless-Milo (whose prior relationship with Jack was not exploited in the least, essentially a waste of his character), Doyle. I mean, Christ, they even spent the first half building up Milo from the ground up, then they kill him, and the two main leads besides Jack are Doyle (introduced 5 episodes earlier), and Nadia (not developed at all beyond the Milo high school relationship). Serious bullshit.

And yeah mrkatie, I forgot what great episodes came out of the Simpsons last season, including that wonderful appearance by Stephen Colbert and Mona Leaves-a, which took 5 minutes to single-handedly destroy a 17 year relationship. Good shit, right? Fuck your mother. I was seriously offended by that comment.

EDIT: Okay, just kidding about the "fuck your mother" comment. I felt bad immediately afterwards.

[mrkatie]

I actually didn't like the aforementioned Simpson's episode either, but I guess the difference between a show like The Simpsons and one like 24 is the serialized nature of 24 can work for it or against it. If you didn't really like the storyline of one season, you're basically screwed because the whole season is going to try and follow it. Anyway, I don't really want to argue about it because I don't see either of us changing our minds. I can agree to disagree. You found something enjoyable in 24's sixth season, whereas I didn't really.

[Cerpin Taxt]

Well, I can agree with the comment about hating the whole season because you didn't like the premise. If you had stated that originally I wouldn't have had a problem.

[Jamie]

I guess we're treating this as the new thread. I just read a pretty credible spoiler that

the president is kidnapped. motherfucking kidnapped. the most secure individual in the nation.
ok they seriously need to stop having white house plotlines

[mrkatie]

Apparently Kim Bauer is President this season.

[Cerpin Taxt]

Or they could have just gone with the original white house plotline, which was much better.

But who knows, I'm not about to shit on this season without seeing it, so....

[jase]

thought i'd bump this while i'm thinking about it

telemovie in 5 days :bang:

[:bang:]

sunday night is the worst time for this. especially for fox. pretty sure they have a nfl doubleheader this week too

[Mike Scully]

New expanded trailer for the season and movie: (http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2008/10/24-season-7-sneak-peek.html)

"I will kill you, and this time you will stay dead" wins it for most hilarious 24 moment.

[senorito mariachito]

That trailer lowered my expectations for the season. Mainly because of the

"There's a leak" part

Just knowing that it'll come up will take the fun out of the first couple of episodes.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

if the trailers of previous seasons are any indication, most of the stuff in that trailer happens in the first four episodes (if they're doing the back-to-back nights of 2 episodes each again) though, so there's plenty to see in the other 20, if you're concerned about the leak playing a heavy (and now predictable) role.

that is, of course, assuming the trailer doesn't show a lot more than usual solely because the season is, and has been, done being made for some time.

[Kiyosuki]

I admit I miss seeing a raging Keifer Sutherland going around beating, torturing, and shooting people up while screaming at things so I can't wait for this. I like the different direction its taking.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

good show, good show.

now i know i can look forward to the season.

[kevin]

it was okay

i can't even remember the last time this show was on. spring 07?

[Gaz]

The movie was alright, though I wished they didn't show that drug addict.

[grissom]

first half felt underwhelming, but it picked up after that. got me excited for the new season even with the ridiculousness of tony coming back.

[Cerpin Taxt]

i liked it. it did its job and was entertaining enough for me to watch again.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

yeah, spring '07. damn strike deprived me of my show. :(

[Kiyosuki]

yeah, spring '07. damn strike deprived me of my show. :(

Not to mention Kiefer's little "vacation".

[Dead Nigga Storage]

well, that doesn't really matter, because there was no way it was going to air with the strike going anyway.

[Rekart]

Was good overall, but still showed some of the sluggishness that plagued the last season. It's a good connection to the new season though, and that's all that really matters.

[Mike]

i really didn't like it honestly. didn't live up to quality of episodes for me anyways.

although the snapping that dude's neck with his legs while tied up was pretty sweet.


it's no jugular bite though.

[Cerpin Taxt]

it was really just a compact version of what goes on during a season or story arc, and yet it was entertaining on its own merits, which was all i could really ask from something that came about only because of the extra money and time afforded by the writer's strike.

[Kamerica]

that was pretty much all setup, but it was entertaining enough.


also, the new president has a terrible speech writer

[bovine_university]

It did what it was supposed to do, set the pieces in place for the new day, despite a number of flaws. It got me a little excited about next season too, but it's going to take a lot to bring me back to how much I loved the show in seasons 1 or 5.

Some interesting new characters and villains were on display here, but that didn't stop a slew of annoying characters from breaking through. True, most of them are either dead or unlikely to come back, but still. I found Frank (glasses) rather annoying and badly acted, his bargain at the end with Jack was predictable, and sadly I could easily see him becoming a recurring character in the upcoming season. I hope if he does come back it's just for the trial scenes and nothing else. Chris was another big annoyance, yelling and fidgeting so much, and his drug stuff was pretty unnecessary, but at least they had the good sense to kill him. It was a lot of build-up and attention just to set up an idea of Wall Street conspiracy though. Willy was probably my least favorite character, from all his blubbering and patented "tear-inducing" moments, and that scene on the helicopter with Willy putting his hand on Jack's arm and smiling at him made me throw my hands in the air. The UN guy was also pretty distracting, you could have made a drinking game out of the number of times someone points out how he's of no help to anyone or is just out to save his own skin. The scene where he magically appears captured and decides to blurt out everything was the cherry on top. Who else just wanted Jack to shoot the "kill the cockroach" kid? The kid repeating the line over and over just made it cheesier. As a matter of fact I am rather upset that we didn't more scenes of the children militia, or a scene where Jack kills one of them, just to stir some spice into the mix.

Still, there were a lot of things this movie did right, and it beats last season's finale by a mile. President Taylor didn't get many scenes, but she displayed some very nice presence in her few scenes. Nice Hollywood roster in the cast too, I knew we were getting Joe Buck and we've seen Warden Norton here and there, but we also got Candyman tonight. We probably won't be seeing much more of Daniels, but I've got my fingers crossed that we see Tom Lennox again. He was one of the few bright spots from Day 6. Pretty good action scenes as always, between the reveal of the rocket launcher, Jack using a refrigerator as a shield, and lots and lots of dynamite. The torture scene with Jack getting his ear barbecued, then pretending to blubber, then killing yet another man with his legs was probably my favorite scene. I was secretly hoping that maybe that cooked ear was going to mean that Keifer would be wearing prosthetic makeup over the course of Day 7, but the preview seems to suggest otherwise. The landmine scene was pretty cool too, if a little long and drawn-out.

As for the next day preview, some of the rumors I've heard about next year get me worried, but this still has potential. I just hope they try to tag-off on the multiple villains (you've got Joe Buck, Candyman, and resurrected Tony all on the menu), because if they try using them all at once something will have to give. We'll just have to wait another six weeks or so before anything else comes along, this episode did hit the spot for now though.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

usually posts on an episode of a show should be shorter than the episode itself.

[bovine_university]

Actually I was going to talk more about the trailer too, but it's getting late.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

you should write for entertainment weekly.

[Snack Related Mishap]

There were a lot of cliche moments, and they seemed to have trouble with pacing throughout. Overall though, it was a pretty competent effort and definitely much better than anything in season six. Hopefully, season seven will be a step above this, but if it was on par quality-wise, then it wouldn't be so bad. That gives me some hope for the future of 24.

also, the new president has a terrible speech writer

Haha, I said the same thing to my dad as we watched this last night.

[DAntae]

thoroughly enjoyed it. some nice groundwork was put down. plus I did miss it, even though I thought the last season it aired was clearly its weakest. anyhow I am stoked for the new season, even if a little bit of what they showed in the previews had a decent amount of cheese on it. its good to have this show back.