Kiefer’s proud, we’re confused
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Look, I’m a big fan of 24. Heck, I’m even a newly minted member of Blogs4Bauer.
But that doesn’t stop me, or my fellow 24 bloggers (most of whom are fellows, actually) from considering Season 6 to be a big honkin’ crapapalooza. (I just can’t get enough of that word.)
I guess as Jack Bauer’s alter ego (c’mon, Jack Bauer is second to no one, not even Kiefer), it would be hard for Sutherland to admit he thought the same.
He had this to say when cornered (literally, according to TVGuide.com):
I felt that [Season 6] was no different than any other season. Every season we’ve had our strengths and every season we’ve confronted some bumps and hiccups. I felt that last year, the first four episodes were probably the best four we had ever done, and we certainly closed the show really well. We hit some rough roads around Episodes 13 and 14 [but] it’s a difficult show to write so we’re accustomed to running into things that we don’t agree on, but by virtue of the schedule, we have to plow ahead. But I was very proud of our last season.
I tend to agree with him on the first four episodes (see my initial thoughts on Hours 1-2 here and Hours 3-4 here (wow, I’ve come a long blogging way).
But “we certainly closed the show really well”? Um, did you see a different show ending than I did, Kiefer?
Anyhow, Africa is not totally off the table, apparently.
We will maintain the Africa story line, but I think it was very difficult to shoot a television show on two, potentially three continents. They found a better way to tell the story from this country’s perspective.
At least they won’t try to pretend that Burbank is Abuja, Nigeria (or whatever African nation they’re talking about; no one’s said anything other than “Africa,” as if it’s like, oh, Brooklyn).
Anyone see a decent script around here? /// Photo courtesy of Fox.
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I think Keifer wants back into movies.
@Steve C.: Why? It’s not that he gets to make good movies. Kiefer is dedicated as ever, trust me on that.
I don’t know why there is so much hate towards the sixth season. Yes, it wasn’t as good as Season 5. There are always up and downs. Remember Season 4? But 24 is still terrific television. Every show has better and not so good seasons. Why is everyone so especially cruel towards 24? Sometimes it seems there are only two extremes: Way over the top excitement and downright cruelty.
BTW, I LOVED the ending of the sixth season. I’m a fan since Season 1 and this one is my second favourite after Season 1. Gave Kiefer so much excellent material to play with. The scene between Jack and Heller is already a classic.
Also, you remember that some shows just play out. unless they bring something new to the table. Even M*A*S*H had to call it quits. ;-]
Crapapalooza! Ha. This Africa idea sounds like the writer’s attempt to infuse a real life political cause into the show, something along the lines of “Blood Diamond” (which was an excellent flick).
Also, didn’t they recently announce that the new season was going to be set primarily in the DC area and possible NYC as well? I think I read that yesterday.
So much anger among Bauer fans!
Chill out! 24 is still better than 90% of the stuff they’re putting out as television shows nowadays. What? You want to prove you’re smarter than a 5th grader? Go, Jack, go!
Go hither:
http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2257
You know, most actors in a bad season (A) don’t show up to a critics event to make any comments at all and (B) even if they did show up, they mostly claim “I act what’s on the page, everything else I don’t have anything to do with”. KS didn’t make any of these statements or claims. He owns this show and he’s proud of it and he’ll defend it to the end of it’s run. It takes alot of courage to face your toughest critics with a smile, especially about a show that took one of the biggest nose dives in TV history last season. He’s a class act. A side note—after seven years on the same job, I’d wanna get out and do something different too. It’s normal..I give him props for sticking to his contract and still be excited about it enough to do it at all!
CC, you have a pretty good point there. No matter what, Kiefer’s a class act and a great actor. It speaks volumes that, despite this season’s quality, he still was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Jack Bauer.
See my post from today for other repsonses to all these thoughtful quotes. And Rickey – thanks for the link to the iF magazine article!