damnit mason, that sonofabitch is getting away!!!

okay, i just finished watching 24 season one. i know, i know, you're in germany and you're watching tv! what's wrong with you? why aren't you out steinering it up, you boozehound? i'll tell you why, i've just spent the last few weeks going places and seeing shit and experiencing some of what travel has to offer. now i want to sit down, watch some tv and chill out. and since german tv is good for short stints, not extended viewing, i went and bought 24 season one. i love 24. it's like a visual mathew reilly and one of the few shows where everyone is expendable and every episode contains a climax that you don't usually see on tv. (with the noted exception of heroes. however this season of heroes is somewhat lacklustre compared to last. but i'm sure they're just building up to something huge. ep 7 sure made it seem that way. if it turns into lost with it's inane characters and pointlessness i will be one very angry and disgruntled little man.)

i'm not going to bother explaining 24 for you, the show's been going for six years and i'm sure everyone knows the premise. bad shit happens on a sort of 'global scale', people die, people are betrayed and jack bauer (keifer sutherland) is always there to save the day (sometimes). for the uninitiated, he's tv's answer to bruce willis in die hard, just without the wiseguy routine and lots of military and secret service training thrown in.

now that's out the way, for those of you who haven't watched 24 and want to i suggest you stop reading this post now. for everyone else who has seen it, doesn't care, or likes to scratch that curiosity itch keep reading.

what the hell is with dennis hopper's accent? he's meant to be serbian or some shit, but he comes of like a douchebag american doing a terrible german accent and acting like, well, dennis hopper. i mean come on guys, i know you need big names in the first season because you're trying to draw people in and movie 'stars' bring in the funding, but dennis hopper? he hasn't done anything good in years. plus would it hurt tell him that serbians don't pronounce vowels like americans and german's do not sound anything like serbians. i'm pretty sure they sound similar to russians, but i could be wrong. one thing i have noticed since coming overseas is that most people will say yes and no in their native language because everyone knows what that is. german is ya, russian is da and italian/spanish is ci. fairly easy concept, dennis you shouldn't say 'yeah' like you just got out of the surf in malibu. just a hint.

apart form that i really enjoyed this show immensely. i couldn't remember most of it, so alot of plot twists came as quite a shock. all i could remember was nina being the ultimate traitor, jamey dying and palmer's wife (i want to call her cherie, but i can't remember!) being a complete and utter undermining bitch. what i was pleasantly surprised at was my irritation for milo being minimal cause now i know he bites it later in the series (i hate that actor soooo much), tony almeda being kick arse (as per usual) and the introduction of aaron the secret service guy. i have a mild affection for aaron, as do most people who watch the show. there's something about that guy that gives comfort and ease even when hell's raining down on the cast. what i found most intriguing this time around is that i hate teri bauer. this character (not the actor cause i thought she was pretty good) i wanted to kill! i wanted to reach into the tv grab a gun of one of the drazen's and shoot her in the face myself. 'oh, i've lost my memory cause i can't handle the stress. oh, i must sleep with this horny goon to get his cell phone. oh, where's my daughter, what's happened to jack?' how about you toughen the fuck up, instead of grabbing the cell phone grab the goon's gun and kill him, and let the poor people of CTU do their job and stop harassing them with your inane bullshit about how you'd feel better if you could just talk to jack or kim. you just spoke to them 15 mins ago. i know this because the time flashed up and took over the screen obtrusively each time you did this!!!

ranting over. i hated that character so much i was almost cheering when nina shot her. the one thing i'm not amused over is the fact i have to wait until tomorrow to go to the shops and get season 2. season 1 ended with teri being shot by nina, her subsequent arrest, the palmers divorcing and no one knowing who the real mastermind of the assassination attempt was. DAMN YOU 24 PEOPLE!?! i want to know now. it would be fine if it wasn't sunday, cause all the shops in heidelberg are closed on sundays. i don't know why, they just are. and the dvd store is one stop away by tram. i can't wait for my next hit of 24. yes i am an addict, i can admit this, but i'll be damned if i'm going to seek help on this matter. now all that remains is to wait patiently for monday's trading. all i can say is bring on season 2, bring on chloe and morris and bring on the action driven exposition. we loves it, precious.