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January 18, 2006
Great....what am I to do now?
As you alread know if you read this blog....I am a LOST addict. My wife and I Tivo it on Wednesday night, and we watch it on Thursday. Yeah, I know, we can hardly wait till then, but then there is the issue of the college ministry I pastor. I didn't think they would be cool with changing nights based on LOST. Just kidding. So I am addicted. I think it is the most amazing show on TV, and one of the best ever. And there are many reasons for that. And now my students are getting addicted, and Tivo'ing it as well.
And I have been trying hard to resist any other shows since there is only so much time in my schedule, and there are only so many good shows. But for over a year plus now I have listened to everyone rant and rave about 24. My students are obsessed and I have to say that I was pretty much hooked from only one episode, but I resisted.
Maybe until now.....I was over at Hugh Hewitt and read this from him:
BTW: "24," which I watched for the first time on Sunday and Monday nights and to which I am now completely addicted --has there ever been a faster, more compelling drama set in our times?-- seemed to me to use a different ad strategy of many more, smaller breaks that keep the viewer in place for fear of missing the opening of the next segment, an opening wherein crucial plot developments could occur.
Then I read this today:
More on "24"
by Hugh Hewitt
January 18, 2006 09:54 AM PST
Melinda Penner helps write the superb Stand to Reason blog, and this morning sent me this e-mail re: "24":
Hugh,
You just experienced what I did last year. I decided to tune in to
the "Day 4" premiere to see what all the talk was about and was an
addict in 15 minutes. I borrowed the DVDs of the first three "days"
and completely wasted three weekends watching those. I couldn't
stop! I'd decide to go to bed after this episode but then had to
keep going to see what happened. I finally learned to turn it off in
the middle of an episode because it usually has a lull somewhere
during the hour.
After seeing the first three seasons almost continuously and getting
four hours in two nights of the premiere, it was very hard to only
get an hour at a time the rest of the season on TV.
I love the show because it's morally smart. Jack almost unfailingly
makes the correct and necessary decision given the moral dilemmas
he's faced with. But it also shows the cost of having to engage evil
and the horrible choices it presents.
Glad you're one of us now.
M
Melinda's short, closing paragraph has a great deal in it that explains the success of the program.
UPDATE: Melinda has written about "24" at length in an aearlier post.
SIgn me up.....how should I do this? Shut down my weekend and sit in front of the tv for days on end....just pick up this season? What to do?
Posted by rhett at January 18, 2006 03:34 PM
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Comments
I watched the 4 hour premiere, if it wasn't for my Comcast/Microsoft DVR I would have missed it for sure. I was hooked the first season but for some reason could not squeeze in the next couple seasons, I think the CSIs/Law&Orders took over my time. Decided to get back in and noticed Elisha Cuthbert is gone from the show, bummer! But it's still addictive, I can't miss the next episode now that I'm hooked. Could never get into Lost though.
Posted by: Aaron at January 18, 2006 04:28 PM
Hey bro. Good call on 24. Amy and I are in the addict club as well. We don't watch the show, we wait for the DVD, that way we can blow 24 hours instead of waiting a week for the new ones.
Enjoy
Posted by: phil at January 20, 2006 11:24 AM
got the first 4 seasons on DVD if you are interested.. Just don't ask why they are covered in chinese characters...
Posted by: torch at January 23, 2006 12:08 AM
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