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Kiefer Sutherland Outwitted By Imaginary Cows, Or Something

January 27th, 2010 By Stuart Heritage

Just a hunch here, but we don’t think that 24 will come to an end soon. Or ever, now we come to mention it.

It can’t. Kiefer Sutherland can’t afford for it to stop. Because, if reports are to be believed, Kiefer Sutherland has been conned out of $896,000 by a huckster operating a fraudulent cattle-based scam. Apparently Kiefer was promised a tidy return for an investment into a Mexican cow-selling scheme that looks as if it didn’t ever exist.

Which means that 24 will probably continue for years, until it largely revolves around Jack Bauer bursting into rooms and then immediately forgetting what he went in there for. We’d watch it.

Win Season 7 Of 24 On DVD Right This Instant!

October 23rd, 2009 By Stuart Heritage

If you like watching episodes of 24 on DVD as much as we do then you probably haven’t seen daylight in a while.

And also, good news! Season 7 of 24 is released on October 19, and to mark this momentous occasion we’ve got five DVD boxsets to give away. That’s a whole day of shouting, explosions and torture to look forward to. And before you get all “Well actually it’s only 18 hours without commercials” on us, we’re counting the DVD special features as well, which are so good you’ll want to watch them for six hours. Probably.

The competition question is after the jump. God, we love 24…

Kiefer Sutherland Charged With Being A Headbutty Maniac

May 8th, 2009 By Stuart Heritage

Kiefer Sutherland isn’t Jack Bauer. Hard to believe, we know, but they’re different in just about every way.

Jack Bauer, for instance, breaks the law in all sorts of spectacular ways to save America from terrorists then gets pardoned by the president afterwards. Kiefer Sutherland, on the other hand, commits petty crimes to save 1980s actresses then gets charged afterwards.

Kiefer Sutherland has been charged with minor assault following his alleged headbutting incident this week. Sad – we wanted to see how far he’d take this hobby. Maybe he’d end up shoplifting a Chunky Kit Kat for Molly Ringwald or something.

Top 10 Moments From 24

March 25th, 2009 By David Schwartz

Did you know that 24 was originally planned to be a romantic comedy showing 24 hours in the life of a wedding?

It seems ridiculous now to imagine Jack Bauer as some nervous bridegroom-to-be on his big day, especially when you consider some other facts about 24.

For example, would the script writers have managed to find time for their nervous groom to kill 198 people over the six-and-a-half series of the show? Probably not.

24: Stomping Back Onto TV On January 11

March 25th, 2009 By Stuart Heritage

For all this talk of change, one thing must remain the same – the humourless blonde men who torture foreigners and never pee.

That’s right, we’re talking about Jack Bauer. And fortunately our prayers have been heeded – Fox has announced the exact airdate that the new season of 24 will return to our screens. Following the Africa-set TV movie prequel being broadcast on November 23, the two-day, four-hour 24 season premiere has been scheduled for January 11 and 12.

That genuinely can’t come fast enough for us – 24 has been off our screens for so long now that, and we’re slightly ashamed to admit this, last time we saw a man of Middle Eastern descent, we weren’t immediately gripped by a kneejerk urge to tie him to a chair, submerge his feet into a bucket of water and then electrocute him while screaming at him to tell us the nuclear disarmament codes. Jack Bauer would be so ashamed of us.

Look! Brand New 24 Preview Trailer! Only Slightly Rubbish!

March 25th, 2009 By Stuart Heritage

The new season of 24 has a hell of a lot riding on it – if isn’t absolutely brilliant then it might spell the end of the show forever.

We’ve got a few months left before the seventh season of 24 kicks off, but we’ve just been handed the very first sliver of a hint of a taste of what it’ll be like – a work print of the trailer for the Africa-set 24 season seven preview, 24: Exile.

So what’s it like? Is 24 back to its logic-defying, pedal-to-the-metal best? Or does it look like it’ll be another one of those seasons where Jack Bauer kicks his heroin addiction in 45 minutes and people get terrorised by mountain lions a lot? We’ve got the 24 preview trailer after the jump for you to make up your own mind, but here’s a hint – it’s not great.

Jon Voight the terrible choice as Jack Bauer’s nemesis in 24

March 25th, 2009 By David Schwartz

Sometimes you really have to ask what the hell is going on?

First, hit show 24 becomes ‘26′. Then it casts Jon Voight as a terrorist. The 69-year-old Oscar-winning actor was recently signed on to be Jack Bauer’s nemesis for the upcoming seventh series.

After the shambles of the sixth series, 24 have pulled out the chequebook in an attempt to win back falling viewing figures.

But don’t you think casting Angelina Jolie’s frail father as the super villain is going a little too far – even by 24’s ridiculous standards.