Thursday, April 26, 2007

Television For Extremely Inattentive People

24 SECONDS
A NEW TELEVISION SERIES WITH A CLIFFHANGER EVERY SECOND!

FIRST EPISODE


MAN: (Bursts into the President's office at the White House)
Mr President! THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!

PRESIDENT:
No!

ROLL CREDITS.

5 comments:

  1. My new favourite show!

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  2. Wow. A thrill a minute.

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  3. Well, initial rating figures were good, but it remains to be seen whether this show can sustain its audience in later episodes. Personally, I think it lags a bit in the middle and could have done without a few of the subplots, but that's just me.

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  4. It's implausible that no-one needed to eat of go to the toilet for the entire 24 seconds.

    Other than that, compelling, seat of your pants, a roller coaster of emotional exhilaration, with convincing characterizations, engendering audience empathy and involvement. The guy playing the president delivers his lines better than real Presidents.

    Four stars.

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  5. Yes, I was particularly impressed by the speech he gave in this opening episode.

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