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Fox orders new 24 pilot (all new characters, titled "24: Legacy")
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Interfectum
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In before Idri.... oh wtf OP.
Lets do this.
Lets do this.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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I'm in.
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whoa, I'm huge 24 fan. hope this is good without Keifer
I'll miss Keifer but lets be honest, there is literally nothing else they can do to Jack Bauer besides what... make him fight aliens or shoot him into outer space. He's more than played out at this point.
crazyrabbits
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So how are they going to address
Is that just going to remain as an unresolved sequel hook?
Jack being stuck in a Russian gulag and Tony getting busted out of prison by a black-ops group to go rescue him?
yeah I agree, it would be kind of ridiculous to continue on with Jack at this point, but I wonder if the show would work without him
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Chezzymann
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Eh, 24 was Jack Bauer for me. Not really interested in another series with a different main character.
My thoughts exactly. I'm fine with this, assuming these matters get addressed somehow in the new show.
24 is my favorite series of all time. Probably it is only now that I say it won't be the same without Kiefer Sutherland, but I'm open to a reboot and to the possibility of falling in love with the series again. I remember the allnighters I pulled back when I first watched the series, thanks to a friend who recommended it and let me borrow his DVDs.
Almost definitely while they wait for Kiefer's price to fall.
Then, if Legacy is successful we'll have a crossover 'event' where Blackjack rescues him. If Legacy fails, Jack will rescue himself and there'll be a passing mention of Blackjack being KiA.
They could do what they did in the second season of Strike Back and
have the main character killed in the first episode, his death livestreamed by his captors.
crazyrabbits
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It's an extra on the Season 9 DVD set.
Tony is led to believe he's going for an interrogation by a government executive, until she gives him the means to escape and tells him he needs to help her with rescuing Jack.
oh shit! can't believe I never saw this
I'm sure there will be a little Jack here and there.
But the show is ready for someone new.
"...producers currently seeking an African-American actor to take over for longtime series star Kiefer Sutherland. "
I say a total unknown. Someone learning the ropes. Totally fresh across the board except for a cameo here and there, and some references, to the old cast.
But the show is ready for someone new.
"...producers currently seeking an African-American actor to take over for longtime series star Kiefer Sutherland. "
I say a total unknown. Someone learning the ropes. Totally fresh across the board except for a cameo here and there, and some references, to the old cast.
Mushroomer25
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Elba's profile is about 20 times too high for a project like this. But I think we'll get a recognizable face leading this. Maybe Denzel? Is he in the "easy TV money" phase of his career?
TheLostBigBoss
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off topic, but I've always wanted a story about this happening cause I think it's such an amazing concept.
for those who don't know, during the State of the Union address basically everyone in the Federal Government is in a single room, the entire Presidential Cabinet are there all except a random cabinet member who is named "Designated Survivor" and is held in an unnamed location incase the entire line of succession is blown off the face of the world at once.
Fuck me I really wanted a season of
Tony, Chloe, and Kate rescuing Jack
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This would be lovely.
Graphics Horse
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Curtis!
wait, no..
wait, no..
TheLostBigBoss
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My guess is you'll get a quick five minute conclusion similar to Strike Back when Showtime took over
Spoilers
Main character of Strike Back S1 (or rather, the original Sky TV version) is captured at the end of the season, Showtime S2 starts with the main character getting executed on tape and new characters introduced
Jason's Ultimatum
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I wish I can find a video clip of this scene. Man, so many layers to analyze due to this scene.
crazyrabbits
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They're not going to do that. They've already set up a sequel hook from the original series, and there's no way they're going to randomly kill off the lead character off-screen.
Also, keep in mind that there was already was a character in the original series (Curtis Manning) who was referred to as "BlackJack". They gave him virtually nothing to do and
killed him off near the beginning of Season 6
HomerSimpson-Man
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Reboot? Without Jack?
Whelp, I'm out. My dad isn't going to like this. I don't have the heart to tell him Kiefer's Jack was probably not returning. Saving the day and leaving it on another damn potential sequel hook, just to set it up for another ride but don't follow thru.....dammit, even Rambo finally got to go home!
Whelp, I'm out. My dad isn't going to like this. I don't have the heart to tell him Kiefer's Jack was probably not returning. Saving the day and leaving it on another damn potential sequel hook, just to set it up for another ride but don't follow thru.....dammit, even Rambo finally got to go home!
MadLaughter
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Listen. 24 is iconic. Jack Bauer is iconic.
'Eric Carter' is not an iconic name. I don't know if any name can possibly be as heroic/iconic as 'jack' but Eric Carter is not even close. "Carter you have to get out of there!" works, but just...is missing something.
'Eric Carter' is not an iconic name. I don't know if any name can possibly be as heroic/iconic as 'jack' but Eric Carter is not even close. "Carter you have to get out of there!" works, but just...is missing something.
The show did Curtis dirty not giving him a silent clock. Also fuck Tony.
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