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24 subplots
24 has undoubtedly jumped the shark. In fact I’m pretty sure it started to go down hill after around season 3. However, due to an unrealistic hope that the show will some day suck less, I continue to watch.
What never ceases to amuse me about 24 is the subplots. That’s right, you know what I’m talking about:
- Kim and her martial arts boyfriend
- Wayne Palmer having an affair with that congressman’s wife (played, for some reason, by Gina Torres)
- Frodo’s life partner and his junkie sister
And let’s not forget this season:
- Dubaku’s relationship with a waitress despite the warnings of her over-protective, slightly crazy, sister
Why do I love the subplot? Because it’s pure cheesy goodness. They crack me up every time. You know that despite how far fetched or seemingly random, they will eventually intersect with the main plot in the strangest of ways. Take Sean Astin’s (Lynn McGill) subplot. His dope fiend sister manages to hook up with a bad guy who’s sole purpose is to steal her brother’s CTU access card. Then the uber bad guys get their hands on the stolen key and a bunch of people die a painful death from toxic gas. This subplot, of course, gives way to perhaps the most hilariously absurd 24 line of all time:
So, we’re all going to die because you were embarrassed?
Classic.
So what’s in store for the waitress and her meddling sister? I can only imagine an unnecessary scene where Dubaku tortures her and mercilessly drags her from her wheel chair. But what is the link? Maybe she is only a waitress part time and the rest of the time she moonlights as a food taster for the President and Dubaku will use her to serve poisoned hash browns to the Commander in Chief! Or…maybe he’s just lonely. Ruthless dictators need love too.
And while I’m on the subject, is it me or does 24 seem way too torture happy this season? I mean damn. Last week Jack seemed awfully anxious to hold an infant baby at gun point.
Jack: Madam president, he’s lying! Let me do what’s necessary and he WILL tell me who let the dogs out!
Funny, funny stuff.
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Just saw the new Star Trek and in a word…awesome! I’m sure they’re already working on a sequel (prequel?) but if they’re not, they really should. As a total Star Trek nerd I thought a lot of the inside jokes were pretty hilarious. Not to mention the off the wall casting. Harold download wall e online wanted online as Sulu and little Byrd from Huff as Checkov. The only thing that sucked was the seats. Even though I was there a good 40 minutes before showtime I still ended up only 5 rows back and right on the end. I don’t know if you’ve ever had that experience but it can be pretty nauseating sitting that close in an IMAX theater. It was total pandemonium. The line wrapped all the way to the other side of the theater. Crazy. Other than that, I thought it was a great movie.
But honestly…can someone tell me what the hell Madea was doing in this movie…?
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Yesterday my Logitech Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser
arrived (thank you Amazon Prime)
For the longest time I’d resisted wireless peripherals b/c I thought they were unnecessary battery hogs. But I needed a new Mac keyboard b/c I got sick of my ancient PC compatible $10 USB keyboard that I’d gotten in college. I thought about getting one of the slick Apple models but I just couldn’t get over the crappy key action. Plus many online reviews confirmed my suspicions about key clicks not registering and the annoyingly low keys that made it too easy to hit one key when you meant ot hit another. I [momentarily] considered this beauty
But no matter how much it had the desirable “clickety-clack” of old I just couldn’t justify $150 for a keyboard. So far so good with the Logitech. It looks slick and the mouse is ergonomically slanted just like I like it. The keys have a good action and since it was designed as a “Mac” keyboard it has all of the right keys in the right places. It also has additional hot keys for iTunes and iPhoto and the like but I’ll probably never be motivated enough to actually configure them. Also the battery life (2 AA for the mouse and 2 AAA for they keyboard) supposedly last for 6 months. The reviews seem to confirm it so that’s a definite plus.
Now if the Dell 30″ would hurry up and come down in price that’d be great. Soon my office will be complete. All I need now are some Threadless Bliks and I’ll be free to rule the world in style. BWAH. HA. BWHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
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