# I've decided to watch "24" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757 "2008-01-08T19:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/21 "2008-01-09T18:00:06Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Also, What’s all this noise I hear about **Veronica Mars?** [/QUOTE] It’s good stuff, at least the first season. Some of the noise can be found here: [Latecomers to Veronica Mars, check in here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443840) (and since you made me go searching…) More generally, you might want to have a look (if you haven’t already) at the following threads: [What TV series should I Netflix now?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=444079) [The Best TV Series Ever](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440152) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/22 "2008-01-09T18:10:04Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/23 "2008-01-09T18:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] **Alias** sounds only okay to me… I did watch the pilot, and two following episodes when it was first on, and I was sorta “meh” about it. But maybe I need to give it another shot considering how popular it became. [/QUOTE] Okay, if you’re interested in _Alias_, have you checked out the _La Femme Nikita_ TV series? _Alias_ ripped it off as far as I can tell, and LFN was better. Five seasons available on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/24 "2008-01-10T14:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Thanks for that **SenorBeef,** it went a long way into deciding whether or not B5 is for me. Seems an objective write up. Doesn’t sounds like something I could get into now… \*\* [/QUOTE] Fair enough. A lot of my post was negative but I suppose that was mostly to get a prospective viewer in the mindset of forgiving some flaws to let it grow on them - overall, I’d recommend it. At it’s worst, it’s cringeworthy, but at its best it’s still some of the best TV ever made. It’s still the only TV show that I know of that wasn’t basically an attempt to make stuff up on the fly and keep going as long as possible - the 5 year story was planned and written before it ever reached production, mostly by one man. It’s still unique in that way. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/25 "2008-01-10T15:10:41Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] **Alias** sounds only okay to me… I did watch the pilot, and two following episodes when it was first on, and I was sorta “meh” about it. But maybe I need to give it another shot considering how popular it became. [/QUOTE] Alias started out fairly entertaining but fell pretty quickly into the realm of the absurd. Its inner tension (agent-double agent-triple agent) lost credibility as curves and twists are thrown at you just for fun and make no sense, and then it goes into this weird sci-fi/fantasy kick later on that makes even less sense. You can enjoy this as a 24-style of absurd, but on the whole, it’s utterly forgettable eye-candy. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/26 "2008-01-10T15:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] It’s still the only TV show that I know of that wasn’t basically an attempt to make stuff up on the fly and keep going as long as possible - the 5 year story was planned and written before it ever reached production, mostly by one man. It’s still unique in that way. [/QUOTE] psssst… **The Wire** ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/27 "2008-01-10T15:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Anyway, don’t spoil it for me. [/QUOTE] Amateur. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757/28 "2008-01-10T16:40:34Z")
I never got into **B5** -can’t say why other than my preference for lone-wolf type semi-anti-heroes, which explains my preference for **Farscape** and why (getting back on topic) I will often tune into **24** despite how angry the Idiot Plots make me, as Kiefer really sells you on the role no matter what kind of nonsense he has to deal with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-watch-24/432757.md?page=1)