Oh no.

You aren't gonna start a "Cellular" Vs "Phonebooth" thread now, are ya?

cellular was weak.
phone booth all the way.

Remember phone booth got pushed back months and months because it was originally going to be put out right in the middle of the dc sniper shooting...that were going on at that time.


I think because of that it never was what it could have really been.I think it could have been a really big movie.If it wouldnt have been unlucky due to the circumstances that were happening.

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Originally posted by storm_chaser:
Real time action is very tricky, and for that it gets somekind of credit.

However, in the end to my mind it is just another soap opera hiding behind a cleverer than thou attitude.

There was a film made recently in real time from four different camera angles. "Timequake" or "Time...something".

The story was rather weak, but it was relatively well executed.

Ironically enough,considering who's in it,I think that "Phoneboth" is a good example of real time cinema.

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I'm not sure I think 24 is trying to be "cleverer than thou"...I think it's just trying to be cleverer (and better) than most of the dramas on TV.

The movie you mentioned is Timecode from Mike Figgis. Not my favorite Figgis film, but good.

I've not seen Cellular, but I thought Phone Booth was well-executed, well-paced, and quite intense. I think a lot of people hated it because of Colin Farrell, which is too bad. He was good in it, as was Kiefer.

my favorite show on t.v. right beside amazing race!!

I was very intently watching this week's "24", and I kept waiting for something to happen. I'll admit that it kept me interested, but they seemed to be holding back.....then the last five minutes had at least a half-hour's worth of stuff happen. Then the preview for next week sounds like there's not enough fans to scrape the ever-livin' sh*t off! I can't wait until next week!

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Originally posted by mark f:
I was very intently watching this week's "24", and I kept waiting for something to happen. I'll admit that it kept me interested, but they seemed to be holding back.....then the last five minutes had at least a half-hour's worth of stuff happen. Then the preview for next week sounds like there's not enough fans to scrape the ever-livin' sh*t off! I can't wait until next week!

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There are two kinds of 24 episodes: the non-stop action eps and the setting up for the non-stop action eps. Thus far this season, it's been mostly the former...this was really the first of the latter in season 4. But even in the set-up (you could call them "take a breath") episodes you get some crazy action in parts...

I noticed a PSA about the show played during this weeks episode, but I didn't hear what it said...was this something about the accusations that the show is hostile to Muslims, akin to what Filmore was upset about earlier in this thread?

Yeah it staed muslims...but i think it was just because they were getting heat from them.

I dont think 24 is unfairly portraying anybosy.If u think about it...the bad guys have run the gammet of ethnicities.Especially white dudes...russian or foreign they may be.

It is kind of a joke if u ask me.Its like the italian defemation council...or whatever they are called.Calling out the sopranos...give me a break.

As much as or because I liked Snatch, I don't know, but Jason Stratham really needs to go back to the UK. I haven't seen a good US film from him yet. Perhaps redisovering his roots would be an idea. (this is in regards to Cellular)

I liked him in the transporter.Overall the movie was horrible...but he did have surprisingly decent action scenes.

Season 3 is wicked i think.

Damn tony...he should have just said the truth from the begining.Now i know why he has to get fired and all that jazz that is going on in season 4.

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Originally posted by Filmore Holmes:
As much as or because I liked Snatch, I don't know, but Jason Stratham really needs to go back to the UK. I haven't seen a good US film from him yet. Perhaps redisovering his roots would be an idea. (this is in regards to Cellular)

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Wasn't he in the remake of The Italian Job? I think he was, and he was pretty good. I enjoyed the remake, particularly Stratham and Mos Def. Not great, but good popcorn fun.

poor barooz...

I like that Tony's sticking with Jack. I wonder if his "I got screwed over by the government" attitude will end up causing him to turn. I hope not. I like Tony.

He'd be doing a better job at CTU than Driscoll. She's an incompetent whiner.

And C'MON...people...Edgar prevented all but six of the reactors from melting down...can't you spare one guy to go pick up his wheelchair bound mom? Pretty please???

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
And C'MON...people...Edgar prevented all but six of the reactors from melting down...can't you spare one guy to go pick up his wheelchair bound mom? Pretty please???

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I know! But the real question is, what the hell happened to Driscoll's crazy schizophrenic daughter? Did she die or what? Anyone know?...

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Originally posted by kraftdeluxe:
I know! But the real question is, what the hell happened to Driscoll's crazy schizophrenic daughter? Did she die or what? Anyone know?...

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I don't think they've said. I expect that plotline will resurface...it doesn't seem like it was a red herring in the storyline. I thought the last time we saw her she had coded but had been revived...but that can't be it, can it?

The writers are too smart to let that angle drop so suddenly...

Yeah but what is aish tylers role gonna be?

She is caught but she did not make an appearance in this weeks episode?

Personally i think she will have a bigger part in what is going to "go down" so to speak.I think she was not just a spy...but more.Mainly i think this because her role sounds quite similar to nina's on season 1.Sleeping with a high up ctu dude.Actually thinking about it...this season has quite a few similarities to season 1 as far as the mole goes.

Once again they think the wrong person is the mole...and proceed to question/torture her.

I dont know...i guess i am just hoping the writers do not get lazy.

This weeks was CRAZY!

I like Tony being back for real...but the tension between he and Driscoll (because she feels on the chopping block) should boil over very soon...

Yes, I enjoyed last night's episode a lot because I thought the actual suspense factor was pumped WAY up, but that whole ending with the mole and the computer and the worthless support team could have played out a bit better. I don't know why the "team" disappeared and why they didn't just get the computer info from the mole and cut off the dead guy's thumb. Oh well, maybe if they used his thumb, she wouldn't have had the correct passwords, etc., but as it turned out, it didn't really matter. This season is starting to seem like a chess game with each side losing pieces every episode.

I thought they were gonna take HER thumb!

Seriously, that was a pretty inept support team. They were outnumbered, sure, but wouldn't they bring more than that handful of clods on something that serious?

Ok, so what did you guys think of last nights episode? (2/28/05) I thought it was great in a number of respects. Of course the action was great as was the story development. But where I was most pleased...and I'm sorry to say...was the death of Linnie McCallister from Home Alone (aka Maya Driscoll). Her part in the show was absolutely unnecessary and, in my opinion, was used only to add another piece of drama to CTU. Not to mention I thought she was overacting horribly. What did you guys think?