24 - The Season One Tournament

[JCPhoenix]

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/images/dvd/logo.jpg

Hello all...

With urbanlegend23's permission and blessing, I have decided to do a tournament for the first season of the amazing show 24, as well as for the first and second seasons of Alias. I wasn't sure if there would be enough people to participate for either of these, but for 24, I went to the 24 Thoughts and Reviews thread and checked how many people seem to watch it and follow up:

darkface, buck turgidson, noisy_brut, jackson13, vastlynne, A Canadian ThereWolf, Scarface98.9, Antonio, Highspeed, psudoazn, BakeTheMooCow, imagemaker, Jason Lives, RicochetShaw, uncle_el, Kaufman, David Fincher, ilovemovies, WhiskyDrinker, Scorchlord, MyClone, SkyNet, redwing77, Memento88, Jim H, The Sandman, SlimX, movie fan #1, vtadave

Including me, that's at LEAST 30 schmoes who follow this show, so without further ado, I decided to do a tournament for 24...

Alias however I'm not sure about right now. I'd like to do a tournament for both seasons, but I'm not sure how many would participate, therefore, if any of you here happen to be fans of Alias as well, please PM me to tell me whether you would participate or not in voting for Alias episodes, or else just write it here under your vote.

I'm going to be PMing people who I found in the Alias threads as well to see if any of them would be participating if i do go through with it.

However, back to our subject, which is the First season of 24.

I'm going to warn people to be wary of spoilers in this thread, and especially with the descriptions that will be given of certain episodes. (I'm going to be using the descriptions that are in the dvd box set mostly)

Here's the list:

Season One
12:00am - 01:00am
01:00am - 02:00am (out)
02:00am - 03:00am
03:00am - 04:00am
04:00am - 05:00am (out)
05:00am - 06:00am
06:00am - 07:00am
07:00am - 08:00am
08:00am - 09:00am
09:00am - 10:00am (in)
10:00am - 11:00am
11:00am - 12:00pm (in)
12:00am - 01:00pm
01:00pm - 02:00pm
02:00pm - 03:00pm
03:00pm - 04:00pm
04:00pm - 05:00pm
05:00pm - 06:00pm (out)
06:00pm - 07:00pm
07:00pm - 08:00pm
08:00pm - 09:00pm
09:00pm - 10:00pm
10:00pm - 11:00pm (in)
11:00pm - 12:00am

Now, ON With the tournament!!!!

[JCPhoenix]

***Note: in keeping with the same format as urbanlegend23's tournament, i've decided to randomly select episodes...which is easier to do with 24 seeing as they are all just numbered :p.

Match 1:

04:00am-05:00am

Written by: Chip Johannessen
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/05/handsup.jpg

Description: Jack follows the arrested shooter to the police station in hopes of interrogating him only to find that Mason has arrived and taken control of the situation. But when the shooter says he will talk only to Jack, Jack learns he must break the shooter out of jail in order to learn who has kidnapped Kim. Back at the hotel, Senator Palmer learns more about the threatened news leak that could hurt his campaign.


vs


11:00am-12:00pm

Written by: Howard Gordon
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins (regular series director)

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/12/hiding.jpg

Description: While Alberta Green pressures Nina and Tony to reveal Jack's whereabouts, York leads Jack to Gaines compound where Jack attempts to rescue Teri and Kim without backup from CTU. Meanwhile, Senator Palmer's plan to prevent a murder fails and he begins to suspect his wife may have a hand in the conspiracy.

For me, 4am was a great episode (8/10), with lots of tension...Jack being forced to help the shooter escape...I also liked the Maureen/Palmer meeting...filled with lots of tension, etc...but 11am was slightly better.

It was pretty much almost the ending of the first arc of the story, and so the storyline was finally moving on at a rapid pace, with Jack, Rick, Teri, and Kim trying to escape. I was thankful that the kidnapping sequence was finally being finished (as it was almost about to wear out its welcome), and being finished in a great way. I love 24 because it can be many different things...some episodes are action, while others are drama, etc. I'd say that 11am was a great episode leaning more towards action. Although admittedly, it was around here, in hte middle of the season that I was getting slightly tired of the Palmer thread as well...

Anyway, I vote for 11:00am - 12:00pm (8/10), a great episode of 24.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

well JCPheonix, u can count on me for alias and 24, as i watch both religiously. Anyway, my vote goes to 11-12, i watched it again recently on the S1 Dvd,s and it one of my favorites of teh season.

[ilovemovies]

Both are great but my vote definately goes to 11 Am- 12 PM.

You can count me on Alias as well. Actually the only episode I've seen in season 1 is part 2 of the Quentin Tarantino ep. But I've seen all or pretty much all of season 2. So count me on for season 2.

[Slim]

My vote: 11:00am-12:00pm

This episode is where my hate and disgust towards Alberta Green really took off. Man, what a bitch! I wanted to slap her. :D Plenty of good stuff happening in this hour. 8/10

[JCPhoenix]

Thanks to those who've voted so far...
C'mon people, where's the love!!! Maybe I'll send out a PM to everyone on that list there...

[Slim]

Yeah, where is everybody?

[Memento88]

great idea!!

tough decision
im gonna have to be like everyone else and say 11-12pm

now if u had picked 3-4am with that ending where "the shooter" tells jack "if u ever want to see ur daughter again ull get me out of this" or something to that effect (thats correct right?)...i might have went the other way cuz i remember freaking out about that

[RicochetShaw]

Hey JC. Sorry I haven't posted yet, but I'm afraid that I never watched the first season. The first episode of 24 I saw was at the beginning of season 2. Sorry man, hope your tournament goes well.

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by RicochetShaw
Hey JC. Sorry I haven't posted yet, but I'm afraid that I never watched the first season. The first episode of 24 I saw was at the beginning of season 2. Sorry man, hope your tournament goes well.

That's ok...but be sure to be around when Season 2 tournament starts :D

good, more people responding...but i think i will pm everyone on that list, seriously...

SlimX: Yeah i wanted to slap her too...she was soo annoying :p...

[vastlynne]

Same here. Haven't watched the first season religiously as I should have... But i'll be definitely join for the second season. Whoo yea!

[vtadave]

Sorry, these types of posts don't really interest me.

[Slim]

Originally posted by vtadave
Sorry, these types of posts don't really interest me.

Err. Okay. Why bother posting at all?! Geez. :rolleyes:

[RicochetShaw]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
That's ok...but be sure to be around when Season 2 tournament starts :D


Sure thing guy, I'll be there as soon as you start it up

[Rob Gordon]

11am - 12 noon

[Slim]

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused50.gif

Why aren't there more participants in this tourney?

[Memento88]

Originally posted by SlimX
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused50.gif

Why aren't there more participants in this tourney?

people are stupid lol:confused:

[ilovemovies]

I know it doesn't seem like a lot of people are participating in this tournament but is this it? Are will it continue on and if so then when?

[Slim]

Looks like this tourney is almost officially dead.

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by SlimX
Looks like this tourney is almost officially dead.

sorry bout that, no it's not :p...i've just been extremely busy...but 6 people voting so far is not too bad...the buffy season 5 tournament started with only 6 votes...

anyway, next match will be posted tomorrow...hopefully this will bump the tournament up a bit, and another person might vote?

[Slim]

Okay then. That's good news. Let's just keep on going!

[JCPhoenix]

THE TOURNAMENT IS BACK!

Sorry bout that....

that promise wasn't quite met that the next round'd be up the next day but...here we are, and onto the next round. with a score of 6-0, 11:00am-12:00pm wins against 4:00am-5:00am!

AGAIN SPOILERS for 1st season in case anyone doesn't know it yet. you've been warned...

next up, we have 1:00am-2:00am vs 10:00pm-11:00pm

And here are descriptions:

01:00am-02:00am:

Written by: Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins (regular series director)

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/02/baylor_welsh.jpg

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/02/walsh_bauer1.jpg

Description: Teri receives a phone call from Alan York who says his daughter, Janet, is a friend of Kimberly's and is also missing, so the two parents join forces to try to find the girls. Even as Jack is secretly called out of the office and given an encrypted key card containing info on the Palmer hit that could lead him to a dirty agent w/i his organization, the explosion of a 747 over the Mojave Desert becomes yet another piece in the puzzle.

vs

10:00pm-10:00pm:

Written by: Robert Cochran and Howard Gordon
Directed by: Paul Shapiro

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/23/bitches.jpg

http://www.isitonyet.net/IsItOnYet/media/photos/season1/23/mason_nina.jpg

Description: Jack arrives at Palmer's hotel with a phone on which Drazen will call and ask Palmer to unfreeze $200 000 000 of his assets. When Palmer tells Jack that Drazen knows that's impossible, Jack grabs the phone and thorws it of the balcony. It explodes seconds later. Realizing Drazen will never give up, Jack suggests having the tv news report that Palmer died in the explosion, leaving Jack to offer himself up in exchange for Kim.


OOOOH, this is a really hard one...two episodes I really, really enjoyed. The first one (which is the 2nd ep into the season) had some really great suspense, especially in that "I.D. scene" where Jack rips off the finger :p...

the funny thing is that these two episodes are the Nina episodes...both have Nina revealed as the traitor at the end, the first one falsely, and the second one really.

i loved the twist at the end of the second episode, but it worked just as well in the second last episode of the season (tho at first it seems like there are some inconsistencies...). I'd give the second episode 9/10

now this second to last episode was great as well, I loved everything about it, especially the cellphone thing, and teh little trick Jack did...and of course that twist (yet again :p) 10/10 would be my rating for this.

...i really love both of these episodes so much, and i don't want to see either go, but if i had to pick, it'd be 10:00pm-11:00pm...like i said, these are possibly two of my favorite episodes in this season, although i love almost every episode in the first season...

[Slim]

10:00pm-11:00pm

In my opinion, this the best episode of 24. The twist at the end blew me away. Nina...Yelena?! ARRGH! Say it isn't so! I had a hard time believing this revelation. As the episode ended, I just shook my head in disbelief. And couldn't wait for the season finale. A very long week it was. Simply the most amazing episode and twist that 24 pulled off. Even more than the faux Allan York twist. 10/10

[ilovemovies]

Definately 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM. Great episode.

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
THE TOURNAMENT IS BACK!


...i really love both of these episodes so much, and i don't want to see either go, but if i had to pick, it'd be 10:00pm-11:00pm...like i said, these are possibly two of my favorite episodes in this season, although i love almost every episode in the first season... [/B]


I DO LOVE every episode from season 1. As a matter of fact, I loved every episode of season 2 as well. Just a magnificant show. My all time fav.

[JCPhoenix]

BUMP! ALL YOU CHICKENSHIT 24 FANS WHO ARE TOO BUSY TO GET OUT HERE AND VOTE DON'T MAKE ME KICK Y'ASS TO KINGDOM COME AND SPAM YOU!!!! :p DAMMIT PEOPLE VOTE!!!

Oh, and thank you SlimX and ilovemovies, you're both faithful 24 fans :D :p

[Memento88]

Damn this is hard. 1-2am had some great moments like you said and the show was still new at that point...very exciting shootout and what not. And of course, second to last episode was amazing, left us all ->>:eek: :eek: :D :eek: but still really cant decide......im gonna go with 1-2am just because I'm pretty sure most other people will vote for 10-11pm....they are equal in my book though

[Slim]

Woohoo! Finally, another voter!

[Sculder]

10-11pm

[JCPhoenix]

BUMP! A couple more votes..even one more plleeaassseee anyone!!!!

[ilovemovies]

Bump
















C'mon, people! I don't want this tournament to end! I know there are a lot of fans of the show out there. Start voting!

[ColinM]

Moving to the TV Tournaments section...

[ColinM]

OH SHIT! My mistake!! I meant to move this to TV Tournament, but I accidentally moved it to Movie Game Tournaments! I will PM QUENTIN right away to have it put in the right forum!

Sorry about that!

[JCPhoenix]

LOL that's ok.

I think i will start this up again as well, and try to get it running one more time...hopefully all the people who participated so far will continue participating...even if there's only 5 or 6 of us.

[Nate6]

.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

10-11pm, sry guys i kinda forgot about this thread...

[ColinM]

10pm-11pm

[ilovemovies]

Bump

C'mon people we need more votes!

[Ren Hoek]

I just finished watching the first season of 24 (in less than 36 hours with the help of lots of coffee and ciggies) and now I'm all hyped for this tourney. Fucking great show! Bring it back, JC! :)

...and I vote for 1:00am-2:00am. That finger thingy was just priceless :D

[ze424]

Ok, IMHO this show sucked really bad but since you seem to be in need of votings, I'll vote for1AM-2AM for the finger thing:cool:

[Slim]

I guess this tourney will never catch on with the other schmoes.

[Ren Hoek]

Well, I'm still here... anyone else? :confused:

[JCPhoenix]

I'm here, i'm here :D

6-3, 10pm-11pm wins!

Since there were 9 votes that time i believe I'll keep going and hopefully people will keep voting.

*Note: i used to put pictures in, but apparently the links aren't working anymore. I may or may not put in pictures each time, just decides how much work i feel like doing :p.

Descriptions are all from the 24 booklet that comes with the dvd set.

Next up!

Match 3:

09:00am-10:00am

Written by: Larry Hertzog
Directed by: David Guggenheim

Description: When a new boss, Alberta Green, takes over CTU, Nina secretly continues to help Jack locate Teri and Kim while Jack tracks down investment banker Ted Cofell, a man who is mentioned on the decrypted key card. A shocked Senator Palmer learns that one of his associates may be willing to commit murder in order to protect his campaign.


vs


05:00pm-06:00pm

Written by: Maurice Hurley
Directed by: Frederick K. Keller

Description: Against his family's wishes, Senator Palmer decides to go public about the secret scandal surrounding his family. Even as Alexis's brother, Andrew, sends another assassin to the Bauer residence in hopes of finding Teri and Kim, a confused and scared Teri meets Dr. Parslow, a man who says they are good friends. Unaware of the danger Teri is in, he offers to give her a ride home.


I'm not going to write too much about the eps this time either, but for me, 9:00am - 10:00am was a lot superior to 5:00pm - 6:00pm. The main reason? The amnesia thing was one of the most unbelievable and bad aspects of the 24 storylines. 9:00am-10:00am they were still pretty fresh with ideas, but the amnesia thing was a bit much.

5:00pm-6:00pm for me

Oh, and every one who has voted in the past has been sent a pm informing them of this tournament starting again, just so hopefully we'll get more regular votes. But it won't be updated too often, because i'll let a little more time so that more people can vote.

[Ren Hoek]

9:00am - 10:00am by far!

Teri's amnesia was indeed the weakest aspect of season 1. And don't get me started on the doctor/Teri's near-paramour. Pfffft, what a dork, and a waste of screentime! :rolleyes: Also, the actor who played Jack's backup couldn't act for toffee. Thank Gawd they got rid of him after only one episode!

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
I'm not going to write too much about the eps this time either, but for me, 9:00am - 10:00am was a lot superior to 5:00pm - 6:00pm. The main reason? The amnesia thing was one of the most unbelievable and bad aspects of the 24 storylines. 9:00am-10:00am they were still pretty fresh with ideas, but the amnesia thing was a bit much.

5:00pm-6:00pm for me
Huh? :confused:

;)

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Huh? :confused:

;)

LOL, k i'll elaborate a bit on what i meant. in 9:00am-10:00am, i felt they had some very interesting ideas, while basically in 5:00pm-6:00pm it seemed like they were running out, and decided to use the amnesia and doctor thing as a filler sort of.

As for what i actually liked in 9:00am -10:00am, my favorite parts of the episode were mainly the parts where Teri and Kim try to interact with Jack via the cellphone which they kept having to hide...(that part when it started beeping from low battery...intense :p). The storyline is moving along as well, with the Drazens entering the picture. Alberta Green was a pain in the ass of course, but it helped build the tension more in the CTU building.

hope that helped? :p

[Ren Hoek]

Thanks for your toughts, JC... actually, my "huh?" was referring to your vote for 5pm-6pm after you said that 9am-10am is "a lot superior".

But yeah, sometimes I mix up the times too... that's the downside of not having proper episode titles ;)

[Sculder]

9-10am

[Slim]

Oh my god... I forgot about Teri's amnesia from Season One! Fuckin' terrible.

09:00am-10:00am without a doubt.

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Thanks for your toughts, JC... actually, my "huh?" was referring to your vote for 5pm-6pm after you said that 9am-10am is "a lot superior".

But yeah, sometimes I mix up the times too... that's the downside of not having proper episode titles ;)

LOL, i didn't even notice the second time! i guess i was tired or something? i dunno :p, anyway i meant to vote for 9am-10am.

Thanks for bringing it up, i probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise...

[EDsoulsurvive*]

9-10 no competition

[ilovemovies]

Yeah I'm going to go with 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM as well. Although I didn't mind the amnesia thing as much as most people. Yeah, it was pretty absurd and definately the weakest aspect of season 1 but it wasn't THAT bad IMO.

[Ren Hoek]

bump?

[JCPhoenix]

Unanimous 9-10am wins!

Next up:

Match 4:

03:00pm-04:00pm

Written by: Robert Cochran and Howard Gordon
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins (regular series director)

Description: Jack learns that one of the assassins, Alexis Mecir, is actually Victor Drazen's son and has become intimate with one of Palmer's aides. In an attempt to find the man ordering the assassinations, the aide agrees to plant a tracking device in Alexis' wallet. Back at the safe house, Teri and Kim discover their location is no longer secret or safe.


vs


06:00am-07:00am

Written by: Andrea Newman
Directed by: Bryce Spicer

Description: Now, under constant serveillance from Gaines, Jack goes back to CTU where Nina inadvertently gets in the way of Gaines' plan. Teri tries to escape from "York," but her call to CTU only brings more help for him. Meanwhile, Palmer tries to convince his family that they need to tell the press about a secret personal tragedy from their past before it's too late.

I'll vote later, i'm in a bit of a hurry rite now. Begin!

[ilovemovies]

6:00 AM - 7:00 Am for sure. The other one is good but this one is one of the best of the season. Really gripping especially at the end when (spoiler alert) Gains forces Jack to shoot Nina (end of spoiler).

[Slim]

06:00am-07:00am

[Ren Hoek]

Both are pretty good episodes, but 6:00-7:00am is better. It's cool to see Teri kicking the shit out of "York", and the "final" moments between Nina and Jack are shocking. Unfortunately, the plot doesn't make much sense when you watch it a second time and already know that Nina is the mole. One of the many plot holes of season 1, I guess ;)

[Slim]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Both are pretty good episodes, but 6:00-7:00am is better. It's cool to see Teri kicking the shit out of "York", and the "final" moments between Nina and Jack are shocking. Unfortunately, the plot doesn't make much sense when you watch it a second time and already know that Nina is the mole. One of the many plot holes of season 1, I guess ;)

Apparently, we're suppose to believe that Gaines is unaware of the fact that Nina is the mole. Two separate operations being run by the Drazens, one unaware of the other? I'm still not sure if I can believe that. :D

[Sculder]

06:00am-07:00am

[Ren Hoek]

Hump-dee BUMP-dee!

[Grouchu]

06:00am-07:00am

[CyclicNightmare]

3-4 PM

[ilovemovies]

Bump!

Let's get this back on!

Please?! :)

[MickeyKnox]

06:00am-07:00am

[sergiopauloferreira]

06:00am-07:00am

[ChemicalRomance]

BRING THIS BACK!!! I JUST FINISHED WATCHING SEASON 1! haha.

03:00pm-04:00pm

[HeavyFknMetal]

i just came across this tournament and I must say I'm lovin it. I love this fucking show.

6-7a.m.