Are there any good reasons, and what might they be, for a 55 year old like me to begin watching 24? What is the big idea of 24? What are your favorite features of 24? What kinds of conversations does 24 create for you?
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Wednesday January 14, 2009
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For those of us who have been recommending Battlestar Galactica, Christianity Today weighs in...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/january/19.72.html
What about it Scot?
Definitely a "no" on 24. It's been defunct (read: lame) for seasons now. I watched the first 5 seasons. The initial spy/terrorist/super-plot-twist stuff was cool. The countdown clock that kept counting during the commercials was cool. The multiple, simultaneous camera angles was new.
But these days it's barely believable dribble with predictable plot, like a cheap summer action flick.
Definitely do Battlestar, Mad Men, or The Wire instead...
(taking an afternoon break from DC chaos)
Read this blog I wrote
http://theologica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-would-jack-bauer-do
There is absolutely NO reason to watch 24...
...Unless you want to give up your commitment to nonviolence
...Unless you want to endorse torture as a means for dealing with terrorists
...Unless you want to consume entertainment that glories in killing and destruction
...Unless you want to want to disavow your Christian commitment to loving your enemies
There is every reason to watch 24...
...because a commitment to nonviolence doesn’t extend to those who only understand violence and won’t stop their violent acts.
...because torture as a means to dealing with terrorists when innocent lives are hanging in the balance is understood
...because entertainment that reflects the noble reality of good triumphing over evil can be understood just as well in modern cinema as in the Bible.
...because Christian love of my enemies does not give me permission to let my enemies violently take human life. Life is sacred.
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