2004-01-25 - 12:26 p.m. Mystical Beast has alerted me to this fun device that can do stuff like this. OK, I retract my comments about the latter half of season one of 24. After a few goofy episodes mid-season, it picked up again, concluding with the most stunning ending of a dramatic show in recent memory. A few points. I shall insert the appropriate spoiler spaces...But one general spolier-free comment: this show really tests the limits of human attention. I mean, movies are about 90 minutes because someone decided that's how long they should be, and novels are about as long as they are because of some arcane magazine serializing practice. But 24, if looked at as a whole, proves that a good yarn, with some moral resonance, can hold an audience's attention for...24 hours. Someone needs to look into this as a study of human consciousness. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler
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