IF THIS BLOG WERE CAPABLE OF WRITING AN INTELLIGENT CRITIQUE OF THIS SEASON OF 24...

..it would look like this.

Warning: You may have to deal with some kind of ad or something to read this.

(Thanks to funniegrrl)

Comments

[ScottMGS]

First!

[ScottMGS]

...and I'm all alone. That's not nearly as fun!

[ScottMGS]

Doodley doodley do. Hello! Hat trick!

[ScottMGS]

I'm guessing it's because they had all those double-hour shows at the beginning of the season. (Yes, I did read the article.)

[ScottMGS]

Is everybody celebrating the end of tax season with Siouxie?

[ScottMGS]

I guess I missed the invite.

[ScottMGS]

Okay, ten minutes, folks. Dave, did you block everybody but me from the blog? This is starting to feel like that Twilight Zone episode where the guy is all alone.

[Noob]

I read the article, but don't watch the show. I read the Blog instead.

*Waves* Hi Scott!

[abilicious]

Hi Scott! Congrats on the double-plus hat trick!

This is the first season of 24 that I've watched, and for weeks I've been sitting there thinking, Why, exactly, is this show so popular?? The dialog is stilted, the characters are flat, entire storylines keep winking in and out of existence, and the main plot (the suitcase nukes, remember?) isn't even very exciting. It's nice to know I'm not the only one thinking this is lame.

Thank goodness for the Blog and Amazing Steve! Without them, the show would've been cancelled already!

[Just Ducky]

*waves at Scott* Scary to be here all alone, isn't it? Maybe most everyone's watching American Idol. Or feverishly finishing up their taxes. Or drinking because they HAVE finished their taxes...

Blogarita, anyone?

And a moment of silence, please, for all the wonderful characters that were killed off over the years in 24. This year's cast is woefully lacking in, well, character. Except, of course, for Chloe.

[Bethie]

Thank god it's not real life and all though. Everybody has their downtime I guess.

[Bethie]

How'd the Little Duckling do Ducky?

[ArcticAl]

Hi Scott!

Ok which one you blogits wrote that story? The writers are really just stringing us along. The real plot twist is that Jack is going to wake up in a Russian prison cell realizing that the past 6 seasons have all been a dream and Audrey and Nina are his interrogators.

[Just Ducky]

Bethie, thanks for asking! The good news: her committee liked her presentation. The bad news: her thesis was too short. Even though her advisor had specifically told her, "keep it short," apparently he has a different definition of the term than the Duckling. Her committee told her that if she didn't double the pages in her thesis, they won't sign off on it, and she won't graduate in May. Just a couple of weeks ago, her advisor told her she would absolutely graduate then. When she mentioned that she would only have three days to fix the thesis in order to have it printed in time to meet the deadline to graduate in May, her advisor said, "Who cares?"

Really nice guy, that one.

Sorry to ramble on, but this was unexpected. Did I mention we have non-refundable airline tickets?

[Noob]

JD, that stinks. I hope she gets to do an evaluation of her advisor!

And an LTTG Happy Birthday Deskdiva.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Ducky, some of my friends have the same problem. I think it is a fact of life that Theses must be finished with a 72 hour straight burst of typing, and professors go out of their way to ensure that happens.

[CJrun]

Thanks, funniegirl, that was a great review. Well, not for the producers....

*snork* @ AA!

Ducky, that's Grad School. You're at the complete mercy of your Advisor and the good Advisors are already booked! Not something Undergrads are warned about. The worst part is they will get you enrolled, have you move across the country, then tell you the Professor you interviewed with is unavailable, please choose one from these...Yikes!

[Bethie]

Oh, man, Ducky, that sucks! Teachers like that are such Tancredos! I hope she pulls it off, and you can put your non refundable tickets to good use!

[Just Ducky]

Thanks, guys. This is the same professor she started under, and he seemed to be quite good to work with at the time. Things changed, particularly over the last year or so. He had her teaching 3 labs this semester, all while trying to finish her experiments and write her thesis. She's never had to teach 3 labs in one semester before. It's almost like he was putting as many obstacles in her path as possible.

I appreciate all the support. Please keep thinking the good thoughts!

[Renee (the First)]

Ducky, your duckling's thesis advisor must be related to my thesis advisor. Aargh. :-( She has all my sympathy. Best wishes to her.

As for the article -- classic line: "Once all of the characters have either slept together or tried to drown each other in the pool, it's all over." Amen!

The really unfortunate thing is that most of the time, shows tend to drag on for months or even years after it's truly all over.

[ArcticAl]

Thanks for the heads uo Ducky. I know now to prepare both a long and a short version of my thesis. When I hand in one and they say its too long/short, I'll just whip out the other one!

P.S. Threatening your thesis advisor is legal. (I checked!)

[Just Ducky]

Good to know, AAl! And *snork*

However, does it adversely affect your chances of graduating?

[Jazzzz]

Hey Ducky, CJ , all the other fine upstanding bloglits. Between work and yard, I have NO time at the moment. Hope to be back on regular basis soon.....'til then..miss ya.................JZ

[Jemmy]

Ducky-- Best of luck to the duckling. I JUST got my thesis signed off on and know how that goes. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Suzy Q]

Yeah, why would I bother to read that, when we have Steve The Amazing 24 Guy to rewrite every episode for us? And probably better, too.

[Just Ducky]

Jemmy, congrats! What's your secret?

[Edgar Greenberg]

Ducky there's a legend that J Robert Oppenheimer tried to poison his thesis advisor with a Beryllium laced sandwich, so we see it is enough to make even the biggest pacifists homicidal.

Or maybe Oppenheimer was just disturbed. Either way.

[Jemmy]

I had an adviser who demanded to see it every step of the way, and the Thesis Gatekeeper (not her official title) wanted to check it over for formatting and length some days before it was due. I'm also in library school and so may have it comparatively easy.

[Renee (the First)]

I'll bet Jemmy hired Jack to do a little thigh-shooting.

Don't think it hasn't crossed my mind.

[Jemmy]

Not too far off, Renee-- the Thesis Gatekeeper looked oddly like Chloe.

[Just Ducky]

That's it! I'll tell the Duckling to call Jack--he'll take care of things!

[Jemmy]

Hey, the second part of my comment didn't go through.

Oh well. It amounted to "I'm teasing, she looks nothing like Chloe, but it would be so cool if she did."

[Meditrina]

Ducky - So sorry for the drama. Let us not forget that those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

I, however, know of a few exceptions to that heuristic. My senior English teacher, god rest her soul, was one.

The little gosling will debut as a swan, I have no doubt.

[Just Ducky]

Med! LTNS! How you doin?

Thanks for the encouragement. The poor duckling's so frazzled she's ready to pack up and leave right now. I'm hoping she'll sleep and be able to regroup tomorrow. She's worked very hard and deserves her degree.

[RandomThoughts]

The real plot twist is that Jack is going to wake up in a Russian prison cell realizing that the past 6 seasons have all been a dream and Audrey and Nina are his interrogators.

Can we get ArticAl hired on as a 24 writer? 'Cause really, that paragraph of his was more exciting than anything this season.

*yawns and goes back to watching House*

[Evil Professor]

Sleep? Regroup? Over my dead body! Muh Ha HA HA HA HA HA! Muh Ha HA HA HA HA HA! Muh Ha HA HA HA HA HA! Muh Ha HA HA HA HA HA! Muh Ha HA HA HA HA HA!

[Just Ducky]

Watch out, EP, we're gonna sic Jack on ya! *EG*

*flaps off to bed*

[AlanBoss]

A more intelligent review? Maybe.

But not nearly as funny!

[Annie Where-but-here]

JD - if she needs to double the length of her thesis, just have her double space the lines, increase the font size, adjust the borders, etc.

Somebody should invent a website - "Thesis Hazing - What Your Prof Doesn't Want You to Know." This would help out future ducklings into not quacking up.

Someone else should invent a thesaurus program that would convert a short paper into a long one by changing all the adjectives into long, extended descriptions. For instance-
"It was a dark and stormy night" would become "It was quite the dank, black abyss, filled with thunderous, ominous fury, that carried forth well past evening and into the wee hours of the morning."

[napoleon15]

Forget about terrorists. There are FLAMING TOILETS threatening to destroy humanity!! Japan's leading toilet manufacturer Toto has recalled 180,000 toilets after some burst into flames. http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=6381648&nav=menu124_2

[Annie Where-but-here]

nap15 - "Japan's leading toilet manufacturer Toto"...
Something tells me we're not in Kan's-@ss anymore.

[WriterDude]

Med: good to see you again! And now I can add "heuristic" to my vocabulary! (Which was already pretty good to begin with...)

JD: Lotsa good wishes in your duckling's general direction. I'm currently involved in helping/sustaining Mrs. WriterDude in her quest for a degree. Like CH, I never bothered with getting the degree -- I just went and found the education on my own. Now I have my wife alternating between cursing me and waving a Bic lighter in the air because I can talk on my feet for twenty minutes and give her on a platter the paper she's been sweating for four days and nights. And all of the sweat comes from asking, "WTF does this professor actually want?? The syllabus appears to have been written by the writers of 24!!"

Translation: advise your daughter to marry a polymath. The aggravation is far outweighed by the benefits. Then please ask her to explain that to Mrs. WriterDude.

Oh, and Annie's advice was pretty good as well. ;-)

[Solid Citizen]

Remember! Morris didn't hold his mud. (Graem didn't get a chance to)

[Siouxie]

Scott: WAY WAY UP THERE!

I'd never plan a party and not invite you ;-)

Ducky! I hope it all works out for your daughter. Keep the faith!

Are those tickets refundable?? ;-P

[ScottMGS]

Siouxie, you're the best! (Along with all the other blogits.)

[PetCo]

Ducky - my prayers will be with your duckling. There's a special room in hell for Thesis Advisors.

[DeskDiva]

And that's what I get for forgetting to change my name back...

Scott - I'd've been here for your party. I had to *gulp* WORK.

Noob - thanks for the birthday wishes!!! It was great!