”24” Season 8 Bingo!
Every season I swear I’m quitting.
The plots are horribly recycled, and the real-time aspect has become overly gimmicky. But I’m too hooked at this point and I’ve given up trying to fight it. Jack Bauer is just too badass and my liberal brain needs an outlet.
So to make “24″ easier to digest, I’ve decide Bingo cards are in order.
And speaking of original ideas, I’ve apparently run out myself.
As I sat down to code up a JavaScript “24″ Bingo card generator, I happened to notice that someone had beaten me to the punch by a good two years. Much credit and cheers to plutor.org for their incredibly awesome original 24 Bingo Card, from which I am technically now “inspired”.
This newer version works in some recent “24″ cliches from the past couple seasons.
“24″ Day 8 premieres January 17th at 9PM on FOX. Dammit!
8 Embarrassing Hollywood Tech Cliches
"Who ate my screws?!"
Between screwing with Nigerian spammers and trying to retire before 30, I watch an unhealthy amount of movies and TV. And much to my wife’s regret, I am unbiasedly one of those “that-will-never-happen-in-real-life” people.
It’s funny. Because while I can suspend infinite disbelief watching Bruce Willis destroy a helicopter with a shoe lace (not even his own), what get to me are the little things. Coffee cups, for example. Actors love to use overly expressive arm gestures while supposedly holding a full, boiling hot mocha latte. Now, I’m no fluids engineer, but I’m so paranoid about spills it takes me two minutes to walk to the coffee machine and 10 minutes to get back to my desk. Ladies, why wasn’t Rory Gilmore scolded horribly by her mother every week?
I can usually overlook most of these flaws, but what really get to me are tech errors. Now you’re on my turf, Hollywood. I understand that the goal is entertainment, but come on. You’re embarrassing yourself.
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