Talk:24: Live Another Day

How many more times can they keep this up?

The problem with thriller shows/movie franchises like 24 (i.e., thriller-type) is that every new installment has to top the previous one, otherwise viewers get bored. We've all seen the CTU getting bombed and nerve-gassed, suspects losing digits, etc. Our friend Jack normally faces a "ticking bomb" scenario a whopping 12 times a day on average just to keep the tension running (and viewers paying attention)! What's next, our friend Jack doing the unthinkable and actually talking down a terrorist (possibly with a dead man's switch and catching Jack without a gun) without resorting to violence? I'd be content if he even managed to successfully complete his mission this time around without using any of his famed "Jack Bauer Interrogation techniques."--Mazryonh (talk) 14:29, 10 March 2014 (EDT)

You are entitled to your opinion, but it has been four years since the end of Season 8. I think people want Bauer to be back. This is going to create so much hype.--Coltmth (talk) 14:35, 10 March 2014 (EDT)

They probably would've made a ninth season after Season 8, but Fox thought it was too expensive. I'm sure the ratings were there. --Funkychinaman (talk) 15:05, 10 March 2014 (EDT)

4 years ago was when the financial crisis was in full swing, so it's likely that Fox had "budgetary reasons" in mind. But make no mistake; there will almost certainly be a torrent of negative online reaction either way for this new season. If it doesn't top the previous seasons in some "pleases everyone" manner, people will say "this is just Season X 2.0." If it does rely on a massive twist or the like, people will say that it was uncalled-for or gratuitous. They can't really win with these people. Besides, doesn't tension like 24's eventually run into diminishing returns due to the limited dramatic opportunities allowed by the clock and the focus on terror? I'm sure many (former) fans will greet the new season of "it's 8 PM and Jack Bauer is facing his 10th ticking bomb scenario" with "Yeah, so?". He's been shot up, blown up, left to die in a torture-using prison before being "sprung", etc. How much more suffering and tension can we watch on this show and still be hankering for more while not being fanatics about the show? Sooner or later people start blocking this out and become inured to it, just as is the case in real life. --Mazryonh (talk) 16:00, 10 March 2014 (EDT)