2. Most Apropos Send-Off: In the end, 24‘s series finale contains all the show’s hallmark plot elements: the exposure of a cover-up, a trusted ally and implausible surveillance equipment. After President Taylor admits her role in the Russians’ wrongdoings, she offers Jack a head-start to leave the country. Jack, whose image is on giant, Truman Show-like monitors at CTU’s makeshift HQ, has a teary, almost romantic goodbye, with Chloe, after which she switches off the monitor and the clock counts backward down to zero. Now about that movie…
(CNN) — Dennis Hopper, the one-time Hollywood enfant terrible who portrayed such indelible characters as “Easy Rider’s” biker Billy and “Blue Velvet’s” and huffing villain Frank Booth, died of prostate cancer Saturday morning at his home in Venice, California, his wife said. He was 74.
Hopper, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October, was surrounded by his children when he died, his wife, Victoria Hopper. told CNN.
Funeral arrangements have not been decided, but Hopper’s wish was to be buried in Taos, New Mexico, “his heart home,” Victoria Hopper said.
The American film icon made his last public appearance on March 26, 2010, when his star was dedicated on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
Hopper played baddie Victor Drazen in 24‘s first season. He also starred with Kiefer Sutherland in the movies Flashback and The Last Days of Frankie The Fly. RIP.
Here’s the full video message that Jack sent to his daughter Kim in the 24 series finale. We saw parts of this throughout the final episode, but this is the entire thing. It comes from the Fox.com website but was put on YouTube by virginieb20 – thanks!
This is a great 24 retrospective video made by FOX. You may have seen the first 40 seconds or so on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but here’s the full eleven minutes.
Here’s the FOX promo pics from last nights 24 series finale (I hate typing the words series finale). I gotta say, the graffiti wall was really cool and unique imagery for the final scene.
Here are a few 24 series finale fan videos. I’m sure there’s a lot more, if you made one tweet me the link or email through the contact form on this site and I might put it up in a future roundup post later on. Don’t Fight It Montage (8×24 clip at end) 24: The [...]
THR: So Jack lives. I know you’ve got the movie planned, but how much did you seriously consider killing him in the finale? Gordon: We certainly considered it. We considered killing him earlier (in the season) as an off-rhythm thing. But every time we went there and penciled it out, it didn’t feel satisfying. It [...]
The final ‘Scenemakers’ behind the scenes video of 24 Season 8 with director Brad Turner and actors Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian). Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player1″).style.display = “”; var s1 [...]
Here’s a lengthy audio interview (30 minutes, 26 seconds) from NPR with 24 showrunner and executive producer Howard Gordon. This is a really great listen if you have the time – he explains a lot of the writing decisions made this year. Source: Counting Down The Final Minutes Of ’24′: NPR Share
What were your favorite season finales? Certainly the first one, just because it set a precedent for us for the rest of the show. I can’t remember the season, but there was one where Jack Bauer gets in the truck, the day is over, and he’s on his way home. Jack comes unglued. And it [...]
Jim Halterman: You’ve worked on ‘Lost,’ ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ before ’24.’ Since those were very different genres, how did you make that transition? David Fury: It was definitely a big difference going to ’24′ from the others shows I had been on. ’24′ is a runaway train of action, conspiracies with interweaving [...]
Cochran, who left the series during Season 6, and executive producer Howard Gordon, who ran it since early in the first season, sat down with The Wrap to choose the 24 greatest moments in the “24” pantheon, presented here in chronological order. 1. Voice-over SEASON 1 | Episode 1 | Date: Nov. 6, 2001 The [...]
It was announced in the end credits of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (which Kiefer Sutherland appeared on tonight) that the 24 Season 8 DVD and Blu-Ray set (along with the complete series) would be released on December 7th 2010. The text on-screen read: “24″ Season 8 Blu-Ray DVD And The Complete Series Available [...]
