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“24:
The Complete Sixth Season”
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Reviewer:
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Wayne
Klein
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Studio: |
20th Century Fox Home Video |
Genre: |
TV - Series |
Release:
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12/4/07 |
Special
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12 Commentary tracks, Webisodes,
Mobisodes, Featurettes, Season Seven Preview, DVD-ROM Exclusive
Featurette, Easter Egg-“24 Minutes” from “The Simpsons” ---
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Review:
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I’ve been a long time fan of “24” beginning with the
first season. The amount of lives that Jack Baer has, however,
appear to exceed that of a cat and has made the series less
believable as time as moved on. Of course, it IS fiction
and an action-melodrama at that. The show needed a change
and season six provided it in spades. ***
At the conclusion of the fifth season Jack Baer had
saved the U.S. from an attempt by Russians radicals to start
a war with unprovoked terrorist attacks. Jack exposed the
role of the White House in all of this and ended up paying
for it with his freedom when he was kidnapped by the Chinese
government. At one point during season five Jack invaded
the Chinese consulate to get an informant out of there putting
him on their wanted list. Now Jack is back due to a complex
deal with the Chinese government which has spent the last
year torturing him. He’s a changed man—much more cautious
and, perhaps, a bit unstable when all is said and done.
Now he’s working hand-in-hand with a former Arab terrorist
Hamri Al-Assad (Alexander Siddig from “Deep Space Nine”
and “Kingdom of Heaven”) to stop radicals from using nuclear
bombs on U.S. soil. ---
Image & Sound:
“24” looks terrific with deep, rich blacks and solid
skin tones. There is also a nice 5.1 mix that was missing
when the first four episodes were released earlier this
year on DVD. It packs quite a bit more punch than the 2.0
released with that single disc. ---
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Special
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We get branched/deleted scenes on each disc for each
hour of the show. There are also commentary tracks 12 of
them for episodes spread over each disc. Also included are
an alternate ending, a season 7 preview. Featurettes include:
Inside the Writer’s Room, Opening with a Bang, Inside CTU,
Stuns/Special Effects, Prop Department: Weapons, Storming
Fayed’s Apt., Background Talent, The Editor’s Cut, Location
Lighing, Wardrobe, Casting the show, Day Six Debrief Mobisodes,
Webisodes pulled from the website, a public service announcement
from star Keifer Sutherland, DVD-ROM feature “The Technology
of 24” featurette and an Easter Egg with Sutherland’s “appearance”
on “The Simpsons”
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Final Words:
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Better than the previous season,
the sixth held its own when compared to the best seasons (which
were seasons 1 and 3 to me). Fox has put together another
solid set for the show including a number of very nice special
features. |
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