Heard through the grapevine that this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly (The Best of 2004) includes a DVD with the first 24 minutes of the s4 premiere. I haven’t decided whether I will buy this or not, but I am leaning towards just waiting another week and a half until the premiere is shown on TV. After all, after 7 months, what’s another 10 days?
Happy Holidays to everyone from the staff of AIG!!!!! Nothing new with the site over the holiday break. I took my laptop to my mom’s place hoping to find a bit of time to work on some more screencaps, but it just didn’t happen, too much going on and lots of family fun. Anyway, I do have one cool little anecdote, I’m probably the last completely obsessed fan in the world to get a cell phone with CTU ringtone on it but at last the inevitable has happened. You know the one I mean, the boo-boo-dee-dooooooooooo internal CTU phone network ringtone. The reason why I didn’t have the ringtone is because I didn’t have a cell phone. But my mom got me a really cool flip-top one for Christmas that is totally 24-worthy. So after hours of fruitless searching on the web to download a ringtone for the brand new model of phone I have, I realized that the very ringtone I wanted was available on one of my service provider’s affiliate networks. So now when someone calls me on the new phone, I can pretend I’m a CTU agent. Digital wireless rules!
Check out this hilarious all-original 24 e-card Matt sent me for my birthday. Matt’s creative genius is unsurpassed!
At last, I have finished watching all of the special features and commentaries on the s3 DVD release. As promised my long, comprehensive review of the s3 DVD from a hardcore fan perspective has now been posted. Read AIG’s Season 3 DVD Review!
I have obviously been living under a rock for the last two days, because I didn’t even know until today that 24 was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Drama Series again this year. I wasn’t actually expecting a nomination in this category since Season 4 hasn’t even premiered yet. But whatever, I’ll take it. We’re up against some stiff competition in the form of Lost, a show that I really like. In fact, Lost is probably the best show to hit the airwaves since 24 premiered in 2001. 24 will obviously always be far and away my number one choice for greatest TV show of all time, but Lost is a great show and if we can’t win the award this year, I hope it does go to Lost.
Jennifer over at 24 HQ has posted a brief flash video with Kiefer, Carlos and Reiko hawking the 4th season. Direct quote from Reiko: “Michelle will be back for Season 4 and that’s all I can say.” Watch the video over on 24 HQ before it’s too late!
I am very tired. I was at my boyfriend’s house last night until 1 o’clock in the morning, then when I got home, I was FINALLY able to crack open my s3 DVD. I watched all of the deleted scenes, both Season 4 promos and the 24: On The Loose documentary, and didn’t get to sleep until after 3 AM. Everything was thoroughly satisfying. I still have a lot of material to get through, including the commentaries, over the next while. Very excited.
Even in the deleted scenes, there is just too much to discuss here, so I have decided to work on providing a comprehensive review of the Season 3 DVD from a hardcore fan perspective. I will be working on that throughout my s3 DVD viewing experience. When the review is complete, it will, of course, be available on this site.
OK, there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that I got the DVD and it was only $60 CAD. It is sitting on the other side of my office tempting me as I eat my lunch. The bad news is that I went to 2 stores over lunch looking for the soundtrack and it has seemingly not yet hit the shelves. I’m wondering if perhaps the Canadian release date may not necessarily coincide with the US release date. That seems strange though, since release dates are almost always the same here and in the US.
At long last, the glorious day, the holy day, has arrived. The day of the s3 North American DVD release. I am about 20 minutes away from going to Future Shop on my lunch break to purchase this wonderous merchandise. It’s going to be very difficult to focus on work for the afternoon with that DVD set sitting there tempting me, especially when I have a DVD drive in my laptop. However, I will be able to listen to the 24 soundtrack while I work, so that should keep me going until I can get home and crack open the s3 deleted scenes and commentaries.
Oh, 24, how I love thee!
There’s a lot going on online right now with just over a month left until s4 premieres. It was only a matter of time until one of either A&E, Showcase or Bravo bought the Syndicated rights to “24″, and it looks like A&E is the lucky winner. Read articles about A&E purchasing the rights to 24 here and here. Thanks to Natalie over at our affiliate, 24 Online, for the heads up.
Additionally, the full intro trailer for s4 has been posted and can be viewed in QuickTime format here. Includes actual dialogue, lots of Jack and a good view of the new characters. Thanks to our affiliate 24fans.com for the heads up.
I suppose I could wish you all a Happy Holy Eve, as the official North American s3 DVD release is TOMORROW. At long last, we finally get our fix — NEW FOOTAGE!!! I can’t express to you all how excited I am about watching the deleted scenes, commentaries and featurettes. I will be MIA tomorrow, holed up watching my sweet, sweet 24. New Tony! Of course, this also means that s3 Tony Screencaps will be forthcoming. Screencaps are the most time consuming aspect of this site, but now that we’re running on PHP, I can update each episode at a time, and don’t have to wait until the entire season is capped before posting, so that’s all good. Also, as has already been mentioned, the 24 Soundtrack is also released tomorrow, so I will be spending my afternoon at work to the glorious strains of the genius that is Callery.
