Comments on: Jack Bauer in Japan

Jack Bauer in Japan

bobo123 — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:02:11 -0800

Jack Bauer is back... in Japan, and he wants some Calorie Mate. Watch Kiefer Sutherland maintain character in a series of Japanese snack food commercials (with hour by hour backstory). Parts one, two, and three.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:16:48 -0800

Nic Cage shills for pachinko

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:24:54 -0800

It's not limited to live-action stars, either.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:36:31 -0800

Advertising is now the best of the web?

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:48:26 -0800

Jack Bauer is the best of the web. This is merely a medium with which to convey more Jack Bauer, and by association it becomes the best of the web.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:48:54 -0800

Well, the simpsons also does butterfinger ads and I'm pretty sure I saw the flintstones advertising brake pads or something. And celebs shill for japanese products all the time, I guess the thing about this one is that he's in character.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:49:17 -0800

oh and btw, 24 is a great show.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:50:28 -0800

For me to poop on.

By: tapeguy

tapeguy — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:51:15 -0800

No, in this case the web is the best of the web because ten years ago, idiots like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sean Connery were shilling for big bucks overseas safe in the knowledge it would never ruin their credibility back home as we never got to see the ads. Nowadays we can. They can't hide. I hope he got seven figures for this, otherwise it wasn't worth it.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:57:58 -0800

24 is stupid goofy plotlines and shit blowing up and Kiefer going NOOOOOOOOOOOOO every twenty seconds. How's it still on?

By: craniac

craniac — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:59:38 -0800

Jack Bauer vs. Chuck Norris.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:02:27 -0800

24 is stupid goofy plotlines and shit blowing up and Kiefer going NOOOOOOOOOOOOO every twenty seconds. How's it still on? But this season it's Muslim separatists from Russia!

By: coach_mcguirk

coach_mcguirk — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:03:10 -0800

What gives? Those two guys obviously weren't caucasian, yet they remained conspicuously un-tortured for the entire duration of the episode.

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:03:59 -0800

Advertising is now the best of the web? Do you feel better now?

By: jonson

jonson — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:25:38 -0800

Advertising is now the best of the web? seriously, if this is your contribution to the discussion, just consider keeping it to yourself next time. This was nine flavors of awesome, bobo, thanks. Love the fact that Keifer is still being Jack Bauer in this goofy campaign, not just shilling the product as Keifer, but as the ficticious character from his own show. I bet the creators of 24 get some royalties from this somehow...

By: danb

danb — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:27:21 -0800

24 is stupid goofy plotlines and shit blowing up and Kiefer going NOOOOOOOOOOOOO every twenty seconds. How's it still on? Perhaps you are unaware of the "action" genre?

By: jonson

jonson — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:35:41 -0800

it's still on because its the awesomest show that ever there was, if last night's premiere is any indication of the upcoming season. So, back on topic for the post, what the hell is this calorie mate? It looks suspiciously like Soylent Green.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:37:04 -0800

Things I learned from 24: 1) Every part of the greater los angeles area is no more than 12 minutes from any other part.

By: 31d1

31d1 — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:46:51 -0800

beep, beep. beep, beep. beep ...

By: hypocritical ross

hypocritical ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:50:52 -0800

24 is stupid goofy plotlines and shit blowing up and Kiefer going NOOOOOOOOOOOOO every twenty seconds. How's it still on? actually Kiefer usually goes "damnit!" or "sonovabitch!" then he goes and triangulates some shit or sets up a "hard perimeter." 24 rules.

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:59:38 -0800

xmutex, maybe you're viewing the encrypted video instead of the unencrypted video. Give me your IP address and I'll upload a decryption program to your screen.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:10:08 -0800

xmutex, maybe you're viewing the encrypted video instead of the unencrypted video. Give me your IP address and I'll upload a decryption program to your screen. Do you think you could also find the time to transfer $7,500,000 to my account?

By: craniac

craniac — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:20:23 -0800

Heh. I love it when this place gets surreal.

By: jonson

jonson — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:23:52 -0800

"put it on my screen" is my favorite recurring bit of 24 techno bs. Anything (satellite video in real time, triangulated locations of enemy combatants, etc) can be accessed by any computer, and can then be sent anywhere in the world to a PDA, or occasionally directly to a cell phone.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:28:02 -0800

and can then be sent anywhere in the world to a PDA, or occasionally directly to a cell phone. I hope he bought the unlimited data plan, because if he's paying by the megabyte, he's gonna have a nasty surprise next Verizon bill!

By: jca

jca — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:32:50 -0800

It's good to see Jack eating something for a change. Now if he could just get a bathroom break...

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:40:30 -0800

I ordered this shirt last night.

By: TeamBilly

TeamBilly — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:41:28 -0800

It's also good to see Chloe getting laid, apparently. Stupid DVR cut off the last 10 minutes or so because the football game ran long...damn thing is set to clock, not to event. Ugh.

By: bawanaal

bawanaal — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:50:39 -0800

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:59:03 -0800

Same thing happened to me, except it wasn't my DVR, it was the local Fox affiliate... since the premiere started late, they just cut the last 10 minutes out to get the news started on time. Because of the massive volume of rage directed at them last night and today via phone calls and emails, they're showing the second hour again tonight before the two new episodes. Though I already went to TWoP to find out what I missed.

By: Aster

Aster — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:02:19 -0800

He's inhaling those things like he hasn't seen food in a ... oh. Right. Translations: part 2 and part 3 (source)

By: jalexei

jalexei — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:13:37 -0800

Now if he could just get a bathroom break... Duuh..... That's what the commercials are for. He also snarks down a couple of power bars chillin' on the throne.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:13:39 -0800

I got into 24 the first three or four episodes, but it became so immediately predictable: - His stupid-as-shit squealing daughter get's kidnapped every fifteen minutes. - Every emaciated chick knows kung-fu (excepting seemingly his daughter and wife). - The bad guys never just blow Bauer's brains out and maniacally monologue their far too complicated schemes in the same 007 style cliche. Eventually the "real-time" gimmick simply being carried by constant cell phone conversations "under fire" could not sustain any believability or suspense for me anymore. It all just became another dip-shit soap opera with a torture kink.

By: nightchrome

nightchrome — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:18:56 -0800

It really is amusing, some of the hilariously stupid crap the big-name stars do over here in commercials. One of my favorites was when Bruce Willis was shilling for a local gas company, all dressed up in Armageddon-style outfit, pumping gas like it was saving the world.

By: lemonfridge

lemonfridge — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:00:21 -0800

its weird to see Jack eating something. Don't think ive EVER seen that before.

By: super_not

super_not — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:07:10 -0800

gravitas

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:12:42 -0800

I'll weigh in on the side of "24 sucks balls".

By: zaelic

zaelic — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:28:34 -0800

Lost in translation.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:42:29 -0800

It all just became another dip-shit soap opera with a torture kink. AND THEN HIS WIFE GOT TEH AMNEISA OH NOOES!

By: mexican

mexican — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:21:53 -0800

For those who are wondering what Calorie Mate tastes like, imagine orange rind flavored chalk and you're pretty close.

By: DonnieSticks

DonnieSticks — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:09:25 -0800

I'M JACK BAUER! HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER AND WHY CAN'T I STOP SHOUTING?!

By: shoos

shoos — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:23:03 -0800

if you don't like 24 you're boring

By: salmacis

salmacis — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:04:13 -0800

I got utterly fed up with the stupidity of 24 during series 4, so I won't be watching series 5. The world Jack Bauer lives in is a Fox News executive's wet dream.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:34:17 -0800

A bigger problem is that the show is obviously written by committee... and a committee that doesn't trust it's audience at that. The characters are constantly doing or planning something and then they have to stop and say out loud what they are doing or planning. The writers don't trust the audience to be able to follow a simple plot without constant expository hand-holding.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:34:43 -0800

On the other hand, I misused "it's", so what do I know?

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:06:22 -0800

I wish someone who reads Japanese would translate the backstory for us. (If I'm understanding correctly, the website has a full 24 hour story to go with the commercials. At least, that's what it looks like.)

By: klaatu

klaatu — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:41:15 -0800

24 is the dirty burger to my West Wing roughage.

By: virga

virga — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:07:48 -0800

awesome post. posted it over on the board for my school, and it is good stuff.

By: soda pop

soda pop — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:12:03 -0800

I hope he bought the unlimited data plan, because if he's paying by the megabyte, he's gonna have a nasty surprise next Verizon bill Perhaps he has "fair and flexible" on that Treo. Wonder how much that product placement cost. Which brings up another question: what customizable ring-tones does a counterterrorism field specialist use?

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:02:05 -0800

I watched the first half of the first season. Then the ridonkulousness of the whole thing became too much. I tuned in briefly last season, and found fairly revolting levels of racism had been added in as well.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:03:16 -0800