Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Jack Bauer, you're driving me crazy

I don't know if he's always done this, but Jack Bauer has really been driving me crazy the last couple weeks on "24." The "Jack Bauer Power Hour" begins each week with a recap of the day's events to date, followed by Jack's voice-over telling us when the following events take place.

Here's the thing: He'll say, "The following events take place between the hours of 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM." When you read it, no big deal, right? But he emphasizes the wrong part. He really says, "the hours of 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM," emphasizing the "AM." But why? The AM part isn't different in that phrase. He's established we're in the AM with the 1:00 bit. He SHOULD be saying, "the hours of 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM." It just sounds totally wrong the way he's done it the past several episodes.

Oh, Jack Bauer, you are expert at wielding intimidating threats, sharp instruments, and electrical charges, but your most devious and effective method of torture is this voice-over. I'll tell you anything you need to know--just emphasize the right word next week!

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