[chia-pet]

***WARNING, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 OF THE TV SHOW 24***










I was watching Season 4 of the wildly popular TV show 24 with my fiance, and I stumbled upon something that I thought head-fi'ers would find funny. In this season the Secretary of Defense is kidnapped by terrorists, and his liberal son is a blindly idealistic fool who may have leaked information leading to the kidnapping. CTU (Counter-Terrorism Unit) takes the son in for question, but he's not cooperative. So they strap him to a chair, blindfold him, and force him to listen to Bose Triports against his will!

The agent comes back in and checks up on the son, "Do you know how long it's been?"

The son replies, "3-4 hours?"

"No, it's been under 30 minutes."

"AHhhhHhhhhhhhhh!!!"

 

[Visigodo]

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Originally Posted by chia-pet In this season the Secretary of Defense is kidnapped by terrorists, and his liberal son is a blindly idealistic fool who may have leaked information leading to the kidnapping.

While I think it's funny that they use the Triports in that fashion in the show (product placement gone bad), I truly, truly, deeply despise "24." I think the show feeds into a lot of people's fears and propagates ideas that are certainly wrong, like justifying torture. The show uses lots of near impossible situations to make torture seem OK and necessary. Who writes this show? Cheney?

Anyway, I don't want to get political, so I will stop. But yes, the Triports are EVIL!!!

 

[JaGWiRE]

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Originally Posted by chia-pet ***WARNING, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 OF THE TV SHOW 24*** I was watching Season 4 of the wildly popular TV show 24 with my fiance, and I stumbled upon something that I thought head-fi'ers would find funny. In this season the Secretary of Defense is kidnapped by terrorists, and his liberal son is a blindly idealistic fool who may have leaked information leading to the kidnapping. CTU (Counter-Terrorism Unit) takes the son in for question, but he's not cooperative. So they strap him to a chair, blindfold him, and force him to listen to Bose Triports against his will! The agent comes back in and checks up on the son, "Do you know how long it's been?" The son replies, "3-4 hours?" "No, it's been under 30 minutes." "AHhhhHhhhhhhhhh!!!"

I don't watch the show, but I am trying to unload a pair of Bose triports (Damn got them as a gift, why don't people ask before giving.) I found them to sound like crap (now I can really say that cause I have hd595's), and give me an ear infection the day after wearing (it can't be that my ears are messed, cause the hd595's didn't give me any pain or suffering the next day.) I think they only do so well because they are 1) Bose, 2) in so many movies it's ridiculous.

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by Visigodo While I think it's funny that they use the Triports in that fashion in the show (product placement gone bad), I truly, truly, deeply despise "24." I think the show feeds into a lot of people's fears and propagates ideas that are certainly wrong, like justifying torture. The show uses lots of near impossible situations to make torture seem OK and necessary. Who writes this show? Cheney? Anyway, I don't want to get political, so I will stop. But yes, the Triports are EVIL!!!

You truly believe this?

I'm pretty sure most people just like the show because it's action-packed and suspenseful. Not because it propagates wrong ideas and feeds into peoples fears lol.

 

[Visigodo]

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Originally Posted by chia-pet You truly believe this? I'm pretty sure most people just like the show because it's action-packed and suspenseful. Not because it propagates wrong ideas and feeds into peoples fears lol.

Yes I believe that. But please explain, what does the fact that I beleive the deeper message of the show is wrong have anything to do with the fact that is action-packed and suspenseful? As a matter of fact I didn't say anything related to how entertaining it can be. Talk about a straw-man argument on your part.

I do think "24" is pretty well made, with great production values and a certain hook. Now, that doesn't mean I have to agree with the fear-mongering that seems to be at the core of the show's premise.

 

[luckybaer]

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Originally Posted by Visigodo While I think it's funny that they use the Triports in that fashion in the show (product placement gone bad), I truly, truly, deeply despise "24." I think the show feeds into a lot of people's fears and propagates ideas that are certainly wrong, like justifying torture. The show uses lots of near impossible situations to make torture seem OK and necessary. Who writes this show? Cheney? Anyway, I don't want to get political, so I will stop. But yes, the Triports are EVIL!!!

As my old language teacher once said to another student, "I think you are doing the too much read into it too much."

 

[CookieFactory]

I find it funny/depressing that there are people who don't believe in TV/movies/media/etc immense conditioning power.

 

[Visigodo]

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Originally Posted by luckybaer As my old language teacher once said to another student, "I think you are doing the too much read into it too much."

Oy! Can a guy have opinions anymore?

 

[alexs]

to get back on topic...Yes, that is actually very hilarious.

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by Visigodo Yes I believe that. But please explain, what does the fact that I beleive the deeper message of the show is wrong have anything to do with the fact that is action-packed and suspenseful? As a matter of fact I didn't say anything related to how entertaining it can be. Talk about a straw-man argument on your part.

My argument wasn't a straw-man argument. A straw-man argument would be creating a ridiculous and embellished caricature of your position. I did not do that.

 

[Duncan]

I'll just presume it was the tortuous nature of the tri-ports that made this thread go pear-shaped...

...Please, no more politics or it'll have to be locked down

 

[Mercuttio]

Yes, we all need to focus on the important thing, the common thread between us all....


The evil of Triports!

 

[redshifter]

http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...hlight=triport

 

[Visigodo]

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Originally Posted by chia-pet My argument wasn't a straw-man argument. A straw-man argument would be creating a ridiculous and embellished caricature of your position. I did not do that.

Sorry dude, but a "straw-man argument" is more than a embellished caricature. It involves misrepresentation of the original comment of your opponent, so that your own can seem better or at a higher moral ground, etc.

My point is that I, originally, was commenting on the show's premise, but you came back with an unrelated comment about the show's popularity. At no point I implied the show's premise had anything to do with its popularity or lack of it, or its production values. That's all. As a matter of fact, I agree with you the show is well made and catchy, but that has nothing to do with my original message. That's all. No biggie.

Anyway, I really didn't want to start a huge argument over this (specially with a fellow Sennheiser fan

). I was just stating what I believe is at the core of the show: fear-mongering and justification of torture as a valid method that solves all cases. As I said, this is all better left for a political forum. Let's get back to the tortuous Triports.

Yes, the Triports are evil indeed. Look:

HA HA HA

 

[Mercuttio]

Bose Hitler! Agpth! I thought I was free of him!