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#1 2008-09-06 21:35:49
24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
The cast and crew are up to episode 18 and are taking a short break from production until October 9th. The reason for this is that the crew and especially Howard Gordan aren't happy with the direction the plot was taking for the final 6 episodes. This doesn't however mean that 24 will be delayed again, they are ahead of schedule due to 8 episodes being completed before the writers strike. So what you guys think? At least they are using some free time to get it right.
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#2 2008-09-07 22:25:33
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Re: 24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
Sounds reasonable. They can't afford to make mistakes and they have the time and resources to do it right, so why not.
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#3 2008-09-16 18:27:36
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Re: 24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
This is the kind of thing they should have done with Season 6. Hell, any of the seasons would have benefitted from some prior planning.
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#4 2008-09-16 18:35:57
Re: 24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
yes, i think this is probably the first season that will have been completely written and probably almost completely filmed prior to its airing. it remains to be hoped that they will have done everything humanly possible to get it right and, like steve said, not make any mistakes.
having said that, I'm convinced that, if they haven't changed the writing team substantially (i.e. replaced it with some people who have actually watched the show in its early years) there is no guarantee that however much time they have, things won't go wrong.
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#5 2008-09-16 19:43:46
Re: 24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
Yeah, it's been very clear down the years, more planning = better season.
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#6 2008-09-16 21:10:24
Re: 24 shuts down production until October 9th for rewrite
i'm still keeping my dose of scepticism, as with everything we've heard so far, things do seem somewhat messy. but i wish for nothing more than for them to get it right and pull me back up to the mother ship.
(well, maybe, I do wish more for the Alice Cooper tour to hit the stage next year, but that's in a future further than the season start of s7 
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