Alias vs. 24

I had planned to work on Ladies' Retreat, Saturday morning session, that I'm doing in San Angelo in a few weeks. But last night, when Brandon flashed that smile up at me, I noticed the tooth that he chipped 3 weeks ago looked gray. So we went to the dentist today and it seems that he's got surgery in his very near future. We're going to have to go see a specialist on Monday.

Brandon was trying to process all the info. he was hearing and still appear calm, cool, and collected. He asked me if I'd ever had a nerve in a tooth die. I said, "No. I never ran in church." (liar.) He said, "I bet you did." Me: "Yes, probably so." But I was thinking, I probably didn't run with such reckless abandon. Clay pointed out that I did other reckless things... like hose a girl down with the fire extinguisher at church. Come to think of it, the emotional damage I caused back in the day might actually have cost more than the physical damage his accident is going to cost. hmmmmmmmmmm.

This is way overdue. I'm going to compare 24 and Alias. Feel free to agree or disagree. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about....for goodness sakes, get yourself on over to Blockbuster!

Male Lead
24 - Keifer Sutherland
Alias -Michael Vartan
Advantage - Alias. Jack is bad to the bone, but Vaughn is NOT ugly.

Computer Geek
24- Edgar
Alias - Marshall
Advantage - Alias. Bring back Chloe! Bring back Chloe!

Bad Guys
24 - you think you know, but you don't
Alias - Sark, Sloane (because who does he think he's fooling?), sometimes Jack, and that really mean girl who shot Nadia
Advantage - 24. they're good, but don't worry. Jack will take care of them.

Plot
24 - it all takes place in 24 hours, conveniently hitting especially tense moments at the bottom of every hour
Alias - tough girl suffering from the effects of major familial dysfunction beats up bad guys.
Advantage - 24, because whoever thought that story up is more clever than I am.

Organization
24- CTU, Counter Terrorism Unit
Alias - CIA. yawn.
Advantage - 24. And Clay wants his phone to ring like that.

Believability
24 - homeland security issues, very current
Alias - the Rimbaldi Prophecy??? Give me a break.
Advantage - again, 24.

Flexibility
24- recognized bad cast and brought back the old-timers.
Alias - Why is Arvin Sloane still in charge?
Advantage - 24

Relationships
24- Jack and Adrianne(or whatever her name is) ; Tony and Michelle
Alias - Vaughn and Sydney
Advantage - Alias. See "Male Lead"


I could go on, but that will probably give you enough to argue about for awhile. Next week, perhaps we'll discuss the merits of Chick-fil-A verses Rosa's Cafe.