My recent days have been filled with a lot of KotOR, Halo 2, and 24. I'm almost done with KotOR, I'm on the last planet, so, anyways. We're on the 19th episode of 24 now, and as usual, the writers of 24 have outdone themselves. The first two discs just plain sucked - the script was boring, the plot generally lack-luster,and the characters inconsistent. However, toward the end of the third disc, things start picking up (as in, important characters started dying). If you haven't watched 24, you really really should. It's probably the most suspenseful show ever created, and the quality of the acting, the plot, etc., surpasses that of your standard movie.

I should probably explain exactly what 24 is. 24 is a show (on Fox) that plays in real time - there are 24 episodes, each spanning one hour of time, and the season consists of one day. Because of the whole "real time" thing, people don't just miraculously jump back into action and people don't just appear at the destination. This will obviously require multiple threads and plots running simultaneously - generally about 3 different situations are running at once. 24 is notorious for killing off all the characters that are even slightly expendible. I thought a lot of people died last season (2), but even more have died thus far, and more are going to die in the future. But I'm getting of track - the real-time element is the first essential part of the formula that is 24. Then you have lots of death and gore. Then you add excessive suspense and multiple plot lines. And last, but not least, you have a major threat to America. The first season was about an assasination attempt on the primary presidential candidate (there were about 3 other plot lines, but that's the main driving plot), the second was about a nuclear threat (again, there were more plots intertwined), this time it's about a weaponized virus. Overall, it's very realistic. There are some dramas that would no longer occur with our current technology (like tracing calls - they still use the standard required amount of time to track the source of a call, even though it can now be done instantly, and various indescrepencies with military policy, but otherwise it works quite well). Just go watch it, we have all 3 seasons on DVD if you want to borrow them.

In other news, school has been highly standard. Nothing special, beyond that my grades are fixed. I really enjoyed that snow day on Thursday (I slept until 3:00 that day). Today I overslept, and missed church, which really sucks. The problem is, Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell are on at 12:00 and 3:00. I always miss the first showing, so I have to wait until 3:00. Fortunately my download of FMA is 57% done, and reporting 30 hours left till it's done, so that shouldn't be a problem by the time Sunday rolls around again. I've grown tired of Ghost in the Shell - it's a good anime, but the animations can be distracting (they are not of stellar quality), and the plot makes, well, no sense. The most recent episode was 20 minutes of listening to 6 people discuss the main antagonist, in a chat room. It was obvious they did this to try and help the viewer understand what exactly was going on, but none of it really made any sense. They spend too much time using big words and complex phrases and too little time on making the plot logical. I suspect the movies or the manga would be far better, but I currently have no money with which to investigate such ventures.

Oh well.