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Kiefer Sutherland's Return To Television Gets Cautious Praise

Kiefer Sutherland can't have felt anything but pressure as his first major TV role since 10 phenomenal years spent on '24' aired for the first time last night (26 January 2012).
Fans and critics were certainly eager to see how the Canadian actor was going to follow up what has come to be known as one of the iconic TV characters of the 21st century in secret agent Jack Bauer.
'Touch,' which sees Sutherland playing a single father of a mute son who sees things other cannot, aired last night for the first time - and the answer to whether he's managed to follow up what may be career defining role successfully?
A cautious yes, according to the critics.
Newsday was effusive in its praise, saying the program was "A bit melodramatic, a bit manipulative, Touch is still one of the best pilots of the 2011-12 season to date," and others were similar praiseworthy though understandably a little more cautious given it was the pilot episode.
"It's Mr. Sutherland's portrayal of the father--unyielding in his effort to break through to his mute child and grasp what he's trying to say with his numbers--that is the heart of this story, the power likely to sustain this promising enterprise," said the Wall Street Journal, whilst
TV Guide said "[Touch is] emotionally compelling but wildly fantastical and undeniably manipulative."Not all were enthused though, The New York Times commented "The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator.
It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case," whilst the Los Angeles Times weren't fans at all, stating "Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

OH Yeah! This would be NICE!!

24: The Movie (in Digital 3D)
The TV screen, even in high definition, has become too small to contain Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and his torture-and-slay-the-terrorists escapades.

For that matter, the cineplex screen may not suffice for the job, either.

So what’s a hapless studio exec to do to add a whole new dimension to the franchise?

Why, add a third dimension, of course.

If you thought only Brendan Fraser could make the most of digital 3D flicks, think again.
Besides, Sutherland already has some 3D experience,

voicing a blustery general in the upcoming DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs Aliens.
Anyway: imagine a patented

24 torture scene being truly in your face,

with lit cigarettes, syringes,

red-hot gun barrels and

flecks of Jack Bauer’s spittle seeming to leap out of the screen right at you.
Actually being in the victim’s seat as Jack applies his time-honoured methods of coaxing information from the stoniest of suspects would sure beat watching Jack torture his own brother from a detached third-person view.
Next, what do we do for a big-screen villain?

Few hardcase bad guys could match Jack on the big screen,

and we’d like to propose none other than the illustrious Habib Marwan himself, Arnold Vosloo.
Sure, Habib bit the dust in Season Four,

but this is 24,

and if Tony Almeida can come back from the dead ...

why not Imhotep himself?
Yes, a 24 movie in 3D would make our entire day.

(24 ... hours ... get it? Never mind.)

http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/2/movies/3355738&sec=movies