I know that this is not movie related, but since they will be doing a big screen version of 24 soon I thought it was appropriate to share this.
Howard Gordon, 24′s executive producer did a recent interview where he discussed how the series finale was supposed to end.
SPOILER
Gordon was intereviewd by Assignment X, and revealed that Bauer was supposed to die in the series finale. Here is exactly what he had to say,
Yes, in many ways, I did. I think I maybe even wrote that scene and in the end it felt too depressing. I think it would have been a really depressing moment. I don’t think it would have been surprising, I think it would have been more depressing than surprising. In a strange way, that’s probably the ultimate, tragedy and probably the most politically correct ending, but it wasn’t something anybody wanted to commit to. Not just for the reason of the show, but honestly, if we had really felt that was the best ending, we would have all gone for it.
I am always interested in learning about alternate endings like this. It makes complete sense that they did not go that route from a financial perspective. It would be a little hard for them to cash in on the big-screen if Bauer had died.
What are your thoughts?
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The only vaguely memorable part of that entire series was Bauer tearing through the tunnel with full-body armour and a hockey mask. That was immense, the rest was overkill, and it’s obvious that Bauer HAD to die at the end of the last episode, but they bitched out so badly.
Very disappointing
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