24 in 1994
I don’t watch 24. The clips I have seen have lavish technology setups that stretch the possibilities just a tad - kind of like Fox News.
Anyhoo, here is what Jack Bauer would be having to deal with in 1994.
This clip is funny but I have to think that faced with not having a quarter in a phone booth Jack Bauer would use a code. I got my first cellphone in 1994, but I was a bit of a phone freak. Jack probably would have had the Startac brick phone at that time. The collect call joke is worth this inconsistency though.
Also, where are the AOL sales promotions when he logs in? You would have to click “NO” to at least 2 pop ups like “Would you like to buy a double-speed CD rom for $299.99?” or “Upgrade to a Hayes-Compatible 28.8kbps Modem for $149.95″. Kind of like modern Mac OS when you first load it.
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