Matt catches a glimpse of the future, Claire closes down on her first villain, but so are others, Peter finds that his visit to the future has changed him, and Hiro and Ando try to bond with Daphne.
I love the addition of Robert Forrester as Papa Petrelli. I love that actor. Now, the problems...
When Adam escapes from Hiro in the bar, why doesn't Hiro travel back in time, wait outside the door and grab him? I know they came up with some hokey thing about Hiro being afraid to travel into the past because of his Season 2 trip, but he can't travel back 2 minutes?!
Hiro is presented with a test to prove he is villain material. He must kill Ando with a sword. Hiro complies. Really? That's the only choice you had? I don't think for a minute that Ando is really dead, but still! How about these alternatives instead...
Hiro takes the sword and chops off the black guy's head, and says "does THAT make me villain material?"
Hiro stops time, ties up the black guy (I don't know what do I have against the black guy), and gives the sword to Ando. When time unfreezes, Ando is holding the sword to the black guy's neck. "Ando would like to be a villain too. Would you like him to prove his worthiness?"
Like I said, I'm sure Hiro will do something to bring Ando back to life... but doesn't Hiro stop for a moment and wonder if the action of running Ando through with a sword, might be the very reason that Ando shoots him with lighning in the future? They're making Hiro a complete tool, and I don't like it.
Oh, but I did love the guy who sucked himself into his own portal. That was great. It was unexpected, and shows what a true villain HRG is, even though he hides behind the guise of doing it all for Claire. Nice.
I'm now taking this series in a very comic book level. I'm completely looking over bad writing and bad plot development (ala Fringe) for the sheer thrill that this series is the closest thing we have to a comic book series on tv.
I like Hiro makes bad decisions when he thinks for himself and good ones when Hiro and Ando make the decisions.
I have no clue where this is all heading. It just looks like they are going to make all the Heroes villians and all the villians heroes before they turn it around.
I still don't see how we're supposed to sympathize for sylar.
Right now the best show for me on tv is Mad Men. The rest is just fluff until BSG gets back on the air.
Ok, I'm done with Heroes. Angel's & monsters is the last one I watched, and I won't watch another unless you guys flip out for it here.
Fringe is frustrating. It desperately wants to be "XFiles meets Lost," but the scripting is too formulaic. I think JJ Abrams is overcompensating for how dense and story-arc driven both Lost and Alias were under his control. So now he's making Fringe as something easily digested for a wider audiance. I had Walter/Denethor pegged as the Big Bad from epsiode one, but it remians to be seen if I'll watch long enough to find out.
Life On Mars had a GREAT debut. The tone of the 2nd episode was a bit too goofy at times, but I'll chalk that up to poor decisions by the director. Still, it could warrant weekly postings on this blog...
MosterAtomic: When you link "poor writing" and "poor plot development" to comic books, I'll assume you're referring to Marvel & DC comics, but not Nebula-worthy stuff from Alan Moore or Brian K Vaughan.
But yeah, we're all pretty much counting down the minutes until BSG returns (and Lost..and Dollhouse...)
Oh, and True Blood (HBO) is better than I thought it would be...but as far as vamps go, it's no Buffy.
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I love the addition of Robert Forrester as Papa Petrelli. I love that actor. Now, the problems...
When Adam escapes from Hiro in the bar, why doesn't Hiro travel back in time, wait outside the door and grab him? I know they came up with some hokey thing about Hiro being afraid to travel into the past because of his Season 2 trip, but he can't travel back 2 minutes?!
Hiro is presented with a test to prove he is villain material. He must kill Ando with a sword. Hiro complies. Really? That's the only choice you had? I don't think for a minute that Ando is really dead, but still! How about these alternatives instead...
Hiro takes the sword and chops off the black guy's head, and says "does THAT make me villain material?"
Hiro stops time, ties up the black guy (I don't know what do I have against the black guy), and gives the sword to Ando. When time unfreezes, Ando is holding the sword to the black guy's neck. "Ando would like to be a villain too. Would you like him to prove his worthiness?"
Like I said, I'm sure Hiro will do something to bring Ando back to life... but doesn't Hiro stop for a moment and wonder if the action of running Ando through with a sword, might be the very reason that Ando shoots him with lighning in the future? They're making Hiro a complete tool, and I don't like it.
Oh, but I did love the guy who sucked himself into his own portal. That was great. It was unexpected, and shows what a true villain HRG is, even though he hides behind the guise of doing it all for Claire. Nice.
I'm now taking this series in a very comic book level. I'm completely looking over bad writing and bad plot development (ala Fringe) for the sheer thrill that this series is the closest thing we have to a comic book series on tv.
I like Hiro makes bad decisions when he thinks for himself and good ones when Hiro and Ando make the decisions.
I have no clue where this is all heading. It just looks like they are going to make all the Heroes villians and all the villians heroes before they turn it around.
I still don't see how we're supposed to sympathize for sylar.
Right now the best show for me on tv is Mad Men. The rest is just fluff until BSG gets back on the air.
Ok, I'm done with Heroes. Angel's & monsters is the last one I watched, and I won't watch another unless you guys flip out for it here.
Fringe is frustrating. It desperately wants to be "XFiles meets Lost," but the scripting is too formulaic. I think JJ Abrams is overcompensating for how dense and story-arc driven both Lost and Alias were under his control. So now he's making Fringe as something easily digested for a wider audiance. I had Walter/Denethor pegged as the Big Bad from epsiode one, but it remians to be seen if I'll watch long enough to find out.
Life On Mars had a GREAT debut. The tone of the 2nd episode was a bit too goofy at times, but I'll chalk that up to poor decisions by the director. Still, it could warrant weekly postings on this blog...
MosterAtomic: When you link "poor writing" and "poor plot development" to comic books, I'll assume you're referring to Marvel & DC comics, but not Nebula-worthy stuff from Alan Moore or Brian K Vaughan.
But yeah, we're all pretty much counting down the minutes until BSG returns (and Lost..and Dollhouse...)
Oh, and True Blood (HBO) is better than I thought it would be...but as far as vamps go, it's no Buffy.
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