tv update: Heroes

[timepiececlock]

Finally! Something interesting happens. Not until the last two minutes of the episode, but it still counts.

And I totally called He can't fly... he can just use the abilities of the people around him. He's like Rogue from XMen I guess, but without the vampire touch. He can fly around his brother, and I bet he can see the future around the artist.

It's an interesting ability, both freeing and limiting: he can do ANYTHING with someone else around, but on his own he's rather useless.

The cheerleader's revenge was predictable, and the execution of the entire subplot this episode was completely devoid of subtlety. I'm not unhappy with how they chose to have her have revenge, but it would have been better if they'd downplayed it a bit. It was so... teen movie, with that dialogue.

Actually, lack of subtlety is probably my biggest stylistic complaint of the series so far. It's so... blatant. It's even worse than Lost in that respect. I wish they would hold back a little, instead of just dumping everything on you, then explaining it over and over again on the MICROSCOPIC chance that you missed the first three explanations. Instead of showing how the characters feel, the writers make sure the characters announce it loudly in their dialogue. I think one of the reasons I like Hiro's storyline best at this point is that most of his scenes lean toward comedy and don't dwell on his DEEP EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. If he has deep emotional problems he keeps them to himself; all he's worried about is living up to the powers he's been given, and using them to help as best he can. It's more entertaining to watch.

Other than the geneticist Mohinder (who is by far the prettiest person on the cast), and the Japanese duo (should we call him Mirai!Hiro?...and I bet they thought they were being clever with his name, didn't they), I'm not that interested in most of the characters. They're alright, but I'm not particularly invested in their fates. I'm not even that much invested in those two, but they're a little better than the rest.

I really hate the network promo-editing folk. Could their "next week" promos possibly BE any more unnecessarily spoilery? God, I don't want to know the entire storyline before it airs... and by "entire" I mean the parts that I couldn't have guessed already because the show is somewhat predictable.

Still, sci-fi shows on primetime are hard to come by, and so far it hasn't pissed me off yet.

Comments

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

If they stick to the whole comic book motif, I have most of this series figured out already.

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

I've already pretty much dropped Heroes... it's entertaining but there are too many other things on for me to keep up with. Ones that aren't so easily predictable - I called Peter's power from the second episode. Because in this sort of show, what's the point of TWO characters who can fly?

The fact that all the paintings/artwork are done by Jeph Loeb will never cease to entertain me.