Where is this show going? Anyone?
One by one, they introduced ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. We learned that each person has roughly one power. One guy can fly, though he's only done it once, several episodes ago. [Side Note: Haven't we been led around by the promise of someone flying on another show?]
They made "Save the cheerleader, save the world" a household catchphrase. They introduced a formidable foe in the person of Sylar. Now we have the Petrelli kid running around with The Invisible Dr. Who guy, but we don't know where that's going. Come to think of it, neither character even appeared in this week's episode. Ridiculous! Maybe they were invisible.
They introduced so, so many characters that it's just hard to keep up, and every week, we meet a new character. (This was episode 15, and we've met roughly 2,017 characters by now.)
This week, we met a guy who could melt metal objects with his mind -- except we didn't even get to see him do it because Sylar got to him first! So now we're meeting new heroes but we're not even seeing them use their powers.
Sounds to me like a really boring show that's going nowhere.
This is a show that went on hiatus for two months, and they haven't been the same since returning. The shows are moving slowly, uneventfully, and on the most random tangents. Nothing is happening. Every week, we're treated to some "tantalizing bit of info" (did anyone suspect Claire's real father was anyone else?).
Horn-Rimmed Glasses guy (who really needs to visit Lens Crafters and get something better looking) just keeps on chugging in his own way, with little to no information about his background, his motivation, or where this show is going.
The Haitian and Claire have some sort of odd, unmotivated alliance, but only when it's convenient for the plot.
Officer Parkman can still read minds, but not every mind and not every episode.
Ali Larter's character, Nikki/Jessica, is just fucking annoying. I don't like evil Jessica, but I don't like good-hearted Nikki, either, so I don't care where her arc is going. Even her son has powers over machines. Except he doesn't use the power.
More characters with extraordinary abilities they never use. Everyone has powers but no one is using them!
Last week, nothing happened. Holly missed the episode and watched it this week. "Did anything happen last week?"
Is this a show about superheroes or not? Or, worse, with the "save the cheerleader" arc, has the show somehow jumped the shark in its first season?
It's just a terribly frustrating reminder of why I stopped reading comics and now read trade paperbacks exclusively.
Trouble is, I have to wait for the entire first season of "Heroes" on DVD before this will all make any sense.
Assuming anything happens before the end of the season, that is.
3 comments:
Oh, read comics AND trades. It's how series stay in business.
I've never seen this show. Jeph Loeb writes for it.mo
I have no idea where that "mo" came from in my last comment. I hate Blogger.
At least someone flew this last week. AH who am I kidding, it's not going anywhere.
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