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12/16/08
And the Season 3 finale was eleventy-trillion times better than the Season 1 finale.
So all in all, for network television fare, I have no complaints.
12/16/08
12/16/08
I hate what's happened to Nathan. I love how he starts off the season recuperating from a gunshot because he was going to tell the world about those with powers but was taught that it was wrong and yet the season ends with him telling the President. What? But beyond that, it's the flip-flopping they had him go through that is most annoying. First he hates his father, then he becomes just as bad as him? Really? I just don't believe that character arc.
I missed Daphne's explanation for why she may have got her super speed and why Matt got his telepathy, but I found Ando's power to be such a deus ex. Although I will admit that I find the power he got to match his character, it's still too convenient.
I'm hoping the next season goes well.
12/16/08
12/16/08
And he must have a pretty lax job as a Senator if he can skip all his meetings to go hang out at Pinehearst for weeks at a time.
12/16/08
12/16/08
In the car with President Worf, Nathan says something like "I tried one solution, and it didn't work, so now I want to lock 'em up." Dude can FLY and he knows people who can TIME TRAVEL ... how on Earth does he think a prison can hold them?
This show used to be about something. Ordinary people, given gifts, trying to save themselves and the world, searching for meaning. Now it's just a soap opera with superpowers.
I have hope for next season, especially with Fuller at the helm, but the "normals vs. supers" thing has been done SO MANY TIMES - X-Men, Watchmen, it was part of The Incredibles, a DISNEY movie ferchrissakes - it just seems like they're gong to uninspired, safe, over-tread ground.
I'll watch the next few episodes, of course, but my expectations couldn't be lower. That's MY superpower.
12/16/08
Heroes, you've got 2 eps of Fugitives before I give you up for good.
12/16/08
The formula isn't destroyed -- it was only ripped into a few pieces and left on the floor of the loft, so they can always put it back together. Sigh.
I liked Sylar doing the opening voiceover, thought maybe it meant the end to Suresh doing them, but no.
As I said at the end "Worf is the prezdint?!"
12/16/08
(sigh)
But it's good to know that just playing slip n' slide in the 4400 goo can cure you and automatically lead you to another character that will once again take advantage of your innate gullibility!
Okay, I could work up one.
12/16/08
12/16/08
I hadn't really thought about how Daphne could travel back in time and forwards with Ando as a battery...maybe she can control her destination by thinking about it? I say this as gnash my teeth as I realize just how big a narrative cop-out that is.
Yeah, they *need* Bryan Fuller at this point.
12/16/08
12/18/08
But I wanted to cut off my own face when Parkman invoked the theory of relativity.
12/16/08
I was wondering about Peter's current powers- has the formula re-triggered his mimicry, or can he just fly? He obviously hasn't gotten all his previous powers back, as the gash in his cheek hadn't cured yet. I'd guess it's likely he'll get the mimicry back, and have to traipse around regaining other powers.
And I thought Ando's power was pretty cool. Dude isn't there to fight, the dude is there to help- and he's the perfect sidekick now. Plus, now we have some idea why he was throwing red sparks at Hiro in the future- I wonder if it was an attempt to jump-start Hiro's powers.
12/16/08
Also on the Peter powers question: I think he got his old power back, and then immediately grabbed Nathan's power (flying). So I bet he'll have to slowly gain powers back from other specials.
12/16/08
His power is super-empathy; once he's been around someone with a power once, it's the memory of their associatio that lets him access those powers.
So technically, he doesn't have to go around re-collecting those powers.
12/16/08
I actually liked Ando's power. I'm tired of the stereotypical powers that we see too often on Heroes. I'm a bigger fan of the more indirect, subtle power-y goodness.
Probably why I liked 4400. Btw, that show's 'superpower serum' storyline was WAAAAAY more interesting than Heroes. The whole 50/50 thing was a great gimmick.
12/16/08
12/16/08