Say What? And Does Heroes Overestimate Its Audience?
I watch Heroes. I enjoy it. To me, it's the same hokum it has always been. Like most, I found Season 2 to be less compelling than Season 1, but it had its moments. I think Season 3 is more exciting than last season. It's got flaws, sure, quite a few, but it is still entertaining and some of the special effects are breathtaking. From what I'm reading pretty much everywhere, this is very much a minority view. That's fine, but when I look at a lot of the criticism, I keep having "Say what?" moments because so much of it is the product of inattention, armchair quarterbacking, or impatience, in my opinion. Reasoned criticism is rare to find as people rush to post their latest long list of complaints. Heroes-bashing seems to be the latest sport and it's a band-wagon I can't see stopping, particularly when so much noise is being made about stuff that with a little thought makes sense in the context of what we know and what we ought to know. A lot seems to come down to this message to the writers: make this show much simpler and tell us over and over again the basis of every single plot point. God help us, one of the biggest flaws in this show is that the producers seem far too willing to listen. And God help me, it's turned me into a frakking Heroes apologist.