Heroes Mid-way Season One review
First off before I begin I want to state for the record that beyond some very basic casting spoilers, I am a Heroes virgin, so if what I say about the show seems elementary feel free to laugh at me.
The tag-line of the show "Save the Cheerleader..Save the World" has always intrigued me. This shallow, insignificant child is the key to saving the world. I was happy to find out that this is actually not just a tag line but the concept held true inside the show. For characters such as Claire, Peter, Hiro, and Isaac finding their powers meant finding out who they truly were as people. For the first time, they have meaningful lives and they like who they are. That is a very important lesson, one that is often not found on television. I never even saw it present on Buffy. She never embraced the concept of being the slayer fully. While Claire had issues with her powers, she came to terms with it much quicker than Buffy ever did.
Why is there a need to keep these "special people" so quiet? Why must they mind rape them? I don't understand it. I understand the concept of testing so that one might be able to duplicate powers for their purposes. However, the whole idea that families must be kept in the dark has always seemed odd to me.
I am very intrigued by the contrast of Sylar and Peter. However, I am also extremely worried about the progression of Peter. It is interesting to me that they are essentially the same character. I am afraid that Peter will eventually become Sylar, and I hate the idea of that happening. However, I can't imagine what would become of him if something would happen to Nathan. Speaking of Nathan I gasped when we found out that he was Claire's biological father. I'm sure that all this upset the already millions of Claire/Peter shippers that had develped accross the internet. Oh well, at least Hayden and Milo are doing well.
So I have to say that I'm shocked that they killed off Simone. I'm actually very upset by this because I loved Isaac/Simone very much. I'm not sure why I was shocked that they killed her off because if you do NOT have super powers and your name is not Mohinder your time is probably pretty limited on a show called "Heroes." I adore Isaac; he is actually my favorite character on the show. What is it with me and the tortured men? Spike, Sawyer, Daniel, Mason...now Isaac. Considering, their are a great many biblical references in "Hero" I'm waiting for Isaac to be sacrificed. Peter is definitely being set up to be the "rock" to which all the other heroes will be stand with. He is what is going to hold them together, he is going to either destroy or save the world. Like Mohinder said, it is Peter who is the most important person to study because he accumulates every other type of talent possible. He is the key to the puzzle, not Claire she is more a stepping stone along the way. She made a nice tagline.
Although, like I said I could be wrong about all of this and if I am I hope you had a nice laugh. :)
The tag-line of the show "Save the Cheerleader..Save the World" has always intrigued me. This shallow, insignificant child is the key to saving the world. I was happy to find out that this is actually not just a tag line but the concept held true inside the show. For characters such as Claire, Peter, Hiro, and Isaac finding their powers meant finding out who they truly were as people. For the first time, they have meaningful lives and they like who they are. That is a very important lesson, one that is often not found on television. I never even saw it present on Buffy. She never embraced the concept of being the slayer fully. While Claire had issues with her powers, she came to terms with it much quicker than Buffy ever did.
Why is there a need to keep these "special people" so quiet? Why must they mind rape them? I don't understand it. I understand the concept of testing so that one might be able to duplicate powers for their purposes. However, the whole idea that families must be kept in the dark has always seemed odd to me.
I am very intrigued by the contrast of Sylar and Peter. However, I am also extremely worried about the progression of Peter. It is interesting to me that they are essentially the same character. I am afraid that Peter will eventually become Sylar, and I hate the idea of that happening. However, I can't imagine what would become of him if something would happen to Nathan. Speaking of Nathan I gasped when we found out that he was Claire's biological father. I'm sure that all this upset the already millions of Claire/Peter shippers that had develped accross the internet. Oh well, at least Hayden and Milo are doing well.
So I have to say that I'm shocked that they killed off Simone. I'm actually very upset by this because I loved Isaac/Simone very much. I'm not sure why I was shocked that they killed her off because if you do NOT have super powers and your name is not Mohinder your time is probably pretty limited on a show called "Heroes." I adore Isaac; he is actually my favorite character on the show. What is it with me and the tortured men? Spike, Sawyer, Daniel, Mason...now Isaac. Considering, their are a great many biblical references in "Hero" I'm waiting for Isaac to be sacrificed. Peter is definitely being set up to be the "rock" to which all the other heroes will be stand with. He is what is going to hold them together, he is going to either destroy or save the world. Like Mohinder said, it is Peter who is the most important person to study because he accumulates every other type of talent possible. He is the key to the puzzle, not Claire she is more a stepping stone along the way. She made a nice tagline.
Although, like I said I could be wrong about all of this and if I am I hope you had a nice laugh. :)