Heroes: Season 1, eps 8-11
Now, before answering this all important poll, please remember that one candidate is a 15-year-old in a world with nothing in common as her own and where she goes in knowing nothing of the world and its rules and dangers, and the other two are adults (late 20s-early 30s?) operating with an unusual addition to their own world, where they know all the normal rules that operate behind the strange things around them.
Poll
For those who do not know, this is Miaka.
Ok, my notes are a jumble as there's more and more scribbling while boggling, but I shall attempt to decipher them.
More a carryover from earlier episodes, but I am amused by the blatant "Mutant=Homosexual" allegory that they make sure we get by having Zach be gay. Not that that hasn't been around in the X-Men comics for a few decades, but hey.
Related to that, at some point, I wrote down that I'd probably ship Claire/Zach if he weren't gay. I think this is when he climbed the ladder to her bedroom window to take her to Homecoming. I'm easy that way. Later, I wrote that if it weren't for the age difference and the fact that Peter is nowhere near smart or cool enough for Claire (or even sweet enough in a real way, not the "nice guy who saves girl from herself with his guyness" way), I might understand why people shipped them at this point. (I know why it is actually "OH BLEEP NO!!")
Also, while I approve of Claire punching Jackie in the face (kinda) I'm very annoyed they went with the "bitchy cheerleader and rival" stereotype. And don't think I don't notice that the most gruesome death yet was a cheerleader.
And there is a big frowny-face doodle beside where I wrote down that The Haitian erased Claire and Zach's friendship when he erased Zach's memories of Claire's powers. And he's used his powers on Claire's mother many times. I wonder if that's why she's kinda crazy.
Both when Charley showed up and when Eden was confirmed as a mutant (yes, I'm calling them mutants because the X-Men basis is too strong to ignore) I wrote down "Non-blonde female mutant. Will be dead by ep 10." Charley died in the same episode, Eden is apparently dead at the end of episode 11. She only lasted that long because it was a flashback ep. Naturally, I was loving her at that point.
Hiro and Charley are a mass collision of adorable cuddly fannish cuteness. I wrote down "Ando is long-suffering." while gushing about the cuteness. This is true, though I can't remember what made me think it at the time.
On the Mohinder front, I am torn. I mean, I want to say "his father was so much smarter," but then dad leaves the computer on with the program running (ans no one notices for six months?) and has a non-encrypted password. Also, why can't we trade Mohinder's buddy for Mohinder, or at least put his brains and personality in Mohinder's body? Aah...I was mostly bored by Mohinder in these episodes. I considered jusy watching the pretty at 4x speed, but there tend to be plot details dropped in his parts.
I have to say, I don't like Nathan a lot, but he is more interesting in his own right than most of the other characters are. He may also win for the worst timing for development of powers. Though...he went to the guy whose goons put his wife in a wheelchair for money? He'd better have a master plan.
I love the blonde FBI agent whose name I can never remember. I don't love the way they're hinting at pairing her off with Matt. Non-drugged Isaac is a vast improvement. He's actually vaguely interesting now. And, you know, cuter. (Yes, I must allow my shallowness to shine through in full at times.)
Also, I suspect I am unfairly holding it against Peter that he stole Everett Thomas's (Generation X) power. Granted, I think everyone has stolen some x-person's power, but I'm sensitive when it comes to Generation X. It's like this raw wound where, every time it starts to heal over, Marvel rips it back open.
Am I reading this right that the Organization removes whatever control a mutant had over their powers?
And I wonder how Micah learned Jessica's name, and just when he realized that Niki wasn't always Niki. I also wonder if it is a split personality, or if that's somehow the real Jessica inside Niki. Not really thrilled they went the "abusive father" angle. Don't even want to know what logic Niki was using when she turned herself in for murder. (Niki is a mass of bad decisions, really, but at least with her it alays seems to be a choice between two bad decisions, instead of having every decision available and always making the stupidest one.)
Couple random bits to end:
I love how The Haitian nods when Eden says he'd agree with her if he could speak, and how we don't know if he was agreeing, or if he was nodding hello to Bennet. He also seems to serve Bennet, not the organization itself, but the scene at the end makes me think it may not be as blindly as we've been led to believe.
HIRO VS T-REX! WANT!
ETA: Also, my disc was messed up at the end of ep 11, can anyone tell me what was going on? As near as I could tell, it was Peter having a prophetic dream where everyone but Nathan was running away from him before he went nuclear.
Poll
For those who do not know, this is Miaka.
Ok, my notes are a jumble as there's more and more scribbling while boggling, but I shall attempt to decipher them.
More a carryover from earlier episodes, but I am amused by the blatant "Mutant=Homosexual" allegory that they make sure we get by having Zach be gay. Not that that hasn't been around in the X-Men comics for a few decades, but hey.
Related to that, at some point, I wrote down that I'd probably ship Claire/Zach if he weren't gay. I think this is when he climbed the ladder to her bedroom window to take her to Homecoming. I'm easy that way. Later, I wrote that if it weren't for the age difference and the fact that Peter is nowhere near smart or cool enough for Claire (or even sweet enough in a real way, not the "nice guy who saves girl from herself with his guyness" way), I might understand why people shipped them at this point. (I know why it is actually "OH BLEEP NO!!")
Also, while I approve of Claire punching Jackie in the face (kinda) I'm very annoyed they went with the "bitchy cheerleader and rival" stereotype. And don't think I don't notice that the most gruesome death yet was a cheerleader.
And there is a big frowny-face doodle beside where I wrote down that The Haitian erased Claire and Zach's friendship when he erased Zach's memories of Claire's powers. And he's used his powers on Claire's mother many times. I wonder if that's why she's kinda crazy.
Both when Charley showed up and when Eden was confirmed as a mutant (yes, I'm calling them mutants because the X-Men basis is too strong to ignore) I wrote down "Non-blonde female mutant. Will be dead by ep 10." Charley died in the same episode, Eden is apparently dead at the end of episode 11. She only lasted that long because it was a flashback ep. Naturally, I was loving her at that point.
Hiro and Charley are a mass collision of adorable cuddly fannish cuteness. I wrote down "Ando is long-suffering." while gushing about the cuteness. This is true, though I can't remember what made me think it at the time.
On the Mohinder front, I am torn. I mean, I want to say "his father was so much smarter," but then dad leaves the computer on with the program running (ans no one notices for six months?) and has a non-encrypted password. Also, why can't we trade Mohinder's buddy for Mohinder, or at least put his brains and personality in Mohinder's body? Aah...I was mostly bored by Mohinder in these episodes. I considered jusy watching the pretty at 4x speed, but there tend to be plot details dropped in his parts.
I have to say, I don't like Nathan a lot, but he is more interesting in his own right than most of the other characters are. He may also win for the worst timing for development of powers. Though...he went to the guy whose goons put his wife in a wheelchair for money? He'd better have a master plan.
I love the blonde FBI agent whose name I can never remember. I don't love the way they're hinting at pairing her off with Matt. Non-drugged Isaac is a vast improvement. He's actually vaguely interesting now. And, you know, cuter. (Yes, I must allow my shallowness to shine through in full at times.)
Also, I suspect I am unfairly holding it against Peter that he stole Everett Thomas's (Generation X) power. Granted, I think everyone has stolen some x-person's power, but I'm sensitive when it comes to Generation X. It's like this raw wound where, every time it starts to heal over, Marvel rips it back open.
Am I reading this right that the Organization removes whatever control a mutant had over their powers?
And I wonder how Micah learned Jessica's name, and just when he realized that Niki wasn't always Niki. I also wonder if it is a split personality, or if that's somehow the real Jessica inside Niki. Not really thrilled they went the "abusive father" angle. Don't even want to know what logic Niki was using when she turned herself in for murder. (Niki is a mass of bad decisions, really, but at least with her it alays seems to be a choice between two bad decisions, instead of having every decision available and always making the stupidest one.)
Couple random bits to end:
I love how The Haitian nods when Eden says he'd agree with her if he could speak, and how we don't know if he was agreeing, or if he was nodding hello to Bennet. He also seems to serve Bennet, not the organization itself, but the scene at the end makes me think it may not be as blindly as we've been led to believe.
HIRO VS T-REX! WANT!
ETA: Also, my disc was messed up at the end of ep 11, can anyone tell me what was going on? As near as I could tell, it was Peter having a prophetic dream where everyone but Nathan was running away from him before he went nuclear.