Heroes 2x04 The Kindness of Strangers
First off, something completely unrelated! fan_eunice has made a fun and bouncy and happy Martha vid! I, um, haven't actually seen Dr. Who, but it is cute and bouncy and my feedback is mostly: "Martha! So pretty! Want her jacket!" Also, I love the ending of the vid.
Soo... mixed bag this week, but at least I wasn't tempted to throw my remote at the TV.
First, I really like Micah's cousins and his grandmother. I like that while Monica is working at a fast food place and had to drop out of college, it is portrayed as a consequence of Katrina, not as a "look at the poor black family!" Of course, it would be more unstereotypical if they were rich or comfortably upper middle-class, but right now, I'll take what I can get. We didn't get to see much of Micah's grandma (I didn't catch her name, did anyone here?), but I like her, and OMG much love for Monica! I'm not sure what it is -- I just like that she knows what she wants, that's she's doing all this stuff for her family, that she's thinking about the future, that she's not afraid to go for it, and of course, that swinging kick thing didn't hurt ;).
Please show please keep her kickass? And so far I really like the actress.
Also, yay manager being a black guy.
On the other hand, boo to the thief being a black guy.
No news on the Hiro front this week; it's so odd not seeing him in an episode!
Thank goodness Nathan shaved off that monstrosity. Also, am still curious as to what's going on with Angela and Not-Our-Bob and Matt's dad.
Matt, dude, you are mean for making an eight-year-old girl confront her worst nightmare. On the other hand, it was so worth it for the Matt-Mohinder argument about daddy issues. The slash, I can see it being written as I speak!
Oh. Yeah. Then there was the Claire arc. Show, I cannot believe you are making me hate the Claire arc. That is just wrong! But seriously! "Jump down the Hollywood sign as proof that you trust me, despite the fact that, oh, you feel all the pain even though you heal?" And that entire "look! I made you jump off and now I romantically swoop in to save you" didn't so much make me swoon as gag and yell at the TV. Claire! Get away from him! He is skanky and gross and pressures you to go out with him after you've turned him down several times. Ugh. I hate this arc SO MUCH.
I will instead think happy thoughts about Noah and Bob the Haitian going off and having adventures together in Texas, and Noah maybe even calling Bob by his name! There will be bonding and manly handclasps and communication via the teeniest of smiles.
Oh yeah, Maya and Alejandro! I have slightly more hopes for interesting plot for them, as adding Sylar to the mix always seems to spice stuff up. On the other hand, this seems to be a recipe for more dead POC and for another dead WOC, which does not make me happy. Also, Maya seems to have caught the Mohinder syndrome of last year, greeaaaat. The ultra-sad thing is that I am currently rooting for the twins to become evil Latin@s, just because at least then they might get some agency, something to do that isn't crying, and more expressions than fear, fear, weepiness, clinging, fear, helplessness, fear, fear.
I will think more about Monica and her getting to do kickass things instead.
Soo... mixed bag this week, but at least I wasn't tempted to throw my remote at the TV.
First, I really like Micah's cousins and his grandmother. I like that while Monica is working at a fast food place and had to drop out of college, it is portrayed as a consequence of Katrina, not as a "look at the poor black family!" Of course, it would be more unstereotypical if they were rich or comfortably upper middle-class, but right now, I'll take what I can get. We didn't get to see much of Micah's grandma (I didn't catch her name, did anyone here?), but I like her, and OMG much love for Monica! I'm not sure what it is -- I just like that she knows what she wants, that's she's doing all this stuff for her family, that she's thinking about the future, that she's not afraid to go for it, and of course, that swinging kick thing didn't hurt ;).
Please show please keep her kickass? And so far I really like the actress.
Also, yay manager being a black guy.
On the other hand, boo to the thief being a black guy.
No news on the Hiro front this week; it's so odd not seeing him in an episode!
Thank goodness Nathan shaved off that monstrosity. Also, am still curious as to what's going on with Angela and Not-Our-Bob and Matt's dad.
Matt, dude, you are mean for making an eight-year-old girl confront her worst nightmare. On the other hand, it was so worth it for the Matt-Mohinder argument about daddy issues. The slash, I can see it being written as I speak!
Oh. Yeah. Then there was the Claire arc. Show, I cannot believe you are making me hate the Claire arc. That is just wrong! But seriously! "Jump down the Hollywood sign as proof that you trust me, despite the fact that, oh, you feel all the pain even though you heal?" And that entire "look! I made you jump off and now I romantically swoop in to save you" didn't so much make me swoon as gag and yell at the TV. Claire! Get away from him! He is skanky and gross and pressures you to go out with him after you've turned him down several times. Ugh. I hate this arc SO MUCH.
I will instead think happy thoughts about Noah and Bob the Haitian going off and having adventures together in Texas, and Noah maybe even calling Bob by his name! There will be bonding and manly handclasps and communication via the teeniest of smiles.
Oh yeah, Maya and Alejandro! I have slightly more hopes for interesting plot for them, as adding Sylar to the mix always seems to spice stuff up. On the other hand, this seems to be a recipe for more dead POC and for another dead WOC, which does not make me happy. Also, Maya seems to have caught the Mohinder syndrome of last year, greeaaaat. The ultra-sad thing is that I am currently rooting for the twins to become evil Latin@s, just because at least then they might get some agency, something to do that isn't crying, and more expressions than fear, fear, weepiness, clinging, fear, helplessness, fear, fear.
I will think more about Monica and her getting to do kickass things instead.