I am jaded in my old age
Turns out I'm not the only one who was MEH on Heroes last night. EW was underwhelmed too. I think this sums it up:
Did anyone think that Hiro wouldn't kill Sylar? Did anyone think that the bomb wouldn't go off? The only mildly shocking thing that happened was that Peter was the bomb, not Sylar - but we've been led to believe that Peter was the bomb for half the season, so, actually, no, that wasn't shocking at all.
So, in the end, this is what we waited half a season for? The big showdown between Sylar and all the heroes consisted of this: He telekinetically choked Peter, then hit him with a parking meter, which Niki seized and used to knock Sylar down. Then Peter, despite having every power in the world, gave Sylar a couple punches before Hiro ran Sylar through with a sword. (So even though we've previously seen Sylar violently throw people across large distances with his mind, he couldn't do anything to stop Hiro.) Then, and only after being run through with a sword, Sylar threw Hiro across the entire plaza. And then his body disappeared.
This is just the latest and most grievous example of what has bothered me throughout the season. Although it is for all intents and purposes a comic-book show, Heroes has unforgivably failed to make its few action scenes dynamic. I don't know if there's anyone in particular to blame, but the show is listlessly staged. I've made this complaint before (for example, in the save-the-cheerleader episode), but if you're going to spend entire episodes setting something up, don't dispose of it in mere seconds, dammit! Would it be too much to reward us loyal viewers with something thrilling?
I told Dave last night that I'm burnt out on TV, and I mean it. Maybe it's too much time on LJ where so many people treat TV like the second coming. And I admit to getting pulled into the hype sometimes. But lately, I'm just bored.
Did anyone think that Hiro wouldn't kill Sylar? Did anyone think that the bomb wouldn't go off? The only mildly shocking thing that happened was that Peter was the bomb, not Sylar - but we've been led to believe that Peter was the bomb for half the season, so, actually, no, that wasn't shocking at all.
So, in the end, this is what we waited half a season for? The big showdown between Sylar and all the heroes consisted of this: He telekinetically choked Peter, then hit him with a parking meter, which Niki seized and used to knock Sylar down. Then Peter, despite having every power in the world, gave Sylar a couple punches before Hiro ran Sylar through with a sword. (So even though we've previously seen Sylar violently throw people across large distances with his mind, he couldn't do anything to stop Hiro.) Then, and only after being run through with a sword, Sylar threw Hiro across the entire plaza. And then his body disappeared.
This is just the latest and most grievous example of what has bothered me throughout the season. Although it is for all intents and purposes a comic-book show, Heroes has unforgivably failed to make its few action scenes dynamic. I don't know if there's anyone in particular to blame, but the show is listlessly staged. I've made this complaint before (for example, in the save-the-cheerleader episode), but if you're going to spend entire episodes setting something up, don't dispose of it in mere seconds, dammit! Would it be too much to reward us loyal viewers with something thrilling?
I told Dave last night that I'm burnt out on TV, and I mean it. Maybe it's too much time on LJ where so many people treat TV like the second coming. And I admit to getting pulled into the hype sometimes. But lately, I'm just bored.