IGN's review of "Five Years Gone"
I'm running on not much sleep, so I hope this entry doesn't have many spelling/grammatical mistakes.
Well, anyway, I definitely don't agree with IGN's review of "Five Years Gone," so I wanted to respond to it.
They reviewed ".07%" very highly, and while I did enjoy it (see my review of it below), I didn't agree that the action sequences were very good. I for one thought the Peter vs. Sylar fight was laaaaame, and while I agree that the Mr. Bennet + Parkman + Sprague escape was more interesting, it was neither surprising nor particularly action-packed.
Then they go and give "Five Years Gone" a lower rating. And they cite the main reason as it not really progressing the plot but being more of a "filler." As someone who hates that as a reason for critiquing something, I certainly didn't agree with that. I suppose the first part of the plot did take on a bit of a "where are they now" feel, but the excellent darker mood sustained throughout was what especially did it for me, and I think they tied it all together in the end in a way that made it not really a "where are they now" thing after all.
And also, it established Sylar as an actually cool villain. He started out as a shadowy and potentially interesting villain running around in a baseball cap (blah) killing people in the shadows. Then when we finally really meet him in a more substantial way, he turns out to be a guy easily put down by the Haitain and Eden. And then we see him a raving insane unkempt guy in the containment cell, and then once you find out his origins you learn that he's pretty much the dweebiest villain of all time. When he finally escapes and after that he turns into a semi-creepy serial killer who really does have a lot of power, and you sort of forget his original dweebiness. But then "Five Years Gone" really ups the ante. "Five Years Gone" turned Sylar into an actually interesting villain. An actually interesting supervillain.
The one major critique I'll agree with in the IGN review is that the show totally baits you into thinking there will be action, and then disappointing you with the lack of it. And that's especially annoying to someone like me, who is totally an action-nut.
Well, anyway, I definitely don't agree with IGN's review of "Five Years Gone," so I wanted to respond to it.
They reviewed ".07%" very highly, and while I did enjoy it (see my review of it below), I didn't agree that the action sequences were very good. I for one thought the Peter vs. Sylar fight was laaaaame, and while I agree that the Mr. Bennet + Parkman + Sprague escape was more interesting, it was neither surprising nor particularly action-packed.
Then they go and give "Five Years Gone" a lower rating. And they cite the main reason as it not really progressing the plot but being more of a "filler." As someone who hates that as a reason for critiquing something, I certainly didn't agree with that. I suppose the first part of the plot did take on a bit of a "where are they now" feel, but the excellent darker mood sustained throughout was what especially did it for me, and I think they tied it all together in the end in a way that made it not really a "where are they now" thing after all.
And also, it established Sylar as an actually cool villain. He started out as a shadowy and potentially interesting villain running around in a baseball cap (blah) killing people in the shadows. Then when we finally really meet him in a more substantial way, he turns out to be a guy easily put down by the Haitain and Eden. And then we see him a raving insane unkempt guy in the containment cell, and then once you find out his origins you learn that he's pretty much the dweebiest villain of all time. When he finally escapes and after that he turns into a semi-creepy serial killer who really does have a lot of power, and you sort of forget his original dweebiness. But then "Five Years Gone" really ups the ante. "Five Years Gone" turned Sylar into an actually interesting villain. An actually interesting supervillain.
The one major critique I'll agree with in the IGN review is that the show totally baits you into thinking there will be action, and then disappointing you with the lack of it. And that's especially annoying to someone like me, who is totally an action-nut.