I'm trying to avoid spoilers, so I haven't read any summaries of the Heroes premiere (TWO MORE MONTHS ARGHAK:DKFJOI;EWFN). But from the general reactions I've seen on my f-list, that pretty much seems to be most people's feeling about 3x01: definitely promising, but not so mind-blowing that it makes up for season 2 all by itself. Which is okay by me. Unless it was an unexpected random musical episode or something, one ep alone isn't going to fix the fail season 2 left behind. As long as things are generally looking up and it it seems like it could shape up to have some strong, interesting character arcs, I'll feel better about being cautiously optimistic for season 3.
Glad you had fun at Comic Con! Even if it made you a zombie. ;)
I was actually dragging my feet somewhat about the Heroes panel, because I was afraid I would see the episode, think it SUCKED, and completely stop caring about the show. So the mere fact that I (mostly) didn't want to throw things at the screen, left me feeling happy
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Yeah, the writers/directors have to share the blame for the Maya-dislike, but she's the only one who had to come out on stage. I need to just keep my mouth shut right now because the other things I want to say about her (and Mohinder) wind up being spoilery, so I need to keep them out of here. But I do feel bad for Dania, as a person. At least her character didn't get booed. But if the actors were watching backstage, they had to have noticed that there was absolutely no cheering/clapping till another actor entered the scene.
Lol, I'm Ae's friend that was at a few of the panels and TDK with... It was piping_hot that stood in line with you when we got separated at the Heroes panel. *nods* Lol, good times!
LOLOL!!! I meant to ask ae before I left, because I was afraid I would get the user names confused! *shakes head at self*
I need to just be a dork and keep notes about the people I meet. It's quite funny because the last conference I went to, I talked about one presenter and used her name, and she Googled herself and saw the post, and emailed me to correct a couple of things I'd mis-remembered! Next con, I'm going to take pictures of everyone I meet and label them with their info... XD
I read the spoilers and I think I need to see the second hr before I can judge, but I am actually excited about season three whereas I was bleh about season two from the get go. I am cautiously optimistic as well, I'm pretty sure I will enjoy season three but I don't know if it will be as good as season one. Better than season two yes, season one, that remains to be seen. And I agree with barhaven, one ep can't make up for how lacking season two was, five is the magic number and really, we need the second part of premiere to clear things up which I think it will. Mohinder's story line has the potential to be awesome or at least interesting, I have some theories but I won't touch them until 3 eps have aired but he clearly got the worst story line out of the bunch. Oops, I'll comment on this when you post your thoughts on the first stuff. Sorry about the potential spoilers anyone.
I can already tell that trying to remain spoiler free this summer is going to be a chore :-) I'm half tempted to just read the damn things but the truth is I don't want to frack with my expectations and get too high or two down about them. Half the people on my f-list seem really excited for Volume III to start while the other half don't even want to watch the show anymore.
I'm a bit nervous about your statement that you don't like Mohinder's storyline but I'm trying to remain cautiously optimistic. As much as I had issues with Volume II there was still stuff that I liked...I'm wondering if part of the reason for feeling of jarring continuity screw ups is because we lost the original second half of season two?
I realize that no matter what I'm still excited for Volume III to start so I'm trying to remain positive and unjaded :-) And some of the promos I've seen have worked for me (with one or two issues here and there).
But spoiler links and peoples spoilery recaps from Comic Con are very inviting...
Heh. I kind of felt like I shouldn't post my review, since I know that the more spoiler links appear in my flist, the more tempted I am to read them. But at the same time, I wrote it now, and it was written just a few hours after I saw the episode, so it's definitely a first gut reaction, so I'd kind of like to make it public. And I giggled to myself a lot while I wrote it (though that might have just been lack of sleep), so hopefully other people will be entertained as well. It wound up being like a TWoP review: snarky, but not snarky just for the sake of being nasty. If that makes sense
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At this point, Dania would be better off doing something else that will make her popular.I actually had that same thought: she doesn't want to become known as the actress who played that annoying character who TPTB kept shoving down our throats even though we didn't like her
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Glad to hear you had fun! And that you got to check out a whole bunch of interesting stuff. I'm envious of you getting stuff signed at the XKCD and PA booths. =)
Personally, I'm stoked for season three. I guess it's because I have faith (if that's the right word) that TPTB have a reason for doing what they're doing, that they have an ultimate goal. My biggest problem with season two (and, admittedly, I didn't have a huge problem with it like some people) was that it felt directionless. Season three, so far, doesn't seem like it will suffer from that.
I look forward to reading your TWoP-style synopsis! Did you give any of the characters silly nicknames?
The XKCD signed poster was a total lucky chance! I was just wandering down an aisle, and he was in the corner of someone else's booth, with a little hand-lettered sign above him. And he seemed pretty surprised at how much interest he was getting. I mentioned the camping trip/poison ivy strip that ran a few weeks ago, which both my boyfriend and I loved. He almost stuttered and said that he had actually started dating a girl just a few weeks before that ran, and her friends all read the strip, and they are now convinced that that one is about her even though it's not something that actually happened in real life!
OK, I need to just post my review. I keep wanting to say things in comments that would be spoilery for the poor souls who are trying to stay unspoiled, and I don't want to do that! But yes...I did have several exclamation point names for characters. :0)
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Glad you had fun at Comic Con! Even if it made you a zombie. ;)
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I need to just be a dork and keep notes about the people I meet. It's quite funny because the last conference I went to, I talked about one presenter and used her name, and she Googled herself and saw the post, and emailed me to correct a couple of things I'd mis-remembered! Next con, I'm going to take pictures of everyone I meet and label them with their info... XD
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I only had to remember the one, so it was pretty amazing I remembered it after no sleep! *g*
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And I agree with barhaven, one ep can't make up for how lacking season two was, five is the magic number and really, we need the second part of premiere to clear things up which I think it will. Mohinder's story line has the potential to be awesome or at least interesting, I have some theories but I won't touch them until 3 eps have aired but he clearly got the worst story line out of the bunch.
Oops, I'll comment on this when you post your thoughts on the first stuff. Sorry about the potential spoilers anyone.
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I'm a bit nervous about your statement that you don't like Mohinder's storyline but I'm trying to remain cautiously optimistic. As much as I had issues with Volume II there was still stuff that I liked...I'm wondering if part of the reason for feeling of jarring continuity screw ups is because we lost the original second half of season two?
I realize that no matter what I'm still excited for Volume III to start so I'm trying to remain positive and unjaded :-) And some of the promos I've seen have worked for me (with one or two issues here and there).
But spoiler links and peoples spoilery recaps from Comic Con are very inviting...
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Personally, I'm stoked for season three. I guess it's because I have faith (if that's the right word) that TPTB have a reason for doing what they're doing, that they have an ultimate goal. My biggest problem with season two (and, admittedly, I didn't have a huge problem with it like some people) was that it felt directionless. Season three, so far, doesn't seem like it will suffer from that.
I look forward to reading your TWoP-style synopsis! Did you give any of the characters silly nicknames?
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OK, I need to just post my review. I keep wanting to say things in comments that would be spoilery for the poor souls who are trying to stay unspoiled, and I don't want to do that! But yes...I did have several exclamation point names for characters. :0)
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