Comments | ravenproject: Heroes Season Premiere

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Heroes Season Premiere

Sep 25, 2007 15:14

On the one hand, I'm really glad to have the show back. On the other, not as strong as I'd hoped.

In fact, if this were my first exposure to the show, I'm not sure I'd have gotten hooked. As it is, they're asking that we put a lot of faith in them for some of the weak setups we're given this week.

Worst example of this is Hiro's predicament. A short ( Read more... )

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carrot_khan September 25 2007, 21:04:14 UTC

Didn't see it, glad you posted about it.

Parkman divorced his wife? NO! NOT THAT! They were going to have a baby! He was all excited! He was the one trying to keep her despite her affair! That makes me very very angry.

Nathan? That's the senator? He lives?

ravenproject September 25 2007, 21:11:47 UTC

Here's a rundown: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20626572/

As for Parkman... I was surprised about the divorce as well. I have some guesses as to what happened (running off for several weeks and getting shot in the chest might put some strain on a marriage, or it may be as simple as the reconciliation didn't work), and I'm hoping it will be explained.

-J

ajpursell September 25 2007, 21:29:11 UTC

I'm thinking it's the same as Nathan's wife. Too many cast members and more being added. Storylines that were more soap opera and not zomg kewl powerz have to be trimmed.

Oh, and since it's a reply to two of you, Slyar = Shade. Amirte?

loopygirl September 25 2007, 21:13:57 UTC

Agreed. It was really underwhelming compared to the first season. And while I was underwhelmed - my bro was actively put off.

A lot of the plotlines seem like huge stretches or over-elaborate 180-degree turns from previous. I really dislike Nathan (who was so deliciously conniving) as a Tony Stark wanna be. And the "crate" plotline is so completely cliche and predictable.

It came off to me like the writers didn't really have any plotline plans for beyond the first season and are now stretching. I'm waiting for them to wow me again.

ajpursell September 25 2007, 21:30:21 UTC

First season or first episode of first season?

Because while yeah, the first episode of season 1 had more whoa! moments, no one was expecting anything so everything was a whoa moment.

"he crossed a street and started talking about waffles! WHOA THAT WAS AWESOME!"

ajpursell September 25 2007, 21:27:48 UTC

The plague, yes. Company Man played by that guy said flat out the disease that killed your sister. It was implied from last season that Molly's illness was the same thing that killed Moyawnder's sister (think he even says it)

Hiro's Journey to the Past = Hero's Journey to becoming a badass. He stops looking for others to be heroes and learns that he's a hero in his own right. My money is he'll be the Takeshi Kensei his father read stories of.

As for HRG, I said at one one "haha, your dad's the devil' and Stef said "he's not the devil anymore, he's good' and then you see him, once being immensely powerful in a wacky conspiracy cult being treated like dirt in a kinko's. Then he showed, once more, that he's the devil and I love him.

I'm happy to learn whatever they want to reveal to us about the watchmen Twelve.

As for the looking forward too, they've made a big deal about shorter story arcs and I think it will work. More happened in this episode than 6 issues of a bendis book, so I'm pleased.