heroes

June 13, 2018 — Leave a comment

I have finished the first season of Heroes and I’m honestly thinking of just stopping there and pretending the last minute or so didn’t happen because sadly the main reason I didn’t remember a lot from season 1 is because it was good. The bad from the show stuck with me the most and that’s season 2-3. Season 4 isn’t actually that bad, it’s structured closer to season one’s “save the cheerleader, save the world” but, you know, minus the cheerleader. However it’s still not that great because of the consistent issue that it still TRIES TO REDEEM A SERIAL KILLER.

Look, I love Sylar and a lot of his characterization. I love how truly terrifying he is in each scene. Zachary Quinto is great does great with villains, but he honestly should have been killed off at the end of season 1, at the latest, the end of season 2 because it got tiring watching the mental gymnastics done to justify not killing him, especially when he was the “reformed” serial killer and then people are shocked when he turns around and kills them. If they wanted to keep him around, he needed to stay the villain, and people really needed to stop thinking he might get better because he’s serial killer. While his intentions are to gain powers, it becomes very clear that he enjoys killing, and by the ticking music that plays to indicate his presence, not only is it there to reference his past as clock maker, but it also a manifestation of how he picks his victims, the switch in his brain that says kill this specific person. He can’t resist. I bet his CT scans have a lot in common with serial killers. The only place he should have been was dead or locked up, or roaming around as a dangerous serial killer, instead of trying to reform him.

And then there’s Mohinder. One of my favorite characters, and one of the main things I love about him is that he’s ambitious, but never at the expense of other people. He never seeks power, but rather knowledge. Two thing are established about his character’s personality, one he’s not stupid, and two he’s not power hungry, and in one storyline where he objects himself with an unstable formula, both of those are thrown out the window.

And Peter Petrelli, I noticed that he was kinda the Bonnie Bennett, not in treatment obviously, but in the fact that they both possibility most powerful of their respective series and due to such both are often de-powered. I understand it’s hard to write an OP character, but constantly de-powered them isn’t the answer. It’s just frustrating and kinda lazy, but at least when Heroes de-powered Peter they stayed pretty consistent. He didn’t just become powerful again when he was needed, he just had “a” power. Bonnie powers were just there to be used.

Ah how could I forget Nikki and DL. You know I literally forgot DL and his power. Why? Because they kill him off too quickly and honestly in kinda a dumb way. I will never understand why the writers kept fatally injuring a character who can phase through walls with bullets. Like I get that he’s not always in that form but one consistent thing with the powers is that they always kick in for survival. Why is he exempt from this.

But overall the main reason I’m calling it quits here is because the later seasons just aren’t written with the same amount of care as the first season. The first season I could tell they had everything thought through, every scene had a purpose. The rest of the series doesn’t have that luxury, mostly due to the writers strike that caused them to have to throw out most of what they had planned for season 2 (and why there’s only 11 episodes that season), but also because they had to throw out things they couldn’t get back.

Edit: I wrote this a while back and I’m just posting it know because I want to clean up my drafts (there are so many 🤤).

March 3, 2018 — Leave a comment

So I finished season 1 of Heroes

So I’ve made it past season 1 of Heroes which was amazing, and have been kinda iffy about going on because most of the stuff I remember about the show was bad and happened in seasons 2 and 3. I’m two episodes into season 2 and it honestly not that bad. The annoying parts are mostly due to things that I know won’t be explained like DL’s death.

It’s an off screen death as is Nikki’s to a degree. She goes into a fire and just never comes out. There’s no big death moment. At least that’s how I’m remembering it, I’m only 3 episodes in to season 2 and haven’t gotten to that.

All I remember is that they got stifled pretty big in the storyline department. I honestly would have rathered they just disappear from the show all together as a happy family than unexplained and lame deaths. But I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt as this was during the writers strike and a good portion of the things they had planned for the season had to be cut. So bad writing, but bad writing with a reason and still manages to be better than most shows on the CW.

The only other thing I’m having issues with is West. He’s actually quite adorable especially with Claire BUT he legit stalks her outside her window for the first 2 episodes. He’s lucky he’s good looking, not to mention he does the whole “I know exactly who you are” making assumptions about her just so she can prove him wrong and actually be his dream girl. But again, writers strike, I could tell that they wanted them to happen but didn’t know how so just ripped off a lot of generic stuff from Romeo and Juliet. Plus romance was never really Heroes forte.

I remember seeing a question about favorite ships on the show and I literally could not think of one and that’s because the show doesn’t put that much emphasis on ships, in fact it’s a big weak spot because I’ve notice that they drop a romantic storyline with 0 notice and 0 explanation. The biggest romantic SL was between Peter, Simone, and Alex and that kinda fell flat and not just cuz 2 out of the 3 of them died. Mostly because there was random moments of jealousy.

A good portion of the triangle was kinda mutual, and I liked it. Both Alex and Peter were vying for the same girl’s attention but neither were making it a competition and both were willing to work together for more important things. But then Alex saw the Peter would inadvertently blow up NY and then they started making it about the triangle. The only real take away was that they weren’t treating her like a prize to be won, but they were getting close.

Anyways, the she’s strong suit was always in family and friendship. My favorite relationship in the show was Hiro and Ando and actually made me cry a bit with the future Hiro stuff because his drive to fix the past was driven by getting his best friend back. And my second favorite relationship is Noah and Claire because it’s genuinely heartwarming seeing the lengths he’s go for his daughter. Honestly Claire is the only reason I ever route for him and I love how purposefully that is. And then there’s Nathan and Peter, after coming from TVD it’s really nice to see a genuine brother relation from a dynamic where there’s a lot of animosity, but in the end they truly do love each other and Charles was right, love would win in the end just Nathan’s love for Peter. It was a sweet circle to come around to.

February 26, 2018 — Leave a comment

I’m rewatching Heroes right now, it’s literally like I’m watching it for the first time because it’s been so long since I last watched it that I don’t remember A LOT.

On the bright side I’m not frustrated at all with the writing, but I’m only on the first season which is arguably one of the best seasons in television in general. Plus I really like hearing Mohinder’s soothing voice at the beginning if each episode, I almost wish he’d narrate my life. Although episode 11 was frustrating just due to the dramatic irony of them all being in the same place but only a few of the meeting, but that’s just great writing.