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Heroes, Thank me Later Hanna :P'>
So, tonight's episode of Heroes pushed me to the near breaking point with regards to what's been going on in Season 3, which, despite early hopes, has not pulled the show out of the slump it began to fall into toward the end of Season 2. If anything, it is now officially digging its own grave at a speed that would make Dig Dug jealous.
So, here's a point by point rant you can obviously just ignore.
Apocalyptic Futures - Season 1 was all about an Apocalyptic Future that needed stopping. Season 2 was all about....an Apocalyptic Future that needed stopping. Season 3? You guessed it, "Are you a Bad Enough Dude to Stop the Apocalyptic Future!?" Why are we recycing the same damn plot hook over and over again? We're not AC/DC, here.
Arthur Petrelli - Worst. Villian. Ever. Seriously, I know this a comic book show, but this guy is about as mustache twirling cartoon supervillian as they come. I honestly keep expecting him to tie one of the other characters to a railroad track. His 'return' to the show was trite, his removal of two more interesting characters (Adam Monroe and Maury Parkman) unnecessary, and his villianous motives aren't even explained.
Unnecessary Coincidences - There is nothing I hate more than these. Its one of my (admittedly many_ pet peeves. They serve no practical purpose other than, to use the internet parlance, 'the lulz. It does not create a greater sense of interconnectedness within the plot. If anything, it makes things look shoddy and ill-conceived rather than well-crafted and tightly knit. For further reference: The entirety of M. Night Shymalan's 'Signs', or 3/4ths of the Xenosaga trilogy.
One Big Happy Family - Flint is Meredith's brother, giving Claire another uncle. At this point, its almost easier to name the characters that AREN'T related to her. What the hell was the point of that, really? Were the writers unable to envision a reality where two pyrokinetics could exist and not be related? Now, I admit I haven't been completely up on my comics since my teenage years, but last I checked, FIRESTAR, SUNSPOT AND PYRO ARENT SIBLINGS.
Invasion of the Pod People / Pass the Helm of Opposite Alignment to The Left, Please - Apparently, vast portions of the Heroes cast either spontaneously developed Multiple Personality Disorder or been replacing by shapeshifting doppelgangers, as these are about the only explanations I can find for people acting as out of character as they are. Nathan is an idiot now, and listening to the advice of the hallucination of a man he hated, Maya is now a useless floozy (and a wellspring of terrible dialogue), Nikki is Tracy is someone I'm not sure is really necessary, Peter is gradually being divorced from his character-defining compassion, and the list goes on. There at least exists a contrast to this: Mohinder's fall to darkness started out interesting but then lost its gravitas, and Sylar's moral fluctuations have made him the most interesting character of the season, thanks in no small part to the fact that Zachary Quinto is a flippin' amazing actor. Character development is all well and good, but it has to be *logical* character development.
Where in the Space-Time Continuum is Caitlin - So what, Peter Petrelli is just leaving his girlfriend stranded in the Apocalyptic Future from Season 2? It appears as if he's completely forgotten about her. I suppose in part that the timing of the writer's strike is to blame, but really, is it impossible for the writers of a show to review their own tapes and scripts? Since they're so obviously striving to reinforce internal consistency, you'd think this would be a priority.
This show was such a beacon of hope two years ago. Why did the cake turn out to be a lie? Let's hope those having two of its writers given the boot puts things in an upswing after the mid season reboot.
So, tonight's episode of Heroes pushed me to the near breaking point with regards to what's been going on in Season 3, which, despite early hopes, has not pulled the show out of the slump it began to fall into toward the end of Season 2. If anything, it is now officially digging its own grave at a speed that would make Dig Dug jealous.
So, here's a point by point rant you can obviously just ignore.
Apocalyptic Futures - Season 1 was all about an Apocalyptic Future that needed stopping. Season 2 was all about....an Apocalyptic Future that needed stopping. Season 3? You guessed it, "Are you a Bad Enough Dude to Stop the Apocalyptic Future!?" Why are we recycing the same damn plot hook over and over again? We're not AC/DC, here.
Arthur Petrelli - Worst. Villian. Ever. Seriously, I know this a comic book show, but this guy is about as mustache twirling cartoon supervillian as they come. I honestly keep expecting him to tie one of the other characters to a railroad track. His 'return' to the show was trite, his removal of two more interesting characters (Adam Monroe and Maury Parkman) unnecessary, and his villianous motives aren't even explained.
Unnecessary Coincidences - There is nothing I hate more than these. Its one of my (admittedly many_ pet peeves. They serve no practical purpose other than, to use the internet parlance, 'the lulz. It does not create a greater sense of interconnectedness within the plot. If anything, it makes things look shoddy and ill-conceived rather than well-crafted and tightly knit. For further reference: The entirety of M. Night Shymalan's 'Signs', or 3/4ths of the Xenosaga trilogy.
One Big Happy Family - Flint is Meredith's brother, giving Claire another uncle. At this point, its almost easier to name the characters that AREN'T related to her. What the hell was the point of that, really? Were the writers unable to envision a reality where two pyrokinetics could exist and not be related? Now, I admit I haven't been completely up on my comics since my teenage years, but last I checked, FIRESTAR, SUNSPOT AND PYRO ARENT SIBLINGS.
Invasion of the Pod People / Pass the Helm of Opposite Alignment to The Left, Please - Apparently, vast portions of the Heroes cast either spontaneously developed Multiple Personality Disorder or been replacing by shapeshifting doppelgangers, as these are about the only explanations I can find for people acting as out of character as they are. Nathan is an idiot now, and listening to the advice of the hallucination of a man he hated, Maya is now a useless floozy (and a wellspring of terrible dialogue), Nikki is Tracy is someone I'm not sure is really necessary, Peter is gradually being divorced from his character-defining compassion, and the list goes on. There at least exists a contrast to this: Mohinder's fall to darkness started out interesting but then lost its gravitas, and Sylar's moral fluctuations have made him the most interesting character of the season, thanks in no small part to the fact that Zachary Quinto is a flippin' amazing actor. Character development is all well and good, but it has to be *logical* character development.
Where in the Space-Time Continuum is Caitlin - So what, Peter Petrelli is just leaving his girlfriend stranded in the Apocalyptic Future from Season 2? It appears as if he's completely forgotten about her. I suppose in part that the timing of the writer's strike is to blame, but really, is it impossible for the writers of a show to review their own tapes and scripts? Since they're so obviously striving to reinforce internal consistency, you'd think this would be a priority.
This show was such a beacon of hope two years ago. Why did the cake turn out to be a lie? Let's hope those having two of its writers given the boot puts things in an upswing after the mid season reboot.