Heroes 1.01-1.02

[tielan]

Maya's accent seems to come and go this season, compared with last season where it was fairly steady (at least to my ear); I'm not sure about this Mohinder/Maya thing - especially since Mohinder's gone...well...superpowered. And, apparently, super-sexy. He was sexy before, though. This is just...a more open sexuality.

I don't think I like the way Maya tends to fall for guys; it's a little sudden - she seems awfully passive about it, although how much of that is because of her relationship with Alejandro is questionable. She was the dominant one in that connection; I guess I expected her to be more dominant than she is.

Niki - what's happening to her, with her? Multiple personalities? Channelling dead people? I still don't know what her power is - or what she can do other than kick ass.

Angela is annoying me the way everyone tends to do in Heroes after a while: lots of mysterious comments and secret-keeping, but no actual explanations. Nobody seems to do the logical thing and explain exactly what's going on - especially Angela. Habit, maybe, but her telling future!Peter that his being here is messing up the timeline is annoying since she never elaborates on exactly how he's messing up the timeline.

The Claire-Peter thing is...well, interesting. I was always a Peter/Claire shipper from the get-go, although obviously that's a no-no within the context of the show. I

Dear translator-from-Japanese: it's discreet - trustworthy, able to keep secrets - not discrete - individual, separate.

Hiro is a little bit stupid in his innocence. Just because Ando kills him doesn't mean that Ando's a bad guy; if Ando (a good guy) can turn bad, then why can't Hiro? Just like future!Peter doesn't seem to clue in that in sticking around where he's at, he's causing more trouble from knowing the future and trying to stop things - screwing things up even further.

Why, yes, Mohinder, when you inject yourself with an untested, untried version of a drug meant to change your genetic structure chances are that strange things will happen to you.

The worst thing about watching thirsty people drink on TV? They're so damn wasteful about water. The water goes into the mouth, not around the mouth, idiots!

My verdict on the first two eps: interesting but not particularly engaging. Although Mama Petrelli's revelation that Sylar is one of her sons is...interesting indeed.

Comments

[faerietaleredux.livejournal.com]

Eek, your entry cut off right when you were going to elaborate on your Claire-Peter comments. What were you going to say? Or was that "I" just a typo?

I've only seen the first season of Heroes, but I remember how much I wanted C/P to happen. Of course, at the time, the two character's hadn't really had more than a minute of screen time together. I realize it'll never happen now.

One day I'll catch up with all I've missed. Maybe in December, after classes. I'll need a little escape time.

[raksha38.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I feel about Mohinder getting powers. My mom and I watched these eps together and the whole time with Mohinder I was like, "...And now he grows blue fur all over his body and gets fangs. Any time now. Come on, where's the damn blue fur?!" Cuz seriously? His storyline is basically that of The Beast from X-Men. Hank used to be a normal looking guy (in a Meat Bus from Dexter kind of way) until he was messing around with a mutant-related serum he didn't fully understand and then BAM! Blue fur. And now Mohinder is super strong and agile and can walk up walls and stuff like Beast? Yeah, he needs blue fur.

Of course, then they'll get their asses sued off by Marvel, but a lawsuit would be kind of overdue anyway considering how many comics they've already ripped off wholesale.

I'm kind of sad about Hiro this season. He's always been idealistic and a bit naive, but now he's just getting kind of stupid, which he never was before. I don't like it. Or maybe I'm just cranky because the writers are messing with my "Hiro + Ando = Homiez 4EVA!!1!" happiness.

Shallow note: Claire looks hot as a brunette. Totally hot.


Overall, I'm liking this season about the same as last season, which is a pretty good thing. I'm not one of those that hated last season. It's good and all, but I'm not losing my mind with joy every week.

[stacy2002.livejournal.com]

I watched 1 episode of season 1, not sure of the ep number, but Claire tried to rescue Exploding Man (probably not his real name) from a burning building and burnt/regenerated repeatedly (Wolverine!) until Exploding Man exploded. I thought it was good fun, when no one was talking. The dialogue was VILE. I couldn't watch anymore than those 2 eps, and only returned this season to see Francis Capra in the season opener. It was good to see him in a show that people actually watch. He is so good, and one day soon, all leading men will be 5'8" and tattooed as hell, then he will be a star (Thank you Tom Cruise, for opening the door for short men)- but the show was worse than ever. Campy delivery is only okay in small doses, and 50's comic book dialogue was only ok IN THE FRACKIN 50'S.

I wonder aloud - how come Heroes rules the airwaves with bad writing, but Stargate Atlantis, Farscape and Firefly got cancelled? Is life just that unfair?

[faerietaleredux.livejournal.com]

Eek, your entry cut off right when you were going to elaborate on your Claire-Peter comments. What were you going to say? Or was that "I" just a typo?

I've only seen the first season of Heroes, but I remember how much I wanted C/P to happen. Of course, at the time, the two character's hadn't really had more than a minute of screen time together. I realize it'll never happen now.

One day I'll catch up with all I've missed. Maybe in December, after classes. I'll need a little escape time.

[raksha38.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I feel about Mohinder getting powers. My mom and I watched these eps together and the whole time with Mohinder I was like, "...And now he grows blue fur all over his body and gets fangs. Any time now. Come on, where's the damn blue fur?!" Cuz seriously? His storyline is basically that of The Beast from X-Men. Hank used to be a normal looking guy (in a Meat Bus from Dexter kind of way) until he was messing around with a mutant-related serum he didn't fully understand and then BAM! Blue fur. And now Mohinder is super strong and agile and can walk up walls and stuff like Beast? Yeah, he needs blue fur.

Of course, then they'll get their asses sued off by Marvel, but a lawsuit would be kind of overdue anyway considering how many comics they've already ripped off wholesale.

I'm kind of sad about Hiro this season. He's always been idealistic and a bit naive, but now he's just getting kind of stupid, which he never was before. I don't like it. Or maybe I'm just cranky because the writers are messing with my "Hiro + Ando = Homiez 4EVA!!1!" happiness.

Shallow note: Claire looks hot as a brunette. Totally hot.


Overall, I'm liking this season about the same as last season, which is a pretty good thing. I'm not one of those that hated last season. It's good and all, but I'm not losing my mind with joy every week.

[stacy2002.livejournal.com]

I watched 1 episode of season 1, not sure of the ep number, but Claire tried to rescue Exploding Man (probably not his real name) from a burning building and burnt/regenerated repeatedly (Wolverine!) until Exploding Man exploded. I thought it was good fun, when no one was talking. The dialogue was VILE. I couldn't watch anymore than those 2 eps, and only returned this season to see Francis Capra in the season opener. It was good to see him in a show that people actually watch. He is so good, and one day soon, all leading men will be 5'8" and tattooed as hell, then he will be a star (Thank you Tom Cruise, for opening the door for short men)- but the show was worse than ever. Campy delivery is only okay in small doses, and 50's comic book dialogue was only ok IN THE FRACKIN 50'S.

I wonder aloud - how come Heroes rules the airwaves with bad writing, but Stargate Atlantis, Farscape and Firefly got cancelled? Is life just that unfair?