Sep. 24th, 2008 09:21 am
Heroes Season 3: Villains
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jdotmiIt's been a few days now (okay, two) so I think I can now post about this. But I'll be nice and cut it.
Three hours of Heroes happened on Monday. The first was the premier party/clip show catch up job. It definitely got people caught up to speed on who the cast was, and gave some nice teasers into the night's episodes. One exception, though. There was a scene where Mamma Petrelli visited Sylar in a cell at the company and brought a lady with a gift to him for him to "eat" that didn't wind up in the first two episodes. I'm guessing it'll be in next week's episode, then.
This episode is a bit of a mixed bag. FuturePeter is just as big as a fuck-up as PresentPeter, and FutureClaire is scary as hell. My one complaint on this show in general is that no matter how many times the Heroes save the world, the future winds up more and more fucked up for it. Can we avert an apocalypse and have it be, well, averted for once? Anyrate. FuturePeter as the gunman was kind of lame. It really should have been HRG, but whatever. Sylar probing Claire's brain was kinda gross (loved the twitching!), but there were points where the braincap looked pretty obvious. Certain camera angles just shouldn't have been used for that scene. Him placing the top of her skull back on and letting it heal was just several shades of yuck, but also very very cool. And now Claire knows she can never die. I guess we know why FutureClaire is so fucked up...
Things I didn't like. Nathan's recovery needs to be explained. Linderman showing up as an invisible spectre (or hallucination) to him is bizzare on many levels. And his initial "OMG ANGELS" reaction made no sense. It got dropped real fast as he recovered more, but still. Elle and Bob's interactions didn't really work well either. Too much of tying up loose ends it felt like. And the offscreensville exit of Molly. And Parkman didn't get nearly enough screen time.
The timeline of the episode leaves a lot to be explained. It's set immediately after the shooting, which implies it's the same time that Sylar just got away from Mohinder and Elle, yet Elle is not injured anymore at the Company and Mohinder and Maya seem none the worse for wear. Sylar winds up in California the same day, and Tracy shows up in New York. Now, it is entirely possible that Tracy is NOT an alter of Nikki, but I doubt it. It would be a cheap trick to do for a character we know has multiple personalities.
The Hiro storyline has me scratching my head. It was funny, yes, watching him "defy" his father's wishes only to find that his father knew he'd do it. Of course, leaving the remote to open the safe in the office was retarded. Hell, HAVING a remote to open the safe which must never be opened was retarded. His response to Ando after seeing FutureAndo kill him (with a power) made no sense. Okay, so Hiro's storyline makes no sense. The Speedster (Daphne) was cool
This episode ends with a little montage leading us to find HRG locked up, Mohinder being even more mentally retarded than ever (SuperSerum Inject!!!) and that PresentPeter is trapped in another man's body. I guess that's one way to give Milo a break in filming now and then.
The second hour opens with a lot of things happening. We finally learn Angela's power, in such a subdued and matter of fact way, and I guessed it a long time ago. Precognitive Dreaming (this is also in the Season 2 delete scenes apparently). We first saw Peter using this power in Genesis. Angela's dreams seem a lot more vivid and a lot more disturbing, though. Sylar axes Bob. Elle's discovery of Bob's body reminded me so much of Buffy discovering the guidance counselor in Season 3 that I knew it was happenin long before they even showed us the back of the chair. Elle's explosion later was an awesome effect, and all in all I think Elle had an excellent story going in this episode. After her first fight with Sylar I think she finally decided she is going to be one of the good guys, even if her methods leave something to be desired, and it really works for her. Angela firing Elle wasn't a big surprise either. Technically, this frees up Kristen Bell for other work she's doing, but she is coming back later in the season.
The timeline gets more muddy. How long has Nathan been in the hospital? It can't be that long really. And Tracy seems to be well entrenched with the Governer, so we really need an explanation as to who or what she is. Her power was cool and scary, though, so that's cool.
I'm starting to see a problem, though. The former Smallville writers are becoming heavy handed it seems. Anvils. Nothing but Anvils. The reporter calling Tracy the "Ice Queen", Hiro comparing himself and Daphne to Batman and Catwoman, the entire title of the episode (Although, to be fair, Angela's reaming of FuturePeter was a total badass moment and made me love Angela so so much, even though she's an evil manipulative bitch). And the blatant "homages" to The Fly in Mohinder's storyline. And if we can never see Mohinder and Maya get it on again that'd be great, really. I DID like, though, how Mohinder was able to use Maya's blood (and thus her poisonous power) to grant super powers to others. Despite the somewhat ham handed method of dealing with it, there is something almost poetic in that.
I was happy to see Meredith Gordon show up again, and loved Claire's response to seeing her. I loved the interaction between Claire and FuturePeter and his realization that he has really fucked things up. By convincing Claire to stay home, he caused Sylar to acquire her power.
Nathan quickly realized that his PhantomLinderman is manipulating him. I wonder if this is the real Linderman or just some figment of his imagination. If it is Linderman, and he really did heal him, I'm going to be curious to see how this plays out.
Matt had a bit more story to go on, and we've met a new precog-painter in it. Granted, his painting showed up in a couple places, so this doesn't make as much sense as it could have (New York and Africa). I hope the writers remember what happened the last time they left a cast member isolated for an extended period...
The final bit of the episode leaves a slight unanswered question. Is Angela Petrelli really Sylar's mother, or is she saying she's now his mother figure? I strongly suspect the former, and as overused as that plot idea is in comic books, it is really fucking cool. It explains a ton.
Three hours of Heroes happened on Monday. The first was the premier party/clip show catch up job. It definitely got people caught up to speed on who the cast was, and gave some nice teasers into the night's episodes. One exception, though. There was a scene where Mamma Petrelli visited Sylar in a cell at the company and brought a lady with a gift to him for him to "eat" that didn't wind up in the first two episodes. I'm guessing it'll be in next week's episode, then.
This episode is a bit of a mixed bag. FuturePeter is just as big as a fuck-up as PresentPeter, and FutureClaire is scary as hell. My one complaint on this show in general is that no matter how many times the Heroes save the world, the future winds up more and more fucked up for it. Can we avert an apocalypse and have it be, well, averted for once? Anyrate. FuturePeter as the gunman was kind of lame. It really should have been HRG, but whatever. Sylar probing Claire's brain was kinda gross (loved the twitching!), but there were points where the braincap looked pretty obvious. Certain camera angles just shouldn't have been used for that scene. Him placing the top of her skull back on and letting it heal was just several shades of yuck, but also very very cool. And now Claire knows she can never die. I guess we know why FutureClaire is so fucked up...
Things I didn't like. Nathan's recovery needs to be explained. Linderman showing up as an invisible spectre (or hallucination) to him is bizzare on many levels. And his initial "OMG ANGELS" reaction made no sense. It got dropped real fast as he recovered more, but still. Elle and Bob's interactions didn't really work well either. Too much of tying up loose ends it felt like. And the offscreensville exit of Molly. And Parkman didn't get nearly enough screen time.
The timeline of the episode leaves a lot to be explained. It's set immediately after the shooting, which implies it's the same time that Sylar just got away from Mohinder and Elle, yet Elle is not injured anymore at the Company and Mohinder and Maya seem none the worse for wear. Sylar winds up in California the same day, and Tracy shows up in New York. Now, it is entirely possible that Tracy is NOT an alter of Nikki, but I doubt it. It would be a cheap trick to do for a character we know has multiple personalities.
The Hiro storyline has me scratching my head. It was funny, yes, watching him "defy" his father's wishes only to find that his father knew he'd do it. Of course, leaving the remote to open the safe in the office was retarded. Hell, HAVING a remote to open the safe which must never be opened was retarded. His response to Ando after seeing FutureAndo kill him (with a power) made no sense. Okay, so Hiro's storyline makes no sense. The Speedster (Daphne) was cool
This episode ends with a little montage leading us to find HRG locked up, Mohinder being even more mentally retarded than ever (SuperSerum Inject!!!) and that PresentPeter is trapped in another man's body. I guess that's one way to give Milo a break in filming now and then.
The second hour opens with a lot of things happening. We finally learn Angela's power, in such a subdued and matter of fact way, and I guessed it a long time ago. Precognitive Dreaming (this is also in the Season 2 delete scenes apparently). We first saw Peter using this power in Genesis. Angela's dreams seem a lot more vivid and a lot more disturbing, though. Sylar axes Bob. Elle's discovery of Bob's body reminded me so much of Buffy discovering the guidance counselor in Season 3 that I knew it was happenin long before they even showed us the back of the chair. Elle's explosion later was an awesome effect, and all in all I think Elle had an excellent story going in this episode. After her first fight with Sylar I think she finally decided she is going to be one of the good guys, even if her methods leave something to be desired, and it really works for her. Angela firing Elle wasn't a big surprise either. Technically, this frees up Kristen Bell for other work she's doing, but she is coming back later in the season.
The timeline gets more muddy. How long has Nathan been in the hospital? It can't be that long really. And Tracy seems to be well entrenched with the Governer, so we really need an explanation as to who or what she is. Her power was cool and scary, though, so that's cool.
I'm starting to see a problem, though. The former Smallville writers are becoming heavy handed it seems. Anvils. Nothing but Anvils. The reporter calling Tracy the "Ice Queen", Hiro comparing himself and Daphne to Batman and Catwoman, the entire title of the episode (Although, to be fair, Angela's reaming of FuturePeter was a total badass moment and made me love Angela so so much, even though she's an evil manipulative bitch). And the blatant "homages" to The Fly in Mohinder's storyline. And if we can never see Mohinder and Maya get it on again that'd be great, really. I DID like, though, how Mohinder was able to use Maya's blood (and thus her poisonous power) to grant super powers to others. Despite the somewhat ham handed method of dealing with it, there is something almost poetic in that.
I was happy to see Meredith Gordon show up again, and loved Claire's response to seeing her. I loved the interaction between Claire and FuturePeter and his realization that he has really fucked things up. By convincing Claire to stay home, he caused Sylar to acquire her power.
Nathan quickly realized that his PhantomLinderman is manipulating him. I wonder if this is the real Linderman or just some figment of his imagination. If it is Linderman, and he really did heal him, I'm going to be curious to see how this plays out.
Matt had a bit more story to go on, and we've met a new precog-painter in it. Granted, his painting showed up in a couple places, so this doesn't make as much sense as it could have (New York and Africa). I hope the writers remember what happened the last time they left a cast member isolated for an extended period...
The final bit of the episode leaves a slight unanswered question. Is Angela Petrelli really Sylar's mother, or is she saying she's now his mother figure? I strongly suspect the former, and as overused as that plot idea is in comic books, it is really fucking cool. It explains a ton.
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