Anybody else still watching this? I just caught up. It's really picking up for me. Some new life for the plot, some more tasty action scenes.
I was pleasantly surprised that Bennett didn't tase Claire when he hugged her - I was really expecting it.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Yes, it definitely has picked up. I thought they had rushed the whole Pinehurst/Arthur story myself.
The Ando/Hiro switch has provided some very good moments. It seems to me that they are paring down the number of Supes to re-focus on the main characters. After all, we haven't seen anything from Molly, Monica, West and a bunch of others that were introduced last season and I think the story has benefited from that.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Is this 3rd season or did I miss the boat on a new one?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Ginger Beacon: Is this 3rd season or did I miss the boat on a new one?
I believe it is officially "Season 3, Part 2".
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
"I thought they had rushed the whole Pinehurst/Arthur story myself."
Yes, well, all the better to get the hell over with and onto something better (Seriously, I was getting tired of the Old Guys and their plots. I was glad when Angela basically told Nate to shove it up it his ass when he was hinting at asking for her help.)
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I'm sorry but Heroes this season has been an UTTER shambles. They can't blame the writers strike anymore, either.
The diaglogue, the plot, everything has been laughable.
There is ZERO character development. Everything is disjointed.
The characters are just going around and around in circles. It's woeful. I'm really upset at how crap it is.
I'll still watch it, but i'm not happy.
Everything is SO predictable at the moment. It's nothing like season 1 which was tight.
The Sylar and kid plot The 'rebellion' was done SO cornily. Claire and Bennett's dance.
The only 'growth' was of Claire's mother actually doing something about Noah's crap.
Nathan Patrelli the entire season has acted so... unstabley.
The first half of the season was wrapped up rediculously. Sylar was written terribly in it.
What happened to the wonderfully intrictate web of season 1?
They need structure and consistancey.
The 'turning' of the new DHS woman with Tracey's killing of the guy was crap and Daphne had a worse death than Tasha Yar!
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
While this season definitely isn't as good as the 1st, it does seem like TPTB have gone back to their roots. The previous 2 seasons were very much rushed and crammed with too many plot points, bad plot points I might add. This season seems to be going at a slow enough pace that I can digest what's going on. I agree with Andrew that the whole "government official who supports the rights of citizens until he/she sees an event that changes their mind" thing is so played out.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
I seriously don't know anymore about this show. Season 1 was a cracker, but after that story, they've been struggling immensely.
It seems they just can't tell any other story than the discovery and coming-of-age of the first season, where people became aware they had powers, and we were genuinely excited to see this world turn upside down with all the superpowers.
Both season 2 and 3 are roughly "Someone sees the Bad Future -> Very convoluted plot occurs with people switching sides at least twice -> Stuff is all good again". In the end, everyone stays where they are as a character, with no clear alignments or divisions among them.
I'm not sold on S3 Part 2 yet. They've gotten rid of most of the timetravel stuff, but I'm not convinced it's significantly better/different yet.
I think what it lacking at the moment is a clear enemy. Can't we just have a classic "Good Guys vs Bad Guys" set up? Season 1 had the Company and the Linderman Group, but the other seasons have had less interesting baddies. I'd like to see them move to Future Hiro, Future Peter and Superhot Claire: 'superheroes' that kick ass, and have really come to terms with their abilities. Hiro and Ando's latest tricks are a step in that direction, although apparently played for comedy.
But, then again.. what do I know. They probably should've just stopped at 1 season, to be blunt.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
I haven't seen anything since... um... 3.10, I think? Just kind of lost interest, I guess. Plus I'm kind of disgusted at some of the spoilers I've read and at the way they're making a habit out of stuffing women in refrigerators.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
They killed Daphne? Well that's pissed me off, she was the only one of the "new" characters that I actually liked!
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I agree about the first half of season 3. That's why I haven't been watching the second half, because the first half sucked so badly. But, I was bored and decided to watch them since there wasn't anything else to watch and I'm liking it much butter than S2 or the first half of S3 so far. Of *course* it doesn't compare to S1 though. And it is a bit predictable, but I guess not everything can be mindblowing. Maybe there are some surprises in store? Cross your fingers?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
They need to think of some clever new powers too
I loved the 'minor characters' in season 1 too - like Charlie the girl with the memory powers and the hottie that was tracking Suresh. Had the power of persuasion.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Wasn't her name Eve or something? Sylar killed her, but I guess he didn't take her power, or he *definitely* would use it more often. Like, all the time.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Eden McCain. And she shot herself in the head so he wouldn't be able to take the power.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Anyone watch the Heroes: Destiny webisodes?
Not too bad for what they are. I really enjoyed them. Had more of the feel of season 1. Actually better than some season 2 and 3!
What's her face who played Talia Winters in B5 is in it as a 'baddy'.
I think there's only 4 episodes so far and left on a pretty good cliff-hanger.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
And as for tonight's, all I have to say is that the ending made me actually groan out loud and say in dismay: "Not again!"
Also, the rest of the episode was filled with shitty dialogue.
Looks like this one's a plopper in the toilet.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
I only saw the first new episode of the year last night and thought it was pretty good (the plane crash was particularly nicely shot), so it's really depressing to hear it'll just turn to shit again.
It's a pity since they managed to sort out the issue of Hiro and Peter being too powerful, which was one of the big problems from the start.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
It seems to me like they are picking a half dozen characters an episode to tell their portion of the story each week. The last episode was an attempt to flesh out HRG's role and some backtracking but it ended up being right back to where we were before with Noah. Is he or ISN'T he a 'villain'?
I had also wondered at the seemingly Tasha Yar'ish way they had offed Daphne, but I guess we were wrong about that. There are a lot of 'Powered' characters that were introduced that have now just fallen off the face of the world:
Molly Walker
Micah Sanders
The Haitian
Monica Dawson
West Rosen
Maya Herrera
Claude Rains
I think they have overwritten themselves and are now trying to pare it back down to a manageable cast/plot. Hopefully, they will get back to the type of story that made the show so strong.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I think they're pursuing that a little too doggedly with yet another painting of a city being destroyed by Da Bomb in the future if Our Heroes don't stop it. I could almost hear a comic "Here we go agin'!" in the back of my head.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
Well, Claude's shown up in several GNs since his last appearance. I think with him at least they're trying to keep things open. If he comes back, it'd be enough to get me to watch the show again.
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(Seriously, I was getting tired of the Old Guys and their plots. I was glad when Angela basically told Nate to shove it up it his ass when he was hinting at asking for her help.)