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brighteyedjillAfter checking out the first few minutes of the Heroes countdown, I decided that I just couldn’t watch it. Spoiler danger. It’s Tivo-d so we may watch it later. BUT! I will be live-blogging the premiere. So. More to come.
Note: This was written stream-of-consciousness style as I watched, and has been only partially revised and amended post-show.
We start with the future, and don’t have to wait for a whole different episode mid-season! This is good, because I was worried we’d have to wait five or six episodes for that “I always loved you” clip they’ve been slutting around all over the interweb. Ooo, the future holds is concentration camp-style persecution. It’s so X-Men! I love badass!Peter and badass!Claire. And I (clearly) love the idea of persecuted "specials." More 5YG AU fic, anyone?
Picking up hat… Picking up gun… No way. No freaking way. I positively do not buy Peter shooting Nathan. And then present!Peter leaving his dying brother. No. Way. Present!Peter would not leave his bro. Well, I can give Future!Peter a pass if he knows that Nathan will survive because of his superior knowledge of how regeneration works. But. Still.
Nathan went to Annapolis! Oh, the possibilities that opens up. I suppose we should have known he went to the Naval Academy. But I’m picturing twenty-something Adrian Pasdar in dress uniform and swooning.
In the hospital scene, instead of just waiting outside (Sitting on the floor? Is that really the way Angela raised you?), I wanted Peter to show his mad nursing skills. But I am enjoying Milo doing some actual acting. He gets to play two characters (or at least two different versions of the same characters), hooray!
Hiro is the best CEO ever. But uh... What happened to Kimiko? Doesn't she care that her brother doesn't give a crap about Yamagato? Is there some component of this plot I missed in the graphic novels?
And we have Mr. Muggles! Only 10 minutes in. Not that I was worried he wouldn’t survive for this season. But you never know, with Sylar on the loose.
Claire does not suffer from genre blindness! She runs away, down the stairs, even. But apparently Sylar remembered he has a power other than awesome hotness. Because locking your prey in so it can’t escape after it’s hit you with a trophy is a good idea. Oh, I love it when Sylar toys with them. Here mousy mousy mousy.
Maya, you suck more and more every day. Break Mohinder's wrist with a cricket bat (is that a cricket bat?), why don't you? “There’s nothing left for me here.” Um, nothing left for you, Mohinder? What about Matt? Don't leave your man!
Mohinder's job is to tie in old episode titles (“Fight or Flight”) and reward those who have been around since Season One by reminding us that he has a lizard tank (Remember the lizard named Mohinder, guys? Molly’s totally been feeding him all this time! Also, we had an episode called “Lizards” last season, but we didn’t mention Lizard!Mohinder then… Sorry.)
Kaito says: Keep this secret well, and be sure to share this sacred duty with your BFF Ando. Kaito knows his son. He had to know Hiro would open the safe, right? Yes he does. Because that man was on Star Trek.
Oh, the old half-of-the-formula trick. That one never gets old. Oh wait. Didn't I just see this in a Torchwood episode?
Okay. Here’s a question. Can a female member of the Heroes cast be not blond? I mean, other than Angela? No? Okay. Just checking.
Nathan is so pretty. And smart. Multi-lingual, too. But if he starts monologuing like Mohinder, so help me God… Oh never mind… Voice sounds so sultry… Getting distracted… Petrelli eyefuck #1 only 31 minutes in!
Mohinder has power envy. Which makes sense, because everyone he knows has had such good things happen to them because of their abilities. Oh. Wait.
Sylar’s really a nice guy. He didn’t just rip Claire apart right away like he could have, but gave her a chance to listen to his monologue. Lucky her. Actually, his monologue is less inane than others so far this episode. “How do we make love stay?” Oh, Sylar! Mo will come back to you.
“Eat your brain? That’s disgusting.” Meta humor for the win! Brain eating acknowledgement. Now I’m a happy camper.
Sylar made an orgasmic happy noise when he found Claire’s power. Wonder what sound he’ll make when he take’s Mo’s new power…
Sylar’s putting dear Claire on the path to evil. He tried to turn Maya, but then he realized that Claire was marginally less annoying. It would be nice to have a partner who couldn’t die down through those long, never-ending years. And don’t sell yourself short, Sylar. You could kill Claire if you really put your mind to it. I believe in you.
Good to see Mohinder’s kept up his regimen of stupid pills. Wouldn’t want to have the most purportedly-brilliant character on the show do something intelligent, now would we?
Nathan’s an angel. He can fly. But I’d be okay if he cut down on the religious rhetoric. Please let him be faking. Please let him know that that’s not the real Peter, and be playing some elaborate ruse. Please? His character is that intelligent, I promise. Although... You guys remember that long AU fic I just finished of Peter getting committed? Wrong brother.
“There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.” Linderman quotes Hamlet! I was squee-ing when I saw Malcolm McDowell’s name in the credits, although I wasn’t sure exactly how they were going to work that. But we totally believe that the character is really back and not at all a figment of Nathan’s imagination. (Although you know Adrian is feeling pretty smug that he’s the only one who gets to work with Malcolm McDowell.)
Future Peter is an asshole. Poor Matt can’t get a break.
Hiro, you say going to the future will be safe? Ask Peter about the dangers of going to the future. Or ask Irish!Simone. Ando, I totally agree with you, buddy. Hiro should start taking you along on field trips. Although that scene Hiro saw in the future did finally give purpose to your character. And you looked like a cool anime character. Now there’s conflict! Writers, take note: conflict creates drama.
Mohinder, there was quite enough shooting up in last season’s finale. Do you really think needles are the answer? Honestly? Apparently, they are the answer to getting mugged. Remember kids, if someone tries to take your wallet, inject yourself with a mixture of adrenaline and freaky mutant DNA and all will be well!
The Petrellis spend an awful lot of time in hospitals. They should get a wing named after them. Or at least a memorial bench or something. Angela’s powers are dreams! OMG so exciting! At last we know! It’s not some crazy touchy-feely powers, but it’s still made of awesome!
All together now for the closing monologue: SteveMcQueen!Bennett! Slut!Jessica! Bodyswap!Peter! Random rock art! Heatstroke!Matt! Everybody needs a montage!
If I hadn’t recognized that Yeats poem at first, I would have thought that was the lamest Mohinder monologue ever. It’s still sort of a reach, in my mind. But Mo gets points for reciting poetry.
And now… The Butterfly Effect But without Ashton Kutcher. Thank God.
Uh oh. Sylar gave Claire CIPA (except not real CIPA, since it wasn’t congenital..)! Maybe Sylar fixed her, as long as he had the hood open. I love Sandra Bennet and her protectiveness. No, your daughter’s virtue is totally safe. Uh… sorta.
Adam Monroe’s first appearance! Hooray! I now love Angela’s dreams. And Angela in general. And Peter standing up to Angela. Future Peter is so different from the pathetic little Peter we all know andwant to cuddle love. Well, I love anything involving Petrellis.
Excuse to get Sendhil shirtless? Yes please! But I doubt that this Spiderman shit can last. Maybe this new injection has the side-effect of interacting with Mohinder’s stupid pills to cause EXTRA STUPID actions. Should start reading the warning labels on those syringes, buddy.
NO NO NO! DON’T DO IT! Don’t make out with Maya! EWWWW! I am horrified. “And then Mohinder ripped Maya’s shirt off” is a sentence that should never needed to be written.
Matt Parkman falls down in the desert. Soon Dominican twins will drive up in a new Nissan and drive him to New York. Or an African painter will send a turtle to show him water. Whatever. I get those two things mixed up sometimes. I wonder if Kring wrote him out into the desert so Grunberg wouldn’t slow down the shooting schedule with his shenanigans. Heh heh.
Elle! My favorite Heroes blonde! I have the feeling she won’t be taking Bob’s shit too much longer. Good for her. But I’m hoping that Sylar and Elle get together. Because that black-and-white video of him pwning two Company agents was some funny shit.
“The far right is loving him.” Does that mean Nathan is a Republican? I’d like to think not. I know Nathan’s a Navy man, too, but I have trouble believing he’d be in the McCain camp.
How did Niki get this job and get so friendly with this politician in the few days that have elapsed since last Season’s finale? Niki is not Niki. Again. Or Still. Or something.
Writers thinking to themselves regarding Peter and Claire: ”Is there any way we can retcon this so that they’re not related? Because there’s all this sexual tension?” “Um, Milo is going to have UST with anyone. He’s just that kind of guy.” “Shit.” “Could they make it a little less obvious that they’re dating, at least?” “Apparently not.” “Yep. We’re fucked.”
Nathan’s on his knees reciting prayers. Knew the Petrellis were Catholics. Nobody else knows guilt quite like us. “Speaking of sin.” Heh. Awesome line. “The word biblically comes to mind.” Also awesome.
Okay, if Niki has yet another personality, how was she living that life while imprisoned with the Company? STILL not Niki.
Nathan, could your jaw be any more chiseled? You know Beeman was taking that close-up shot of the Pasjaw and sighing in admiration.
And right I am! Elle’s not taking any more of Bob’s shit, because he be dead. Sad to see Stephen Tobolowsky go :-( Noah is awesome. The shot with Elle throwing the gun to him was one of my favorites in the show. Elle has not been taking stupid pills; she knows where to go for help: Noah "Awesome" Bennet.
I love that the conclusion Ando jumps to when he finds out about this alleged future betrayal is “robot.” Hooray geekdom.
“For years I’ve lived in a world where people like us are hunted, slaughtered, used.” Used? Peter made that sound so dirty. (And for this special occasion, Milo even busted out a tone of voice other than “confused” or “angry.”)
“I need your forgiveness.” Aw, Pete. Of course you do. Although I wonder what happened to Nathan in your future that you don’t want to tell him. I’m still unclear whether this Peter is the future that grows up to be the Five Years Gone Peter, or a different timeline entirely. The time space continuum confuses me.
Senator is way better than Congressman. Faster road to president. Good choice to take it. I hope this means we get to see more bastardpolitician!Nathan. Although I’m really longing for some present!Peter to offset this new flavor of Nathan. So he’d better un-bodyswap soon.
Kill…reporter…Ice... Queen… Uh… What? So, Tracy’s gotta be Niki’s twin, I guess. Seriously? She needs multiple personalities AND identical twins? Who did Ali Larter blow to stay on this show? No, seriously. But I don't hate this acting as much as I hated Niki. Maybe I'm biased by all the time I spent wishing Niki would quit whining.
Angela can be such a bitch sometimes. And she’s actually making me feel bad for Elle. But I do like it when characters do things that, y’know, make sense. Like cutting loose a psychopathic sadist like Elle. Although now I’m worried for Angela’s life. Sylar tends to kill everyone who imprisons him. By the way, who in the hell was Angela talking to when she said, "I hope you know you've opened Pandora's box"? Not Future!Peter, obviously. So who? Bob? What the hell did that mean?
Hiro doubts Ando? Ando doubts Hiro? See, conflict. We feel bad watching the degradation of the show’s most solid friendship. Although I thought we went down this road to some degree in Season One. Hiro needs to learn to play well with others. I do like that he's more cynical after the whole Adam debacle. PRogress is good. But I’m really sort of done with extra blondes. We have enough blondes I already love. No more, show. Stop.
Newsflash, Mohinder. Actions have consequences. Now take your stupid pill and go back to the scary naked lady in your bed.
“I’m going insane.” Heh. Yes Parkman, you are. But I love that he talked to a turtle. Now there’s another character with Isaac’s power. He paints rocks in the desert. This is probably smarter than painting a mysterious series of death scenes and stashing them in Ukraine. Just sayin.
Noah and Claire together again. Cool. But this time, Noah, take Claire with you. Daddy-daughter espionage, please. Because obviously Claire can’t be trusted to stay at home without attracting crazy special people.
Wow, Nathan didn’t realize Linderman was a hallucination? Come on, dude. Everybody knows that playing chess in a hospital is a sure sign of insanity (see Hurly in Lost for more evidence).
We’re learning that the escaped Level 5 folks are really evil. Does Peter have his powers in that body? If so, why doesn’t he just kick all their assess? Also, Peter should stop falling in with gangs of criminals. It’s beginning to be a second-episode-of-the-season hobby.
Mommy issues ahoy! The Petrelli family tree expands. This means that Sylar/Peter is now incest as well. I propose a new slogan for Heroes: Where your favorite ship will eventually become incest. We guarantee.
Note: This was written stream-of-consciousness style as I watched, and has been only partially revised and amended post-show.
We start with the future, and don’t have to wait for a whole different episode mid-season! This is good, because I was worried we’d have to wait five or six episodes for that “I always loved you” clip they’ve been slutting around all over the interweb. Ooo, the future holds is concentration camp-style persecution. It’s so X-Men! I love badass!Peter and badass!Claire. And I (clearly) love the idea of persecuted "specials." More 5YG AU fic, anyone?
Picking up hat… Picking up gun… No way. No freaking way. I positively do not buy Peter shooting Nathan. And then present!Peter leaving his dying brother. No. Way. Present!Peter would not leave his bro. Well, I can give Future!Peter a pass if he knows that Nathan will survive because of his superior knowledge of how regeneration works. But. Still.
Nathan went to Annapolis! Oh, the possibilities that opens up. I suppose we should have known he went to the Naval Academy. But I’m picturing twenty-something Adrian Pasdar in dress uniform and swooning.
In the hospital scene, instead of just waiting outside (Sitting on the floor? Is that really the way Angela raised you?), I wanted Peter to show his mad nursing skills. But I am enjoying Milo doing some actual acting. He gets to play two characters (or at least two different versions of the same characters), hooray!
Hiro is the best CEO ever. But uh... What happened to Kimiko? Doesn't she care that her brother doesn't give a crap about Yamagato? Is there some component of this plot I missed in the graphic novels?
And we have Mr. Muggles! Only 10 minutes in. Not that I was worried he wouldn’t survive for this season. But you never know, with Sylar on the loose.
Claire does not suffer from genre blindness! She runs away, down the stairs, even. But apparently Sylar remembered he has a power other than awesome hotness. Because locking your prey in so it can’t escape after it’s hit you with a trophy is a good idea. Oh, I love it when Sylar toys with them. Here mousy mousy mousy.
Maya, you suck more and more every day. Break Mohinder's wrist with a cricket bat (is that a cricket bat?), why don't you? “There’s nothing left for me here.” Um, nothing left for you, Mohinder? What about Matt? Don't leave your man!
Mohinder's job is to tie in old episode titles (“Fight or Flight”) and reward those who have been around since Season One by reminding us that he has a lizard tank (Remember the lizard named Mohinder, guys? Molly’s totally been feeding him all this time! Also, we had an episode called “Lizards” last season, but we didn’t mention Lizard!Mohinder then… Sorry.)
Kaito says: Keep this secret well, and be sure to share this sacred duty with your BFF Ando. Kaito knows his son. He had to know Hiro would open the safe, right? Yes he does. Because that man was on Star Trek.
Oh, the old half-of-the-formula trick. That one never gets old. Oh wait. Didn't I just see this in a Torchwood episode?
Okay. Here’s a question. Can a female member of the Heroes cast be not blond? I mean, other than Angela? No? Okay. Just checking.
Nathan is so pretty. And smart. Multi-lingual, too. But if he starts monologuing like Mohinder, so help me God… Oh never mind… Voice sounds so sultry… Getting distracted… Petrelli eyefuck #1 only 31 minutes in!
Mohinder has power envy. Which makes sense, because everyone he knows has had such good things happen to them because of their abilities. Oh. Wait.
Sylar’s really a nice guy. He didn’t just rip Claire apart right away like he could have, but gave her a chance to listen to his monologue. Lucky her. Actually, his monologue is less inane than others so far this episode. “How do we make love stay?” Oh, Sylar! Mo will come back to you.
“Eat your brain? That’s disgusting.” Meta humor for the win! Brain eating acknowledgement. Now I’m a happy camper.
Sylar made an orgasmic happy noise when he found Claire’s power. Wonder what sound he’ll make when he take’s Mo’s new power…
Sylar’s putting dear Claire on the path to evil. He tried to turn Maya, but then he realized that Claire was marginally less annoying. It would be nice to have a partner who couldn’t die down through those long, never-ending years. And don’t sell yourself short, Sylar. You could kill Claire if you really put your mind to it. I believe in you.
Good to see Mohinder’s kept up his regimen of stupid pills. Wouldn’t want to have the most purportedly-brilliant character on the show do something intelligent, now would we?
Nathan’s an angel. He can fly. But I’d be okay if he cut down on the religious rhetoric. Please let him be faking. Please let him know that that’s not the real Peter, and be playing some elaborate ruse. Please? His character is that intelligent, I promise. Although... You guys remember that long AU fic I just finished of Peter getting committed? Wrong brother.
“There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.” Linderman quotes Hamlet! I was squee-ing when I saw Malcolm McDowell’s name in the credits, although I wasn’t sure exactly how they were going to work that. But we totally believe that the character is really back and not at all a figment of Nathan’s imagination. (Although you know Adrian is feeling pretty smug that he’s the only one who gets to work with Malcolm McDowell.)
Future Peter is an asshole. Poor Matt can’t get a break.
Hiro, you say going to the future will be safe? Ask Peter about the dangers of going to the future. Or ask Irish!Simone. Ando, I totally agree with you, buddy. Hiro should start taking you along on field trips. Although that scene Hiro saw in the future did finally give purpose to your character. And you looked like a cool anime character. Now there’s conflict! Writers, take note: conflict creates drama.
Mohinder, there was quite enough shooting up in last season’s finale. Do you really think needles are the answer? Honestly? Apparently, they are the answer to getting mugged. Remember kids, if someone tries to take your wallet, inject yourself with a mixture of adrenaline and freaky mutant DNA and all will be well!
The Petrellis spend an awful lot of time in hospitals. They should get a wing named after them. Or at least a memorial bench or something. Angela’s powers are dreams! OMG so exciting! At last we know! It’s not some crazy touchy-feely powers, but it’s still made of awesome!
All together now for the closing monologue: SteveMcQueen!Bennett! Slut!Jessica! Bodyswap!Peter! Random rock art! Heatstroke!Matt! Everybody needs a montage!
If I hadn’t recognized that Yeats poem at first, I would have thought that was the lamest Mohinder monologue ever. It’s still sort of a reach, in my mind. But Mo gets points for reciting poetry.
And now… The Butterfly Effect But without Ashton Kutcher. Thank God.
Uh oh. Sylar gave Claire CIPA (except not real CIPA, since it wasn’t congenital..)! Maybe Sylar fixed her, as long as he had the hood open. I love Sandra Bennet and her protectiveness. No, your daughter’s virtue is totally safe. Uh… sorta.
Adam Monroe’s first appearance! Hooray! I now love Angela’s dreams. And Angela in general. And Peter standing up to Angela. Future Peter is so different from the pathetic little Peter we all know and
Excuse to get Sendhil shirtless? Yes please! But I doubt that this Spiderman shit can last. Maybe this new injection has the side-effect of interacting with Mohinder’s stupid pills to cause EXTRA STUPID actions. Should start reading the warning labels on those syringes, buddy.
NO NO NO! DON’T DO IT! Don’t make out with Maya! EWWWW! I am horrified. “And then Mohinder ripped Maya’s shirt off” is a sentence that should never needed to be written.
Matt Parkman falls down in the desert. Soon Dominican twins will drive up in a new Nissan and drive him to New York. Or an African painter will send a turtle to show him water. Whatever. I get those two things mixed up sometimes. I wonder if Kring wrote him out into the desert so Grunberg wouldn’t slow down the shooting schedule with his shenanigans. Heh heh.
Elle! My favorite Heroes blonde! I have the feeling she won’t be taking Bob’s shit too much longer. Good for her. But I’m hoping that Sylar and Elle get together. Because that black-and-white video of him pwning two Company agents was some funny shit.
“The far right is loving him.” Does that mean Nathan is a Republican? I’d like to think not. I know Nathan’s a Navy man, too, but I have trouble believing he’d be in the McCain camp.
Writers thinking to themselves regarding Peter and Claire: ”Is there any way we can retcon this so that they’re not related? Because there’s all this sexual tension?” “Um, Milo is going to have UST with anyone. He’s just that kind of guy.” “Shit.” “Could they make it a little less obvious that they’re dating, at least?” “Apparently not.” “Yep. We’re fucked.”
Nathan’s on his knees reciting prayers. Knew the Petrellis were Catholics. Nobody else knows guilt quite like us. “Speaking of sin.” Heh. Awesome line. “The word biblically comes to mind.” Also awesome.
Nathan, could your jaw be any more chiseled? You know Beeman was taking that close-up shot of the Pasjaw and sighing in admiration.
And right I am! Elle’s not taking any more of Bob’s shit, because he be dead. Sad to see Stephen Tobolowsky go :-( Noah is awesome. The shot with Elle throwing the gun to him was one of my favorites in the show. Elle has not been taking stupid pills; she knows where to go for help: Noah "Awesome" Bennet.
I love that the conclusion Ando jumps to when he finds out about this alleged future betrayal is “robot.” Hooray geekdom.
“For years I’ve lived in a world where people like us are hunted, slaughtered, used.” Used? Peter made that sound so dirty. (And for this special occasion, Milo even busted out a tone of voice other than “confused” or “angry.”)
“I need your forgiveness.” Aw, Pete. Of course you do. Although I wonder what happened to Nathan in your future that you don’t want to tell him. I’m still unclear whether this Peter is the future that grows up to be the Five Years Gone Peter, or a different timeline entirely. The time space continuum confuses me.
Senator is way better than Congressman. Faster road to president. Good choice to take it. I hope this means we get to see more bastardpolitician!Nathan. Although I’m really longing for some present!Peter to offset this new flavor of Nathan. So he’d better un-bodyswap soon.
Kill…reporter…Ice... Queen… Uh… What? So, Tracy’s gotta be Niki’s twin, I guess. Seriously? She needs multiple personalities AND identical twins? Who did Ali Larter blow to stay on this show? No, seriously. But I don't hate this acting as much as I hated Niki. Maybe I'm biased by all the time I spent wishing Niki would quit whining.
Angela can be such a bitch sometimes. And she’s actually making me feel bad for Elle. But I do like it when characters do things that, y’know, make sense. Like cutting loose a psychopathic sadist like Elle. Although now I’m worried for Angela’s life. Sylar tends to kill everyone who imprisons him. By the way, who in the hell was Angela talking to when she said, "I hope you know you've opened Pandora's box"? Not Future!Peter, obviously. So who? Bob? What the hell did that mean?
Hiro doubts Ando? Ando doubts Hiro? See, conflict. We feel bad watching the degradation of the show’s most solid friendship. Although I thought we went down this road to some degree in Season One. Hiro needs to learn to play well with others. I do like that he's more cynical after the whole Adam debacle. PRogress is good. But I’m really sort of done with extra blondes. We have enough blondes I already love. No more, show. Stop.
Newsflash, Mohinder. Actions have consequences. Now take your stupid pill and go back to the scary naked lady in your bed.
“I’m going insane.” Heh. Yes Parkman, you are. But I love that he talked to a turtle. Now there’s another character with Isaac’s power. He paints rocks in the desert. This is probably smarter than painting a mysterious series of death scenes and stashing them in Ukraine. Just sayin.
Noah and Claire together again. Cool. But this time, Noah, take Claire with you. Daddy-daughter espionage, please. Because obviously Claire can’t be trusted to stay at home without attracting crazy special people.
Wow, Nathan didn’t realize Linderman was a hallucination? Come on, dude. Everybody knows that playing chess in a hospital is a sure sign of insanity (see Hurly in Lost for more evidence).
We’re learning that the escaped Level 5 folks are really evil. Does Peter have his powers in that body? If so, why doesn’t he just kick all their assess? Also, Peter should stop falling in with gangs of criminals. It’s beginning to be a second-episode-of-the-season hobby.
Mommy issues ahoy! The Petrelli family tree expands. This means that Sylar/Peter is now incest as well. I propose a new slogan for Heroes: Where your favorite ship will eventually become incest. We guarantee.
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:02 am (UTC)I THINK THAT WAS MY SHOW. OMGGGGGG. *blithers with glee*
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Date: 2008-09-23 03:52 am (UTC)Here's the quirky thing.
I think they're twins. Separated at birth. It's Occam's Razor way someone like Angela could've "hidden" a pregnancy without anyone noticing.
And Milo and Zach are only three or so weeks apart in age.
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:03 am (UTC)AHAHAHA That is so brilliant it may actually kill me.
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:36 am (UTC)Or something like that.
Commentary, part 1
Date: 2008-09-23 02:06 pm (UTC)Sweet Zombie Jesus on a pogo stick, can Mohinder be any more stupid? I thought the point of having people like Mohinder, Bennett, and Ando on the show was to highlight how even ordinary people can be heroes. I suppose Mohinder was just randy from Matt being gone. Or Sendhil wanted to show off his chest. Still, un-fucking-believably stupid move to inject himself with that shit. No idea what it could have done to you. You could have ended up with Ted's power, or Maya's, WITH NO CONTROL, MORON!
Maya could have redeemed her own stupid, pointless existence on this show (other than being the sole extra brunette aside from Ma Petrelli) by working her black-eyed mojo on Mohinder BEFORE he injected himself, and then destroying the whole batch of super-serum. Christ, woman, you rant about your powers being a curse and when Mohinder says he won't destroy some potentially world-threatening stuff he made with YOUR blood, you just utter a cliché and flounce off? (And by the way, where the hell have you been getting girl clothes? I don't care if you're raiding Matt's "secret" trunk, they wouldn't be in your size girlfriend!)
Nathan as a certifiable crazy-case? Mm... yeah. No. Especially as he apparently got reincarnated as a hallucinating Republican Jesus freak. He apparently got into Mohinder's stash of clueless pills too considering he can't tell his brother's his brother. Then again, he didn't know Linderman wasn't Linderman so...
The Hiro and Ando show. Again. Some more. Don't get me wrong; watching these two is usually cute, but for the love of love, with everything those two have gone through, can't they follow a single instruction? And where was little Miss Speedster hanging around so that she'd know the exact second they pulled the formula out of the safe?
The cute and clueless act for those guys was funny in the first season, but it's begun to pall for me. Hiro has had many deep, character-changing experiences, so I was really expecting him to change. While I like that he hasn't lost his childlike optimism, gaining a sense of responsibility and an awareness of the gravity of time wouldn't be out of line. Just a little. I mean, he shaped a childhood legend and broke his heart, stabbed a guy in the chest with intent to kill, watched his father die... Please tell me he's learned from his experiences! Don't just think you can bring back first-season Hiro and we won't notice!
Also, Hiro set up a self-fulfilling prophecy. Poor bastard.
And Future!Peter is apparently no more competent than Now!Peter. Or Hiro. Fucking around with the future or the past NEVER SEEMS TO WORK THE WAY YOU THINK IT SHOULD! And Future!Peter can shapeshift/illusionate? O...k.... And body-swap? All righty then. Because this show doesn't have enough characters swapping alliances and appearances already.
Things that were good: Claire and Sylar's fight and conversation. Particularly the bit while Claire's head was open.
Elle immediately going to Bennett when Sylar showed up. Kick. Ass! (Bob dying though, I was sad. He was a great rat bastard.)
Angela's Petrelli's power, revealed! Awesome! Finally, the explanation for Peter's bizarre dreams. Angela's bizarre dream, also good. Angela throwing out Elle, fabulous! I was half-expecting Elle to zap Ma Petrelli on the way out though. Just for spite.
Oh and Ma Petrelli's Sylar Mommylove? Yeah. Yeah... This could be good. Or very, very bad.
Noah... Ok, just going back for a second, why in the name of a merciful god would you keep files on something like the Level 5 people in a plain old cardboard box laid out where ANYONE could read it? And don't give me the, "Only the family is there," line. Cable guy? Plumber? Phone company? Intruders? Because we know this family is like flypaper for freaks.
Commentary, part 2
Date: 2008-09-23 02:06 pm (UTC)(As an aside, why no women in Level 5? Just thought it was an odd omission.)
Claire's newfound ability to not feel pain was odd. Though it explains why she becomes such an ice-cold badass in the future. Sylar is messing with things beyond his understanding. Because Sylar still feels the pain (he said, "ow") but Claire doesn't. Very interesting.
Bringing in Meredith Gordon was kinda cool, but very, very strange. I know having her show up and light her hand on fire was just a reminder to the audience of what she can do, but in the context of, "Hi birthmom!" it was out of place. I mean, "Hi honey!" *poof* "Uh... hi again. Can you put out your hand before you pet Mr. Muggles?"
Matt Parkman finally remembers that he's a policeman and sticks his nose where it belongs for once. Then he ends up in Africa. Whee. Well, I hope he manages to do some crazy dream mojo into Future!Peter's brain and get himself out of there post haste. I'm already having bad flashbacks to Hiro being stuck in medieval Japan from Season Two.
Finally, last two things that just cracked my skull, in a bad way. Peter. Now!Body-swapped Jesse!Peter. Sweet pan-fried Jebus. You claim to be a good guy, but when you see three people beating up and burning innocent bystanders, and hear sirens, you just hop in the van and waltz off?
Peter, you have a bleeding grab-bag of abilities. If you're feeling heroic, TK those bastards into unconsciousness and bend space to the middle of the desert or something. Or maybe *gasp* back to the Company. Convincing them that you're actually you might be hard, but showing up on their doorstep with three unconscious bad guys might help. Or, if you're not feeling heroic, just fly away back to Nathan! Or call your mom. Or something. Anything than just looks angsty at your reflection and go "woe is me."
(And even if you're powerless, a little running away or some nursy helping the hurt people wouldn't be amiss. This show totally seems to have forgot that Peter has relatively advanced medical training.)
And at last, Niki of the one thousand and one personalities (and powers). Is she a triplet? Or is this governor fellow in on her new personality? Did getting one of Mohinder's wonder drugs last season give her new abilities? Or did Ali Larder just have a 5-season contract that she refuses to give up no matter how hard they try to kill her? Why knows?
Overall I watched this show with my hands over my eyes, groaning in embarrassment, or throwing my hands up and going, "What? What?!" incredulously. And not the good kind of incredulously. I hope this show can settle down, act smart, and deliver something good. I was only interested in less than half the storylines, so I hope the others can get their acts together. Please. Pretty please?
Re: Commentary, part 2
Date: 2008-09-23 08:32 pm (UTC)Re: Commentary, part 2
Date: 2008-09-23 09:35 pm (UTC)My expectations for this show were high, and what has happened thus far made me... ambivalent with a side order of incredulous. There was just so much potential awesome combined with so much WTF?
Don't get me wrong, I'll keep watching, just to see what crazy shit they'll come up with next.
But I may be watching behind my wary hands. Just saying.
Re: Commentary, part 2
Date: 2008-09-23 09:36 pm (UTC)Re: Commentary, part 2
Date: 2008-09-24 12:09 pm (UTC)