My wife insisted I catch up and I've enjoyed Heroes more than expected.
Much more!
On Oct 23, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
Are you guys watching this show?
So far it has been great!
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The Faces Of Hiro Nakamura Maru
rob
I wasn't thinking X-men so much as The Watchmen.
It has a storyline buildup and archetypal characters akin to Alan
Moore's awesome graphic novel - except here they really are
super-powered super heroes. Ok, they don't wear nifty outfits, but the
comic book theme and modes of storytelling are pervasive. I think
they've drawn inspiration from both, but fancy The Watchmen affected
the story arc more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen
I've heard Moore has been rewriting {it's been 20 yrs now!} that story
for a modern film/tv production, but I dunno what has become of the
project. You can see his chapter-ending "dossier" method of filling in
a rich background with issue-ending vignettes carried over to the
"blogs" of these characters and other fan material. This isn't exactly
new anymore, but the follow-through struck me. A more blatant homage
{I'd have to call it rip-off} can be seen in the premise of the Pixar
"Incredibles" animated movie.
Our Japanese "Hiro's journey" is the most interesting and I recognized
the assured older version stopping the tram timeframe. His arrival in
Times Square tipped me off his range was greater than we'd seen and I
wasn't surprised he showed up in the carriage. I agree his bad-ass
dedicated older self is a dead-ringer for the katakana-wielding pizza
delivery service of Snow Crash. I intend to look up the Comic Buyer
article on him.
The older brother is curious for accepting his gift of flight, yet
willing to subvert this ability for a drive for political power. If I
developed this skill/ability I know it would cause me to re-sort my
priorities. What happens when they have a flying mayor?
The younger brother's power is as mimic/magnifier with the mystery
remaining does he retain this skill when away from the other "hero"
types? Does he become super-boring around us mere mortals?
Foster Dad is clearly nefarious until proven otherwise. His status to
the "Save the Cheerleader" figure is a vital pivot as this will explain
her foster child status and probably explain the origins of this whole
phenomenon to a great degree.
- What's the brain-klepto theme going on here?
- How about that odd elongated "S" hieroglyphic that we see subtly
placed in many of the scenes?
- Who is making the comics is unclear - maybe I missed it - but if they
were going to put an issue on the stands for next months' arrival of
Hiro then this wreck of a painter isn't the creator.
To make a comic book it would have to already be drawn, inked,
lettered, and photostated onto film & plates mounted on presses in
Korea by the time the first TV story aired if this was supposed to
reflect business reality. That comic book would need to be on a boat
or US dock already if it has any hope to be in distribution & hitting
the streets by next month. I won't burden this audience with the
complications of overseas distribution mechanisms needed to get those
original issues into Hiro's hands in Tokyo. Let's just wave the
all-powerful hand of the Producer and automagically make it happen: I
just don't buy the painter doing this production even under some
ethereal heroin trance for the months {maybe years} needed. This is
the weakest flaw in the internal logic of this premise so far. I don't
recall him taking credit for the comic book, but he's listed on the
masthead for Hiro to try calling, is he being set up?
As for related shows of fanciful interest Team Gibson watches: Lost,
Medium, 4400, BattleStar Galactica, & 24... and for pure chewing-gum
frivolity, Ugly Betty. We still pine the loss of Firefly.
- Jonathan -
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