The show is going through their ³X Men in the 80s² phase. By season¹s end, they will kill off a beloved original character, then spin-off the series with a character we don¹t care about. We¹ll always have season 1! Maybe ³Lost² will fill in as this years DC book to read.
Daryle On 10/22/07 5:06 PM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I agree totally. The thrill is gone. and to make matters worse, every > week they bring out even more characters. its so disappointing. I keep > hoping it gets better. my husband stopped watching totally. They are > really blowing it > > ravenadal wrote: >> > >> > Heroes (Heroes (Season 2)) >> > C+ >> > >> > FALLEN HEROES >> > >> > Here's hoping NBC's drama can rescue itself from a diabolical >> > sophomore slump >> > >> > By Gillian Flynn >> > >> > This week on Heroes: Claire (Hayden Panettiere) continues to marvel >> > at the same powers of regeneration she's always had! Hiro (Masi Oka) >> > does cute things in feudal Japan! And after a journey of >> > approximately 42 million miles from one vague part of Central America >> > to another vague part of Central America, our new, haplessly >> > murderous hero Maya (The Sopranos' Dania Ramirez) is still blubbering >> > for her twin brother (Shalim Ortiz) and bleeding black goo from her >> > eyes! Wait, which week is this? Every week. >> > >> > NBC's once-inventive series is in a creative sinkhole. Frenetic but >> > bizarrely repetitive, the drama bores from myriad worldwide locales >> > that all look like the backlot of M*A*S*H. Season 2 sees previous >> > standout heroes unkillable Claire, time-freezing Hiro gone solo >> > in their own painful, stagnant story lines. Claire is living >> > undercover in California, her now saintlike dad (Jack Coleman) >> > repeatedly warning her not to be interesting. Mission accomplished! >> > Claire's been saddled with a laser-eyed beau (Rocket Science's >> > Nicholas D'Agosto) who also has powers he can fly, with the aid of >> > mediocre special effects. (The writers think we should be dazzled by >> > this ''flying'' business, forgetting that people took to the air >> > repeatedly last season.) In an even more labored plot, Hiro has >> > landed in 17th-century Japan, where he finds his idol, the samurai >> > Kensei (Alias' David Anders), and falls in love with an >> > anachronistically spunky heroine (a must in the time-travel genre). >> > That's right, Hiro the most neutered TV character since Screech >> > is remaining in feudal Japan to ogle a babe. Stripped of any genuine >> > mission, he now has little to do but smile like an adorable, gassy >> > baby. It's increasingly unbearable. >> > >> > Which is a good phrase to describe Heroes itself. With its larger >> > mythology shunted to the side (no, a mysterious recurring symbol doth >> > not a uniting backstory make), Heroes feels less like Heroes than a >> > horrid combination of T.J. Hooker and Charlie's Angels: Peter >> > Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) commits holdups in Ireland; another >> > extraneous new hero, New Orleanian Monica (The Nine's Dana Davis) is >> > roundhouse-kicking robbers; serial-killing Sylar (Zachary Quinto) has >> > gone fugitive with the weeping twins. What happened to...saving the >> > planet? Like the endangered Earth that's oft alluded to, Heroes is >> > degrading at a remarkable pace: The dialogue has gone from comic-book >> > cool to Dick-and-Jane obvious, the stylistic angles have turned flat, >> > entire scenes are devoted to Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) and Parkman >> > (Greg Grunberg) bickering around their shared apartment like maiden >> > aunts. It's a sad day for superheroes when you find yourself actually >> > rooting for the end of the world. C- >> > >> > __________________________________________________________ >> > The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind. >> > http://www.theworldebon.com <http://www.theworldebon.com> >> > >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
