No arguement from me. All three are tedious. I would have loved if Kensei had actually been killed and Hiro took up the mantle. That would have been more interesting to me than the superhero Shogun knockoff we got.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As bad as those two back stories are, I think the toxic twins crying > every week are worse. > > Daryle wrote: > > > > > > Great idea! > > > > If DL comes back as a super-villain, and hence a star of the show, there > > will be no stopping this show. It will have been worth sitting through > > half > > a season of fluff if thatââ¬â¢s how it plays out. > > > > Iââ¬â¢m curious, why did everybody hate the Hiro-back-in-time segment of > > this > > season so much? Considering how much we had to sit through for > > Micahââ¬â¢s momââ¬â¢s > > back-story in season 1, this has been pretty mild. > > > > On 10/24/07 8:36 AM, "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think he's dead either, Tracey. My thinking is that he's been > > > imprisoned inside the coffin he was buried in, that the coffin is > > specially > > > made to negate his phasing ability. If I'm right, when he comes out, > > I could > > > see him being a bad guy in the interests of getback. > > > > > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com> > > > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com> > wrote: I read > > somewhere that > > > he might not be dead and that he was returning as > > > a bad guy. Don't know how true that is. The show is meandering so > > > much, I can not tell > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> > > <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote: > > >> i'm still reeling that they killed off the Brother from last season... > > >> > > >> -------------- Original message -------------- > > >> From: "B. Smith" > > >> This is what I said on another forum about the Heroes version of my > > >> hometown, New Orleans. > > >> > > >> "And the winner for worst New Orleans depiction ever: Heroes. > > >> > > >> Apparently they thought LA could stand in for New Orleans with no > > >> modifications. > > >> > > >> Fool? No one in New Orleans says fool as in "break yourself fool!" > > >> Where the hell did that come from? 1991 California? > > >> > > >> The accents make K-Ville cound pitch perfect. Where was that white > > >> chick supposed to be from? The Missiissippi or Alabama Gulf Coast? > > >> And how in the post-Katrina world how could they not know that > > >> Louisiana doesn't have counties? It's called a parish." > > >> > > >> The latest episode just got worse. The architecture and sets are so > > >> wrong, the police uniforms are nowhere near right, the accents (the > > >> horror, the horror), kids playing double dutch a place that looked > > >> more New York than New Orleans and on and on. > > >> > > >> I do like Micah's cousin aka the Taskmistress. She has a cool > > >> powerset. Hopefully we get more of her and less diversions into > > >> ancient Japan. That is such a convoluted mess. > > >> > > >> That was a nice swerve with Parkman's dad. > > >> > > >> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> , > > >> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > >> Tracey L. Minor)" 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 âââ¬" unkillable Claire, time- freezing Hiro âââ¬" > > >>>> > > >> 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 âââ¬" 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 âââ¬" the most neutered TV character since > > >>>> > > >> Screech âââ¬" > > >> > > >>>> 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] > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Yahoo! 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