Comments on: TV Review: Heroes 3.5 – Angels and Monsters

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:20:07 +0000

actually, this has been the only episode I’ve liked this season. The story showed some cool new powers (black holes and puppeteering), the vortex guy was actually a character rather then pretty backdrop like the rest of the villains have been so far. Claire has been given an actual reason to become an untrusting person in the future, Daphne is no long a 2D character either. And finally, the cliffhanger ending actually pushed the plot, rather then being simply for shock value. Linderman’s appearance was explained, and the villain was finally revealed, explaining the disappearance of old (underused) characters.

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:20:00 +0000

By: Adam Sweeney

Adam Sweeney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:40:52 +0000

Harold, you make some great points. I definitely don’t think ‘Heroes’ is a flawless piece of work. I would like to see villains like Knox and Adam Monroe be treated with the same respect they were before as legitimate threats. I do, on the other hand, like some of the twists we are seeing. I can appreciate trying to turn the boundaries of good and evil on their head. A black and white show that doesn’t explore the blurs in morality that come with acquiring powers is going to become stale at some point.

In terms of the X-Men rip-off comment, a professor once told me that everybody steals in writing. I agree. Every story has been told before, the question is how will you tell it in your own way? I think the writers on ‘Heroes’ are exploring that. Maybe they do want a mulligan on Season 2. Every show has their share of missteps. I just admire the fact that they are willing to take risks with beloved characters instead of going the easy route.

As I said before, thanks for reading and great points, Harold. I look forward to hearing your comments, as well as everyone else’s, about the show from here on.

By: Adam Sweeney

Adam Sweeney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:40:00 +0000

As I said before, thanks for reading and great points, Harold. I look forward to hearing your comments, as well as everyone else’s, about the show from here on.

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:16:37 +0000

I like how everyone that’s been saying I’m an idiot or retarded hasn’t substantiated
a single thing they’ve said except by saying something like “this show is awesome”
or something of the like. Obviously, it’s just a show but it’s definitely a show that
could be a little more processed through the editing room. And when you say
“awesome” if you mean by extremely convoluted and confusing and a direct ripoff
from X-Men, yes that would be “awesome.” But that generally doesn’t fall under my
definition.

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:16:00 +0000

By: Sylars Granny

Sylars Granny — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:20:21 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I’m evil!

By: Sylars Granny

Sylars Granny — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:20:00 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I’m evil!

By: I LOVE MEN

I LOVE MEN — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:19:52 +0000

Who wants a blow-job?

By: BumFunAnyone?

BumFunAnyone? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:19:22 +0000

BumFunAnyone? Yes.

By: BumFunAnyone?

BumFunAnyone? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:19:00 +0000

BumFunAnyone? Yes.

By: I LOVE MEN

I LOVE MEN — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:19:00 +0000

Who wants a blow-job?

By: BumFunAnyone?

BumFunAnyone? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:18:45 +0000

Harrold you are retarded. Reg, i can’t believe you watched it 3 times, how stupid are you?
Its a good show S2=Failed but S3 is beggining to become AWESOME!
So back off and leave it alone.

By: BumFunAnyone?

BumFunAnyone? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:18:00 +0000

Harrold you are retarded. Reg, i can’t believe you watched it 3 times, how stupid are you?
Its a good show S2=Failed but S3 is beggining to become AWESOME!
So back off and leave it alone.

By: Emaxon

Emaxon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:55:25 +0000

I love this show. It’s take on the concept of superheroes and villains is very fresh and it’s treatment of their individual psyches is very interesting.
This is what I thought about the show during it’s first two seasons. I’m hoping that the motivations for some of the characters becomes more clear during the coming episodes, but right now it seems that this season’s “theme” is simply take every well-established character and just flip them into their opposites.
A lot of the “good” are somehow becoming chaotic and uncontrollable. Sylar, who previously was cruel, demented, and by definition, a serial killer is now treated as being “misunderstood” and “trying to change himself for the better.” I think I liked him much better when he was pretending to be a nice guy.
To agree with Smurf, what the hell happened to all the new characters from S.2? It’s no longer that surprising when they place a character on the back burner for a long time and then “dramatically” reintroduce them at the end of an episode.
I like to be surprised, like everyone else, by plot developments/betrayals/alliances etc., but I’m reallt getting tired of all the hairpin turns all the characters are making. EXAMPLE:
Hiro and Ando are sitting at a bar talking about how they made mistakes and what a hero should be, literally 35 seconds later, Knox plucks a oddly-placed scimitar from behind the bar and Hiro just decides to stab Ando. I know, I know, Ando betrays him in the future! Blah blah.
It’s fun to have these kind of twist maybe once or twice an episode. It keeps things fresh and interesting, but the majority of this episode was twist after twist. I don’t know what these writers are on, but I think they need to ease off a bit.

By: Emaxon

Emaxon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:55:00 +0000

By: Reg

Reg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:46:18 +0000

@ Komikon

You’re the one who is the idiot! I agree with both opinions from ‘SMURF’ and ‘HAROLD’ I’m beginning to lose my interest on the show quickly I had to watch each episodes like 2-3 times just to understand the story. Very convoluted I’m so confused but hey as long as Hayden is it I’m still watching.

By: Reg

Reg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:46:00 +0000

@ Komikon

By: Smurf

Smurf — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:29:26 +0000

This show continues to piss me off. We’ve got so many characters now that we can’t possibly keep track of what’s going on with everyone and a ton of them are winding up in limbo, which is stupid. Claire’s flying boyfriend? Kristin Belle’s character? The mimic girl from New Orleans? Molly? Micah? How about instead of introducing a handful of new characters every episode, we explain what happened to the countless people that just disappeared from the show? At least they know to kill useless characters off now instead of sending them to limbo with no explanation.

By: Smurf

Smurf — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:29:00 +0000