The latest HEROES

[james_davis_nicoll]

Implied spoilers


Peter, you idiot.

The hair styles of 2012/2013 seem unflattering to your average speedster.

Mohinder, you idiot.

The writers really have no idea what to do with female characters except the Victim plot, Unwanted Power plot and the Bitch on Wheels plot. Nice to see that they are staying loyal to standard comic book writing.

Aw, Sylar really does have a heart of gold or at least a heart of a critical mass of californium.

I want more of the old Hiro and Ando, please.

Comments

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Points 1, 3, & 4 count as spoilers for the entire series.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, point 4 and your comment about Hiro's power are probably the two largest problems in the series right now--the writers don't know what to do with female characters, and they don't know how to handle time travel.

I can maybe forgive the second one to an extent, because nobody really seems to know how to handle time travel (even Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has to dance around it; I'll forgive them more, though, because the stories are strong enough to last), but the first...I really think that what the show needs is a female Hiro--enthusiastic, maybe idealistic, even meta-aware if that's what it takes. I had hopes that Daphne (the speedster) would be like that, but as it stands, not so much.

[gjules.livejournal.com]

I would add a fourth category to the females: "Females who are defined only by their relationships to male characters." (Oh, wait! That's nearly all of them!)

Audrey was pretty awesome. I want them to bring back Audrey. :-/

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Gee, a comic book TV show, based on comic books, made by and aimed at comic book fans, that is unabashedly misogynistic?

That's simply impossible!