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November 25, 2007
TEN THOUGHTS AFTER WATCHING THE FIRST SIX EPISODES OF HEROES . . .
. . . which I bought on DVD recently. Basically, I wanted the thrill of what I had with LOST last Summer - a serialized drama with cliffhangers that I, unlike those who actually watched it week to week, would not have to hang too long on. Here are my thoughts.
I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE FIRST SIX EPISODES OF THE FIRST SEASON SO NOW SPOILERS! I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THEY SAVE THE CHEERLEADER, BUT DON'T TELL ME HOW!
1) Easily the most compelling plotline is "The Cheerleader." She fits a classic superhero archetype: the tension between wanting to be normal, and enjoy trivial things, and wanting to be different. This is archetypal all the more because we all have this tension.
2) The Petrelli (sp?) brothers are kind of annoying. One of them is smug and wears really cool sunglasses, and the other is hunky and all emotional and stuff and is constantly pushing his bangs from his eyes.
3) Hiro is great. That guy is really funny. He has an energy that you don't usually see on TV, which is the land of cool.
4) I'm really surprised that they got away with all the heroes being very very white people, save this "Hiro" dude. I would think this would be more of an ethnic/racial grab bag, but it's not.
5) I really don't like the way it's shot. Too many shadows, too much darkness.
6) The character with the most potential at this point? Nikki.
7) The character with the most interesting future story-lines? Hiro. The character who I really don't care about? That smack-addict artist dude.
8) Why does the Indian guy have a punky, short-haired sidekick?
9) I really hope every episode isn't "You're a superhero!" "No I'm Not!" "Yes You Are!" "NO! I'M NOT!" "YES, YOU ARE!" Because this has been the plotline of almost every episode so far.
10) I really do think Cockroach should be a more prominent character, and that they should develop him beyond just "The Guy who gets Theo into deep doo-doo;" Face it, every Cockroach episode is a good one and the more they . . . oops, that's from my 1987 List of 10 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE COSBY SHOW.
Tell me if you love or hate this show. I'm not sold yet.
| By Andytown | 09:47 PM
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Reading some of your blogs i'm taken back to converstations you had we me (in that same tone) 10 years ago!! Drop me a line sometime man, Novarini
Posted by: Andrew at November 29, 2007 10:33 PM