Heroes: "Strange Attractors" 10/26 - Grading & Discussion
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I'll be watching... is Mohinder back?
Mohinder can come back as long as he's the regular that is supposed to DIE on a upcoming episode.
Below average.
I think the writers have a bet among themselves to see who can write the most uninteresting episodes they can each week. It is a true talent to make something not be awful but just mind numbingly dull week after week.
The pacing is plodding which is par for the course this season. Seven episodes in and it feels like nothing really has advanced despite stuff happening.
The last thing Heroes should try to do is a lesbian relationship. Instead of a thoughtful mature relationship we get the interpretation of it from a 14 year old fanboy. It also doesn't help that Claire and Gretchen are uninteresting separately and even less compelling together. And the hazing subplot was pure filler lacking any suspense since we already knew Rebecca was behind it all.
The writers really don't know what to do with Tracy. Earlier this season they hinted at a romance for her and NOah but that seems to have been sidelined for whatever reasons. The healer-killer kid was a pointless plot device. If Noah was smart he would have just covered up the deaths instead of bringing in the authorities. The kid's death was meant to be shocking but lacked any real gravitas. The sheriff was right out of hick casting. The slow Ruby-esque filming of the town folk gathering was too much.
Greg's acting has gotten worse. I don't buy the idea that Matt absorbed Sylar's consciousness. It should be buried inside "Nathan"'s brain. At first I thought it was just a way to give Quinto something to do while Pasdar was running around being Sylar as "Nathan" however given that arc lasted all of two seconds I don't see the point. And where is Angela? The only thing done well in Matt's subplot was Sylar's quip about Matt being the second Parkman he made scream today.
Maybe next week will be better. At the very least it can possibly evoke nostalgia from the glory days of the show back in season one.
I think the writers have a bet among themselves to see who can write the most uninteresting episodes they can each week. It is a true talent to make something not be awful but just mind numbingly dull week after week.
The pacing is plodding which is par for the course this season. Seven episodes in and it feels like nothing really has advanced despite stuff happening.
The last thing Heroes should try to do is a lesbian relationship. Instead of a thoughtful mature relationship we get the interpretation of it from a 14 year old fanboy. It also doesn't help that Claire and Gretchen are uninteresting separately and even less compelling together. And the hazing subplot was pure filler lacking any suspense since we already knew Rebecca was behind it all.
The writers really don't know what to do with Tracy. Earlier this season they hinted at a romance for her and NOah but that seems to have been sidelined for whatever reasons. The healer-killer kid was a pointless plot device. If Noah was smart he would have just covered up the deaths instead of bringing in the authorities. The kid's death was meant to be shocking but lacked any real gravitas. The sheriff was right out of hick casting. The slow Ruby-esque filming of the town folk gathering was too much.
Greg's acting has gotten worse. I don't buy the idea that Matt absorbed Sylar's consciousness. It should be buried inside "Nathan"'s brain. At first I thought it was just a way to give Quinto something to do while Pasdar was running around being Sylar as "Nathan" however given that arc lasted all of two seconds I don't see the point. And where is Angela? The only thing done well in Matt's subplot was Sylar's quip about Matt being the second Parkman he made scream today.
Maybe next week will be better. At the very least it can possibly evoke nostalgia from the glory days of the show back in season one.
Really? I find Noah, Tracy, Matt and Claire's storylines to be quite dull. Actually they are all pretty dull including Hiro and Peter. Where's Angela? She is the only one that can bring some panache to this show yet she is nowhere to be seen.
Samuel was definitely the highlight of the episode (love him giving Tracy the tour of the carnival) and the end was pure awesome. Quinto continues to do his usual great work as Quinto and I loved the line about how there was so much space to rattle around in Matt's head.
Otherwise, this was a pretty middling episode. Am not digging Noah the humanitarian and the episode again ignored last week's giant pothole. Noah may have made it look like the kid's parents died of carbon minoxide poisoning but what about all the bulletholes that were left behind in the house? Just more poor writing. Speaking of which, Tracy continues to be the Random Plot Point of the week.
You know what would have been awesome? After Gretchen asked Claire what they were going to do, if Gretchen and Claire had just killed their fellow classmates. Would have been a great dark twist.
Next week's episode looks very compelling. I only hope they can pull it off.
Otherwise, this was a pretty middling episode. Am not digging Noah the humanitarian and the episode again ignored last week's giant pothole. Noah may have made it look like the kid's parents died of carbon minoxide poisoning but what about all the bulletholes that were left behind in the house? Just more poor writing. Speaking of which, Tracy continues to be the Random Plot Point of the week.
You know what would have been awesome? After Gretchen asked Claire what they were going to do, if Gretchen and Claire had just killed their fellow classmates. Would have been a great dark twist.
Next week's episode looks very compelling. I only hope they can pull it off.
its hard for me to judge this ep b/c I had a lot of distractions tonight. I missed the first couple minutes, did anything happen before Head Sylar was having sex with Matt's wife? also what did Head Sylar say right before he temporarily faded out of existence(something about being alone?)
Speaking of which, I think I must be the only one that hates the Matt/Sylar thing. I can understand if it was Sylar vs Noah or Nathan or even Peter but with Matt, its like watching some bully kick a puppy. I dont find it funny or entertaining at all. So I was glad when it seemed liked Matt finally found a way to extinguish Head Sylar & put an end to that storyline, but noooo they have to eventually give Sylar the upper hand.
Why are they so scared of showing Sylar lose a fight? the only way they show vulnerability is by giving him identity issues or amnesia which is lame. That's the reason why I dont think they'll ever kill him off. Or if they do it will be b/c he chooses it(as a sacrifice) or on his terms.
Speaking of which, I think I must be the only one that hates the Matt/Sylar thing. I can understand if it was Sylar vs Noah or Nathan or even Peter but with Matt, its like watching some bully kick a puppy. I dont find it funny or entertaining at all. So I was glad when it seemed liked Matt finally found a way to extinguish Head Sylar & put an end to that storyline, but noooo they have to eventually give Sylar the upper hand.
Why are they so scared of showing Sylar lose a fight? the only way they show vulnerability is by giving him identity issues or amnesia which is lame. That's the reason why I dont think they'll ever kill him off. Or if they do it will be b/c he chooses it(as a sacrifice) or on his terms.
Next weeks episode looks promising. This weeks, not so much. Good lord tonight's episode was slow and not a whole lot happened.
I thought this episode kicked ass and gave it an Excellent. I don't know if I've ever done that for Heroes 
Everything but the Claire stuff clicked for me. I'm at the point with Claire where I just hope the actress goes drunk driving and kills herself on a street lamp so they have to write her out of the show.
Sylar and Matt were great... "You're the second Parkman I made scream today"
I loved how stupid Matt drank himself out of control. I thought Sylar might be manipulating him with that fading ghost act and was delighted to see I was right.
The stuff with Noah, Tracy, and the kid was pretty good too. He was around for what? Two episodes? And they managed to give him a more interesting and poignant mini-arc than most of the main characters real 'arcs'. The smiting of the rube police was cool too.
Last week was solid, this week was better. I hope Heroes is building some momentum
Everything but the Claire stuff clicked for me. I'm at the point with Claire where I just hope the actress goes drunk driving and kills herself on a street lamp so they have to write her out of the show.
Sylar and Matt were great... "You're the second Parkman I made scream today"
I loved how stupid Matt drank himself out of control. I thought Sylar might be manipulating him with that fading ghost act and was delighted to see I was right.The stuff with Noah, Tracy, and the kid was pretty good too. He was around for what? Two episodes? And they managed to give him a more interesting and poignant mini-arc than most of the main characters real 'arcs'. The smiting of the rube police was cool too.
Last week was solid, this week was better. I hope Heroes is building some momentum
We're 7 episodes in with how many left? What? 6? is it 13 episodes this season? Well anyways. We're still left wondering what the end game is. Not even a hint of what it could possibly be. Samuel and his carnival, we might as well just call it Genosha. A mutant paradise getaway are collecting specials to add to their family. It seems like pretty much gonna be Samuel waging war with the non specials (general public), which i thought was Arthur Patrelli's intentions. Other than making everybody special. Starting to feel not only very Magneto-ish, but the last season of the 4400 as well. Specials vs humans.
This seasons theme is all supposed to be about redemption, I'm just totally not feeling it. There were signs of it in the first few episodes, but all just seemed to be put aside. The past few episodes have all seemed like filler. I mean c'mon nobody's at all curious about "Nathan's" disappearance. No search party? You've got a homicidal amnesiac out there on the loose. They're should be at least one throwaway scene regarding this. Mama Patrelli should be on red alert. notifying Noah, Parkman, even Peter ( even though he doesn't know what's really going on) that Nathan/Sylar is missing.
With that said hopefully everything will pick up next week.
This seasons theme is all supposed to be about redemption, I'm just totally not feeling it. There were signs of it in the first few episodes, but all just seemed to be put aside. The past few episodes have all seemed like filler. I mean c'mon nobody's at all curious about "Nathan's" disappearance. No search party? You've got a homicidal amnesiac out there on the loose. They're should be at least one throwaway scene regarding this. Mama Patrelli should be on red alert. notifying Noah, Parkman, even Peter ( even though he doesn't know what's really going on) that Nathan/Sylar is missing.
With that said hopefully everything will pick up next week.
It feels like the writers don't have enough material to fill out the 18 episode season and they are stretching it.
I also don't care for how the episodes are structured--they feel less like arc-based episodes and more like standalones that are only tenuously bridged. Heroes isn't the only show these days that does this but I am simply not a fan of that storytelling style. Shows need to be more heavily serialized without this "swapping partners" feel we get every week.
I miss the traditional serialized format where the writers would take a modest ensemble and break them down into their own parallel threads then develop those threads giving some depth and more of a sense of urgency and momentum. The set-up--and I use that term loosely-- we are getting here is just so anemic that it isn't generating any excitement.
I also don't care for how the episodes are structured--they feel less like arc-based episodes and more like standalones that are only tenuously bridged. Heroes isn't the only show these days that does this but I am simply not a fan of that storytelling style. Shows need to be more heavily serialized without this "swapping partners" feel we get every week.
I miss the traditional serialized format where the writers would take a modest ensemble and break them down into their own parallel threads then develop those threads giving some depth and more of a sense of urgency and momentum. The set-up--and I use that term loosely-- we are getting here is just so anemic that it isn't generating any excitement.
