Heroes 1x05 Hiro's

[oyceter]

Ahhh future!Hiro, you are so serious and portentous! Having just come off of watching entirely too much Fullmetal Alchemist, I mostly just wanted to yell at people for not sharing information:

"Why? What's going to happen?"

"Everything," says future!Hiro in a deep, dark voice. Dun-dun-DUN!

One would think if you came from the future, you'd at least come with a script of something useful like: "After blah blah happened the cheerleader died and Sylar ate her brains and NYC blew up which is why we are all doomed!" I feel like that would be somewhat more covincing.

Anyway. The show is still operating on a level of superhero comics, imho. There are some really cool parts, like the stopping of time on the train, or Flying Congressman leaping into the sky, or Boring Talent Stealing Brother's eyes turning white (Byakugan!) and painting maniacally. And then there are parts that just make me want to roll my eyes, like Flying Congressman telling Niki that she's the kind of woman a guy would spend the rest of his life with, or pretty much everything involving Telepathic Cop. And, of course, evil black guy is Niki's husband. Sigh. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, but oh well.

Re: Telepathic Cop. Why is it that everyone in this show who sees a gun decides to pick it up? Have they no common sense?

On the other hand, Brother meeting Isaac was really cool, despite the stupid testosterone postering about Simone. And I could still watch the Hiro and Ando show forever, particularly at the diner. And Hiro approaching Flying Congressman. Hee!

And I continue to love Claire and how she says what she did was wrong as well, despite her creepy dad having erased the guy's memories. I am now hoping even more that Claire doesn't turn out to be victim-girl-who-must-be-saved, particularly if she must be saved by manly men.

I am largely cynical because I'm not sure if the show is doing anything with gender politics or even thinking about them.

On the other hand, Hiro finally gets a reply to his phone calls! And they end on yet another cliffhanger, which means yes, I will still be watching next week.

I sound more down on this show than I actually am; I love moments in which I get to stare at the screen, like when the entire train paused. I just want more of those and less of stupid marriage disputes or whatever.

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[shei.livejournal.com]

And, of course, evil black guy is Niki's husband. Sigh. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, but oh well.

They're different people with different powers.

I should tell you I've started watching FMA after reading your posts and I'm loving it!

*goes back to lurking*

[maeve-rigan.livejournal.com]

What shei said, about Niki's husband. I'm thinking he may not be nearly as evil as she fears, just misunderstood.

[oyceter]

Good! Also, I now totally revise my opinion, since I am so happy that there are two black men on the show!

When I thought he was Bennett's companion, I was totally groaning about her husband being evil, but now that I know he's not, I am quite sure that Ikin will turn out to be the evil killer person in the end.

[oyceter]

Oh good! I feel rather bad about mixing them up now.

I'm so glad you're watching FMA! And I do not mind if you de-lurk at all; in fact it is very nice ^_^.

[shei.livejournal.com]

God, I'm loving it. Though I'm still not feeling the mad urge to look desperately for fic. I am cursing the people sharing my internet conection though because episode 23 is at 70% and I need it now.

I lurk all over the place and always feel very self-concious about commenting.

[oyceter]

I know, isn't it great? What episode are you up to now?

Also, if you have Netflix, you can Netflix the DVDs.

Also also, ahem, I think you should email my LJ address so you don't have to dl.

[shei.livejournal.com]

I'm about to watch 23. Sadly, Netflix doesn't deliver to Spain. I checked ;)

[oyceter]

I could, um, mail you stuff if you wanted.

[shei.livejournal.com]

That's not necessary, thanks though! I'll watch all the eps this way and I know there's a channel that airs it though I'm afraid of the dubs. You have no idea how atrocious the dubbing for Saiyuki is.

[oyceter]

No problem!

Ugh, yeah, I watched the entire thing as subs as well. The funny thing is, the spelling for a lot of stuff changes, so I got a bit confused at some points.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

...particularly if she must be saved by manly men.

Well, Hiro may be destined to save her, so no fear of that. XD

[oyceter]

Hee! I think I could live with that one.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

I really want them all to show up to save Claire, and Claire is all "um, yes, hang on a second, there are a couple of bullets stuck in my--neck--right, much better. Sorry, what were you saying?"

One would think if you came from the future, you'd at least come with a script of something useful like: "After blah blah happened the cheerleader died and Sylar ate her brains and NYC blew up which is why we are all doomed!" I feel like that would be somewhat more covincing.

Well, it's Hiro. He probably feels a sense of obligation to the cliches. I mean, you just know at some point between now and then he was all "and a KATANA!" and everyone else was all "um..." and he was all "...cause it's COOL! I should have a KATANA!"

[oyceter]

That would be an awesome Claire scene.

I totally forgot to mention all the great parts in the diner, from "Waffles! Eee!" (totally something I would say) to "No, using your powers for your personal gain is the Dark Side!"

He probably was thinking that he had to be all mysterious and etc.

[almeda.livejournal.com]

"Waffles! Eee!" totally needs to be screencapped and iconified. The subtitles were even in a good place to be the icontext. :->

[oyceter]

Hey, just let me know where the screencaps can be found ;)...

[almeda.livejournal.com]

No idea. Google has failed me. I am Bereft.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the episode: Hiro's message to Hiro getting passed on! More Hiro and Ando show! Byakugan! Flying Congressman breaking the sound barrier! Hiro heroically surviving an English conversation of great importance! (I loved how the phrases he knew best were all the comic-geek equivalent of stuff like "touka koukan" and "watashi wa shinigami desu.")

I have been informed elsewhere online that Niki's husband DL and the memory-erasing guy are actually two different people. I was confused as well, as they are a) both bald black guys b) who never appear together c) don't speak d) lurk in shadows. But judging from the previews, DL's power is actually phasing a la Kitty Pryde, not erasing memories. I still suspect that he is not evil, as I think Ikin did the murders that he was blamed for.

The telepathic cop's marriage still bores me, although I did like the scene in the convenience store. The gun thing was dumb, although I will moderately fanwank it as his brain getting fried on telepathy overload.

I am starting to like, or at least be interested in, Evil Flying Congressman and Power-Stealing Brother. They are both better interacting with people other than each other.

On the other hand, Mohinder needs to get something to do, right away.

[maeve-rigan.livejournal.com]

"Mohinder needs to get something to do, right away."

So very true. Skepticism gets boring pretty fast, especially when the audience is all on board the "go, heroes, go!" train.

[oyceter]

Yes!

I want him to do crazy cool things like everyone else is!

[oyceter]

OMG Peter's thing with the byakugan was awesome (I keep getting the brothers' names mixed up). Hiro's conversation with Nathan was also awesome, as was Nathan waltzing into the diner half-naked, completely ok with it. I love Hiro so much. I say this every time, but he just keeps getting better. Especially his Dark Side conversation with Ando! And the "Boom!" he makes!

Mohinder definitely needs plot.

I am very glad that Niki's husband and memory-erasing guy are two different people. They didn't have distinctive hairstyles for me to figure out! I keep mixing the brothers up as well, even though they really don't look alike, just because they both have short brown hair.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

There were at least four blonde girls other than Veronica on Veronica Mars S2, and other than her I could never figure out which was which until someone addressed them by name.

[oyceter]

I know! It was so confusing. At least there aren't that many people who morph to look like other people in Heroes so far, or I would be totally and completely lost, a la Naruto.