Heroes 1x05 Hiro's
Thu, Oct. 26th, 2006 12:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterAhhh 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.
"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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Thu, Oct. 26th, 2006 10:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Thu, Oct. 26th, 2006 10:46 pm (UTC)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.