I've been holding my thoughts off for a couple of weeks, but after 5 episodes I think it's time I share. I really don't know what to say about this season so far. I don't feel like they're doing anything new, every week feels like another rehash. I can't say that it's terrible, but it's far from enjoyable.
LIKES:
LIKES:
- Tracy Strauss. I like where she is right now. She's sort of re-discovering her abilities and you can really tell that she wants to do the right thing and help people.
- Claire Bennet. For the first time ever, I actually like this character. Free from the grasp of her family and the company, she's definitely starting to learn how to be herself by herself. Only thing from this topping my list is that it comes one season too late.
- HRG. Nothing new with this guy. Been there, done that. Scenes with Tracy are decently entertaining. For some strange reason I want them to partner up and just do stuff.
- Hiro. It REALLY displeases me that THE character with the most respect, authority, and maturity from season one is at where he's at now. Hiro is dying? Really? Why don't I feel sad about this at all? Perhaps it's that stupid music that plays in all of his and Ando's scenes.
- Sylar. See HRG above. Nothing new, just delaying the beast within. Then we're back to square one.
- My absolute number 1 dislike...why does EVERYONE have abilities? And why are the people without them more interesting to watch on-screen? This show's title is so misleading. Heroes? It should be called "Completely random people posessing completely random powers for completely random reasons". I wish I could say that in the fantasy world that this show takes place, that anything is possible. But the word "anything" implies a sense of hope and wonder, and instead Heroes is a world in which everything is possible.
- Where the heck is Mohinder?
- Mica?
- That guy who can breathe underwater that Claire helped runaway?
- What about this new "company" that was supposed to have been formed by HRG and the Petreli family? That had potential. Just another continuity gap I suppose.
- Coming back to my first point...why does it feel now, more than ever, that I'm simply watching a collection of mini-biographies? There is absolutely ZERO sense of urgency this year. Everything is very slow and dry. None of the heroes feel the need to work together for anything, let alone even hang out for a drink.
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