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happydalek) wrote2009-06-21 02:07 pm
happydalek) wrote2009-06-21 02:07 pm
The Rest of my "Heroes" Season Three Reaction Post
This one concerns Volume 4, "Fugitives." If I was feeling more organized, I would have listed everything by episode, but I'm not, so I didn't. After expressing all this, I went hunting to see what the general fan reaction to "Fugitives" was, and it seems my impressions are pretty much in line with everyone else's. Kinda surprising. All the same, I will most definitely be tuning in to Volume 5 when it airs. Like I mentioned in my last Heroes reaction post, I will be watching for probably all the wrong reasons. It's really like train wreck, this show. Horrible, and even more horrible when you investigate it and discover all those little mistakes that added up to the crashing and burning, but you're just too fascinated to not gawk. I seem to be drawn to flawed things. Perhaps out of boredom, I seek out the imperfect so I can engage my brain in analyzing and "fixing" all the stoopid. (Muse, I will NOT write Heroes fanfiction. I WILL NOT. No matter how shiny and alluring the plot bunny may be.)
-While I'm glad we're getting a roadtrip with Sylar, I'm really disappointed that it's with...um...his step-brother? Who is Luke, exactly?
- Matt's little "whassup?" head nod at the security camera after sending the guards. Matt Parkman, take a level in badass.
- CLAIRE'S MOM. As Badass Normal as Noah. YAY.
- "It eats away at your soul." Not digging emo!Sylar. Sitting in the dark, muttering "Mommy?" C'mon, show, are you kidding me?
- Angela Petrelli's dialogue is *so* bad. "The game has changed!" Who says things like that? Nobody.
- Sylar's dad isn't half bad. I liked his little comment about how life never gives you what you want. "Father versus son? Epic battle? Not gonna happen." These writers are too meta for their own good.
- "I'm not your apple." Taken out of context, many of Sylar's lines are complete non-sequiturs.
- Sylar really has a problem with people calling him a killer. It seems like one of the best defensive moves you can use against Sylar at this point is to act like you *expect* him to kill you. That'll wound his fragile self-esteem.
- Hiro and Ando and baby Matt Parkman! Dawww. I'm not happy about Ando having powers, but at least Hiro's getting his back.
- Sylar likes doo-wop! Please keep being badass, Sylar. No moar emo, plz. But, oh, that fake chuckle over the phone in the rain. *tsk tsk* Don't push the badassery too far, dude.
- "I read your file." How many iterations of that same line have we heard this volume?
- When Nathan was shoved out the window, he caught himself and hovered briefly before flying away in full view of Danko. If he can do that, why didn't he wait until he was nearly at the ground and *then* stop himself, faking Danko out? I know why. Nathan was just pushed out a window. His reflexes took over. And he's not a great strategist who thinks on his feet (or off, as it were). Still, you'd think that, given the importance of keeping his cover, that Nathan *might* have prepared for a situation like this.
- Danko's threat to hit Sylar's kill switch actually made Sylar nervous. Sylar isn't used to calling the shots like that. He's a loner, he doesn't scheme and manipulate. He's out of his element, and it shows. Interesting how Danko didn't shoot Sylar when he had an open shot at the back of his head when Sylar first walked in. Two guys trying to out-bluff each other.
- Again, DO NOT EVER "TEAM UP" WITH SYLAR, EVER. But Danko, like the rest of the cast, is clearly carrying an idiot ball in his back pocket. So fine. But why does Sylar approach Danko for a partnership at all? Is it just because he's that desperate to get his hands on some awesome powers? He leads Danko to Martin pretty much single-handedly, so what is he getting out of this? Maybe, after having worked with Bennett earlier in the season and gone on the road trip with Luke, Sylar's developed a fondness for sidekicks? I don't really get it. And Danko has to know Sylar is not going to let him shoot him, so I can only surmise that Danko accepts Sylar's offer because the alternative is risking immediate death. *shrug*
- I still find it funny that Sylar acquired a darkier and edgier fashion sense along with his collection of powers. Is there an ability for that? What I really want to know, though, is did they ever do an episode that showed him consciously ditching the sweater vests and glasses?
- Sylar's sheer happiness when Danko wounds Martin. It's such a mischeviously gleeful smile, like, "Daddy's letting me play with his gun!" (Also, if he gets Martin's power without doing the head slicey thing, then I guess Martin survived that part, and then Danko did the spike-to-the-back-of-the-head thing to finish him off. Poor Martin.)
- Claire weeping about Nathan not fulfilling her expectations as a bio-dad. C'mon, show! Enough with this "I need a strong man to protect me all the time" crap.
- I really had high hopes about Claire and her comic book store job. But noooo. Can't do anything even remotely normal on this show. Have to get chased by government agents. AGAIN.
- Okay, the ending of 321, with that song "We Got to Get Out of This Place," was probably one of the most badass sequences ever. I *so* want Sylar to Take Over The World when he's acting that suave and diabolical. Shame he just doesn't have the strength of will to make that happen. Still, I can enjoy the moment and dream.
- OMG, Nissan! Product placement much? *smacks forehead*
- The Japanese Texan would have been a lot cooler if his voice hadn't been dubbed. ...It was dubbed, right? It sounded dubbed. Was it dubbed?
- Matt Parkman, you did not just attempt to kill Danko's woman in cold blood. YOU DIDN'T. Because if you did, I would have no choice but to lose all respect I ever had for you. Emotional, dumbass revenge is Sylar's bag, not yours. OMG YOU JUST TRIED TO DO IT AGAIN. Matt Parkman, consider your badass license TOTALLY REVOKED FOREVER.
- Of all the awesome skills Sylar has, forging signatures isn't one of them. *headdesk* C'mon, dude, you WORKED with this guy. You didn't think he'd notice a *drastically* different signature?
Oh...hey, you planned that. I take it back. Duuuuude, THAT is how you mess with people!
- NOAH IS FREAKING AWESOME. His ploy with Danko? Utterly fabulous. I've figured it out: Noah has a power. His ability appears to be sucking up all the good lines for himself.
...Except for when he shoots the wrong guy and goes completely paranoid apeshit about Sylar. But that just goes to show how diabolical Sylar can be sometimes, to do a number like that on somebody as cool as Noah.
- Danko, you idiot! The whole point was to discredit Bennett. How are you going to make that stick when there's no body? When the real agent shows up to work after everyone saw him get shot to death? MORON.
- Ooookay, suddenly Angela has a long-lost sister and a hidden past at an internment camp that has scarred her for life. Huh?! Am I the only one who thinks that at least *some* of this should have been foreshadowed? And the fact that Angela's long-lost sister is a weather-manipulating crazy woman who is *still alive* and lurking around the old internment camp just takes the goddamn cake. Not to mention the fact the whole thing feels completely and utterly irrelevant. What, you guys just needed a couple episodes' worth of padding to please the network? This is the kind of stuff terrible fanfiction is made of, show. Shame on you. *Extra* shame for introducing yet another Patrelli into the mix. Sylar needs to KILL ALL OF THEM NAOW.
- The constant changing of allegances and affections in this show is giving me whiplash.
- "I Am Sylar." Oh goody. A whole episode devoted to emo!Sylar. Fan-freaking-tastic. But I do like the body horror.
- Um...wait, he can shapeshift his *clothing*? How does that work?
-Clint Howard yay!
- I really hate emo!Sylar. But I do love sneaky cat-and-mouse Sylar who charms and then decapitates his victim and writes his name in his blood. AWESOME. But then he starts crying. *headdesk* But the shout-out to Sylar's watch mojo was a nice touch. Aside from the killing, have they ever established how Sylar's original ability really works?
-AGAIN with the mommy issues, Sylar? I thought we were past this?
- The Crimson Arc is an awesome superhero name, Hiro. Don't be hatin'. And manipulatin'? Don't you start, Hiro! ONE OF YOU MUST STAY PURE, GODDAMMIT.
- NATHAN PETRELLI IS DEAD. Thank god. Two Petrellis down, two - three - four? - to go!
- Sylar as Nathan. SYLAR as NATHAN. Nonononononono. The Petrellis are officially the most dangerously stupid people on the entire planet. Who the hell's cracked-up idea was this?! "Hey telepathic guy! Brainwash this violent, uber powerful serial killer with major psychological issues into thinking he's my now-dead son!" No, seriously, I want names and addresses of the writers so I can go throw a brick through their windows. *flails* There is no way in hell this plot line will possibly end well for anyone, and when Sylar does eventually reassert himself, he is going to go on the revenge bender to end all revenge benders, EVER. I can only cling to the faint, redemptive hope that doing so will finally purge the world of the Petrellis and thus make room for some intelligent writing on this show.
- A funeral pyre? WTF do they think this is, the end of "Return of the Jedi?"
FUGITIVES aka "All in the Family."
-While I'm glad we're getting a roadtrip with Sylar, I'm really disappointed that it's with...um...his step-brother? Who is Luke, exactly?
- Matt's little "whassup?" head nod at the security camera after sending the guards. Matt Parkman, take a level in badass.
- CLAIRE'S MOM. As Badass Normal as Noah. YAY.
- "It eats away at your soul." Not digging emo!Sylar. Sitting in the dark, muttering "Mommy?" C'mon, show, are you kidding me?
- Angela Petrelli's dialogue is *so* bad. "The game has changed!" Who says things like that? Nobody.
- Sylar's dad isn't half bad. I liked his little comment about how life never gives you what you want. "Father versus son? Epic battle? Not gonna happen." These writers are too meta for their own good.
- "I'm not your apple." Taken out of context, many of Sylar's lines are complete non-sequiturs.
- Sylar really has a problem with people calling him a killer. It seems like one of the best defensive moves you can use against Sylar at this point is to act like you *expect* him to kill you. That'll wound his fragile self-esteem.
- Hiro and Ando and baby Matt Parkman! Dawww. I'm not happy about Ando having powers, but at least Hiro's getting his back.
- Sylar likes doo-wop! Please keep being badass, Sylar. No moar emo, plz. But, oh, that fake chuckle over the phone in the rain. *tsk tsk* Don't push the badassery too far, dude.
- "I read your file." How many iterations of that same line have we heard this volume?
- When Nathan was shoved out the window, he caught himself and hovered briefly before flying away in full view of Danko. If he can do that, why didn't he wait until he was nearly at the ground and *then* stop himself, faking Danko out? I know why. Nathan was just pushed out a window. His reflexes took over. And he's not a great strategist who thinks on his feet (or off, as it were). Still, you'd think that, given the importance of keeping his cover, that Nathan *might* have prepared for a situation like this.
- Danko's threat to hit Sylar's kill switch actually made Sylar nervous. Sylar isn't used to calling the shots like that. He's a loner, he doesn't scheme and manipulate. He's out of his element, and it shows. Interesting how Danko didn't shoot Sylar when he had an open shot at the back of his head when Sylar first walked in. Two guys trying to out-bluff each other.
- Again, DO NOT EVER "TEAM UP" WITH SYLAR, EVER. But Danko, like the rest of the cast, is clearly carrying an idiot ball in his back pocket. So fine. But why does Sylar approach Danko for a partnership at all? Is it just because he's that desperate to get his hands on some awesome powers? He leads Danko to Martin pretty much single-handedly, so what is he getting out of this? Maybe, after having worked with Bennett earlier in the season and gone on the road trip with Luke, Sylar's developed a fondness for sidekicks? I don't really get it. And Danko has to know Sylar is not going to let him shoot him, so I can only surmise that Danko accepts Sylar's offer because the alternative is risking immediate death. *shrug*
- I still find it funny that Sylar acquired a darkier and edgier fashion sense along with his collection of powers. Is there an ability for that? What I really want to know, though, is did they ever do an episode that showed him consciously ditching the sweater vests and glasses?
- Sylar's sheer happiness when Danko wounds Martin. It's such a mischeviously gleeful smile, like, "Daddy's letting me play with his gun!" (Also, if he gets Martin's power without doing the head slicey thing, then I guess Martin survived that part, and then Danko did the spike-to-the-back-of-the-head thing to finish him off. Poor Martin.)
- Claire weeping about Nathan not fulfilling her expectations as a bio-dad. C'mon, show! Enough with this "I need a strong man to protect me all the time" crap.
- I really had high hopes about Claire and her comic book store job. But noooo. Can't do anything even remotely normal on this show. Have to get chased by government agents. AGAIN.
- Okay, the ending of 321, with that song "We Got to Get Out of This Place," was probably one of the most badass sequences ever. I *so* want Sylar to Take Over The World when he's acting that suave and diabolical. Shame he just doesn't have the strength of will to make that happen. Still, I can enjoy the moment and dream.
- OMG, Nissan! Product placement much? *smacks forehead*
- The Japanese Texan would have been a lot cooler if his voice hadn't been dubbed. ...It was dubbed, right? It sounded dubbed. Was it dubbed?
- Matt Parkman, you did not just attempt to kill Danko's woman in cold blood. YOU DIDN'T. Because if you did, I would have no choice but to lose all respect I ever had for you. Emotional, dumbass revenge is Sylar's bag, not yours. OMG YOU JUST TRIED TO DO IT AGAIN. Matt Parkman, consider your badass license TOTALLY REVOKED FOREVER.
- Of all the awesome skills Sylar has, forging signatures isn't one of them. *headdesk* C'mon, dude, you WORKED with this guy. You didn't think he'd notice a *drastically* different signature?
Oh...hey, you planned that. I take it back. Duuuuude, THAT is how you mess with people!
- NOAH IS FREAKING AWESOME. His ploy with Danko? Utterly fabulous. I've figured it out: Noah has a power. His ability appears to be sucking up all the good lines for himself.
...Except for when he shoots the wrong guy and goes completely paranoid apeshit about Sylar. But that just goes to show how diabolical Sylar can be sometimes, to do a number like that on somebody as cool as Noah.
- Danko, you idiot! The whole point was to discredit Bennett. How are you going to make that stick when there's no body? When the real agent shows up to work after everyone saw him get shot to death? MORON.
- Ooookay, suddenly Angela has a long-lost sister and a hidden past at an internment camp that has scarred her for life. Huh?! Am I the only one who thinks that at least *some* of this should have been foreshadowed? And the fact that Angela's long-lost sister is a weather-manipulating crazy woman who is *still alive* and lurking around the old internment camp just takes the goddamn cake. Not to mention the fact the whole thing feels completely and utterly irrelevant. What, you guys just needed a couple episodes' worth of padding to please the network? This is the kind of stuff terrible fanfiction is made of, show. Shame on you. *Extra* shame for introducing yet another Patrelli into the mix. Sylar needs to KILL ALL OF THEM NAOW.
- The constant changing of allegances and affections in this show is giving me whiplash.
- "I Am Sylar." Oh goody. A whole episode devoted to emo!Sylar. Fan-freaking-tastic. But I do like the body horror.
- Um...wait, he can shapeshift his *clothing*? How does that work?
-Clint Howard yay!
- I really hate emo!Sylar. But I do love sneaky cat-and-mouse Sylar who charms and then decapitates his victim and writes his name in his blood. AWESOME. But then he starts crying. *headdesk* But the shout-out to Sylar's watch mojo was a nice touch. Aside from the killing, have they ever established how Sylar's original ability really works?
-AGAIN with the mommy issues, Sylar? I thought we were past this?
- The Crimson Arc is an awesome superhero name, Hiro. Don't be hatin'. And manipulatin'? Don't you start, Hiro! ONE OF YOU MUST STAY PURE, GODDAMMIT.
- NATHAN PETRELLI IS DEAD. Thank god. Two Petrellis down, two - three - four? - to go!
- Sylar as Nathan. SYLAR as NATHAN. Nonononononono. The Petrellis are officially the most dangerously stupid people on the entire planet. Who the hell's cracked-up idea was this?! "Hey telepathic guy! Brainwash this violent, uber powerful serial killer with major psychological issues into thinking he's my now-dead son!" No, seriously, I want names and addresses of the writers so I can go throw a brick through their windows. *flails* There is no way in hell this plot line will possibly end well for anyone, and when Sylar does eventually reassert himself, he is going to go on the revenge bender to end all revenge benders, EVER. I can only cling to the faint, redemptive hope that doing so will finally purge the world of the Petrellis and thus make room for some intelligent writing on this show.
- A funeral pyre? WTF do they think this is, the end of "Return of the Jedi?"