Heroes: All you need is luvvvvv
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- November
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Didn’t watch? Don’t read. Simple as that.
Last night’s episode of Heroes was, simply put, silly.
It seems, apparently, that all that is needed to counter any bad power any Hero has is luv. Or, luvvvvvvv.
Look, I’ve been arguing against the Heroes haters this season. I’ve enjoyed it very much, for the most part, and have thought the storyline good.
But last night? As some on the internetz say, “wtf?”
Daphne’s luv of Matt saves him from the dastardly Arthur Petrelli. Angela Petrelli reminding dearest Arthur of the luv the once shared saves herself from the dastardly Arthur Petrelli. Sylar remembering how Elle saved his life makes him luv her and, in the end, saves her. He has empathy — which can, sometimes, be considered to be love of a sort.
Claire loves her Hero, Peter, and must help save him. Peter loves his niece (and girlfriend in real life, ick!), Claire, and doesn’t want her to turn to the dark side. Trikkica (Tracey/Nikki/Jessica) loves herself and just wants to be in with the in crowd.
Oh, please, people.
That’s the best you can do, Heroes? Really? I mean, really?
Then we had to be subjected to Arthur chatting up Mohinder the Fly in one of the worst bits of foreshadowing EVAR. “Oh, you’re interested in solar phenomenon, too?”
It sounds like a really lame pickup line.
I also got really annoyed by Hiro’s transformation into a 10-year-old. Why didn’t Arthur just take away Hiro’s power, like he does with everyone else? Was it that he wants to make sure someone still has that ability so he can order him around? Admittedly, he wasn’t finished with Hiro, somehow Ando managed to get Hiro to teleport away, but the regression to a 10-year-old is just weird. Is that simply a byproduct of not finishing the mind meld or just lazy writing?
And the entire Sylar/Elle storyline was too precious for words. With cool lightning bolt effects, but when she started to help him learn his new power when he’s standing there all shirtless? Oh, please. This is Heroes, not 90210.
Still — toldja Elle was the mother of Sylar’s child. (Like that was hard to guess, but even so …)
OK, OK, enough bashing.
There were a few things not completely unworthwhile about yesterday’s episode, and they were:
• There’s a third part to the formula? Orly? So Claire’s the catalyst. That would explain why they faked her death to get her away from her mother. They must have chosen her because both her parents’ families were rife with powers. The product of such a union must be able to withstand virtually anything. So storing the catalyst there would seem safe. I’m curious who Meredith’s parents were, though. If anyone thinks by this point that there’s anyone out there with powers that The Company or the Petrellis don’t know about, they’re fooling themselves.
• Sylar can now harness new powers without opening people’s skulls. Bonus. W
ill he be the one to help Peter regain his powers?
• This part of the season is nearly over. Next up is a two-parter called The Eclipse. From what I read somewhere (I swear I bookmarked the link, but I can’t find it, I think it was on TVGuide.com — promise to update it if I find it, and if anyone else read it, please let me know in the comments below), the second half of this season is a reboot (again) and is the next “volume.”
One thing that I do like about the show is the concept that you cannot outwit fate. New York almost got blasted out of reality and our Heroes prevented it. Then there was to be a pandemic. That was avoided. Now everyone’s going to get powers and rob each other blind. Wait? OK, that last one isn’t quite as catastrophic. But they’ve been talking about avoiding the destruction of the world, so they’re trying to prevent something bad, it seems.
But what’s the point of any of these Heroes having powers if they cannot use them to better the world? If they cannot use them to save the world?
Maybe that’s what their fate is — to constantly put their lives in danger in order to save the lives of the mere mortals around them. Isn’t that, after all, what superheroes do?
Photos courtesy of NBC/Universal.
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on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 5:04 pm by Amy Vernon.
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Ah, I actually really liked this episode!
(spoilers below)
I’ve been enjoying the twist on Sylar’s character, and I liked the Sylar & Elle scenes. He’s been so isolated from people for so long, it was nice to see him learning how to use a power from someone.
(OK, does that make me a total dork? Probably. But I liked it!)
I didn’t think Angela Petrelli appealed to her husband’s love of her. I think she has the power of persuasion in addition to seeing into the future, and she used that to get him to let her go. The whole love thing was a distraction so she could use her power. Obviously Arthur doesn’t love anyone but himself.
Hiro’s scenes were fun (he’s always good for comedic relief). As long as they don’t drag out the being 10 years old thing for very long (like maybe just this last episode), then I can enjoy the brief distraction.
Not having much of a critical eye when watching my TV, it is interesting to see your take on this episode, Amy. All points well taken, but Iam willing to give them this one, seeing I have enjoyed this season greatly so far.
I was distracted twice though. Shirtless!Sylar had me thinking of all the Sylar fangirls squeeing all over the place. I am sure they enjoyed those scenes greatly!
10 year-old Hiro was cute on it’s own, but WTF as far as the story goes. His power is one of the reasons why doing a continuing super hero story is so hard; certain powers make a charater too powerful for a good conflict, so they have to mess around with them constantly to make it interesting. That is why Peter lost all his powers, I am assuming. Too Powerful! I just hope that the writers can get their creative game on, so we don’t keep ending up with lame, convoluted stuff like a 10 year-old Hiro.