Thoughts on "Heroes"

[fenchurch]

So, is anyone else watching this show?

As I mentioned earlier, I liked it! I loved some of the subtleties to it... how it became slowly obvious that something was connecting the group beyond their abilities (the little stuff to start, moving on to bigger and bigger things). Mostly, it seems to point to writers who are watching the story details, which certainly can't hurt.

Some things, though, were maybe a little too easy to guess. I wasn't at all surprised that Claire's father was Creepy!Guy!with!Glasses. I was expecting the politician brother to be the one who flew... though I'm rather disappointed on behalf of his brother. The ending was also not terribly surprising, in that I thought it was pretty obvious we'd get something major and horrible from Painter!Guy... but it was still a pretty effective scene.

Nurse Guy was the second most sympathetic character for me... although some of the emotional scenes, even for him, just didn't move me at all. In fact, the character I most connected with would probably be Hiro... He's just such a likable guy, plus he's a bit of a geek, so he's easier to identify with (the funky thing for me is that I went through a period when I was really young (around six or seven years old) where I was really worried that I'd suddenly figure out how to teleport while I was taking a shower or, worse, while I was thinking about what it would be like to be on the Moon or Mars).

So far, Dr. Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) wins my vote for Hottest Guy on the show (even if I found some of the lecturing to be a bit tedious), but I can't wait to see Greg Grunberg and Leonard Roberts on the show... hopefully next week!

I really hope they've got a storyline plotted out for this. It looks like they do... but then "Lost" looked really promising for that in the beginning, too. I've gotten so spoiled for shows that at least have an idea of where they're going in the end, even if they don't know all the particulars. It makes it a bit tough to get involved with old-style episodic television.

Comments

[dolphinchatter.livejournal.com]

Hiro is just a bit of a geek? You're being too stingy. To use his own words[ or at least his own subtitles] he wants "to boldly go where no man has gone before". That weighs heavy on the geeky scale. Still makes him one of the best characters though.

I hope they have it plotted out as well. I already saw the ominous painting on at Scifi.com so it wasn't a surprise. They have to have some sort of universal goal.

Creepy guy dad actually did surprise me, but if there doing a "connections" thing like lost then I should probably expect such things. I'm a little concerned that they may fall into the "Lost" trap where the plot evolves but doesn't advance.

I'll keep watching.

[mirandaflynn.livejournal.com]

I liked Mickey and her Evil Twin Skippy. That scene reminded me a lot of Sonja Blue who was semi-schizophrenic with one half being a vampire.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

I loved it. The geeky treeky japanese guy was the best. Nurse Guy was pretty cool. Dr. Suresh was hottest guy for sure.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they play this one out. The way the characters come together in their lives as they find their abilities is interesting.

[jerrymcl89.livejournal.com]

This kind of show generally turns out disappointing, due to the writers never knowing when it's going to end. But I thought it got off to a very promising start. I actually liked all of the characters (or at least all the ones I'm supposed to like), and a few of the superpowers, like the Mirror Woman, were pretty original. It probably should have had a two-hour premiere (as Lost did), given that they didn't even manage to introduce the whole cast, but that's a quibble.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Rats. I ignored the premiere and missed tonight's rebroadcast, and now everyone is raving about this to me. I can't find a working torrent, either. I hope they show the premiere again, but if not, will you fill me in if I need it? Thanks.

[mlgm.livejournal.com]

SciFi will be doing a rebroadcast of Heroes Friday night.

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

I am, in fact, watching it, and I am of course hooked. I never saw Lost. I didn't think anything was particularly predictable, and while I wasn't surprised when Glasses was Wolveriness' father, I was surprised that the politician brother was the one to fly. But I tend to be a sucker for thoughtful shows like this because I get drawn in and immersed in the moment, regardless of what plot vehicles or elements have been lifted from other media.

Looking forward to next week!