Heroes 2.01 - Four Months Later

[weewarrior]

Brief, unsorted thoughts behind the cut:

• Very slow pacing in general, but I expect it to pick up soon


• Nothing is quite what it seems: Kensei uses a straw man and is not Japanese, Matt's bust is really just a test and the seedy apartment as well as the people in it are fake, Bennet is not a harmless paper salesman, Claire is not a robot (although seriously, West, what about robots from space? What about them? There are alien robots!), Nathan's face is probably not burned up (or is it?), Angela is not completely evil, Stephen Tobolowsky is likely way from harmless, West is not just an intrusive little stalker, Mohinder is not just a duped scientist, Maya is not as sweet and harmless as she looks, and Peter definitely is not dead. Good call there, Nate.


• The phonecall! Claire talks to Nathan! And he's ... not exactly being helpful, but a lot more open than he was at the end of Season One, which is vaguely sad given that he is now an insane drunk


• "He'll want those when he gets back" - I'll admit that this scene played far better than I feared it would, largely because they did not make Angela sound like a harpy but rather like someone who is just very tired. And selenak, cadesama, they jossed our idea of Papa Petrelli as an alcoholic! I was aghast!


• I'm calling dibs for Nathan having hallucinations and them being apparently connected to mirrors, even though it's admittedly not the same as being caught in the Matrix. And lookit, he did run into Ando!


• I also called Heidi leaving Nathan, and Matt and Janice divorcing, which probably makes me somewhat cynical about relationships...


• Undercover Scientist Mohinder made me giggle, but at least he is working with Bennet - and living with Matt and Molly! Sweet!


• Speaking of Noah, while I understand his frustration at his manager's antics, bodily threatening the man and risking being fired or getting sued is not what I would call inconspicuous behaviour, dear sir.


• I ... don't think Sandra is well, and it makes me so sad. Noah, I adore you, but you are a bastard.


• My, Randall Bentley has grown, hasn't he? And he's getting quite a deep voice, too.


• Why, hello there, Cork, you look much different than I remember. I'm really looking forward to encountering mountains and other geographical markers like that. And hey, is that Dominic Keating in some strangely old-fashioned clothing? And, oh, Pete! Hey, Pete! Your family misses you, and you forget them? That's not cool.


• Matt and Molly were adorable. The poor girl does have a lot on her plate - seeing your parents murdered, becoming the target of their killer, getting into the custody of an evil company, contracting a deadly virus, seeing two men explode, and a man you worship almost get killed is enough to give anyone nightmares. Add some icky creep with Sauron's voice to that, and I was astonished she didn't throw her plate at Matt. Something tells me she might want to talk to Nathan, though, scary beard or not.


• They killed George Takei! Noooo! And he was killed by ... a stunt double? Seriously, if the person's build is meant to be any indication, I have an idea who that is supposed to be, but we'll see what comes out of it.


• There are nine eight Elders left. Bring on the betting, people!


• And for everyone playing continuity bingo, the Company was founded 30 years ago, fairly likely by our merry bunch of - at that point twelve - Evil Elders.


• Hiro in the Past: promising. Adore Kensei, and Yaeko, too, but something tells me that this isn't going to go as by the numbers as it currently looks. We would all expect Hiro to succeed in turning his Han Solo into a shining hero, right? I have a feeling that that's not going to happen, and I will be devastated, because the character seems so much fun.


• Other new characters: can't say much about Maya and Alejandro yet, other than that I guess he is toast as he is not among the main characters; Stephen Tobolowsky is totally evil (if gifted with a useful power); West is basically no more than a catalyst, if an annoyingly pushy one. If he is supposed to have similarities to Nathan other than being dark-haired and being able to fly, I haven't found them yet.


• Can it be next week now?

Comments

Re: Better late than never

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

And really, I meant the part about the space robots. Diversity, West. Diversity.

Hee. At first I found his dialogue stilted and forced, but then it struck me that it's actually pretty realistic for a guy crushing on the new girl and trying to impress her. He would come across as pretentious and snotty to anyone out of their teens. :)

Something I realized about my own reaction, though, and that amuses me, is that I didn't start questioning it until I saw that the majority of fandom disliked him. I guess that's the "I don't want to be with the popular crowd!" factor again... :)

LOL! Like I've said before, I'm usually unable to work up real affection for a character unless I've had to defend him/her at some point, which is probably why I'm not a Neville fangirl, and why I like Nathan but don't love him. OTOH, I find it very difficult to remain a fan of anything (character or show) if I don't at least have 2 or 3 people that I can share the love and squee with.

Re: Better late than never

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Like I've said before, I'm usually unable to work up real affection for a character unless I've had to defend him/her at some point, which is probably why I'm not a Neville fangirl, and why I like Nathan but don't love him.

So, talking to Our Special Friend still didn't give you the feeling you needed to defend Nathan? *g*

I don't know, I get the feeling I need to defend him so much, I'm almost getting tired of it and want to go looking for less demanding favourite characters. Maybe I could take a special liking to Alejandro! or someone like that.

OTOH, I find it very difficult to remain a fan of anything (character or show) if I don't at least have 2 or 3 people that I can share the love and squee with.

It's a delicate balance. If I'm lucky, I leave the specific fandom before the negativity gets me down. But it's definitely nicer to have someone share with you.

Re: Better late than never

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

So, talking to Our Special Friend still didn't give you the feeling you needed to defend Nathan? *g*

Hee hee hee. That was...weird. Because he/she always insists that Nathan's their favorite character, and...frankly I find it impossible to discuss Nathan with them, or even take what they say seriously, because the character he/she is talking about? IS NOT NATHAN.

Re: Better late than never

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that talking to this guy - and I really think it is a guy, because of the insistence on powers being the most important thing on the one hand and his misogyny rant on the other - makes you vaguely uncomfortable, even though he is thankfully not in the same room as you are. Someone definitely has some unresolved issues with ... quite a lot of things.