Heroes Season 3 (Spoilers)

My main current problem with the show(aside from woeful density when it comes to use of powers, especially, sadly, from Hiro. JUST STOP TIME MORE. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! And of course any mind-reader on the show who gets fooled by anybody) is how every one of their villains, their supposedly horrifying, hushed-reputation-having villains, is a low-class idiot from the get-go. I don't mean just in terms of the show, I mean that intelligence is not an aspect of their character.

The Body-Controll guy was a fat, bald hick, which was decently cool and appropriate for the character, except that ****ing ALL of them are! Maury "The Much-Hyped Nightmare Man" Parkman was a fat, balding mobsterish goon. "Jesse"(Ooh, I'm shaking just from his name:roll:) was fat, bald, stupid street trash. They shook things up with the pyro guy by making him a STOCKY, bald, stupid hick. All of them are completely unscary, uncharismatic and uninteresting.

Finally, we have Knox. Can sense peoples fear and gets "more powerful" the more afraid they are. Fine. Great. Has its potential. So, he should be a Scarecrow-like personification of fear, right? Who purposely makes his appearance, even if he doesn't wear a costume, as scary as possible, right? So we'll make him a..... thin, well-groomed black man in his 20s? And also an idiot who barely talks and says NOTHING when he does? What the ****? How are they having fun writing this?

I still enjoy the show, but only as pure escapist spectacle. It's just such a shame that any attempt at continuity, coherence and characterization has gone completely out the window, and you better believe Sylar wasn't there to slow it down.

Finally, I hate that it's still called "Heroes", because nobody on the show, with the possible exception of my current favourite character(i.e. one of the few I still like on a personal level) Matt Parkman, is anything resembling a hero. Peter Petrelli went from a smart, likable, promising and compelling protagonist to one of the worst and most annoying characters since David Silver.
 
Planet-man said:
My main current problem with the show(aside from woeful density when it comes to use of powers, especially, sadly, from Hiro. JUST STOP TIME MORE. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
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First Hiro scene in season 3: He's sitting there, rewinding and fast forwarding time.

Daphne runs in and steals his formula. He chases her (through the super cool trails - they were awesome!) and she punches him and runs off.

Hiro could, just, REWIND TIME. Doesn't matter how damn fast she is. Going back in time for 3 minutes won't **** up the world.

Also - if Kaito didn't want Hiro to open the safe, why did he make it so that only Hiro's thumbprint would open it?

This show is just headbangingly stupid for far too much of it - and it's because of the writer's fuzzy thinking. They go for spectacle, not thinking through the repercussions it has on the story.

That said, I love how the fanbase nickname for the African is Rafiki. :D

Planet-man said:
The Body-Controll guy was a fat, bald hick, which was decently cool and appropriate for the character, except that ****ing ALL of them are! Maury "The Much-Hyped Nightmare Man" Parkman was a fat, balding mobsterish goon. "Jesse"(Ooh, I'm shaking just from his name:roll:) was fat, bald, stupid street trash. They shook things up with the pyro guy by making him a STOCKY, bald, stupid hick. All of them are completely unscary, uncharismatic and uninteresting.
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I know. The cast, considering its a globe-spanning one, has far, FAR too many similar looking characters. And it gets even worse when you consider its about SUPERHEROES who are pretty much known the globe over for dressing up in iconic jumpsuits. The show's lacking creativity all over.

Planet-man said:
Finally, we have Knox. Can sense peoples fear and gets "more powerful" the more afraid they are. Fine. Great. Has its potential. So, he should be a Scarecrow-like personification of fear, right? Who purposely makes his appearance, even if he doesn't wear a costume, as scary as possible, right? So we'll make him a..... thin, well-groomed black man in his 20s? And also an idiot who barely talks and says NOTHING when he does? What the ****? How are they having fun writing this?
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Black people are scary. I'm not being racist, I'm just saying that when I see a black man, I think he's gonna shoot me. Because all black people are criminals. It's not racist - its fact-tastic. :roll:

I think you're right - Knox should totally be wearing a scary-*** costume.

And Flint should have crazy, big, red hair so we remember he's the fire guy.

I was thinking why Heroes repeats so many powers. Answer: Cheap. You spend the money to make a flame effect, why not have Meredith and Flint be flamethrowers?

Personally, I think this is a smart use or resources. The show dances close on repetitiveness but I like it.

Planet-man said:
I still enjoy the show, but only as pure escapist spectacle. It's just such a shame that any attempt at continuity, coherence and characterization has gone completely out the window, and you better believe Sylar wasn't there to slow it down.

Finally, I hate that it's still called "Heroes", because nobody on the show, with the possible exception of my current favourite character(i.e. one of the few I still like on a personal level) Matt Parkman, is anything resembling a hero. Peter Petrelli went from a smart, likable, promising and compelling protagonist to one of the worst and most annoying characters since David Silver.
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I agree. I still like a bunch of characters, but the overall tapestry of the show is quite poo.

I honestly think that if Fugitives starts with a vision of the future, I might just drop the show. As it is, I'm thinking of waiting a month and watching all the episodes in batches.

Essentially, I'm waiting for the trade.

Jesus - can superheroes NEVER be thrilling and exciting in a single serial's installment?!
 
lol I like the concept of tradewaiting. It's like DVD waiting. Although I feel that "tradewaiting" is so much more dangerous to the shows longevity than it is in comics... not that you care at this point :wink:
 
Bass said:
I think you're right - Knox should totally be wearing a scary-*** costume.
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If ANY of them were wearing costumes I probably wouldn't be watching it.
 
E said:
If ANY of them were wearing costumes I probably wouldn't be watching it.
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You're the reason the show is bad. Stupid, stupid, E. "Realism" doesn't mean "boring".

That's why modern video games suck. They're all "realistic" which means they have two colours: gray and brown, and they go around doing missions based on calls from their mums.

So, I'm personally blaming you for everything. Just remember that it's all your fault.
 
Bass said:
You're the reason the show is bad. Stupid, stupid, E. "Realism" doesn't mean "boring".
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YOU'RE the reason it's bad, because you're whiny.

Really though, it doesn't really have anything to do with realism. It's just that none of the plot settings require the characters to have costumes. Masks, sure, but not costumes.

If they showed Knox sewing together a "scary" costume it would look ridiculous, much more so than him not wearing something more "scary".
 
I have to side with E. I was thinking something more like(with this actor) very long dreadlocks, facial hair in an interesting shape, I dunno, maybe he carves his teeth into fangs or something, and wears something more akin to long black robes. ANYTHING to make him more menacing than a young slickly-dressed apathetic guy.
 
You all seem to forget how awesome scary Joker and Batman and Scarecrow looked in the recent movies.

Admit it: You want Knox walking around naked.

PS: I'm annoyed that no one noticed the awesome tag team combo that is Knox + Nightmare Man. Think about it.
 
Planet-man said:
I have to side with E. I was thinking something more like(with this actor) very long dreadlocks, facial hair in an interesting shape, I dunno, maybe he carves his teeth into fangs or something, and wears something more akin to long black robes. ANYTHING to make him more menacing than a young slickly-dressed apathetic guy.
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Yes. That's good.

Bass said:
You all seem to forget how awesome scary Joker and Batman and Scarecrow looked in the recent movies.
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Both instances - more masks than costumes.
 
Planet-man said:
That would've been great. But they killed Maury off for no reason.
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He totally mind-screwed Arthur Petrelli.

And if he didn't... well, let's add it to the "characters who act stupid" list.

Planet-man said:
Also, if Linderman was just a hallucination, how did Nathan get healed motha****as?
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Dude. Who the hell cares? It happened in episode 1 off screen. That's like... *counts fingers* six weeks ago. I've forgotten about it. The writer's have forgotten about it. Everyone's forgotten about it. Get with the programme and stop bringing up 'plot holes' that don't count because they happened a while back.

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I know. I know. Sometimes it feels like the writers are as confused about the show as we are.

E said:
Yes. That's good.

Both instances - more masks than costumes.
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Dude. BIG PURPLE TRENCHCOATS AND CLOWN MAKEUP. It's a costume.

I want Knox to wear a giant peacock on his head - made of fire. Flint makes fire.

THINK ABOUT IT.
 
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