en480c4 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 The only problem with the Hiro story is every time he's interacting with the two characters in the past, all I can see is Sark from Alias and Whitney from Bring It On.
philodox Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 I can see how that would be a problem... I'm not all that familiar with those shows though, so it doesn't bother me.
n_maher Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 I didn't think it was terrible. I still like the Peter story line and the Claire story line may get interesting. That blonde is back, and her story is boring so far though. Hiro is always good. Not sure what they are doing with Sylar, kinda lame. Agree, the Peter story line has traction (plus bonus points for girl w/ accent, yay!) as does Claire's but I swear if I see the stupid Mexican twins use/unuse their powers again to get out of a jamb I'm going to shut it off. And Hiro is a mixed bag right now, if they'd let him move on from yet another repetitive story line (sark is good, sark is a drunk idiot, rinse, repeat) I may be on board but so far I'm not buying it. Did I mention that I hate the Mexican twins yet? I hate the twins. And Reks, they had ample time to realize that the show was going to have a second season. I mean it was a hit from the get go, so they knew what they needed to do for at least 6 months.
philodox Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 I think that though the mexican twins are hella irritating now... once they get to the states we'll see what their powers really are and I would imagine they are more impressive than they've been letting on so far. Hiro needs to cut that douches head off with his own sword and run away with the hottie.
MrSlacker Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 I liked it for the most part. Twins are pretty annoying, but I can deal with it. I really think that Irish chick that Peter met has powers too.. we'll see
hungrych Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 Agree, the Peter story line has traction (plus bonus points for girl w/ accent, yay!) as does Claire's but I swear if I see the stupid Mexican twins use/unuse their powers again to get out of a jamb I'm going to shut it off. And Hiro is a mixed bag right now, if they'd let him move on from yet another repetitive story line (sark is good, sark is a drunk idiot, rinse, repeat) I may be on board but so far I'm not buying it. Did I mention that I hate the Mexican twins yet? I hate the twins. And Reks, they had ample time to realize that the show was going to have a second season. I mean it was a hit from the get go, so they knew what they needed to do for at least 6 months. Racist!
n_maher Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 Racist! Sorry, the twins are from the Dominican, I hate the Dominican twins, my bad.
grawk Posted November 16, 2007 Report Posted November 16, 2007 have you read Spook Country, Dan? not really Sci-fi, but i really like it. Just finished it, good call
Icarium Posted November 16, 2007 Report Posted November 16, 2007 Spook country is pretty solid. I liked it more than Pattern Recognition. What gets me is sometimes the mcguffin or big ticket items in some of his stories. I can't tell if I love it or hate it. *Semi spoiler* I.e. what turns out to be in the container was totally uninteresting to me. It's like his book Virtual Light (Besides Virtual Light I in general liked the trilogy more than anything else he's written including Neuromancer)... those glasses that everyone was after was just not that interesting. Also the origin of the crazy internet movies was also meh. Hell the maker of the boxes in Mona Lisa Overdrive? I mean I guess the relative mundaneness in the face of the rest of what all is going on is jarring and really interesting. I mean people are willing to kill other people for piddling sums in real life... and also they certainly don't need to be motivated by a threat to creation/earth to do really amazing things. So in that respect his books have a sense of realism that is really intriguing. Still... I liked the payoff at at the end of All Tomorrow's Parties a lot. I think that is either my second favorite or my favorite.. in contention with Idoru which I think might just be a little bit more solid. Overall though as fun as Gibson is I am more a Neal Stephenson guy. Other stuff I heavily like is K.J. Parker (Very good author if people don't know about him), Stephen Erikson of course and hrmmm last book that really impressed me... Spin State by Chris Moriarty hrmm Iain M. Banks has some good stuff. Okay, okay I'm sure no one cares so I'll end with that.
en480c4 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Posted August 13, 2008 So, as I sit here watching the Olympics and see ad after ad for the new season of Heroes, I'm left wondering if I could have less interest in picking the show back up again. I'm sure there's a way, but I'm not sure how. It recently occured to me that I don't think the creators knew how much they had married themselves to the whole comic book paintings as a striking visual device. Even as season 1 deteriorated, the paintings helped tie things together and that foreshadowing kept me interested. Maybe it was used as a crutch, but considering the direction taken once that aspect was written out, it may have been a crutch that was needed. Badly. Lost is a perfect example of a show that managed to move on from its own quirky plot device (flash-backs). Heroes? Not so much. Chuck and The Office, on the other hand, can't start back up soon enough!
grawk Posted August 13, 2008 Report Posted August 13, 2008 I am looking forward to the new series, personally
n_maher Posted August 13, 2008 Report Posted August 13, 2008 It had better start out better than last season or I'm done. That whole "I'm stuck back in time" story line was just dreadful.
MrSlacker Posted September 27, 2008 Report Posted September 27, 2008 What did you guys think of the new season?
grawk Posted September 27, 2008 Report Posted September 27, 2008 It's only been 1 episode so far, hard to judge the whole season
MrSlacker Posted September 28, 2008 Report Posted September 28, 2008 Hulu already has 2 episodes... Hulu - Videos
n_maher Posted September 28, 2008 Report Posted September 28, 2008 Not going to judge the whole season yet but I was pretty disappointed in the start of things. And Hulu has two episodes because the two hour premier was just two, one hour episodes each with their own title.
morphsci Posted September 29, 2008 Report Posted September 29, 2008 I'm willing to give it a shot, but it looks like their back to the whole bouncing around in time thing again, just a different character. The number of major characters looks like it may be about to get out of control also.
NightWoundsTime Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 I was excited after the first season, when they said each year would focus on a whole new set of heroes. I guess they couldn't really commit to not having franchise characters. Seriously, what importance does Claire have at this point (other than being hot)? I understand Peter, although he would no longer be quite as important if they would've just killed Sylar and been done with it. Their yin and yang relationship is interesting but needs to come to a close soon. And major negative points for Hiro's stupid formula and the fact that he won't just go back and fix the problem.
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