Quick Heroes Thoughts

[sdelmonte]

Could go into great detail, but haven't the time.

SPOILERS! I miss the big story idea that held the show together last season. Right now, it's just a bunch of stories that might come together but that don't really complement each other.

You know that something's wrong when Kristen Bell seems to be falling back on all her mannerisms and speech patterns from her last role. But I felt like I was watching an evil Veronica, and not a new character. I blame the pedestrian script and the endless cliches of the Amnesiac Peter in Cork arc. Still, I have to ask if anyone else pictured an evil Keith Mars at the other end of the phone call?

Enjoying the adventures of Matt the Overwhelmed, but Teh Stupid of both he and Nathan not taking every precaution with Nightmare Maury almost ruined what was otherwise a very well-shot sequence.

Can Hiro come home now?

Loving Micah and Monica. Will we get to see someone with super-powers embrace her inner hero in a way that even Hiro and Claire haven't?

Oh look, it's Nikki. Yawn. Some people improve every scene they're in. Adrian Pasdar and Jack Coleman do. Ali Larter is the opposite.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Still, I have to ask if anyone else pictured an evil Keith Mars at the other end of the phone call?

I certainly did.

[kmelion.livejournal.com]

I totally did too.

And yeah... I'm still trying to figure out when MPD became a super-hero power.

[sdelmonte]

Niki's powers and how they work aren't exactly well thought out.

However, I can tell you that MPD as a basis for super-powers was something that Peter David used when he wrote the Hulk. It turned out that the Hulk side of Bruce Banner was another personality, one of many. And PAD and other writers went on to establish that all the powers caused by gamma rays manifest based on the victim's psyche. She-Hulk is the more outgoing side of the mousy Jennifer Walters, the Leader is super-smart because his human self was not, and so on.

[canadabear.livejournal.com]

My major issue with Niki - though there are many - was that they appeared to have this all sorted out last season. It wasn't amazingly clear or written, but I got the basic impression that Jessica had the power because Niki wasn't strong enough emotionally. As per the last few episodes of S1 I thought it seemed that Niki taking control of her physical strength, coupled with her looking in a mirror to see only herself, was supposed to signify that Jessica was gone because Niki didn't need her anymore. Which was a good thing, as far as I was concerned. Now they've re-introduced the split personality and I just don't get it.

As for Elle, I liked her, but then I never watched VM, so I have nothing to compare Kristen's portrayal of her to.

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Seriously, who didn't? As I said to someone: Her phone call could easily have been from VM, word-for-word, if "kill" were simply replaced with "taser" or "wiretap".

[immortalthief.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't see an evil Kieth Mars on the other end but now that you mention it, it is a funny seen.

I agree with you on most of this, though something you didn't mention was the wonder twins in Mexico which has me wondering what is the point. And what is with Silar, we have a bigger bad this season so why throw him in the mix?

Oh I love that Peter can acess all the powers now that he isn't getting in his own way.

That is my take on it at anyrate.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

So, um, a new Flash comic came out today, and you haven't reviewed it yet...

[sdelmonte]

All in good (or perhaps mediocre) time.

[badninja.livejournal.com]

Me, I sort of imagined the entire thing as Veronica had developed powers after the end of her series, and they sort of fucked up her brain, and now Keith has to try to keep a handle on her the best he can.

And I will keep imagining this as long as I can, as I enjoy it. :D

[batyatoon]

... I think maybe now I will too.

*wanders off happily*