Yeah, I have been watching all since the 2nd episode, so i have inveseted too much not to watch, but damn they have been dropping the ball. They left some items hanging from last week and didnt even touch on them this week, unless you count replayed footage. This show has too many main characters, so the character development takes a big hit. You only see a character for minutes an episode, so they evolve so quickly. I like the concept, but the application could have used more work. This reminds me of a fantasy story you would make up as a kid, incomplete but fantastic.
Don't get me wrong, Heroes is a good show, but this episode was not all that revealing. The writers make extensive use of foreshadowing, which means they drive the story forward with subtle cues and hints, not by having characters say things like, "My name is Sylar and I have an inferiority complex -- that is why I'm killing people!"I don't know if its because its a TV show or its a show about superheroes or maybe the writers are just not very good, but they tend to make it really obvious when they are doing foreshadowing -- sometimes by using music to point it out. Its kind of like making a big, blinking sign that says, "HERE'S A HINT!" Still, some people manage to miss the hints, like the guy who wrote the article. Remember when Mohinder had a dream of his father being strangled by someone in the back seat of his taxi? And then they zoomed in on the killer's watch? And Sylar was a watchmaker? And he's been killing people? And he was angry with Chandra Suresh? Maybe Sylar did it? I dunno man, its all so mysterious.In this one area of foreshadowing, Lost does a better job. Partly its because none of the main characters really know what is going on, but in Heroes, at least one character almost always knows. Not that having a simple story line is a bad thing, but one of the problems with TV is that the audience can't handle ambiguity, they want the story to be nice and neat, tie everything together and reveal all the mysteries. In real life, you don't always get that kind of satisfaction, so maybe it says something about the audience when they can't handle reality and they strongly prefer riding off into the sunset and living happily ever after. But oddly enough, Heroes does a better job of creating moral ambiguity -- the noble characters sometimes fail to be noble, the bad guys have some good qualities, the people who you thought were bad turn out to do good and vice versa. By contrast, Lost's characters always behave as you expect them to - the good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, the "troubled" characters are both, etc.
I don't think Sylar is eating the brains. I think he has the ability to fix things like Micah. He takes the brains apart to see how the genetic code is put together for each superpower, then he fixes his genetic code to incorporate the new power.
The difference of course is that Heroes has so many opportunities for new storylines. Look at comic books for example. Lost is limited given its limited geography and thus limited potential character pool.
I'll bet that the TP cop is the one that gets killed and then Hiro goes back in time after the holidays to save him, because he is the only one that can keep Nuclear Boy from going off as we've seen in the past.And Claire's father has never shown any sign of working for the gov't. They just planted that seed when TP cop got knocked out by the Hippocampus Hatian.
I hate it too, and it might be intentional, but it might also be the fact that Heroes brings in a lot more ad dollars than the show that follows it. Squeezing an extra minute of ads into Heroes could mean a lot more money for the network.
styvoNov 28, 2006
Yeah, I have been watching all since the 2nd episode, so i have inveseted too much not to watch, but damn they have been dropping the ball. They left some items hanging from last week and didnt even touch on them this week, unless you count replayed footage. This show has too many main characters, so the character development takes a big hit. You only see a character for minutes an episode, so they evolve so quickly. I like the concept, but the application could have used more work. This reminds me of a fantasy story you would make up as a kid, incomplete but fantastic.
mrteacupNov 28, 2006
Don't get me wrong, Heroes is a good show, but this episode was not all that revealing. The writers make extensive use of foreshadowing, which means they drive the story forward with subtle cues and hints, not by having characters say things like, "My name is Sylar and I have an inferiority complex -- that is why I'm killing people!"I don't know if its because its a TV show or its a show about superheroes or maybe the writers are just not very good, but they tend to make it really obvious when they are doing foreshadowing -- sometimes by using music to point it out. Its kind of like making a big, blinking sign that says, "HERE'S A HINT!" Still, some people manage to miss the hints, like the guy who wrote the article. Remember when Mohinder had a dream of his father being strangled by someone in the back seat of his taxi? And then they zoomed in on the killer's watch? And Sylar was a watchmaker? And he's been killing people? And he was angry with Chandra Suresh? Maybe Sylar did it? I dunno man, its all so mysterious.In this one area of foreshadowing, Lost does a better job. Partly its because none of the main characters really know what is going on, but in Heroes, at least one character almost always knows. Not that having a simple story line is a bad thing, but one of the problems with TV is that the audience can't handle ambiguity, they want the story to be nice and neat, tie everything together and reveal all the mysteries. In real life, you don't always get that kind of satisfaction, so maybe it says something about the audience when they can't handle reality and they strongly prefer riding off into the sunset and living happily ever after. But oddly enough, Heroes does a better job of creating moral ambiguity -- the noble characters sometimes fail to be noble, the bad guys have some good qualities, the people who you thought were bad turn out to do good and vice versa. By contrast, Lost's characters always behave as you expect them to - the good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, the "troubled" characters are both, etc.
jangofettNov 28, 2006
I don't think Sylar is eating the brains. I think he has the ability to fix things like Micah. He takes the brains apart to see how the genetic code is put together for each superpower, then he fixes his genetic code to incorporate the new power.
hotpepperNov 28, 2006
The difference of course is that Heroes has so many opportunities for new storylines. Look at comic books for example. Lost is limited given its limited geography and thus limited potential character pool.
opie20Nov 29, 2006
I'll bet that the TP cop is the one that gets killed and then Hiro goes back in time after the holidays to save him, because he is the only one that can keep Nuclear Boy from going off as we've seen in the past.And Claire's father has never shown any sign of working for the gov't. They just planted that seed when TP cop got knocked out by the Hippocampus Hatian.
freddiedNov 29, 2006
Both of you need a time-out!
ethergnatNov 29, 2006
I hate it too, and it might be intentional, but it might also be the fact that Heroes brings in a lot more ad dollars than the show that follows it. Squeezing an extra minute of ads into Heroes could mean a lot more money for the network.
an0nym0usNov 29, 2006
smiertspionam : GTFO the internet.
ramallamaNov 29, 2006
I bet Alton Brown ( of "Good Eats" ) would know how to properly prepare the brain to best be assimilated.
usifasaeedJun 10, 2009
One of my favourite episodesI watched it for free here:<a class="user" href="http://allheroes.co.cc">http://allheroes.co.cc</a>