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starvinbohemian) wrote2009-04-13 08:46 pm
starvinbohemian) wrote2009-04-13 08:46 pm
Heroes S3 E23 (1961)...
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*Sigh* Well, the awesome streak had to come to an end eventually. I guess. I just wish it didn't end on an episode full of back-story. Angela's backstory, no less.
Hmn. I don't know what it is about the founding generation, but the Heroes writers cannot write anything about them without royally screwing everything up that came before. It shouldn't be this hard. You have a group of attractive, smart, dynamic characters (played by gorgeous, talented actors) with super powers and sexual chemistry to spare. The porn-- err, the story, I mean-- practically writes itself. So how come every time we're given a scene with them or some back-story there's continuity rape or retconning abound? I repeat: it shouldn't be this hard.
Because come on, I hated Season Two just as much as anybody (everybody), but retconning it away entirely is just crazy talk. Adam Monroe was the best thing to come out of that season, so let's not pretend he didn't happen.
Let's start with Camp WTF???
Camp WTF???: This back-story is ridiculous. I get that the writers have run out of ideas on what to do with Mohinder at this point, and it's no wonder considering that they've reinvented his personality depending on what kind of plot device they needed him for each season. But once again, the writers strike with their Time-Traveling Suck Device that goes back into already established canon and rapes it until it's unrecognizable and no longer interesting. This week's victim was Chandra Suresh.
Random Zimmerman shout-out? So, I suppose when Angela said, "Let's erase everyone's memories of us and this place," she meant "Let's employ the bastard experimenting on us to experiment on more people, including my own son."
Since this was the Angela episode, I'm going to structure my meta accordingly:
Angela/EVERYONE: What we already assumed is now confirmed as canon: all the founders were in love with Angela. No surprise there. How jealous were they that she chose Nakamura to have her affair with? Haha, suckers got put in the "brother box." Trust me, there's no getting out of there.
Linderman/Angela: I would never turn down Angela/Linderman leg porn, and I am happy to officially call Linderman-->Angela canon since he knew her a total of two seconds before he inappropriately groped her. That's a record there. I would complain that the actor playing young!Linderman was creepy with the strange accent and constant smirking, but Creepy Euro Dude is pretty much the legal definition of Malcolm McDowell, so I can't really complain.
Though I will complain that Linderman, like Arthur, should not have been included in this little back-story meeting. Charles and Bob, sure, but Linderman already had a link to the Petrellis-- and by extension, the group-- through his meeting Arthur in Vietnam. Him already having a past with Angela stretches believability where they didn't need to.
Charles/Angela: Every time I'm pretty sure I've exceeded the acceptable number of people I can ship Mama Petrelli with, the writers throw me another one. Seriously, how precious were they? I'm excited that we finally learned Charles's power, but why it turned out to be Eden's power of suggestion when there were already suggestions in S1 that he had some kind of dream-related power, I don't know. Nor do I know why he didn't just use that power to let them all escape whenever they wanted.
Bob/Angela: I'm glad that she more or less ignored him the whole time, because this here is one Angela pairing that I must say EWWWW NOOO to. Sorry, Bob.
Socks/Angela: Another example of when the writers should just leave a good thing be. I loved that Angela just stole socks for the sake of stealing something as random as socks. I do not love that even that character idiosyncrasy was ruined as they attempted to tie it into bullshit back-story.
Nathan/Angela: Nathan must be really hurting for some familial love because he was sucking up to his mother big time this episode. Peter doesn't love him anymore, so suddenly it's all, "I understand, Mommy. I think you're totally right even though Peter doesn't. Come sit by me, Mommy, cause I still love you." Oh, Nathan. Never let it be said that your Daddy complex outweighs your Mommy complex.
Alice: *Was pointless?* Is it possible for Heroes to have filler episodes? I thought only anime and Supernatural did that.
Nathan/Peter: As much as I love them, these two were due a nasty break-up. I love Nathan more than any person should, and I still haven't forgiven him yet. So I'm not ready for Peter to suddenly reverse the backbone-growing he's been doing this volume. Make him beg for it, Peter!
Claire: I can't decide if I forgive Claire for once again making everything about her when she's simultaneously admitting to being an idiot. It's a toss-up.
Peter/Mohinder: "I am weak. I am corruptible." Mohinder, you are just BEGGING us to write the fic. Mmn... But once again, Mohinder, you are getting everything wrong. Say it with me now: rounding people up and experimenting on them does NOT equal redemption.
HRG/Mohinder: That was one hilarious exposition storm. Literally. My impression of HRG: I AM GOING TO YELL ALL THIS INFORMATION TO YOU FOR A LONG TIME EVEN THOUGH THE AUDIENCE HAS ALREADY HEARD IT AND THIS PRETTY MUCH VIOLATES THE RULES OF GOOD TELEVISION STORYTELLING!! You get all that, Mohinder?
The Company 2.0: Well, counting Pinehearst, Building 26, and every other off-shoot that has failed spectacularly, I guess it would be Company 4.0-and-some-change. I love how Angela tried something slightly different for all of five seconds before deciding that they needed to go back to the old system. Call it what you want, Peter, family or company, but it's still going to end up evil. I don't like where this is going one bit. Not when it involves my incorruptible Peter. And Claire. I guess.
Sylar!Nathan: Well, this just proves my suspicion that Nathan never had to run to Mexico to begin with. Only Danko saw him fly and his ass was already fired. In essence, all he had to do was stick around and make sure that somebody took care of Danko, but he didn't do that because that would make actual sense.
*Sigh* Well, the awesome streak had to come to an end eventually. I guess. I just wish it didn't end on an episode full of back-story. Angela's backstory, no less.
Hmn. I don't know what it is about the founding generation, but the Heroes writers cannot write anything about them without royally screwing everything up that came before. It shouldn't be this hard. You have a group of attractive, smart, dynamic characters (played by gorgeous, talented actors) with super powers and sexual chemistry to spare. The porn-- err, the story, I mean-- practically writes itself. So how come every time we're given a scene with them or some back-story there's continuity rape or retconning abound? I repeat: it shouldn't be this hard.
Because come on, I hated Season Two just as much as anybody (
Let's start with Camp WTF???
Camp WTF???: This back-story is ridiculous. I get that the writers have run out of ideas on what to do with Mohinder at this point, and it's no wonder considering that they've reinvented his personality depending on what kind of plot device they needed him for each season. But once again, the writers strike with their Time-Traveling Suck Device that goes back into already established canon and rapes it until it's unrecognizable and no longer interesting. This week's victim was Chandra Suresh.
Random Zimmerman shout-out? So, I suppose when Angela said, "Let's erase everyone's memories of us and this place," she meant "Let's employ the bastard experimenting on us to experiment on more people, including my own son."
Since this was the Angela episode, I'm going to structure my meta accordingly:
Angela/EVERYONE: What we already assumed is now confirmed as canon: all the founders were in love with Angela. No surprise there. How jealous were they that she chose Nakamura to have her affair with? Haha, suckers got put in the "brother box." Trust me, there's no getting out of there.
Linderman/Angela: I would never turn down Angela/Linderman leg porn, and I am happy to officially call Linderman-->Angela canon since he knew her a total of two seconds before he inappropriately groped her. That's a record there. I would complain that the actor playing young!Linderman was creepy with the strange accent and constant smirking, but Creepy Euro Dude is pretty much the legal definition of Malcolm McDowell, so I can't really complain.
Though I will complain that Linderman, like Arthur, should not have been included in this little back-story meeting. Charles and Bob, sure, but Linderman already had a link to the Petrellis-- and by extension, the group-- through his meeting Arthur in Vietnam. Him already having a past with Angela stretches believability where they didn't need to.
Charles/Angela: Every time I'm pretty sure I've exceeded the acceptable number of people I can ship Mama Petrelli with, the writers throw me another one. Seriously, how precious were they? I'm excited that we finally learned Charles's power, but why it turned out to be Eden's power of suggestion when there were already suggestions in S1 that he had some kind of dream-related power, I don't know. Nor do I know why he didn't just use that power to let them all escape whenever they wanted.
Bob/Angela: I'm glad that she more or less ignored him the whole time, because this here is one Angela pairing that I must say EWWWW NOOO to. Sorry, Bob.
Socks/Angela: Another example of when the writers should just leave a good thing be. I loved that Angela just stole socks for the sake of stealing something as random as socks. I do not love that even that character idiosyncrasy was ruined as they attempted to tie it into bullshit back-story.
Nathan/Angela: Nathan must be really hurting for some familial love because he was sucking up to his mother big time this episode. Peter doesn't love him anymore, so suddenly it's all, "I understand, Mommy. I think you're totally right even though Peter doesn't. Come sit by me, Mommy, cause I still love you." Oh, Nathan. Never let it be said that your Daddy complex outweighs your Mommy complex.
Alice: *Was pointless?* Is it possible for Heroes to have filler episodes? I thought only anime and Supernatural did that.
Nathan/Peter: As much as I love them, these two were due a nasty break-up. I love Nathan more than any person should, and I still haven't forgiven him yet. So I'm not ready for Peter to suddenly reverse the backbone-growing he's been doing this volume. Make him beg for it, Peter!
Claire: I can't decide if I forgive Claire for once again making everything about her when she's simultaneously admitting to being an idiot. It's a toss-up.
Peter/Mohinder: "I am weak. I am corruptible." Mohinder, you are just BEGGING us to write the fic. Mmn... But once again, Mohinder, you are getting everything wrong. Say it with me now: rounding people up and experimenting on them does NOT equal redemption.
HRG/Mohinder: That was one hilarious exposition storm. Literally. My impression of HRG: I AM GOING TO YELL ALL THIS INFORMATION TO YOU FOR A LONG TIME EVEN THOUGH THE AUDIENCE HAS ALREADY HEARD IT AND THIS PRETTY MUCH VIOLATES THE RULES OF GOOD TELEVISION STORYTELLING!! You get all that, Mohinder?
The Company 2.0: Well, counting Pinehearst, Building 26, and every other off-shoot that has failed spectacularly, I guess it would be Company 4.0-and-some-change. I love how Angela tried something slightly different for all of five seconds before deciding that they needed to go back to the old system. Call it what you want, Peter, family or company, but it's still going to end up evil. I don't like where this is going one bit. Not when it involves my incorruptible Peter. And Claire. I guess.
Sylar!Nathan: Well, this just proves my suspicion that Nathan never had to run to Mexico to begin with. Only Danko saw him fly and his ass was already fired. In essence, all he had to do was stick around and make sure that somebody took care of Danko, but he didn't do that because that would make actual sense.
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