It has been six or seven episodes and I’m still as confused as ever.
It’s taking them this long to somehow explain things and tie some of the loose ends before everything goes awry. Where do I even start? How about Hiro being stuck in the past, Peter Petrelli fast-forwarding to the future and just plain chaos in the present?
I have so many questions my brain’s beginning to ache a little.
Among them: how did Kensei manage to self-heal (like Claire)? I thought that there was no duplication of power (maybe it was just me). So West knows how to fly like Nathan. Mica’s cousin is a copycat, like Peter who can “absorb” powers. What is Mama Petrelli’s power?
The exposition is taking so long things are becoming too complicated. What about the twins? One kills and the other one saves? How did Sylar end up somewhere in Mexico, conveniently along the path of the twins? Who is Kristin bell’s daddy? Is she a baddie? After appearing for five minutes a couple of episodes ago, I haven’t seen her again.
I’m also hating the fact that they took the amnesia route with Peter. Why? As I read somewhere, amnesia is the lazy writer’s shortcut to things. “So how do we explain what happened?” Lazy writer: “I know, I know. Let’s give the character amnesia.” Hate.
The latest episode just aired. Biggest WTF moment: Kensei became Adam? Huwaaaaaaaat?
Monday, November 05, 2007
Hating heroes. For now.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
happy camper
...because 'heroes' is back, and it rocked!
who knew? linderman's one of them, and so is gramps. i just don't know what her special talent is. i feel sad that isaac mendez is sorta dead. i'm excited about what's going to happen next week. you versus me, the old hiro versus the future hiro. damn. peter petrelli's not dead and he's not gonna die ever. good for him and claire! (during the last museum of tv and radio event that i attended, the cast said that they get worried when they get their scripts because they do not know as to when they are going to die. the same sentiments said by the cast of 24 a few days later.)
one more reason i'm happy?
i'm off to manila. again. for the third time in the past six months. yay!
i'm surprising my mom. it's her birthday on the 28th and i conspired with my brother. we're making a big surprise birthday party for her and i can't wait. i'm leaving tomorrow.
and there's a third reason why i am happy. but this one's not just happy but a mix of happy/excited/challenged. the whole story in a month.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
heroes, interrupted
i'm a huge fan of heroes. i am.
i was on board the heroes train after i watched their pilot a couple of months ago. unfortunately, travel interrupted my weekly does of the show, so i was not able to sustain my interest. last january, before another trip, i did a heroes marathon and within two days, i was on board the train once again.
i was not about to let the possibility of seeing the cast in person when i found out that the show is included in this year's paley television festival, a project of the beverly hills-based museum of television and radio. so i inquired. turns out tickets for heroes have been sold out. awww.
fast forward to the night when my friend shau and i went to the brothers and sisters event. (this should be another post!) we met a lovely filipina who was working at the museum and she was very kind to hook us up with tickets for heroes!
so that saturday, we trooped to the directors guild of america on sunset boulevard to be at the heroes event. the creator selects an episode to show to the audience, then the entire cast goes onstage for a discussion. afterwards, the audience is given the chance to ask questions. how lovely.
i tried to get all of them in one photo but it was just too wide, so i cut creator tim kring (left) and the guy playing ali larter's wife and the moderator, access hollywood anchor tony potts (right). so those in photo are (goodness, i am not too sure about their names. hahaha. i know the characters they portray in the show!) isaac mendes (the artist who can paint the future), suresh (the son of the indian professor who compiled the list of all the people who have special "gifts"), mr. bennett (claire's father), parkman (he reads people's minds), claire bennett (the cheerleader whose power is spontaneous regeneration, which means that she's not going to die. ever!), hiro (he teleports and he can manipulate the time-space continuum), peter petrelli (the absorber. he absorbs the power of people around him), nathan petrelli (he flies!), niki sanders (has an alter-ego with a superhuman strength), micah sanders (communicates with machines). phew.
heroes is currently in hiatus and will be back on april 23. four more weeks!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
T Minus 16 Hours
okay, this post should be titled 'Hooked on Heroes' because, well, i.am.so.hooked.on.heroes.
i spent the past five hours watching the last 5 episodes of this amazing show. this is the thing - i was able to watch the first 2 episodes, then i went to manila last november and the episodes piled up, until i began watching one episode at a time last week whenever i had the time.
in 16 hours, i am flying back to manila and i didn't want to be that behind when it comes to this show now. so instead of packing, i decided to catch up, really catch up and finish the last 5 episodes so far. there's a new episode again monday, but i'll worry about that soon. i didn't watch it last monday because i was a bit more loyal to 24 and they are on the same time slot.
anyhow, i'm just so engrossed and it has brought me back to some intellectual, not-so-intellectual and trivial discussions i have had with friends from the past about having superpowers. we all had that when we were kids. i sure did, especially during the days when i used to watch the wonder twins do their thing (wonder twins power...activate!). oh well.
it's past 4 in the morning and i haven't packed a thing. this is gonna be exciting...
