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Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:14:04 -0000

I like this volume too, so far.
It's slower paced, but at least there aren't too many flips flops, like in the previous volume. I like the plot with people with powers being hunted down and their struggle to live their own lives and avoiding the authorities. I also like the Sylar plotline, but can't wait to see what happens once he finds his father. I always wondered about his mother, until the last episode, that is.

I hope eventually Peter's body gets used to the powers and he learns to use them like he did in Season 1, and not just one power at a time. Who knows, maybe all he needs is to have Ando supercharge his powers for a little while, and he'll be set.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Dunwich — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:46:03 -0000

The start of the new series is pretty sweet so far I like now that it's the government involved and people with powers are starting to get exposed. I like the set up at the end of the last episode with what they are doing with Parkman the new villain for this chapter is enjoyable. I would like to see Sylar's finding his father arc to be resolved a little more quickly but it seems like he's putting a lot of important pieces together on his journey there so I'm fine with it. I do want to see more of hiro and ando and a little less of claire and her mom.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Olivaro — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:29:21 -0000

Dislike where season 3 is heading. The second part of it started off nicely with Peters powers gone and mutants hunted down (giving them a strong counter part) but then: Counterpart is just yet another company, possibly with more (regular) men but that did not help a bit so far. I understand everyone who wishes for deeper character development and yet dislikes what is happening. All these personal stories now are not of a character developing nature nor add to the plot line. I wish Fox would stop with Claire and her family and this new "I can breath under water"-guy. They do not develop a bit and their problems are as important to the world (currently US) as Kim Bauers' were in 24 after the 1st season: Not at all. If Syler must have parent issues then let him deal with it quickly. Got the feeling that half the series these days is used up by people driving in cars, sitting talking on benches or in Claire's house or otherwise the president 'arguing' with his chief of operations. little action, little development and little depth in questioning what could happen to our world and morals if mutants of that sort really were to turn up. seems to me the writers' guild is on strike right now.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Lori — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:36:49 -0000

i agree with jc at the top...reading your comments i realized what i missed the most was the humanity of the first season that is lost in crazy...crazy plot twists and power strugles. during season 2 i found that the lack of any definition of boundaries on powers made things a little sketchy but i didnt mind. but this season its become a serious problem. really interestin characters are being lost in all of mess that is endless power growth and plot twists. remember one of the catchphrases from season one was something about ordinary people having extraordinary powers and what would they do? i feel like that was the twist...what would ORDINARY PEOPLE do. and granted shows evolve over seasons but a big pull of the show was that it spent a fair amount of time delving into the psyche of ordinary people. too much of that has been lost in this season with the focus on extraordinary situations. honestly..in the two hour long season three premiere i could barely remembered what happened in the first ten minutes by the time the two hours were over it was so overstuffed with action. ive been trying to hang on ever since but its hard. and i remember being so thrilled when this show first came out two years ago. it sucks because between friday night lights and this show i went bananas when monday night rolled around. i really liked these two shows. remember the excitement of finding out that nathan had powers too...or following nikki trying to protect her son and deal with the thugs on her tail. and now i bet fnl will be canceled to. sigh...oh well...rant done.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

dunwich — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:32:50 -0000

Ando got a sweet power so that's pretty cool plus hiro is de-powered so there's still that balance. we also got Noah running around being awesome with no powers as well.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Shelley — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:49:03 -0000

I agree that I wish they hadn't killed Nikki. To kill her and bring in her doppleganger who is far less interesting is a waste! She, DL and Micah helped add a human element that has been missing (albiet a little better this season than last season but not quite up to par as season 1). It was better to see the heroes as having good relationships and these powers interfering with their lives or creating new relationships. Now even Ando has a power?? I liked the juxtoposition of he and Suresh as the "powerless heroes" but showing us they are heroes nonetheless. Now they both have powers too? That just makes it even more one dimensional in their quest to be "more" interesting.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Daniel F — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:17:43 -0000

The reason behind DL was simply that they needed to kill of characters and he was felt to be unnecessary. I really liked the DL character as well as the actor I have always thought he was talented. However, my reasons against Niki are simply that hte actress is pretty bad.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:59:15 -0000

I actually feel the complete opposite about Niki. I think Niki getting killed off was a bad move. Actually, neither Niki nor DL should have got killed. Yeah, their story was not directly related to everything else that happened with the other "heroes/villains", but it gave the show a different dimension, a more personal one, and not everything has to be related to the main characters/plot. It never made sense to me that they had Niki and DL die (maybe there was a reason regarding the actors themselves that I am not aware of?).
I still love the show, but can't always agree with the decisions made by the writers, just like basically any other show.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Daniel F — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:44:51 -0000

I wish they would finally kill off the actress that played Niki. I was so happy when Niki was killed off then they brought back the actress for another role. I really don't like the actress she annoys me and I don't find her very talented. She plays Niki nearly the same as her new person but they are nothing alike. I actually liked DL so they had to kill him off.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Zeek — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:49:01 -0000

I don't get it. Whys everyone saying Tom this Tom that. Dunno who that is then I find out they're talking about Matt Parkman. At least get ur names right.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:57:15 -0000

Yeah, I do love the show, in spite of some stuff. Two things I did not care for, like you say, were definitely the catalyst thing and the whole eclipse taking/giving everyones powers, especially the taking away part of it.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Lisa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:05:11 -0000

I am so confused by all of this. I agree with most of you who have written that season one was better and developed strong relationships. But can anyone tell me what happened to the girl that Matt Parkman was taking care of?
The one who could find any hero- she was sort of a locator. If Parkman is running around on spirit walks in Africa and is romantically linked to the girl that runs fast then where is the locator girl? (Sorry I forgot their names but hopefully you all know what I am talking about)

Also I loved the Mikah character and the fact that he was beginning to use his ability to talk to electronics as a way to rob ATM's. So if his storyline had continued we would have definately seen his moral evolution, especially with both of his parents not there to help or guide him.

Also speaking of Mikah, what happened to his cousin in Louisana who would watch tv an get an imprint of it in her mind. For example she was watching a martial arts movie and knew how to mimic the fighting. She was a great character.

I agree with all of you that this Nikki / Freeze ray sister/ Unknown third sister story line is stupid. I loved the original Nikki and Mikah story line where she was a stripper trying to make ends meet while her husband was missing. I like the mother- son dynamic. It was loving and interesting to watch, especially with the complexity of the fact that she was married to a black man and had a interracial son. Now she is dead and her twin is some sort of public relations guru. I am all for the Nikki character moving up from her downtrodden life to a better one, but that story line is just crazy.

I miss Mikah's dad and thought that he left the show too soon. I mean c'mon a guy that walks through walls, but becomes a firefighter. It had the potential to go far.

Okay enoughh ranting on that- what about Claire' s mom meridith dying in a fire at the comapany. That's crazy, because she handeles fire everyday- that's her ability. And how come after Meridith and her brother got seperated they did not reunite and try to take down the company and become some sort of vigilante fire duo. I mean the both of them have reasons for hating the company- Meridith becasue they took away her baby and her brother because they locked him up.

And can some one tell me Papa Petrilli's power? IS he some sort of taker of all power? If so they why can peter mimic him and take away his power why did skyler have to kill him?

Skyler, Skyler Skyler what more can I say about that. He is the ultimate of all villians, but I really liked how he became good in the future that Peter saw. He has a son. Before Elle died I though that maybe it was their sone, but I guess not. I all fairness Skyler can't do everything- can't be everything. There has to be another evil villian as bad as he is- that we the viewers become invested in. We are not invested in Papa Petrilli, because we don't know his back story or some of the villians, because we don't know their back stories, but we are invested in Skyler. So I think that the writers have to write another villian in that we become invested in.

And I am sad that they killed off the characters that Hiro loved like that the girl he traveled back in time to help Adam Monroe fall in love with Or the girl at the coffee shop that had accelerated learning. Hiro needs a love interest. He has the bromance, but that's not enough.

The catalyst storyline is stupid.

The fact that Dr. Suresh has totally moved from one side to the other and has forgotten everything that his father worked for is sad. And isn't Suresh supposed to be looking for his sister and trying to find out her power? Or am I wrong on that?

And if the eclipse gave everyone back their powers then Maya must have her making people dead power back right?

We need to see more one of them one of us company duo's more.

I think I wrote too much but hey I love the show. I hope the new season answeres at least some of my questions.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:28:39 -0000

I actually loved Season 1, pretty much all the way. There are always a few things I don't like, of course. I didn't like that Simone got killed. I liked her, but it still fits with the plot.

I agree with you about the "abandoned relationships", for instance: Elle and Gabriel (only to a certain extent), where is Molly, and the girl who could learn to do anything she saw on tv, and why did Nicki and her husband have to die?

I do like to see that the heroes are just like anyone else in the sense that none of them is completely good or bad. Consistently in all seasons, they have all done good and bad things, especially Nathan, Peter, Sylar.

The future of the Heroes world looks like it is going to be as it was at the beginning of Season 3: all people with powers hiding and maybe Clair will become much darker, like on that first episode when future Peter came back and shot Nathan.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Plutocracy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:15:57 -0000

My Summary of Problems

1:) The actors are the same, the powers are the same, but the CHARACTERS are acting completely different! Most anyway. Matt, Mrs. Patrelli, and Noah are the only ones act the same. The others have all been so alienated from their archtypes I no longer feel any connection with them. They are like blank slates to be filled with whatever traits the writers feel like every episode.

I hated that in Season 1 Hiro got all bad-ass, which carried into season 2, but then in season 3 the Hatian subdues both Hiro AND Ando offscreen, simply because they have no powers. Couldn't two grown men handle themselves against one other grown man? Especially if Hiro has undergone some combat training?

2:) Two many abandoned plot branches. They build up relationships and new characters, then unceremoniously end them. I don't need to mention them all, but there are many.

3:) Time travel/apocalypse overdone. Nuff said.

3:) Time travel/plot holes
I'm assuming future Peter still has the bullets im him/hatian hangs by him. So I can buy that. And the facial scar could be voluntary metamorph power. But I don't think the writers bothered to rationalize either the way the fans are forced to. Also, the problem of of writers alternating between using a single linear timeline thats changable, single linear timeline thats unchangeable, and infinite future timelines on a whim. Pick one and stick with it, paradoxes and all!

Season one was best, season finale being the exception.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:40:21 -0000

I liked the last episode "Dual", but didn't expect it to be the end of another volume. I thought "Villains" was going to be the whole Season 3.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Dunwich — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:44:58 -0000

I thought the scene where Sylar killed the woman to get her lie detector powers was hilarious. Claire's scene in the past was whatever I mean it's a surreal experience I'd imagine to see yourself as a baby. Sylar is back where he should be as well as Peter but Nathan has gone off the reservation thus making chapter 3 relevant and a launching point for an even sweeter fourth chapter. This has definatley been the strongest of the chapters with far less of the problems (like lame pointless romances) of the first two chapters and I know I'm not the only person to think this. I guess it's just the very nature of this type of show to polarize people.

But still as usual I still have difficulty grasping peoples complaints with this season. What do you guys want to turn it into Knight Rider or the X-Men movies? cookie cutter good vs. evil plotlines and cardboard characters? no thanks.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Sylar's Hunger Continues — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:03:14 -0000

So finally they have an episode (12/8) where they treat Hiro with some dignity, and they make Sylar the new Hiro. The piece with Sylar and Ms. Lie Detector, the "Happy Birthday" women, the blood DRENCHED hands (for the first time ever--why?) and "Cake!"--it was just pathetic.

Clair changing her own diaper, having conversations with her own dad, giving him her own nickname--pathetic.

Did anyone doubt that the marine's power would be super strength?

And yet, I'm in it for the long haul.

What is with Nikki floating in the air, in the little NBC chime promo? Is there yet another sister?

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:19:16 -0000

This last episode tonight I liked better, although I still have my reservations about where the show is going this season.

One thing that is weird is that I find myself sometimes agreeing with Nathan. I can see what he wants to do, although he is ignoring the fact that, in the future, the whole planet is destroyed.

Also, that whole thing with the eclipse did not make much sense to me at all. Whey would the eclipse take everyone's powers, when originally it gave some of the "heroes" their powers? Do some eclipses give powers exclusively and others take them away? Or, did some people with powers lose them during the same eclipse that gave the heroes their powers?

We'll see. I will try to be optimistic about the writers taking the season to good places and making sense of everything in the end. The main thing I would like is to have fewer ups and downs, which have been the bulk of this season so far, and more of the feel that Season 1 had.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:11:45 -0000

I kind of agree with you James, especially when you say that they cant seem to figure out what direction they want to take the show.

Also, I have an important question. How did Nathan survive being shot? I thought it was Linderman, but now we know that is not the case.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

James R — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:52:14 -0000

Im like so so with this season.. The reason why most people seem to complain is that - they cant seem to figure out what direction they want to go in.. Too many ups and downs..

I wouldve prefered Sylar stayed good. Do away with Peter already, jesus. Do something with him or just throw him off a balacony.

Honestly, nothing really matters in the show anymore. One moron or the next can just go back or forward in time and rewrite the whole thing. I really have stopped caring if someone lives or dies

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Waylo_Paht14 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:04:05 -0000

I never seen any of seaeson 3. But i do own season 1 & 2. I just want to know why people are quitting on heroes. They should keep watching the show while their ahead. I know i will because it was totally worth watching.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Roberto — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:33:29 -0000

I still like this season, but after the last couple of episodes (the Eclipse), I am starting to worry a little bit again.
I think the season is ok, but they have to stop with so many flip flops all the time. I think most people like twists (I sure do), but when the whole plot is basically the twists themselves, the story loses its meaning. It becomes just a bunch of (seemingly) random events.

Like I said in my very first post here, I am worried that with all these twists and turns all the time, the show will take a turn for the worst. I liked season 3 better in the beginning. I hope things get better again. The last episode I really enjoyed was the one where Hiro dreamed about the past. After that, the show has been just so so, I think. I did not care much for the Eclipse.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Erin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:07:25 -0000

the season lacks verisimilitude within the world created by the last two seasons. yes, they are flying too high with wax wings. they are constantly contradicting themselves. now that the future is constantly rewritable (and the present can always be the future since characters can jump back in time) events no longer hold the weight they use to.
i don't feel the stakes anymore.

bye bye heroes. I have been mourning your death. you were once a dear friend.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

joe bassin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:46:07 -0000

KageLord said,
November 17th, 2008

Now they are just being ridiculous. Hiro somehow retains his powers (though Arthur has them too) yet thinks he is 10. WTF?

He got space time manipulation from peter in episode 6 Dying of the Light. And anyway in an interview, Chuck Kim confirms that Arthur has the ability of empathic mimicry. So he don't need anymore to absorb power to gain them.

Re: Is Heroes Season 3 Awesome Or Ridiculous?

Sal — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:25:58 -0000

Oh man, it's become such a BS, they've lost the plot. Too many stuff going on and seems that writers can't pull things back together. Totally hopeless, feel sorry that I wasted another hour to watch the 9th ep.