The Twisted Rantings of the Dantelope

I admit to being somewhat of a telvision-aholic. Blame ReplayTV or TiVO or whatever PVR technology you choose. I find my fanny in the leather dimples of our couch more often than I can believe.

In my previous post, I lamented about the fall of heroes. Here, I want to talk about the rise of hereos. But... I mean the show Heroes, which has gotten my attention and kept it since the pilot. For those that aren't familiar, think X-Men but where the affected mutants don't quite understand their own talents and everyone seems to have a predestined purpose.

Now let me start by saying that I love this show. And let me continue by saying I hate this show. The concept is fantastic and the actors are superbly chosen. Each character is being fully developed (well, everyone except the bad guys) and I am captiviated like a small child in a candy store.

Unfortunately, there are some serious flaws to this show. Specifically:

• Adherence to destiny bothers the hell out of me.
  
• Everyone in the damn show seems to have a power.
  
• Mohinder's character is a waste and lately he seems to have the bulk of the focus.

The destiny thing gets old fast. When you know what happens in the end, what's the point of watching? Luckily, the writers seem to have realized this and are starting to put some twists in -- like showing us that someone dies but then .. oh, just kidding, not really. Nice.

Why does everyone have to have a power? With everyone involved in the show suddenly displaying some mutant ability, it's starting to feel like normal people are the minority. And it defeats the shock of the abilities of others. Kind of like when XMen III came out and all it seemed to be was a massive coming together of every power the writers could think of. Boooooring.

And what is with Mohinder? He has no power (or does he?) and he's useless to the plot and he's an idiot to boot. I'm sick to death of him. Did the producers need to capture the Indian TV market or something? Blah. Please. Kill him off and do it soon.

If I were on the show, my power would be that I can make people laugh so hard they pee in their pants. And then I steal their wallets. Also, I would naturally hunt and decimate the mime population. But that would be obvious...

Dantelope @ im-stuck-in-the-matrix-come-save-me

Labels: heroes, tv