Last night’s “Heroes” was awesome + Last night’s “Heroes” was not awesome
Last night’s episode of Heroes proved that you can both have a serialized drama with an endless barrage of questions and still pay off your audience for sticking with it. Between “Horn-Rimmed Glasses,” that girl who looks like an elf, the cop, and Hiro (who seems to be the only character name anyone remembers on this show) we walked away from that episode feeling like we knew what the hell was happening. Of course HRG (Horn-Rimmed Glasses) could have been lying, which would be frustrating, but the way he laid out his motivations seemed entirely realistic given what we had all ready known. If I like anything about the show it’s the fact that the characters we perceive to be good-guys and bad-guys can flip like a plastic cup at a frat house. It keeps you on your toes, and that is a good thing.
I’ve made no bones about the fact that this show is seriously flawed, but last night’s episode was enough to lock me in for the season.
Last night’s episode of Heroes proved that I would rather Syler cut off the top of my head and steal my brain than ever watch a scene with Mohinder ever again. I fast-forwarded through 90% of his scenes last night, and you know what? I missed nothing. The fact that his voice is the narrator troubles me to no end. Maybe it’s the accent, maybe it’s his bland screen presence, maybe it’s the fact that whenever the story shifts to him I feel like the show gets stuck in quicksand and sinks lower and lower the harder it tries to free itself. Thank god the cast is larger than most NFL teams. Maybe his presence will be limited from here on out.
And while I’m griping, here’s some other problems: I hate that the font they use for the credits is the same font they use for the subtitles. Not knowing everyone’s name, I can never tell in those opening minutes if they’re telling me the name of an actor or of a character. Also, the soundtrack has the feel of a bad action movie from 1987. Okay. Now I’m done.
