Heh. This is the first show in a long while that I wake up in the morning and want to rewatch before I go to workschool.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Heroes 1: We Could Be Heroes
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Theodosia - Sep 25, 2007 1:46:23 am PDT #1743 of 5028
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jon B. - Sep 25, 2007 2:31:22 am PDT #1744 of 5028
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
From Joanna Weiss at the Boston Globe:
A new season of "Heroes" begins, and everybody gets new hair!
Claire has moved to California, but left her curling iron back in Texas. Her dad, HRG, is an assistant manager at Kinko's, which apparently pays well enough to live in a fabulous house. Nathan never got to Congress, got divorced, and still hasn't shaven his breakup beard.* A Mexican woman joins the cast and makes people bleed from their eyes. Hiro discovers that his Japanese hero is an Englishman. (That's Sark, to you "Alias" fans.) Ando tries to save Commander Sulu, but doesn't make it in time. Matt Parkman is divorced and mind-reads his way through the NYPD exam. Peter has lost his cowlick and traded place with Jack Bauer. Nikki is nowhere to be found, but appears to be coming in future episodes. Shucks.
Overall assessment: Kinda stupid, kinda fun. Other opinions welcome.
(* see the season premiere of "How I Met Your Mother." Which I adored. It's great to be in the company of old friends.)
le nubian - Sep 25, 2007 2:39:22 am PDT #1745 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I also thought those were the worst Irish accents this side of Angel.
Oh hell yes. Good grief. The lucky charms leprechaun is better.
I think Ando and Saito had been waiting 4 months for Hiro in the current timeline. I'm unclear how long Hiro has been in the past. I'm not sure it matters depending on when Hiro comes back to the current timeline.
Papa Petrelli, IMO, did not kill himself. I think there is enough doubt around this to argue that he perhaps was murdered.
Jon B. - Sep 25, 2007 2:46:32 am PDT #1746 of 5028
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
...or that he's the murderer...
Theodosia - Sep 25, 2007 2:49:13 am PDT #1747 of 5028
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Remember that when Hiro went back a year, he was gone for several(?) days in the present timeline -- so 4 months for several hundred years seems a bargain, really.
Also: you definitely can change the past in the Heroes 'verse, but it's not easy. And sometimes you're actually making the past more like you thought it was, thinking that you are changing things for the better.
Timeline changing: not for the wibbly.
Theodosia - Sep 25, 2007 2:50:28 am PDT #1748 of 5028
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
FWIW: My roommate, she of many Irish relatives and trips to the Ol' Sod, thought the lead guy's accent was authentic, just not one that we hear a lot of.
victor infante - Sep 25, 2007 3:18:04 am PDT #1749 of 5028
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
FWIW: My roommate, she of many Irish relatives and trips to the Ol' Sod, thought the lead guy's accent was authentic, just not one that we hear a lot of.
Yeah, the accents sounded real to me, too, and I've spent a bit of time in Ireland.
Can't help but be reminded of Doyle on "Angel," with my wife complaining about his accent and me being there going, "Uhm, he's really Irish, honey. That's his real accent."
Vortex - Sep 25, 2007 5:18:36 am PDT #1750 of 5028
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And I think it's inevitable that Hiro will become his own hero..
I think that Hiro will take over the persona of what'shisface so that the legends are true. He's the one who will marry the swordsmith's daughter. Which will be very complicated, I think. Oh, wait, I'm sure she'll get killed.
amych - Sep 25, 2007 5:28:12 am PDT #1751 of 5028
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
See, I think Hiro will indeed be his own grandpa, but I'm pulling for the swordsmith's daughter to be the one doing the legendary asskicking.
Not because Hiro can't, or because of any evidence at all, really, but I just want her to.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 25, 2007 5:34:03 am PDT #1752 of 5028
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I'm pulling for the swordsmith's daughter to be the one doing the legendary asskicking.
Somehow this is reminding me of that lovely young armor-maker in Knight's Tale that I kept thinking was a) going to kick ass and b) going to marry Heath Ledger, but instead he ended up with that horrible low affect princess!
I sort of miss the sweet cute girl that Hiro met in the diner who died. What I really want is for Hiro to be a viable romantic interest, not just cute Asian geek dude. Of course, I still want Peter and Claire to not be related, so...