from my recollection: they were doing Heroes in 2 parts. So I think the second set of eps will start airing in February or so...?
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Heroes 1: We Could Be Heroes
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le nubian - Nov 11, 2008 5:22:08 am PST #3972 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Wolfram - Nov 11, 2008 6:38:43 am PST #3973 of 5028
Visilurking
On the whole, much, much improved.
Oh, totally. I enjoyed last night's episode, probably because we only saw Suresh for a head-turn and Claire not at all. Also, all of the stupidity from Present Day Heroes was missing, they killed the criminally-stereotyped African seer (man this show is tough on white-eyeballed folks) and they skipped over what could have been another awful Hiro/hero mission of chasing down Arthur Petrelli.
victor infante - Nov 11, 2008 6:49:33 am PST #3974 of 5028
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
But it didn't feel to me like there was any time (according to this ep) in between PP's death and HRG getting into Mohinder's cab. Which so obviously and blatantly contradicts the pilot that I'm willing to chalk it up to shitty continuity editing.
Which is what I'm saying. Leaving aside the question of captioning, which, again, may well have been awful) it seems obvious, from the interspersed bits of things we've already seen, that we weren't meant to think all of this was happening at the same time.
"One year earlier" in the beginning is clear. "Six months earlier" halfway through the ep is not - six months earlier than when we just were, or six months earlier than the show's present time?
OK. Granted not terribly clear, but does it matter much? Viewers like us know full well that, say, Nathan's car crash and Claire's train wreck (no, not West) are six months apart, and this story doesn't contradict that. It might be misleading if you've never seen an episode before, but really, if you've never seen an episode, you wouldn't much care.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2008 7:04:56 am PST #3975 of 5028
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Granted not terribly clear, but does it matter much?
It matters to me. I don't particularly want to spend my time watching a show which doesn't seem to value competent storytelling. If last night's ep had been executed better, we wouln't have to be having this conversation in the first place.
Theodosia - Nov 11, 2008 7:17:37 am PST #3976 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"
Somebody remind me, is Eric Roberts' character still alive in the present day timeline? I think it's also a sign of the bad storytelling that I can't remember his character's name, for that matter.
Polter-Cow - Nov 11, 2008 7:21:08 am PST #3977 of 5028
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I couldn't remember his name or basically anything about his character. But now it's coming back to me!! Bennet kills him really awesomely at the end of season one.
victor infante - Nov 11, 2008 7:40:02 am PST #3978 of 5028
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
It matters to me. I don't particularly want to spend my time watching a show which doesn't seem to value competent storytelling. If last night's ep had been executed better, we wouln't have to be having this conversation in the first place.
Fair point, but I have to say, I didn't have any trouble following it whatsoever.
Bennet kills him really awesomely at the end of season one.
Yep, he has kind of an ugly end, but HRG was badass in dishing it out.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 11, 2008 5:00:35 pm PST #3979 of 5028
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And WTF makes Nathan think his father committed suicide???
OK, I missed this entirely - or was that what Nathan thought season 1?
Vortex - Nov 11, 2008 5:27:31 pm PST #3980 of 5028
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Continuity? What continuity?
SailAweigh - Nov 11, 2008 5:57:52 pm PST #3981 of 5028
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
We don't need no stinkin' continuity!