Hail to the Chef!

[trinityvixen]

What can I say? At this point, I don't even recognize what show I'm watching. It's like I've gone through an alternate dimension and I'm watching some other universe's version of Heroes. One where these things that were on the show happen and make sense. Where Sylar in an apron isn't unusual. Yes.

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[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Heh, we watched it and said to each other, "trinityvixen is gnashing her teeth right about now." :)

Part of the problem, and I have no idea if there's been a change of staff lately, is that they're pulling too much too clearly from comics and films. I mean, the whole "identify the Marvel character by power" game from Season One was great fun, but now we've got not only The Fly but the prelude to Civil War, both almost blow-by-blow. That's a serious problem.

And damn it, I used to think Ali Larter was hot! Now she looks like a skull with a blond ponytail!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It's a problem because they want to shock us without doing the legwork to make the shocks--Sylar and Bennet together, Future!People being assholes, etc--actually work. They want to be able to mess around and provoke us without justifying why these things should happen with the characters and world they've already built up.

Ali Larter looked good when she was sitting by the phone in her unmentionables, but that straight-ironed, poorly bleached hair looks makes her seem sallow and fake. Give her back Niki's hair! Also: Hello, Show, Niki is not part of triplets, she is part of a quartet of girls because Tracy, Barbara, Niki and Jessica (REMEMBER HER!?! OF COURSE YOU DON'T!) all had physical being at one point.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt about Jessica. We'd wondered in Season One if she was ever real or just Niki's defense mechanism.

But yes, I hate lazy writers. Hate hate hate them. Give me the show--I would do a FAR better job.

Of course, it doesn't help that some of the cast can't act. Milo, we're looking at you. "Look, I'm dark now. Rrrr!"

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Niki's dad showed up in season one and Niki confronted him as Jessica for having killed her, which he started apologizing profusely for ('cause he was shit-scared). Jessica has a tombstone. Jessica was once real. Booooo stupid show.

No offense to you, I'm sure you'd do a fine job. It's just that not even an infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters could come up with stuff this bad. Anyone past their pre-teen phase would do a better job. Clearly, the writers are stuck on the "fanfic" setting.

And a lot of the cast can't act. Adrian Pasdar is looking frazzled because he's just about the only one being awesome. Hayden Panettiere was told that "dark" means "emotionless." Milo Ventimiglia thinks that doing his impression of the zombie after the Buffy credits ("Grr, argh") was all he needed to be bad-ass. The only new character doing any leg work, acting-wise, is Knox. Mr. Bennet was even on last night. (I MISS YOU, JACK COLEMAN.)

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Maybe Jessica was actually Niki's pet rabbit?
:)

Yeah, Knox is doing a good job. Actually, Daphne amuses me. And Matt is still okay, it's just that as a character he's never been given much emotional range to being with.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Daphne can't act worth a darn. All the weird posturing and stuff she does reminds me of my least favorite acting choices with regards to Matt's power. I guess that means they're perfect for each other?

Matt is a criminal waste of a great, influential power. They looked like they were going to develop it last season, with him being able to control people's behaviors, but no. He's stuck in the desert, following a turtle. Sigh.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

But it's a magic turtle!
:)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

...that still doesn't move any faster than a normal turtle. Poor Matt.

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Somehow when the word "waffles" left Sylar's lips I pictured you going into shock. I'll save my thoughts on last night's eps till I have the time to write them up in my own journal (likely later in the week). Oh I have so much to say (not to mention a bit of a rant concerning a few foobars in the writing).

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I just can't believe it. I also still don't see why, plot contrivance to "darken up" Peter's character aside, he needed Sylar's ability. He's been able to use abilities he's gotten just fine, they just made him a little sick that one time. Sylar's gone crazy from using his ability to take powers. Yeah, that's a good plan, Future!Peter.