Heroes Premiere

So, I watched the Heroes Season 3 Premiere. Hmmmm (This seems like the normal spot for this type of review, even though half of the AllFiredUp Cable Show That Will Never Go Anywhere *cough*Amy*cough* doesn't watch Heroes. For this post, Ms. Amy is on Assignment...)

Thought I'd post this whole big long thread....then I got sick. Then I read this:
http://tvblog.ugo.com/index.php/tvblog/more/review_heroes_season_three_premiere/

I thought, 'Um, yeah, he pretty much just said what I was thinking anyway'

So, in a nutshell:

Things I liked about the Premiere:
1) Seeing Claire as a 'bad guy' - if they can somehow make that work storywise (cuz right now they are just showing her 4 years in the future and she's tough as nails) then that would be sweet. I really do like Claire as a character.

2) William Katt and Bruce Boxleitner showing up as cameos. Perhaps Bruce will be more than that (as Poor William was iced by Jessica/Nikki/whatever her name is now)

3) The idea that Jessica/Nikki is this show's Legion. I always thought that Marvel did such a good job with the idea of Legion. A super-mutant who also suffered from multiple personality disorder. And each personality controlled a very powerful, dangerous power. And each personality was erratic and unpredictable (as opposed to erratic and predictable, Kel? ummmm....)

4) Future Peter. Dont' know why, but I like that he's in total control of his powers and seems to really know what he wants, even though once he starts down that path, he realizes he made a mistake and now has to figure out how to fix it. TRUE CONFLICT! Ok, that sounds good.

Things I didn't like:
1) Sylar is a Petrelli? Oh, come on - can we stop revealing people being related to each other at this stage? It's just for shock and drama and it's STOOPID.

2) Mohinder's COMPLETELY out-of-character turn as the Jeff Goldblum/Fly Scientist. Since when was Mohinder's motivatation based on *getting* these powers? And why would he deliberately inject something so purely untested and unverified into himself? He wouldn't. He's a Scientist first. If they wanted to give Mohinder some power (which I totally understand, cuz his storyline had run his course as the non-powered-up scientist), then make it an accident. All those Spidey/Hulk/Fantastic Four Gamma Ray-hit-me type accidents are believable. More so than just whacking us upside the head with some out-of-character stunt like this.

3) Hiro's 'adventure' - come on, can we get past the "Hiro's cute little comic-book-adventure-on-a-playground" storyline? It was cute the first season. It dragged ON and ON the 2nd season. Now it's just tiresome. Some of that dialogue is cute between him and Ando. And I like the idea of Hiro seeing Ando become 'bad' in the future and he's all concerned now. But as soon as he got accosted by The Flash's annoying bratty little sister, everything was just so *cough*stupid*cough* predictable. A friend of mine said he thought the way they potrayed Hiro was too stereotypical and it dumbed down the entire race of Asians as a whole. I am starting to agree. Hiro can remain quirky but still have some dignity. Figure that out, writers!

Overall, I think this season has potential, but it also looks like it could go the way of the shark-jumping-freaks VERY quickly. Be careful, Tim Kring. Check your flash at the door, and bring in the integrity and logic, if you please.

And for some reason, I dont' mind the folks with new powers and that they are 'cop offs' of already-known superheroes. I don't consider it a knock-off when I see someone show up with Magneto's powers, or Legion's, or whomever. As long as you keep the storylines original, I'll keep watching.