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.

Biographies

Here are the Bios that Amy and I wrote for each other - ya know, when our Cable Show That Never Will Get Off the Ground finally gets picked up.... we'll need bios, right? Right.

Kelly:
Kelly is the star of the world-wide bestseller "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" Two Disc Deluxe Edition DVD (Legal Disclaimer: BONUS MATERIAL IS NOT RATED). Among her numerous Hollywood contacts are Daniel Radcliffe and Billy Dee Williams. She is a hardworking, modern, intelligent woman whose dream careers include the following: cable show host, Christian Bale's suit-fitter, and Director of Marvel's Continuity Department: X-Men Division. Kelly is also a selfless individual, donating her time and money to worthy causes such as cancer research and shirtless-Hugh-Jackman-cagefight advocacy. As for her political causes, she is PRO-"Jubilee kills Cyke and frames Emma for the murder" and ANTI- "Star Wars Expanded Universe."

While she could easily be considered an All-American girl, Kelly defies such simplistic definition by rejecting well-loved beverages such as beer, wine, and coffee. She is a multifaceted individual with talents and interests ranging from scrapbooking, to tattoo artistry, to George Michael worship.

Amy:
Amy is a seemingly innocent 30-something-year-old redhead whose sole ambition in life is to frame Jubilee for Cyke's murder. Well, maybe not her sole ambition. But it's right up there. She is loyal (she'd give you her newly discovered latent mutant power to you if it meant saving your life), intelligent (just ask about her pamprin-infested SAT scores!), spiritual (she prays every night to the Pagan Movie Gods that Carlos Bernard and Jack Davenport will do a movie together soon) and highly amusing when drunk. Her snarkiness roars loudly, however, at the sign of Ranch Dressing, Antonio Banderas, Kim Bauer, Emma Frost, or Locke being a dumbass.

Amy has succeeded thus far in life by not knowing exactly what it is that makes her skin crawl at the sound of the word "Muppet" but she often falls back on her ballet training to do the Lando Jig, and recently successfully negotiated the highly-popular "Put David Prowse's Likeness Into the Actual Star Wars Franchise, Mr. Lucas" petition which brought much-needed attention and money to Mr. Prowse's multitude of orphans in London's back alleys.

She never leaves the house without mascara, rarely visits the comic book store alone for fear of the pick up lines she would no doubt endure, and thinks The Twins should have been born on Dagobah. Duh.

Cleolinda, our hero

At first, I thought she was just meant to be a guest on our show. Because obviously she loves and obsessess over the same things (lost, harry, 24, pirates, star wars....) but then.... well then I kept reading more and more of her blog. I've never been really addicted to someone's blog like this woman.

http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/645079.html#cutid1

That is just one of her many brilliances. Cleo, we don't want you as a guest. We want you to executive produce the whole damn thing.

And if I may add one little piece of advice - click on the 'beergnets' link. Trust me. Read it.

I haven't guffawed that hard in a very long time. Damn, she is funny.

The world does not need more Kim Bauer

So Fox announced that they are stopping production of their drama, "24" to take a look at what they've got and....what? Decide their show has jumped the shark so BADLY that all the time left in the universe couldn't possibly help them? Apparently Howard Gordon thinks some re-writes or more time or the second coming could possibly help their show.

I know we're biased and pro-Tony Almeida (hell, we think THIS SITE is sheer genius, even though they are pro-Kim Bauer *blech*) but when the writers of 24 killed Tony off in the way they did.....~SIGH~ . A very moving scene for sure, but so not worthy of the heart and soul of the show (a semi-cheezy musical version of his death can be seen here). He should have gone out in a blaze of glory - defending Michelle's honor, sure, but not taken surprised by someone who was supposedly half-dead. Someone who wakes up from a coma and sticks him with a syringe of god only knows what? And the way they treated him AFTERWARDS was even more scandalous - Jack is a robot but he's not THAT much of a robot. By the next episode, Tony was all but forgotten.

So, Season 5 took that leap into shark-infested waters, and Season 6 served the buggers on shish-kebabs complete with Unbelievable Melodrama BBQ sauce.

And they recently (ok, a year ago) announced they are bringing Tony BACK from the dead because they have run out of storylines and need to appease the fans who really were still distressed he didn't get a *cough*decentdeath*cough -- silent clock.

But now - news from the High Mountain has arrived that Kim Bauer is back this season! Because YES! This show needs more drama from the Blonde Teen That Never Went To School But Became a CTU Operative Strictly Because Her Dad Was Jack Bauer. And since giving her a beau last time wasnt' enough to make us care for her, we will now give her a KID.... <>

This show used to be the best thing on television. We still applaud it for it's breakthrough format and seasons 1-4 were quite the rousing entertainment roller coaster. But it will take a WHOLE helluvalot for us to watch this season without having major eye-roll-itis hitting us every week.

~sigh~ When does Lost start up again??