Heroes Ranting is Back...

Okay, it's time again for another rant about how crappy Heroes has become. You know you want it. You've been waiting for it.

Anyway, apparently this week's episode was stealing from Star Wars, and Splash. That's right, Splash.

I'm already annoyed that Peter Petrelli's powers are weak and pathetic now. Come on, he didn't even need to touch people in the past, and he could collect powers, that was awesome! Now, he has to touch someone, and collect their power, but that seems to be totally random. Can he control that? We don't know, because in the plane, he was accidentally collecting them, now he seems to be able to touch people with or without taking powers. Lame, and lazy writing because the show couldn't figure out what to do with the super powerful Peter, the same thing they did with Hiro. Take it away, because we can't write around it.

Hey, wasn't Mohinder's formula supposed to perfect powers? How come it made PP's powers pathetic?

And back to the Star Wars bit. What was with Peter and Parkman with their little raid on that building pulling Jedi mind tricks on everyone? They might as well have been dressed in Jedi robes carrying lightsabers. WTF? We all want to do Jedi mind tricks, but come on.

What about Splash, you ask? Here is the conversation at home while watching:

Husband: "How is Claire breathing under water?"

Wife: "Maybe it's like Splash."

Husband: "Oh, so it's Splash rules... i see."

Yeah, how was this new guy's underwater breathing ability transfering to Claire via kissing? There was no extra oxygen as far as I could see. Not like in that hot James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies scene. Hmm...

Too many plot holes. All the time.

Oh, and the whole Sylar thing. Yikes.

At least maybe it will be interesting when we find his dad, who seems to be as evil a bastard as he is.

Weekly Heroes Rant...

Okay, I don't even have the energy for it today. Really.

The whole thing is so circuitous that now all of the characters are turning back into their old selves. So you could have wiped out half of the episodes we've had to endure this season, and the bad ones from last season. Arrgh...

What makes me the most upset is the way they are just finding no direction with Hiro. This episode would have been great for him. He gets to be a hero, and it seems like things are finally going to go somewhere interesting, and then they screw it up! Why?

I'm just glad that The Sarah Connor Chronicles is good. That's been a geeky ray of light for me on Monday nights.

Heroes... and the Sun...

Okay, here's today's factoid: "The longest duration for a total solar eclipse is 7.5 minutes. "
This comes from www.space.com under Cool Eclipse Facts.

What does this have to do with anything you ask?

Well, the last two episodes of Heroes have surrounded the total eclipse of the sun, and its effects on the powers of our Heroes. And in the span of episodes that go on for two hours, what happens to each character can NOT have fit into the 7.5 minutes. NOT!

...spoiler alert...

Mohinder's trip just to go find Maya, not even including the conversations and ass kicking scenes probably would have taken longer than 7 minutes!

Claire - injury, ambulance, trip to hospital, stabilization, infection, then death... longer than 7 minutes.

Okay, they are using a little creative license, I'll give them that. Fine. But come on, did they really think none of the geeks who watch this show would notice?

...end spoilers...

Anyway, I will have to admit that I am liking the direction they are taking Hiro again, he's funnier, and I always like his adorable nature. They seem to be heading back in the right direction with some of the characters. But the overall story still seems to be going nowhere. The eclipse episodes still seem to have no real reason behind them other than as some kind of funky plot device. Oh, and the Daphne/Parkman relationship is so absurd I don't know what to say. Suddenly... Love. Ack...

Anyway, I will keep watching... like it or not.

Weekly Rant

Okay, so I love DVR, and I love love love my Tivo (which I have not yet gotten rid of since the dawn of my Time Warner Cable DVR because it's so much better), but both of the machines cut off the end of Heroes last night. (DVR also forgot to record Sarah Connor/Terminator, arrgh, iTunes here I come.)

Anyway, the episode of Heroes was a little more action packed this week, but it did shine a rather amusing light on what a bunch of idiots these characters are sometimes. Running around like badasses with their powers, and then when they lose them being a bunch of just-asses. The whole thing with Parkman when he was turning his head, and the guy at the door in Daphne's house kept asking why was actually pretty hilarious.

The whole bit with Hiro, I have to admit was kind of cute this time around, and the joke about the comic store being where great minds gathered made me chuckle.

But, I still don't know why I needed an eclipse cliffhanger. Where is this going?

Actually, that's the question I find myself asking every week?

Where is this going?

Where is this going?

When will Mohinder get killed off already?

Where is this going?

I mean even the little spat between the Petrelli brothers didn't go anywhere!!!
Please... find some direction.
Is Sylar a bad guy again? Was Elle just testing him? Arrgh?

Heroes... slight improvement...

Okay, I'm still not happy with the overall messiness of this season of Heroes, but last night's episode was a tad better than the last few. It actually felt like it was going somewhere.

I'm not sure how I feel yet about the psychopath love story between Sylar and Elle, that feels a little weird to me. But they're both off their nuts, so that could work. It could also go very bad, if they actually take Sylar back to where he should be. Evil.

This week's biggest plus, none of Claire's flame throwing mama. Woo hoo!

I'm glad the writers got the hint that we need more whimsy from Hiro, but I'm not sure that making him think he's age 10 was the way to go. I did enjoy the little bit of comic relief in the bowling alley though.

I still have no idea where things are going, but they at least have taken groupings of characters and pitted them against each other in a couple factions now. Whew, it was about time. Anyway, fingers crossed that they stay on track, and this whole "catalyst" storyline doesn't get annoying.

Heroes Rewinding Again

Yeah, I know you've all been waiting for my rant about Heroes this week. So here goes.

What was this episode? A platform for one funny Jiffy Pop joke, and some extra Robert Forster time. Oh, and to bring back Eric Roberts.

Yep, pretty much a treading water for no good reason episode.

What's that you say? "Stacey, you're being too harsh." "Stacey, stop trashing the flashback episode, I like to know the past."

Nope, not gonna happen.

Look, some of it was interesting, I liked to see the dynamic between the Petrelli family a little more in depth. I also thought they did do a nice job tying everything together neatly, the train bit was a nice touch. For once the show didn't leave a lot of holes.

But, for the most part, this episode didn't move anything forward. How lovely to see that Sylar, and Claire's real mom could have had very different lives. How nice to see what might have been if Linderman didn't suddenly find a little bit of a heart (or not, because he may have just been trying to screw with Papa Petrelli).

But all of these things happened in the past, and don't point us toward any direction that the show is going to take. We have these multiple future histories that are being pushed in our faces most weeks, and I don't know about you, but I really just want to know where those are going.

The fact that Sylar and Elle met previously did nothing for me. I know I sound like a jerk right now, but please. I know heads are already rolling over at the production company, hopefully the next round of people will right this ship, and give us what we want. Which is resolution, our favorites using/keeping their powers, and less of Claire's lame flame throwing mother...

Take a look at what The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Fringe are doing. Good, and improving writing!

Okay, done...

Heroes... Why?

Okay, I know they do one every season. It's their little, check-out-so-and-so's backstory episode that the producers, writers and so on think we're so interested in.

You know what! I have no desire to watch another Heroe's backstory flashback episode. Yes, I said it. I keep seeing the previews for Monday, and it's getting me more and more riled up.



I want clarity on the things that are happening now. I don't want to have to worry about the 10 different apocalyptic future scenarios we've got going on, plus whatever happened in the past.

I realize that I'm just venting frustration here, especially given that I have to wait extra time for this flashback episode. But I really find the whole thing unnecessary. I really hope that they've got a clear direction on this series mapped out, or it's going to go nowhere. My Mom, who enjoyed the first two seasons has actually given up on this season already. She said she can't deal with another year of going nowhere.

Do you hear me producers of Heroes? Sort this thing out. I want to keep this interesting show in my viewing lineup.

Heroes!! Telepathy...

Okay people, come on.

I'm okay with the rampant idiocy of some of our Heroes lately, but this week went a step too far for me.

...SPOILER ALERT...

Here's my problem, if Parkman can make the fear guy think that he just killed him and Daphne (I'm almost disappointed that he didn't, but that's another complaint), then how the hell does Parkman not overhear Daphne down the hall with Papa Petrelli telling him that she's got him believing that she's on his side? This deserves a great big, WTF?

I know he's playing the big lovable goof sometimes, but come on. He was a cop at one point. He's not supposed to be a total idiot. Or do I have this wrong?

I was impressed with the hints at carnage last night. Parkman's dad, ouch. I was hoping to see more. Oh well.

Oh, and who's with me. How lame is Claire's biological mother? I'm so sick of the "look how badass I am because I can make fire" bit. It's not that menacing really. Or am I wrong again?

All I can say is, I hope they start really tying some of this stuff together. And kill off some of these extraneous characters. Of course, I don't think a "flashback" episode is going to do it. That's what we're getting next week from the looks of the preview.

Let's Talk Heroes!

I've just caught up with this past Monday's episode, so if you haven't watched yet, go 'way. There may be spoilers ahead.

I can't believe I'm about to write this, but I really, REALLY want Sylar to kick Peter Petrelli's ass. The Emo Boy bit was cute in the first season, but by now I'm really tired of Bad Peter. Although what happened at the end of the episode may take a little of the wind out of his sails. We shall see.

I'm also surprised at what a Sylar fan I've become. Granted, even as a villain, he was just so cool that it was hard to dislike him, but I've gone with the good-guy rewrite so fully, and that's something I don't normally get on board with so quickly (unless it's wrestling, and then it's expected, dammit) because it tends to be a copout. But I like the way this is going. And I'm glad that Mama Petrelli appears to be back next episode, because I love her. If my children finally manifest their superpowers one day, I hope I'm as ruthless on their behalf as she is.

Seriously, is this Madame Tussaud's?

The new cover of Entertainment Weekly just hit the Internet today, featuring Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine in their roles as Spock and Kirk in the J.J. Abrams take on Star Trek. Piera swears it's just the photographer and that I shouldn't be angry, and perhaps she's right - they did give us an awful cover of the Twilight cast a few weeks ago (Christ, he's a vampire, he hasn't been attacked by a powder puff!). But I'm concerned. Trek has been near and dear to me for years, and the thought of this movie sucking ass is disconcerting, to say the least.

I don't want this movie to stink. I want to believe that J.J. Abrams is a good man and will treat it with respect. I want to believe that Zachary Quinto will rock as Spock and that Simon Pegg will do Scotty comic justice. I try to ignore the detractors, and forget about Enterprise and Voyager (sorry, folks, couldn't stand either of them). But then I see a magazine cover like this and it brings my fears to the surface. Please, just don't be bad. PLEASE.

Anyone else wondering if Majel Barrett Roddenberry's going to show up in this one somehow? I kind of hope she does.

And on a side note, who's been loving the new path we see Sylar taking on Heroes? The softer side of Sylar, making breakfast and wearing an apron is awesome. Oh, and that whole threat of nuclear meltdown if anything happens to his kid speaks to me as a parent, too. And I think everyone can corroborate that one.

It's a Paradox!

Just jumping in here to second Stacey - first of all, if you're not watching Sarah Connor Chronicles, what the hell are you waiting for? And yes, Brian Austin Green is badass. That is a sentence I never thought I would witness myself writing, but there it is.

Okay - from all the sci fi geekery I've ingested over my ::cough cough:: years on this Earth, I have learned one thing - you cannot meet yourself in two separate universes! We saw this happen to a ridiculously over the top but enjoyable TimeCop (piss off, you know you liked it, too) and Doctor Who cannot emphasize this point enough. Star Trek has skipped around this for decades. We have long established the rules of engagement when you encounter yourself in another timeline - YOU DON'T.

So Heroes and their flagrant fraternizing is kind of ripping my brain in half. Ouch. It hurts. Stop it. And will someone PLEASE tell Milo Ventimiglia that he doesn't have to pretend to be Sylvester Stallone anymore? Rocky Balboa has long been out of the theatres and is enjoying life on cable and DVD; he can cut the mouth thing now. Jeez.

Time Travel on TV

Okay so last night on TV we had some serious time travel paradox stuff happening. I'm not sure about you guys, but I'm a little concerned about the space-time continuum.

(SEMI SPOILERS AHEAD)

Can anyone tell me what exactly is going on on Heroes? I mean, Peter Petrelli has met himself now. Future-Peter has traveled through time with Present-Day-Peter. What the hell? It's bad enough that this could be tearing a hole in the universe, but don't mind that when everyone in the future that was good, now appears to be evil. Everyone in the past that was evil, or stupid, seems to be well adjusted with babies. Mohinder is still a freak, and alive I might add... aaaaaaah!!!

Okay, and then there's The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which incidentally, if you don't watch, and you like the Terminator movies (except the 3rd, which the show seems to ignore as well), you should watch. How's that for a run-on sentence?

Now, if you can change the future from the past, then I'm totally confused on this one. Why does everyone, and everything still remain the same. Are there multiple futures, and we're just not seeing one? Is the future that newly minted badass Brian Austin Green (yeah, I said it) flashing back to actually the Past-Future?

Really, I'm more and less confused than I'm letting on here, but I wanted to seed this post with these nuggets and hopefully spur some conversation... ha ha ha.

I Second That Brundle-Motion.

From the second that Mohinder started juicing, the Hubs and I turned to one another and said, "BrundleFly." That was just unmissable.

Not sure about any other references in particular, but I have been loving the way this season is taking off with a bang. I love Mama Petrelli, by the way. She's just freaking awesome.

Anyone else noticing that adoption seems to be a recurring theme here? Now Sylar is adopted, we know from last season that Claire is adopted - as an adoptee myself, I think that rocks. Now, when do my biological parents show up to tell me about my superpowers?

Okay, since Stacey has the Heroes beat covered, let me tackle Supernatural. I finally caught the season opener last night and it looks like we are off to another good season! Who's with me here - how freaking cool was the angel and the shadow of the wings unfolding? I need to know more. Are we approaching a war in Heaven of Milton-esque proportions? What part do the brothers have to play in this? And that most certainly was NOT Ruby last night - was she supposed to be? And am I the only one who kind of misses Bela?

Doctor Who. Torchwood. Where are you? I miss you!

I've also been geeking out with my childhood, thanks to SciFi's resurrecting Tales from the Darkside. I DVR'd a day-long marathon, much to my husband's chagrin, and have worked my way through most of them. This was one of my favorite shows as a 'tween, and even now, with its goofy 80s-vibe, I love it just as much as ever. I even caught Seth Green as a kid in one where he's got a monster in his closet - freaking awesome. Now, I just need some Tales from the Crypt.