DonTadow
First Post
I do see those as being apart of the overall big problem of the show, don't get me wrong, but this thread is about this episode, so i keep my critisism on this show and how it is an example of the inconsistency all season. Now, if there was a heroes season 3 thread, my comments and others would be different, but we're talikng about this episode and why it was so horrible. The problem is, and I think someone touched on it earlier, is that, if your assumptions are correct, then the writers are hoping that we stretch our believablity in order to understand the show. This show won't survive with that kind of hope thinking, because for most of the public they'd sooner flip to MNF rather than try to grapple hook to the logic strongs of the author.Personally, I think the big-picture complaints should be the focus. A lot of the minor things people are going on about are on the nitpicky side, and occlude the major problems. For instance, most character's power aren't defined with any major boundaries, so why should we kvetch when they function in a way we're not familiar with? The Haitian's powers were never well-defined, so what's the big deal with finding out they have limitations? Likewise, how do we know that Arthur's clairvoyance inherited from Isaak via Peter wouldn't allow him to paint a pictur of a past event as well as a future? We haven't seen it happen before, but then again it's not a particularly useful application of that power....unless you're a time traveler.
The big picture stuff IMO consists of things like the lack of a proactive protagonist. Peter's clueless, Nathan flip-flops, Matt is trying to rise to the occasion but not quite managing. Hiro has become nothing but a fanboy pastiche that's being run into the ground--amnesiafied one minute, depowered the next. Sure, time travel is a plot-busing power, as is immortality and power absorption, so find a permanent way to rein them in rather than these constant stop-gap measures. The eclipse would have been a good way to reboot many characters; their powers fade, and come back changed. In general, the show needs to feel like it has direction. Right now, they're meandering. It feels like they're trying to run out the clock.
Foreshadowing is a beautiful thing, because it makes the reader/watcher not feel like the plot hammer isn't too heavy. I thought the first season did a great job of that, but this episode is an example of since, where things happen and at best theres a plot string we're suppose to follow but goes unsaid. For instance, what would have made that Arthur scene belieable. Show me a 2 minute cut of him wanting to know where the catalyst is, then painting its location. You want to make the nerfing of the hatian seem real.
Earlier in the season, when we see the flashback of the poisoning. Show how difficult it is for the hatian to shut down arthur. Heck, have the hatian explain how his powers work.