Heroes Season [Volume] 2 (#27)---10/15/07-'The Kindness of Strangers'

[Gallo22]

Because many of us are heavily invested after the first season? The comparison to Flash Gordon is not appropriate because 10 minutes is not enough time to get invested in any show. I'm not going to just stop watching Heroes because I dislike the current direction. The show's earned my love and respect and as far as I'm concerned it deserves the chance get out of the slump.

Though truth be told, it's still a very good show; much better than most out there. The storylines with Peter and Claire are somewhat weak, I don't like the Maya/Alejandro dynamic (though it's a lot more interesting now that Sylar is involved). The stuff with Hiro and Kensei is great, if a tad predictable (H meets K, K is a buffoon, H must pose as K to make sure K does all his legendary stuff, H ends up doing everything instead.) Overall, I think it will continue to improve.

Then what you're saying is, you like the show. So if this is true, then my comments do not pertain to you.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Then what you're saying is, you like the show. So if this is true, then my comments do not pertain to you.

Well yes, I like the show, otherwise I wouldn't be posting here. You quoted Silver Moon (who said they liked this season) then suggested that those who don't like it shouldn't watch it. Which I agree with. But your comment assumed that those who do not like this season so far do not like the show as a whole. Which isn't necessarily true.

Just sayin' that we can be critical without dislike.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Then what you're saying is, you like the show. So if this is true, then my comments do not pertain to you.

Because I liked first season, and find second season failing me. I've mostly cut back on posting to these threads since it's a no-where streak, but sometimes stuff just screams "bad plot device" to me...

Anyway, the main disappoints for me are the lack of a baseline of the world as it stands, and dividing all the plot lines back up again so we have to wait for the buildup and eventual meeting. The snippets are too short, the characters too scattered. As the show progresses, these things can quite possibly turn around and the show might be more enjoyable for me, so unless something else comes up to draw me away, I'll waste the time on it.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Of the two, the latter, by far.

In the case of a nuclear blast, how do investigators try to figure it out? Try to track fissionable material, the activities of terrorist groups, etc. Such an investigation would never practically lead to any of the individuals who were actually involved.

But it would require an explanation, and have lots of folks looking into it.

In the case of the murder, his known associates, friends, family, and enemies would all be contacted, many of whom have something to hide.

Not really. There would be no demonstration of power, there would be no obvious means to link the death to powered individuals. The link with Petrelli and Nakamura was tenuous at best.

Heck, I'd think the links would put any detective worth the name on the trail of Linderman's crime ring, but that's just me. You obviously disagree and there's no way to make you see my vantage.

 

[TemplarSaint]

I think we'll find out that Matt's dad isn't the big evil Molly makes him out to be. I think he's an old man on the run, and he uses his owns gifts to frighten away anyone who looks for him. Matt said he was a con man, and I think it would be pretty easy for a con with psychic gifts to create an aura of menace around himself.

And if any of the show's writers are reading this, please note that Louisiana does not have counties. Nichelle Nichols should have said that lost of people in the parish would be happy to have jobs. Really, people, how hard is it to research a state?

 

[DonTadow]

You surmise incorrectly.

I know that people who are mercurial enough to turn around that fast on someone exist, but they are a minority, and Claire's characterization on the show thus far has not made me believe that she's one of them. Rather, this whole storyline feels very much like the writers pushing Claire into a relationship with West for no other reason than to create some entirely artificial drama in her relationship with her father. YMMV, and obviously does, but I'll thank you not to make assumptions about me when expressing differences of opinion.

Though I'm not a fan of west, that does sound like the typical behavior I've experienced with a variety of women highschool and college. ONe minute its one emotion the next its another.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Though I'm not a fan of west, that does sound like the typical behavior I've experienced with a variety of women highschool and college. ONe minute its one emotion the next its another.

Yeah but those extreme emotion swings don't tend to happen everyday and every hour like it does with Claire.

 

[Blastin]

Yeah but those extreme emotion swings don't tend to happen everyday and every hour like it does with Claire.

Umm....wow.....
I have been around teen girls that had more than that per minute.....

 

[Fast Learner]

But it would require an explanation, and have lots of folks looking into it.

Yes, but nothing about it says "super-powered human beings."

Not really. There would be no demonstration of power, there would be no obvious means to link the death to powered individuals. The link with Petrelli and Nakamura was tenuous at best.

But his son would be looked at, and his company, and the location (which ties to Deveaux and others). Not a strong tie, but more than between the nuclear blast and any of the heroes.

Heck, I'd think the links would put any detective worth the name on the trail of Linderman's crime ring, but that's just me. You obviously disagree and there's no way to make you see my vantage.

And vice versa, I guess. Ah well, good discussion, anyway!

 

[Fast Learner]

I hate the Claire/West budding relationship, not becuase I feel it's somehow unbelievable, but because I feel like it is SO FREAKING OBVIOUS that West is a badguy that I can hardly stand to watch.

Agreed. Though I guess it's not that obvious to many folks, because I brought it up to several friends who love the show, and it never occurred to them. And they're smart folks. Weird.