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Re: Heroes - Season Three
I'm somewhat in the same boat as you, Greg, although I quite enjoyed the first season. However, had the second season lasted any longer than it did, I would have quit watching. The only reason I'm willing to give S3 a chance is because of how much I enjoyed S1, but that won't last long if S3 isn't a huge improvement over S2, and from the info in the spoilers, I'm not optimistic.
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
I enjoyed the first season and found the second season a major dud. I'll give the third season a couple of episodes to get going otherwise hasta la vista!
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
It's been awhile, but as someone who loved S1 and was disappointed in S2, I'm still holding out hope for S3. I don't mind people pointing out issues as sometimes it gives voice to issues lurking beneath the surface of my own emotions. It does get a bit played out of all posts are negative, though.
I know shows have to go with their money characters, but as much as Sylar is deliciously evil, I was OK with him being gone at the end of S1. Now comic book villians do return, so I just hope they do it well.
The lady who cried tears of death irritated me most just because she was constantly whining. It was worse than those teenage girls in 80's horror movies.
I'm OK with Ali Larter. In fact, I can tolerate most of the actors.
To paraphrase an old phrase, I think what's wrong with Heroes can be fixed with what's right with Heroes.
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
My biggest worry is that they have made several characters too powerful. Its going to reach a point where they are indestructible and force a reboot or a reset.
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
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| My biggest worry is that they have made several characters too powerful. Its going to reach a point where they are indestructible and force a reboot or a reset. |
I can think of only 2 characters that fit that description -- Peter and Sylar. They effectively reset both of them in Season 2 as Peter couldn't remember anything he could do, and Sylar lost his abilities. Unfortunately, the end of S2 looks like he won't just be able to get new abilities, but also recover what he had before (telekenesis with the can in the closing scene). They also seem to have reset Peter by using his healing abilities to recover his memory (and ability to use his powers). Of course his healing should have fixed his memory right away because that's never been a power that requires conscious thought, but I'll go with it.
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| Of course that doesn't explain surviving the giant shard of glass in the head. |
it's been discussed before: the theory is Peter needs to concentrate on a power if he's recalling it from his 'library', but does not need to concentrate on it if it's being absorbed from someone near him. in the scene with the glass shard, he happened to be near Claire.
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Elle was nowhere near Peter at the time he first used that ability in Season 2. He did it instinctively with no concentration. I don't see how anybody could have watched Season 2 at all and conclude that the show tells us Peter needs to concentrate to use his powers. He's constantly using powers by instinct without even consciously knowing he has them.
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It was only when Peter was first being trained by Claude that he had to concentrate and figure out the 'filing system'.
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
Season 3 starts tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on NBC. There's a Heroes primer/party episode at 8 p.m. EDT tonight as well just to get people caught and a bit of sneak peaks for some of the new developments of this new season.
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
My husband and I are really looking forward to the new season. The previews have really got me excited about it. Not only that, but I have been listening to the 10th wonder podcast and that has added more fuel to the fire for us.
I was hoping to go back and rewatch S1&2, but was never able to do so. I am glad that they are doing a recap, because it has been a while and I don't fully remember everything.
Look forward to a lively discussion about the show with everyone!
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- Joined: October 2001
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Re: Heroes - Season Three
I just did a marathon of seasons 1 & 2 as I had never seen the show and wanted to get caught up before the new season started. Like most here, I thought S1 was great and S2 was a HUGE disappointment(until the last couple of episodes). I think Sylar getting his powers back bodes well for this new season as the lack of a true villain was the main problem with S2 IMHO.
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