I'd rather have him as a hero. the Black male criminal angle gets a bit old...
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I read somewhere that he might not be dead and that he was returning as > a bad guy. Don't know how true that is. The show is meandering so > much, I can not tell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i'm still reeling that they killed off the Brother from last season... > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "B. Smith" > > This is what I said on another forum about the Heroes version of my > > hometown, New Orleans. > > > > "And the winner for worst New Orleans depiction ever: Heroes. > > > > Apparently they thought LA could stand in for New Orleans with no > > modifications. > > > > Fool? No one in New Orleans says fool as in "break yourself fool!" > > Where the hell did that come from? 1991 California? > > > > The accents make K-Ville cound pitch perfect. Where was that white > > chick supposed to be from? The Missiissippi or Alabama Gulf Coast? > > And how in the post-Katrina world how could they not know that > > Louisiana doesn't have counties? It's called a parish." > > > > The latest episode just got worse. The architecture and sets are so > > wrong, the police uniforms are nowhere near right, the accents (the > > horror, the horror), kids playing double dutch a place that looked > > more New York than New Orleans and on and on. > > > > I do like Micah's cousin aka the Taskmistress. She has a cool > > powerset. Hopefully we get more of her and less diversions into > > ancient Japan. That is such a convoluted mess. > > > > That was a nice swerve with Parkman's dad. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > Tracey L. Minor)" wrote: > > > >> I agree totally. The thrill is gone. and to make matters worse, > >> > > every > > > >> week they bring out even more characters. its so disappointing. I > >> > > keep > > > >> hoping it gets better. my husband stopped watching totally. They > >> > > are > > > >> really blowing it > >> > >> ravenadal wrote: > >> > >>> Heroes (Heroes (Season 2)) > >>> C+ > >>> > >>> FALLEN HEROES > >>> > >>> Here's hoping NBC's drama can rescue itself from a diabolical > >>> sophomore slump > >>> > >>> By Gillian Flynn > >>> > >>> This week on Heroes: Claire (Hayden Panettiere) continues to > >>> > > marvel > > > >>> at the same powers of regeneration she's always had! Hiro (Masi > >>> > > Oka) > > > >>> does cute things in feudal Japan! And after a journey of > >>> approximately 42 million miles from one vague part of Central > >>> > > America > > > >>> to another vague part of Central America, our new, haplessly > >>> murderous hero Maya (The Sopranos' Dania Ramirez) is still > >>> > > blubbering > > > >>> for her twin brother (Shalim Ortiz) and bleeding black goo from > >>> > > her > > > >>> eyes! Wait, which week is this? Every week. > >>> > >>> NBC's once-inventive series is in a creative sinkhole. Frenetic > >>> > > but > > > >>> bizarrely repetitive, the drama bores from myriad worldwide > >>> > > locales > > > >>> that all look like the backlot of M*A*S*H. Season 2 sees previous > >>> standout heroes â¤" unkillable Claire, time-freezing Hiro â¤" > >>> > > gone solo > > > >>> in their own painful, stagnant story lines. Claire is living > >>> undercover in California, her now saintlike dad (Jack Coleman) > >>> repeatedly warning her not to be interesting. Mission > >>> > > accomplished! > > > >>> Claire's been saddled with a laser-eyed beau (Rocket Science's > >>> Nicholas D'Agosto) who also has powers â¤" he can fly, with the > >>> > > aid of > > > >>> mediocre special effects. (The writers think we should be dazzled > >>> > > by > > > >>> this ''flying'' business, forgetting that people took to the air > >>> repeatedly last season.) In an even more labored plot, Hiro has > >>> landed in 17th-century Japan, where he finds his idol, the samurai > >>> Kensei (Alias' David Anders), and falls in love with an > >>> anachronistically spunky heroine (a must in the time-travel > >>> > > genre). > > > >>> That's right, Hiro â¤" the most neutered TV character since > >>> > > Screech â¤" > > > >>> is remaining in feudal Japan to ogle a babe. Stripped of any > >>> > > genuine > > > >>> mission, he now has little to do but smile like an adorable, gassy > >>> baby. It's increasingly unbearable. > >>> > >>> Which is a good phrase to describe Heroes itself. With its larger > >>> mythology shunted to the side (no, a mysterious recurring symbol > >>> > > doth > > > >>> not a uniting backstory make), Heroes feels less like Heroes than > >>> > > a > > > >>> horrid combination of T.J. Hooker and Charlie's Angels: Peter > >>> Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) commits holdups in Ireland; another > >>> extraneous new hero, New Orleanian Monica (The Nine's Dana Davis) > >>> > > is > > > >>> roundhouse-kicking robbers; serial-killing Sylar (Zachary Quinto) > >>> > > has > > > >>> gone fugitive with the weeping twins. What happened to...saving > >>> > > the > > > >>> planet? Like the endangered Earth that's oft alluded to, Heroes is > >>> degrading at a remarkable pace: The dialogue has gone from comic- > >>> > > book > > > >>> cool to Dick-and-Jane obvious, the stylistic angles have turned > >>> > > flat, > > > >>> entire scenes are devoted to Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) and > >>> > > Parkman > > > >>> (Greg Grunberg) bickering around their shared apartment like > >>> > > maiden > > > >>> aunts. It's a sad day for superheroes when you find yourself > >>> > > actually > > > >>> rooting for the end of the world. 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