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"The future isn't written in stone."
Small has been invited around to a friend's house tonight because Doctor Who is going to be filming in her street. Efa's mum works for S4C, so gets all the skinny on stuff like that, has even seen the script. As you can imagine, Small was practically incoherent with excitement. Me, I'd completely forgotten that season four would be filming now.
The Heroes season one finale aired last night. Quite a thrill ride, watching all the pieces of the puzzle finally slot into place, although I thought the actual ending was a bit of a let-down. Once all the Heroes were gathered in one place, with Peter about to go nuclear, it all just...slowed down to a snail's pace, which totally killed the tension they'd worked so hard to build up. Around mid-season I was really feeling the relationship between Peter and Nathan, but since then they've barely had any scenes together, so the emotional kick of Nathan coming to the rescue and whipping Peter away into the sky was lost, as well - the downside of the large cast, I guess. The focus of this show has always been on plot movement over character exploration, and a cast of this size makes it all but impossible to have both. It's kind of a cleft stick, really, because I've enjoyed having the large cast, seeing all their lives criss-cross and intersect, and how those seemingly random meetings have built up into a coherent pattern that brought them all together come the end. A truly complex and intriguing web of shifting allegiances and alliances. But, on the other hand, I do like being able to really understand what makes a character tick, and although all these characters have fairly clear motivations, we haven't spend enough time with any of them - except perhaps Claire - to truly feel that we understand them inside out.
Also, I kept wondering just how long we were going to carry on seeing people randomly wandering around Isaac's studio totally ignoring his poor mutilated body, instead of calling in the authorities and having him laid to rest with a bit of dignity!
Hiro's storyline continues to irritate, as well. Seeing George Takei busting his ninja moves was cool, though, and given the backstory, Hiro has probably done well to reach adulthood as cute as he is. Mama Petrelli is pretty loathesome, all things considered, so her sons have probably done well to become who they are, too. And Claire had something of a lucky escape getting the adoptive father she has! Claire is badass. Bennet killing Thompson was awesome. And so was his bickerfest with Mohinder, who remains mostly dull and pointless, but I did like him bonding with Molly, who provided him with a purpose. And Matt.
RIP RadioacTed, who did Out Of Control so much better than Peter, who never looked or sounded properly frantic even at the climax.
Linderman's end was icky. Well deserved, but icky. Such a relief to see Niki finally integrating Jessica into her personality, so hopefully there'll be no more of that hopping in and out of mirrors and whatnot from now on.
I have no clue what the deal was with Peter going back in time in his dream and interacting with Simone's father - Deveaux? - but I'm assuming that Peter's weird dreams and whatnot are a power he absorbed from the old man in the first place, without knowing it. It's a power that hasn't been all that well explored or explained, though. And all that 'all that matters is love, you're the good guy, Peter' stuff was laid on way thick for my tastes.
It's fun watching Peter, mind, and trying to remember which Heroes he's come into contact with so far, and therefore which powers he does and doesn't have. I found myself wondering just how close he has to get to absorb their powers - we saw him absorb Niki/Jessica's superstrength at the end, there, but D.L., Micah and Molly were all also in the vicinity. He didn't get up close to any of them, but they were nearby. So how close does he have to get to absorb their powers? I'm not sure.
I'm also not sure what's up with Sylar. That's twice now that he's been supposedly dead, but then not - it happened way back when he was a prisoner at Primatech Paper. I thought the whole point of the Save the Cheerleader, Save the World rap was that if Sylar stole Claire's regenerative power no one would be able to stop him? But if he already can't be killed, or can survive apparently mortal wounds, why would preventing him from stealing her power help at all? It's all a bit hazy because there was so much misdirection going on over who was going to be the bomb and how it could be prevented, and all those time paradoxes, predictions and premonitions being prevented from coming to fruition, etc.
So. End of season one. I haven't decided yet whether I'll wait for season two to air on the Beeb next year, or dl the 11 episodes that have aired in the US so far. Depends how long the strike drags on, I suppose!
The Heroes season one finale aired last night. Quite a thrill ride, watching all the pieces of the puzzle finally slot into place, although I thought the actual ending was a bit of a let-down. Once all the Heroes were gathered in one place, with Peter about to go nuclear, it all just...slowed down to a snail's pace, which totally killed the tension they'd worked so hard to build up. Around mid-season I was really feeling the relationship between Peter and Nathan, but since then they've barely had any scenes together, so the emotional kick of Nathan coming to the rescue and whipping Peter away into the sky was lost, as well - the downside of the large cast, I guess. The focus of this show has always been on plot movement over character exploration, and a cast of this size makes it all but impossible to have both. It's kind of a cleft stick, really, because I've enjoyed having the large cast, seeing all their lives criss-cross and intersect, and how those seemingly random meetings have built up into a coherent pattern that brought them all together come the end. A truly complex and intriguing web of shifting allegiances and alliances. But, on the other hand, I do like being able to really understand what makes a character tick, and although all these characters have fairly clear motivations, we haven't spend enough time with any of them - except perhaps Claire - to truly feel that we understand them inside out.
Also, I kept wondering just how long we were going to carry on seeing people randomly wandering around Isaac's studio totally ignoring his poor mutilated body, instead of calling in the authorities and having him laid to rest with a bit of dignity!
Hiro's storyline continues to irritate, as well. Seeing George Takei busting his ninja moves was cool, though, and given the backstory, Hiro has probably done well to reach adulthood as cute as he is. Mama Petrelli is pretty loathesome, all things considered, so her sons have probably done well to become who they are, too. And Claire had something of a lucky escape getting the adoptive father she has! Claire is badass. Bennet killing Thompson was awesome. And so was his bickerfest with Mohinder, who remains mostly dull and pointless, but I did like him bonding with Molly, who provided him with a purpose. And Matt.
RIP RadioacTed, who did Out Of Control so much better than Peter, who never looked or sounded properly frantic even at the climax.
Linderman's end was icky. Well deserved, but icky. Such a relief to see Niki finally integrating Jessica into her personality, so hopefully there'll be no more of that hopping in and out of mirrors and whatnot from now on.
I have no clue what the deal was with Peter going back in time in his dream and interacting with Simone's father - Deveaux? - but I'm assuming that Peter's weird dreams and whatnot are a power he absorbed from the old man in the first place, without knowing it. It's a power that hasn't been all that well explored or explained, though. And all that 'all that matters is love, you're the good guy, Peter' stuff was laid on way thick for my tastes.
It's fun watching Peter, mind, and trying to remember which Heroes he's come into contact with so far, and therefore which powers he does and doesn't have. I found myself wondering just how close he has to get to absorb their powers - we saw him absorb Niki/Jessica's superstrength at the end, there, but D.L., Micah and Molly were all also in the vicinity. He didn't get up close to any of them, but they were nearby. So how close does he have to get to absorb their powers? I'm not sure.
I'm also not sure what's up with Sylar. That's twice now that he's been supposedly dead, but then not - it happened way back when he was a prisoner at Primatech Paper. I thought the whole point of the Save the Cheerleader, Save the World rap was that if Sylar stole Claire's regenerative power no one would be able to stop him? But if he already can't be killed, or can survive apparently mortal wounds, why would preventing him from stealing her power help at all? It's all a bit hazy because there was so much misdirection going on over who was going to be the bomb and how it could be prevented, and all those time paradoxes, predictions and premonitions being prevented from coming to fruition, etc.
So. End of season one. I haven't decided yet whether I'll wait for season two to air on the Beeb next year, or dl the 11 episodes that have aired in the US so far. Depends how long the strike drags on, I suppose!