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Heroes: Powerless

By TrinityVixen

Heroes: PowerlessApparently, one of the powers absenting itself from this episode is intelligence. I lost count of how many cripplingly moronic things people did in this episode, but I’m guessing the number is close to the number of dead-on-delivery lines. If ever the major studios and networks wanted proof that they really do need those writers currently walking the picket lines, here it is—this chopped up, rewritten “end” that exists only to find closure for a season unsure of its restart date. This episode is also an argument to take away the contracted privileges of certain actors. Milo, I am looking at you. read more »

Heroes: Truth & Consequences

By TrinityVixen
Looks like I was wrong about a few things last week. For starters, Adam and Peter have their heads so far up their asses, so they haven’t got time to go mucking about in the resurrection business. Mohinder hasn’t learned diddly or squat since almost murdering someone. And Elle isn’t going to be bucking the Alchemist’s authority any time soon. read more »

Heroes: Cautionary Tales

By TrinityVixen
The show is called Heroes.
It just happens also to star people with superpowers. Those people bemoan their fate, abuse their abilities, and generally make bitches of themselves. But the ones who have to fight for their position and counter supernatural advantages with only the best average humanity has to offer, well, they’re the hungry ones. Never bait the underdog. He has a tendency to bite. And he has rabies. read more »

Heroes: Four Months Ago

By TrinityVixen
And the winner is: the immovable object.

For a full season and a quarter, inquiring geeks have debated and flamed over who would be the logical victor in a conflict between a power nullifier and a power absorber. As it turns out, nullification trumps, and the Haitian is the reason Peter was, four months earlier, post-explosion, sedated and stuck in a Company gulag. (Not before barbequing half of his brother, sniff.) Happy to power-proof himself, Peter can’t see the cage for the treats—namely, the guarantee of no more going ka-boom and a few electric foreplay sessions with Elle. read more »

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