Superheroes have a hard time in primetime in recent memory. Smallville succeeded in part because it started 10 years ago and dealt with a familiar face. The Cape flat-out sucked. Heroes, starting strong, got too convoluted and died painfully. Wonder Woman – with a reboot concept I couldn’t wrap my head around – (thankfully?) didn’t get picked up (I question the thankfully because it might have worked. But I love WW and I would have hated hating it).
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For those of you who like it, feel free to revel in this sub-par comic book potpourri. For anyone who enjoys quality comic book films, stay away from this like the black goo that turned Eddie Brock into Venom. In the second episode of The Cape, Farraday says about his dedication, “My family is not my weakness, they’re my strength.” My strength is my remote when I turn this off.
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I can’t deny being torn about this movement. I must admit to drawing my personal geek-line way before costumes generally. I respect people who cosplay and admire the work that often goes into it but it crosses into a world that’s a little too far for me. This of course is beyond that. The people involved in RLSH are taking their inspiration from the heroes I love, not just to emulate them at conventions or fan events but in real life as well. To try to apply some of their mankind helping virtues to the world we live in. I’m honestly not sure if this is inspiring or scary.
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By Thera Pitts – Like the humble citizens of a fictional metropolis (for example, Metropolis) fanboys and girls the world over are surrounded by superheroes, in books, in the movies and more frequently than eve, on the small screen. With Smallville coming to a close, No Ordinary Family doing well in the ratings and countless other hero dramas rumored to be in the works at various networks, standing out is key. Creator Tom Wheeler, hopes to do just that with his upcoming NBC series, The Cape
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What happened to the Heroes heroes after Claire showed her ability to the world? Claire’s stunt was shown on cable news until Sarah Palin said something incoherent and Suri Cruise got a new outfit. So, about ten minutes. Then the footage made the rounds online where it was determined to be a viral campaign for a new superhero movie, which would undoubtably suck. The entire incident was promptly forgotten the moment a cat was caught being cute on video.
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By TrinityVixen – In case you missed my many, many, many slavish love notes to all things Robert Knepper, I’ll sum it up in two words: dirty sex. Imagine the most morally-affronting, dirty-wrong-bad thing that you still find crazy hot, and that’s Robert Knepper as psycho-carnie Samuel, the earth-shifter.
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By Lisa Fary – Even though I don’t do Valentine’s Day, I’m no longer harbor a dark rage toward it. I’ve outgrown the trinkets, the cards, the need for validation in the midst of a consumerist ritual. However, this time of year does get me thinking about the fictional relationships we see and all the ways the make me angry (or make me smile – that does happen occasionally). Here are my thoughts on some current pairings.
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By TrinityVixen – Between Bennet having been turned into a Company man by having his wife and unborn kid unceremoniously ‘fridged and his having originally hit on Sandra because Eric Roberts ordered him to, I’m not only not excited, I’m rocking in a corner, near unto tears. All so that Claire can find a reason not to trust her dad again. LA LA LA CAN’T HEAR YOU, HEROES.
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By TrinityVixen – Glad to see that ol’ Petrelli survival instinct is still sharp as ever. We’ll catch up on the homoerotic reunion between Peter and Sylar next week. For all that Matt’s maneuver is stolen explicitly from both Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” it was a genius little bit of thinking outside of the conventional box for this show.
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By TrinityVixen – As with Vanessa’s story, there’s a moment where Claire recognizes that Sylar is a freakbag and tells him what is and is not ever going to happen for him. Then she pours her heart out to him (albeit unknowing) and doesn’t punish him for using her, for stealing her confidence and abusing her body. In fact, things are better than ever now that she can be Gretchen’s girlfriend. The fact that this development unites two sexist clichés—making women gay for ratings and the meme that abuse is good for you—is a new low for this show.
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By TrinityVixen – Somebody obviously told the Heroes crew that this episode would be paired with the first of the new Chuck episodes—one ending with a cliffhanger, no less! They, wisely, if unfortunately for those of us watching this show, decided not to make “Close to You” at all essential to the overall story. Instead, we caught up with the least popular, least interesting characters and watched them run around and be silly or angsty as appropriate.
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By TrinityVixen – Hulu, however useful it may be, is not your friends when you watch this show. Not only does it minimize the commercials, thus diminishing the advertising time (during which you might wrap your brain around the latest in bizarre developments) but it also doesn’t say exactly which of a two-part episode came first. I ended up watching the second hour first. Then again, it’s probably Heroes’ fault that I didn’t even notice I’d watched the episode out of order.
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By Lisa Fary – Two whole hours without the show lagging or me getting bored? Good job, Heroes. You deserve a cookie. Mmmmm. Cookies.
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By TrinityVixen – For all that I waxed poetic about Nathan Petrelli’s last death, I confess I’ve nothing much to say about this most recent one. It wasn’t even Nathan dying, for one thing. It was “Nathan” wuss-ing out, claiming he was too tired to fight to control of Sylar’s body. How ungrateful can a guy be?
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By TrinityVixen – I am thankful that this week’s episode, unlike the rest of the commercial world at large, is making an effort to recognize that there is an American holiday between Halloween and Christmas. Time to find out what all these heroes have to be thankful for—aside from, you know, having amazing super powers.
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By TrinityVixen – Damn it, show, you had totally suckered me. I stopped approaching Monday evenings with dread a few weeks ago. Look at all that happened that didn’t make me want to stick my head in an oven! Peter got a ten-episode window in which to exercise the mass of cells above his neck. Samuel danced circles around everyone without losing his footing. We met non-obnoxious new folk—Emma, Edgar, Lydia. Mohinder was MIA, so science got a few weeks free from abuse. I should have known it wouldn’t last.
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By Lisa Fary – I think Mohinder Suresh is the $h!t catalyst. Everything goes to $h!t when he’s around.
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