Heroes Season One Finale
I picked up Heroes when it was around episode 9, I immediately got hooked up on it. It had been a while since I got so excited about a tv show. As it I got really into it, I often read blogs about the shows universe, I wait nervously for the last episode available to be downloaded and I don’t sleep as many hours as I should so I can view the last episode. Some episodes where really outstanding, good character development, good story line (never falling in the super hero can do it all solution), nice directing, but some episodes where a little too “Lost”y, meaning nothing really happened and we had to wait for the next episode for something relevant to happen. Another thing I didn’t like that much about it was the constant cliffhanger, sure it brings excitement and keeps people interested, but I like some closure every now and then.
(Warning: Spoilers)
The season finale didn’t really work for me, the creators went for the easy solution (don’t tell me you didn’t see that closure as a possibility), but most of all I think it failed because the story line wasn’t able to produce any kind of excitement. The Sylar/Peter confrontation was a real joke, sure I wasn’t expecting X-Men type battle, but a little more demonstration of power besides punching and the usual Darth Vader lifting stuff couldn’t have done any harm. And Sylar didn’t die, meaning we will see more of him in the future… boring! Sylar was a cool character, but for how long can you see him drilling people’s brains without having any real competition?
I hope season two brings a completely refurbish cast, I believe most of these characters are way too burned to continue to bring interest to the show.
I’m sad that the creators weren’t able to keep the quality of the overall episodes, but I guess we expected too much from something that could only have a simple closure.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:16
*spoilers ahead!*
Damn, my thoughts exactly. A disappointing finale, altogether. (the 2nd volume thingy got me wondering, though)
Both the face-offs, with Peter and Hiro were, like you said, jokes. What was all the training Hiro received from his father for?? Sylar just stood there.. I did like them teaming up, but what happened there was too simple, too easy, too… lame.
Also… I didn’t get it. Why didn’t Claire shot him in the back of his head? They could later retrieve the bullet and he would come back to life… no? Did I miss something?
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:33
Both the “battle” between sylar and peter and the way they solved peter problem was a big huge joke.
May 23rd, 2007 at 13:34
So many questions we have that we think have a solution, but at the time the writers come up with the script, those solutions seem to not exist… lame.
May 23rd, 2007 at 21:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZ_LUmc4kQ
May 23rd, 2007 at 21:51
@vd: isso já vinha incluído no episódio, pelo menos no que eu saquei
May 23rd, 2007 at 21:54
Yap, eles disseram que iam por uma “shooting ramp” para a segunda série.
May 23rd, 2007 at 22:00
Still, foi provavalemente o pior season ending alguma vez escrito desde o nascimento do universo. A “batalha” final, o desaparecimento incrivelmente absurdo do sylar pelo esgoto, como que se ninguém mais se lembra-se dele, a apatia com que o sylar olhou para o japonês na cena da espada … enifm … muito mau para ser verdade.
May 31st, 2007 at 11:09
O Sylar foi para o esgoto… Será que ele se vai tornar numa tartaruga ninja?
Realmente, Hiro vs. Sylar foi mesmo patético. E o “treino” do Hiro foi uma piada… Passou de zero a mestre num punhado de horas? Ou houve ali distorção do tempo?
Peter: “Ah bolas, vou explodir! Vou matar todos!”
Nathan: “Não há crise, levo-te lá para cima para a radiação se espalhar numa área ainda maior, assim não explodes com parte da cidade, só deixas ainda mais gente exposta a radioactividade nociva.”
De génio, realmente…
Acho mesmo giro como o Sylar dá uma de Neo (pára balas e tal), mas fica tão embasbacado com o cromo do Hiro que se deixa esfaquear…
Espero que a nova season não tenha falhas tão óbvias.