tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post8814187206658817490..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Vacation, all I ever wantedAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73767351842754803602007-10-26T13:56:00.000-04:002007-10-26T13:56:00.000-04:00U71D05 Nice Article.U71D05 Nice Article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89977125292797096142007-10-26T13:03:00.000-04:002007-10-26T13:03:00.000-04:00kjALNX Nice Article.kjALNX Nice Article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35739142585560689862007-10-26T12:45:00.000-04:002007-10-26T12:45:00.000-04:00q0yxOpq0yxOpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25118318625227697612007-10-14T11:59:00.000-04:002007-10-14T11:59:00.000-04:00Wasn't Heroes just as sluggish and plodding at the...Wasn't <I>Heroes</I> just as sluggish and plodding at the opening of last season? I guess that's to the writers' credit: how quickly we forget the tedious Eve/Mohinder plotline (the computer was blinking "Are you sure you want to quit?" for not one but two whole episodes), Linderman having Niki/Jessica assassinate Nathan, Hiro's dalliance with the memory girl waitress from the diner, etc, etc. I'm just sticking with the show because Kring and Co. pulled off a stunning back nine episodes last season, and they deserve the benefit of the doubt.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592209415475630785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32093683288786654512007-10-10T18:06:00.000-04:002007-10-10T18:06:00.000-04:00My problem with "Heroes" (which has been my proble...My problem with "Heroes" (which has been my problem with the show since it started) is not the pacing, it's the stories. I wouldn't really have a problem with all these separate story lines or the pacing if any of them were interesting. Maybe I just read so many comic books that everything this show does is so predicatable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54781679771390235242007-10-10T16:53:00.000-04:002007-10-10T16:53:00.000-04:00Just deleted Curb from my Season Pass, and not sor...Just deleted Curb from my Season Pass, and not sorry about it at all. I count it as the third bad episode in a row for that, and life is too short for that..greebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945022888968961800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32792295105796554772007-10-10T16:30:00.000-04:002007-10-10T16:30:00.000-04:00I groaned when Claire's superboyfriend actually sa...<I>I groaned when Claire's superboyfriend actually said, "The man with the horn-rimmed glasses." We all figured out his abductor must have been HRG without him having to spell it out for us.</I><BR/>Sure, BUT Claire hadn't figured it out. And that exposition was (as Alan said) just as much to remind her as it was us that HRG was a bad man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32929424753131226152007-10-10T14:59:00.000-04:002007-10-10T14:59:00.000-04:00Peter's obviously absorbed the awesome power of st...Peter's obviously absorbed the awesome power of stupidity from one of the Irish d00ds.<BR/><BR/>Alan, a gut shot will kill a normal person. The characters in "Heroes" are not normal. I bet he survived the gut shot and then got killed in some other incredibly annoying way involving Nikki ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6157907680358402142007-10-10T13:33:00.000-04:002007-10-10T13:33:00.000-04:00Another frustratingly dumb development in the Pete...Another frustratingly dumb development in the Peter storyline. If the writers want to keep Peter off the board, they could have had him stay in Ireland investigating how he wound up in that crate in the first place. Instead we're supposed to buy that he's so happy robbing bookies that he doesn't want to find out about his real identity. Right. <BR/><BR/>I'm intrigued by the development with Sylar, however. Is the Company responsible for the loss of his powers? And did they really want Candace to help him acquire more abilities?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13810604231616655852007-10-10T12:26:00.000-04:002007-10-10T12:26:00.000-04:00I'm kind of relieved to see I'm not the only one N...I'm kind of relieved to see I'm not the only one NOT diggin' Heroes this season. I thought maybe I was just distracted or something... but I have been so overwhelmed, and it saddens me because I was all about the Heroes Lurve last season and forced a ton of people to watch it. Now they are probably cursing me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-5667553501105649202007-10-10T11:20:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:20:00.000-04:00And D.L. is dead (dammit!), but we don't know how ...<I>And D.L. is dead (dammit!), but we don't know how or when (except within the last four months). </I><BR/><BR/>I just assumed he died from the gunshot wound Linderman gave him. If movies and television have taught me anything, it's that gut shots can linger long enough to allow you to do one or two final heroic acts, but they'll kill you.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25932302525428387462007-10-10T11:17:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:17:00.000-04:00^And D.L. is dead (dammit!), but we don't know how...^And D.L. is dead (dammit!), but we don't know how or when (except within the last four months). DAMMIT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31931902889561681832007-10-10T11:09:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:09:00.000-04:00HEROES missed a golden opportunity to really do so...HEROES missed a golden opportunity to really do something fun and cool; namely, it had all (or most) of its heroes gathered in NY, saving the world at season’s end. why, oh why, did this season not start with them having formed a quasi-justice league and going around solving crimes and injustices while a new evil force emerged as the central “mystery” plot – maybe one of the heroes themselves turning against their own – but which one?<BR/><BR/>instead, it's simply rebooted itself, wiping out peter's memory, sylar's powers; oh, look: claire is confused and lonely again; HRG is obtuse and mysterious...<BR/><BR/>so far, big, big yawn.The Pale Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468377597257250687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-46324902661172210812007-10-10T08:08:00.000-04:002007-10-10T08:08:00.000-04:00I knew we were in trouble when my husband commente...I knew we were in trouble when my husband commented that Heroes is moving as slowly as Lost, which he abandoned in the early 2nd season...He's ready to jump ship, and Heroes was one of three TV shows he watches (Simpsons and The Office being the other two). Yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59142772275428765072007-10-10T02:52:00.000-04:002007-10-10T02:52:00.000-04:00Yes, we are! Please, share!Yes, we are! Please, share!dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-90050956701080384402007-10-10T00:22:00.000-04:002007-10-10T00:22:00.000-04:00Alan, are we allowed to speculate on who might be ...Alan, are we allowed to speculate on who might be killing off the previous generation of Heroes and/or Company people? I think it was fairly obvious this week who it was that killed Kaito, but if my guess - and that's all it is, a guess - is considered a spoiler, I'll hold off.Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-82630806024001418352007-10-09T23:19:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:19:00.000-04:00"It's time for Heroes to figure out what the heck ..."It's time for Heroes to figure out what the heck this season or this set of episodes is about."<BR/><BR/>I think the show has already stopped being about anything other than itself.Matter-Eater Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582100232490047227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11300699856476998372007-10-09T23:01:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:01:00.000-04:00No, bad dad.The notes were always there. They wer...No, bad dad.<BR/><BR/>The notes were always there. They were there during Season 1, although we didn't know it, Hiro didn't know, and Ando didn't know it. There was no 1671 without Hiro; he was always there. Just because 2007 Hiro didn't know that was his fate doesn't mean he wasn't always there. Think of it not as a Back to the Future time travel theory but a Dr. Who "Blink" one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18875473583232271152007-10-09T22:01:00.000-04:002007-10-09T22:01:00.000-04:00If I might butt in on the "Heroes" thread, could I...If I might butt in on the "Heroes" thread, could I make an observation on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"?<BR/><BR/>I have to respectfully disagree with your criticisms, Alan. The theme of the show was Larry's (misplaced) sense of egalitarianism and his desire to act as much unlike the pompous jackass Ted Danson as possible. I completely bought that Larry would invite the limo driver into Danson's party, after Larry vainly spoke up on behalf of the bartenders in their bowties, worn at Danson's behalf to "class up the place." And McEnroe was a brilliant choice for a celebrity to have Larry pick up -- he's Larry's equivalent not just in obnoxiousness, but also in New York bogus-street-smart-we're- just-guys affectations. So I bought his behavior in the limo. Neither Larry or McEnroe want to be the first one to act like the sort of prick who hires a limo.<BR/><BR/>Throughout the episode, the "Freak Book" theme -- freaks being the metaphor for messy, dumb humanity struggling along without the buffers of money and class -- was well handled. I found it a very satisfying and logical episode -- once one accepts that Larry is a horse's ass who will never admit he's wrong until after disaster has struck -- yet usually has his heart in the right place.<BR/><BR/>I've said it before and will say it again -- this is the best show on television.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582136184196524214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-82474013443456385052007-10-09T21:59:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:59:00.000-04:00Hmmm I'll have to disagree...I think the last 2 ep...Hmmm I'll have to disagree...I think the last 2 episodes of Curb have been great.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245472084190224186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-5661553270605568642007-10-09T21:49:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:49:00.000-04:00I don't see The Shat being an option as long as Bo...I don't see The Shat being an option as long as Boston Public remains on the air (which will be forever, because ours is a vengeful God). We can always hold out hope for Leonard Nimoy.BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264282750160516858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11131916006805799712007-10-09T20:57:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:57:00.000-04:00As long as Nichelle Nichols is joining the cast af...As long as Nichelle Nichols is joining the cast after George Takei, can I get an amen on the most awesome coup this show would be getting William Shatner to be the baddy for a season?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-17456697446932559062007-10-09T20:49:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:49:00.000-04:00bad dad:Indeed, Hiro changed it two days ago from ...bad dad:<BR/><BR/>Indeed, Hiro changed it two days ago from his perspective, but from an outsider's view, the altered sword still existed for 4 centuries before Ando could find it.<BR/><BR/>These things make my head spin, but I think this is how it went.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2886993140810631582007-10-09T20:39:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:39:00.000-04:00The hispanic girl did not kill the people in the p...The hispanic girl did not kill the people in the police station. At the end of the scene, the kid in the cell next to the brother 'woke up,' and the two policeman started to regain consciousness.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7116603738977293582007-10-09T20:20:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:20:00.000-04:00dark tyler -I don't think that the sword contained...dark tyler -<BR/><BR/>I don't think that the sword contained the notes from Hiro until just two days ago. Only at the point when Hiro went into the past was it possible for him to slip a note into the sword in 1671. No Hiro back in time, no note.<BR/><BR/>If in five years from now, I am able to travel back in time and tell JFK to take a different route through Dallas, we still live in a world where JFK was killed in 1963 until such time that I make my time traveling trip.<BR/><BR/>Same with the sword. No secret compartment until Hiro leaves the current time line, travels back and alters the sword's history, i.e. a few days ago.<BR/><BR/>--bad dadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com