Heroes thoughts

[alexxkay]

Saw the latest Heroes this weekend.

I don't know why hungrytiger called it "stunt casting". They needed to cast an important villain, and they went and got an actor well known for his ability to do so. I thought it was only "stunt casting" when you cast someone whose fame doesn't involve, well, being an actor (like the Stan Lee cameo a few eps back).

At any rate, good episode over all. Nice use of ringtones to do a reveal a few seconds early if you were paying close attention. Glad to see some more development with Madame Petrelli; I always thought she must have some interesting backstory.

It was a bit disappointing to see *two* instances of Classic Good Guy Mistake #1. When you have the Bad Guy in your sights, f'godssake, just *SHOOT*. If you monologue, or worse yet, let *him* monologue, it will not go well for you. Ah well, I suppose if you're going to indulge in genre fiction, you have to learn to live with that sort of thing.

Comments

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Mohinder has no excuse- he's not very bright (genetic smarts? Sure. Common sense? TOTALLY lacking). Nathan...well, Nathan isn't quite prepared to be Lawful Good. Linderman said the magic words: "White House." (and to be completely fair, that pot pie looked *really* good.)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Agreed on Mohinder. Partial agreement on Nathan. It's true that he's conflicted, but "shooting the bad guy in cold blood" is in fact *not* terribly Lawful (though still sometimes appropriate).

I think Hiro nailed him -- Nathan likes to project a tough image, but he cares way too much about "his people" to *be* that tough. Shooting Linderman would arguably have served the greater good, but would also have devastated his family. And he cares more about his family than he does about any abstract principle. The only reason he resists Linderman at all (IMHO) is because he's worried about long-term damage to his family from being tangled up with him.

Pot pie with cream sauce... Mmmmmm...