Heroes thoughts
Mar. 12th, 2007 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexxkaySaw the latest Heroes this weekend.
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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.
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.
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Date: 2007-03-12 09:17 pm (UTC)To a large extent, the specifics of the genre matter. It is unacceptable (to me, anyways) for Superman to ever kill, because his powers -- and his genre -- guarantee that he can find a nonlethal solution if he tries hard enough. In a war story, conversely, heroes are pretty much all killers, usually of vast numbers -- that's what *makes* them heroes. There's a broad spectrum between the two.
In real life, I'm a huge fan of due process, innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, habeas corpus, etc. In genre fiction, not so much. (Unless the genre is courtroom drama or police procedural :)