On Last Night’s Heroes….

Curmudgeon alert. Heroes is a show I have a rather intense love/hate relationship with.  I  want to be a total fanboy but unfortunately, various evil elements in writing and production     are conspiring to make me throw (soft) objects at the big screen. Last night was no exception.

Once again we return to the not so vaguely Xmen themed story of the Heroes hunted. They are dangerous and must be stopped. Senator Man and secret flyer Nathan just has the best interests of his fellow superhumans at heart while The Hunter just wants to get medieval.

We learn than Mohinder knew of the hunt early when HRG stalked him and asked for his help. Mohinder is not the trusting sort and failed to inform the rest of the Heroes of the coming bad guys. After a good old fashioned Mind Ream by Parkman, we learn that HRG is basically, the morally Gray Man we always thought he was. Which brings me to Cranky Land.

I have never seen a show that does such a poor job of demonstrating superpowers as Heroes does. So Mohinder is a super strength guy. Parkman in one scene gets all huffy and chest bumps our man Mohinder. Now, I’ve seen many an example of strong guys flinging dudes airborn on a variety of epic television series such as The Greatest American Hero and The Bionic Man. They could really toss a villain. I mean, some serious airtime. Mohinder chucks Parkman about three feet into a vanity. I was shaking my head and holding forth to the good woman on the couch next to me. There was a lot of tsking and head shaking. Just lame.

Another thing about Heroes that irks is the lazy writing. Once again, the super stout Mohinder takes the fall. There he is, captured, chained and frothing at the injustice. You’d imagine Hulk like upwellings of super strength. He flails around and I notice he’s chained in a wooden chair. Someone in writer or continuity land is not doing their due diligence here. It’s insulting. I’m hurt. He can’t bust out of a wooden chair?

There are other examples but you get the point. We need to believe these folks have some crazy abilities to feel it. I must suspend my disbelief. Sylar does the cool skull busting head slicing thing, but it’s not enough. I need to feel some watts expended at someone. Bring the B.T.U’s.  I’m still watching Heroes. I’ll watch next week. I’m feeling unloved though.