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kdrudy posted:Well, they jumped the shark real fast here. Eh, lets be real. That shark was jumped when they greenlit this series.
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Please tell me that was a wrecked 2008 Nissan Versa in Noah's old parking space... 
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Sep 25, 2015 02:35
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So he's more Daredevil than Batman. And he's Tubman too.
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Sep 25, 2015 02:46
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So they're going to give everyone powers probably.
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Sep 25, 2015 03:01
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I didn't hate it.
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Sep 25, 2015 03:01
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You know. This actually wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Video game sections are the dumbest parts and even that I can deal with that.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:I didn't hate it. Same. I came in expecting the worst. It's a lot more toned down and less stylistic than the old show.
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Sep 25, 2015 03:05
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I think it went alot better than I feared. It has the multiple moving pieces all coming together for a moment of destiny feel that the original season one did. I like the Pennyman. I like Luchabatman. I like bringing Molly back. Yeah, as everyone has said, the video game thing is really left field and strange, but a handful of things about it keep me from completely writing it off. 1. Not sure but that looked like it could be future Tokyo. 2. She appeared to be controlling her music with powers when he first entered so her powers might be akin to Micah, only instead of being able remotely override and control tech she can actually possess it (and somehow the sword unlocked her limiters and allowed her to enter tech physically as well as mentally.) 3. The fact that she was able to travel through the video game world and exit in a different real life location that corresponds to it. It reminds me of King/Straub's The Talisman or The Faerie world in The Dresden Files. Anything that reminds me of either of those gets some points in my head :p
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Sep 25, 2015 03:17
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If this show can somehow salvage Mohinder then I'll fully allow myself to open up to it.
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Sep 25, 2015 03:37
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When she pulled that sword and went into the video game I said Holy poo poo but I could not bring myself to dislike it.
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Sep 25, 2015 04:15
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I wanted to dislike this because I was a Heroes truther during the original run (I defended plot points no sane man should ever defend) and I didn't want to be burned like I was so many times before. Then they go and throw in Molly Walker back into it. drat this series for being my taste kryptonite. Some quick thoughts: -Some of the special effects (flying chinese guy and hair spray fire in particular) were looking pretty rough. -They seriously brought back the Haitian just to kill him? -I'm surprised they were able to sneak in yet another Isaac reference in the scene with the mom trying to enter Canada. If he drew a comic about how this was all going to happen I quit. -I cannot believe that I got excited for a Mohinder voiceover. What is wrong with me? Illuen fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Sep 25, 2015 |
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Sep 25, 2015 04:33
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Halfway trough the first episode (dang west coast) and I like it but I'm scared to love again.
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Sep 25, 2015 04:34
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Bruceski posted:Halfway trough the first episode (dang west coast) and I like it but I'm scared to love again. Enjoy the payoff for the Japanese storyline in the first episode. Other than that, I liked what I saw enough to keep watching. Noah and his sidekick's story was the strongest.
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Sep 25, 2015 04:41
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I'm also halfway through and strangely enjoying this. Is it just me? Am I broken and dumb?
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Sep 25, 2015 04:45
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I felt it was pretty middling. It was having a rough time getting going because it jumped around to too many characters without effectively establishing what it is I should give a poo poo about. Levi and lady seem like super stupid characters that point out that the scope of the show is hosed up and inconsistent. So, there are so few Evos that these two idiots believe they can travel around and kill all of them? Yet we get a character set in Japan to remind us this is a global phenomenon that is not exactly new.
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Sep 25, 2015 05:16
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Neon Knight posted:I felt it was pretty middling. It was having a rough time getting going because it jumped around to too many characters without effectively establishing what it is I should give a poo poo about. Making those two seems like big threats right away killing that first group was probably a mistake. They shouldn't be a big threat, just a deadly nuisance. The Japan stuff was strange, the power there doesn't make much sense and story there made even less sense. I get it was there to be more lighthearted and fun like i the original first season, but it seemed silly. Overall I'm interested to see more, but I'm not confident yet it's not going to go completely off the rails.
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Sep 25, 2015 05:30
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Illuen posted:-They seriously brought back the Haitian just to kill him? Just like Adam Monroe.
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Sep 25, 2015 06:14
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This honestly feels exactly like the old show with mostly new characters.
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Sep 25, 2015 08:09
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I've only watched the first two seasons as they aired; after forty minutes I don't see why NBC brought this show back and not Law and Order.
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Sep 25, 2015 08:29
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The problem with the Japan segments is that I don't see any way they can be integrated with the rest of the show. The tone is completely different and the video game power is gimmicky. It just feels like a separate story, whereas everything else at least feels like it can connect. Molly got an upgrade though 
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Sep 25, 2015 09:03
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I guess Tim Kring and crew didn't learn anything in the intervening years since Heroes ended and this show got rebooted. Because drat if the show was just cryptic as hell most of the time for 90 minutes.
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Sep 25, 2015 09:29
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Sober posted:I guess Tim Kring and crew didn't learn anything in the intervening years since Heroes ended and this show got rebooted. So was True Detective, but it was all planned out in advance. Since this is 1-off I'm sure they wrote the entire series in advance and workshopped it to perfection. Right?
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Sep 25, 2015 09:43
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Rarity posted:The problem with the Japan segments is that I don't see any way they can be integrated with the rest of the show. The tone is completely different and the video game power is gimmicky. It just feels like a separate story, whereas everything else at least feels like it can connect. The only way I can see it tying in is if there's time-travel going on and her father is Hiro or Ando.
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Sep 25, 2015 09:48
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Did anyone else check the screen from Primatech to see if they recognized any names? I saw Micah on there.
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Sep 25, 2015 12:03
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Neon Knight posted:I felt it was pretty middling. It was having a rough time getting going because it jumped around to too many characters without effectively establishing what it is I should give a poo poo about. Having to shoot out the lights to notice the big, obvious wall length observation window doesn't do a lot to make them look competent either.
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Sep 25, 2015 14:04
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Rarity posted:Molly got an upgrade though Oh, is THAT who the blond girl at the end with the Aurora Borealis was?
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Sep 25, 2015 14:17
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DrBouvenstein posted:Oh, is THAT who the blond girl at the end with the Aurora Borealis was? No, she was the one with the telekinetic and his girlfriend. After she wakes up handcuffed the guy picks up his phone and says "We have Molly Walker."
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Sep 25, 2015 14:20
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DrBouvenstein posted:Oh, is THAT who the blond girl at the end with the Aurora Borealis was? No.
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It was alright apart from the really embarrassing video game stuff, maybe a little bit dry and corny (I can't believe they busted out a "we all wear masks" line), but it was decently entertaining for what will amount to a short season. It was definitely on par with season 1 Heroes which means it still isn't great, but very watchable in that airport pageturner kind of way. How many episodes is it supposed to be?
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Sep 25, 2015 14:27
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I quite liked those 2 episodes but we'll see how things go.
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Sep 25, 2015 14:44
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Aphrodite posted:No, she was the one with the telekinetic and his girlfriend. After she wakes up handcuffed the guy picks up his phone and says "We have Molly Walker." Oh...I was distracted by my dog and GF at the very end of the episode, must have missed that part.  One thing I didn't understand was what was going on at Primatech. When they first went there, it felt like it was 100% abandoned. But then we see there are still people working there...uhhh, ok? How did they get there? Is there some super-secret underground parking garage? Do they not have ANY security measures whatsoever that let them know someone is snooping around in the upper level? Or that a couple of people are shooting guns ONE loving HALLWAY OVER?!
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Sep 25, 2015 16:16
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Well I would think if they did have security Noah Bennett is one of the people on the pass list.
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Sep 25, 2015 16:31
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Beside the video game parts, the show was fine. It's too easy to hop on the hate bandwagon based on old memories, but the show wasn't a shitstorm. Glad they kept the guy from the shorts. I like him and Bennet together.
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Sep 25, 2015 17:02
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While the videogame part was the dumbest for some reason I really enjoyed it. I have no idea why.
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Sep 25, 2015 17:06
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I think they are telegraphing video game girl being Hiro's daughter pretty hard. When she came out of the game into the real world from the tower where her father was held, she was at Yamagato Industries which was Hiro's dad's company. Plus that is his sword. So she is probably Sylar and Tommy is actually Peter petrelli.
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Sep 25, 2015 18:11
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I knew that conspiracy guy looked familiar!
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Neon Knight posted:I felt it was pretty middling. It was having a rough time getting going because it jumped around to too many characters without effectively establishing what it is I should give a poo poo about. Bruceski posted:The only way I can see it tying in is if there's time-travel going on and her father is Hiro or Ando.
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Sep 26, 2015 02:59
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Do I need to watch the 6 part mini series or can I skip that?
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Sep 26, 2015 04:01
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Those episodes were actually just fine. The Pennyman is kinda creepy, kinda cool. Feels like he should have been played by Ricky Jay, RIP.
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Glad to see Zachary levi getting some work. He was pretty good in Chuck.
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