Comments on: Heroes – Season 2, Episode 1 – “Four Months Later”

By: Jess...x

Jess...x — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:08:42 +0000

You do know that Peter and Claire are not actually dating in real life…

I know there are a lot of sources saying they are, but they (Milo & Hayden) said that they were deffinatly NOT dating a while ago.

Besides, isn’t there like, 12 years diffrence between them… urgh.

Intresting blog though. Still LOVE the program and will continue to watch…

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:50:47 +0000

Right there with ya, Sam. Kring needs to back off and let some other folks do the writing. It’s too bad Bryan Fuller left to go do Pushing Daisies…

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:48:29 +0000

I was really excited for Heroes and the Office to finally return – and in the same week! Unfortunately, unlike the office, Heroes left me bored and slighted. We got next to no answers, and some that we do get are totally unconvincing (how is Parkman alive without any injury? Nathan isn’t in office anymore? The Bennets are able to evade the Company?). Tim Kring would do well to figure out what made Heroes great in the first place (riveting plotlines and characters with mysteries that were revealed at just the right pace), and stick with that. Here’s to hoping that the next few episodes are better!

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:59:06 +0000

Maybe it’s a new power. The ability to heal, but only one time in your life. Guess he used it up.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:43:42 +0000

i’m sorry, but i’m still stuck on the fact that parkman got shot, what? 4 times? 5 times? through the chest? and survived?….

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:20:30 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Jeff. Unfortunately, I have a feeling Tim Kring was not trying to capture the true triteness of the teenage mind. I believe he thought he was being quite clever and fresh. Seriously.

By: Jeff Phillips

Jeff Phillips — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:57:28 +0000

Unfortunately, most of the teenagers that I know are just that trite. The retort “Of course it’s hot, that’s why they call it a flame” supports their lack of grasp on true irony and sarcasm even though they strive to make everything they say sarcastic. I have a 16 year old daughter.

I agree with everything else posted above though… We were able to watch the show while our 2 year old grandson (not my daughter’s son) played in the same room. We didn’t miss much either.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:10:42 +0000

Perfect review. I hated that episode enough to literally stop watching the show right now. I fell asleep 3-6 times and woke up angry with myself for not having gone to do something else. In other news, did you catch Conan last night? If you did, good, and if not, check out http://www.nbc.com/paleforce – this guy Jim Gaffigan is hilarious. Smart. The opposite of Heroes.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:24:44 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Myles. Great call on that ridiculous Science class scene. As you correctly state, every part of that scene was absolutely contrived, stupid and laughable. You’re right on the money.

At least one of us enjoyed something about the episode!

By: Myles

Myles — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:11:02 +0000

I was watching it with a guy in my residence, and every now and then I would guffaw and he would respond in kind: even a casual viewer without my cynical perspective found certain things hard to believe.

My favourite? That Tim Kring believes that 95% of a Sophomore (?) High School class doesn’t know who wrote Origin of Species. And that Claire knowing the answer somehow proves her intelligence. Considering she was stupid enough to put her hand in the flame while anyone could have been watching…actually, more annoying was West’s retort that “Of course it’s hot, that’s why they call it a flame.” What part of “flame” assumes that it is hot? That didn’t make any sense.

But the thing is that usually I point out these things after the show: as you say, this time around I was throwing them in all over the place, frustrated by the lack of serious attention paid to the narrative. Considering that I enjoyed Hiro/Sark, I would hate to consider how little enjoyment you found in this episode.