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Solid ending? It was, by far, one of the biggest train wrecks of a finale I have ever seen. Absolutely terrible. I hated everything about it. So, so contrived, in so many ways. Just terrible. I mean, hell, where do I start...
Loose ends, busted characters, and a capital DEUS EX MACHINA. Nice way to blow a show.
It's official - Heroes sucks.
WARNING: "Heroes" spoilers below
Hiro: What.The.****. In a ridiculous identity crisis of character, Hiro buries someone alive for eternity? This is something Hiro would just never do. No way. A complete cop out and a ridiculous, soap opera caliber scenario. I was out of my chair exasperated when I saw this. Way to ruin a character. What's to like about Hiro now?
Copycat: Ok so, I spend weeks watching Copycat use her iPod to learn Kung Fu, only to see her manhandled easily when she has the drop on some thugs. I mean, she is in the house, totally aware people are entering, and they somehow get the drop on her? I don't get it, does she forget what she learns when faced with danger? I have seen some lame plot devices before, but this takes the cake. Think about it, this chick hasn't used her powers in WEEKS, and we get to the finale and she...never uses them. This character had a ton of potential and they totally, and completely blew it.
Lady Death Goo: Not sure what else to call Maya, well, aside from another waste of a character. I hate when a show spends weeks attempting to develop a character a certain way, with subtle hints of what is to come, and then completely disregards all of it in the last few minutes of the finale. The scene between Sylar, Mohinder and Death Goo had some of the worst dialogue in the show.
Elle: Alas, even Kristen Bell and her massive acting talent couldn't salvage the weak attempt at a character arc thrown into six minutes. I was so excited to see Ms. Bell stretch her legs with this complex character. Another missed opportunity.
HRG: Funny, I can't seem to follow all the turns this character makes. I don't think the writers can, either.
Claire Bear: The only character to stay in form. Too bad she didn't do much, and we never got to see Claire and Elle duke it out. Lots of foreshadowing for a rumble between these two. Another missed opportunity. Come to think of it...did ANY of the heroes square off against one another using their powers? Hardly. Hiro blinked around a bit, and SORT OF attacked Adam...but there were not really any cool battles with powers this season to speak of.
Nikki: Good Riddance to bad rubbish. Have never been a fan of this character. Regardless, the silly burning timber suddenly blocking the exit just as 1 hero leaves and the other is trapped was super, super silly. The building detonated in a tremendous explosion, you know, because it was an old empty wooden building with nothing in it. Old wooden buildings are at the top of the list of high explosives, btw. Just in case you didn't know. Gas cans, you say? Nah/ There were only a couple and the super powerful, arch nemesis, um...crack head, emptied them out. Not that they would have exploded like that anyway.
Parkman: Another character I would have loved to have seen a season long extrapolation on. Plenty of potential with his power for some cool moral play. Too bad we won't see it.
Sylar: tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, YAwn, ZzZzZZZzZZZzzZZZZzzZZZ
Micha: Damn this kid, damn him. A LOT of nonsense went down to keep this kid in the fold. His power is actually pretty cool, but they always find the silliest, most convoluted way to work him into a story sequence. Copycat's trashing, character-wise, is strictly due to the fact that the writers had to figure out a way to keep this nit-wit in the mix. I also hated how Nikki just let him run out the door to save Copycat, seconds after telling him it was too dangerous. This is the sort of stuff i am talking about. Bizarre hairpin turns by characters in this finale, that don't fit with their conduct during the rest of the series. Nikki has been INCREDIBLY overprotective of Micha the entire time, but then she lets him run out the door after some gang bangers. Her not having her power at the time made it an even worse choice, as, thinking she had no real way to protect him, she NEVER would have let him go.
I won't go into the travesty that is Peter Petrelli. Another character that turns on a dime at the drop of a hat. Peter waffled all over the place the entire season, but he had memory loss. Once he got his memory back, he...waffled some more. Oh, and nice job completely blowing off the lil' irish lass. I guess she got sucked into a temporal vortex, because she was in a future that no longer exists. OOPS.
Copycat: Ok so, I spend weeks watching Copycat use her iPod to learn Kung Fu, only to see her manhandled easily when she has the drop on some thugs. I mean, she is in the house, totally aware people are entering, and they somehow get the drop on her? I don't get it, does she forget what she learns when faced with danger? I have seen some lame plot devices before, but this takes the cake. Think about it, this chick hasn't used her powers in WEEKS, and we get to the finale and she...never uses them. This character had a ton of potential and they totally, and completely blew it.
Lady Death Goo: Not sure what else to call Maya, well, aside from another waste of a character. I hate when a show spends weeks attempting to develop a character a certain way, with subtle hints of what is to come, and then completely disregards all of it in the last few minutes of the finale. The scene between Sylar, Mohinder and Death Goo had some of the worst dialogue in the show.
Elle: Alas, even Kristen Bell and her massive acting talent couldn't salvage the weak attempt at a character arc thrown into six minutes. I was so excited to see Ms. Bell stretch her legs with this complex character. Another missed opportunity.
HRG: Funny, I can't seem to follow all the turns this character makes. I don't think the writers can, either.
Claire Bear: The only character to stay in form. Too bad she didn't do much, and we never got to see Claire and Elle duke it out. Lots of foreshadowing for a rumble between these two. Another missed opportunity. Come to think of it...did ANY of the heroes square off against one another using their powers? Hardly. Hiro blinked around a bit, and SORT OF attacked Adam...but there were not really any cool battles with powers this season to speak of.
Nikki: Good Riddance to bad rubbish. Have never been a fan of this character. Regardless, the silly burning timber suddenly blocking the exit just as 1 hero leaves and the other is trapped was super, super silly. The building detonated in a tremendous explosion, you know, because it was an old empty wooden building with nothing in it. Old wooden buildings are at the top of the list of high explosives, btw. Just in case you didn't know. Gas cans, you say? Nah/ There were only a couple and the super powerful, arch nemesis, um...crack head, emptied them out. Not that they would have exploded like that anyway.
Parkman: Another character I would have loved to have seen a season long extrapolation on. Plenty of potential with his power for some cool moral play. Too bad we won't see it.
Sylar: tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, YAwn, ZzZzZZZzZZZzzZZZZzzZZZ
Micha: Damn this kid, damn him. A LOT of nonsense went down to keep this kid in the fold. His power is actually pretty cool, but they always find the silliest, most convoluted way to work him into a story sequence. Copycat's trashing, character-wise, is strictly due to the fact that the writers had to figure out a way to keep this nit-wit in the mix. I also hated how Nikki just let him run out the door to save Copycat, seconds after telling him it was too dangerous. This is the sort of stuff i am talking about. Bizarre hairpin turns by characters in this finale, that don't fit with their conduct during the rest of the series. Nikki has been INCREDIBLY overprotective of Micha the entire time, but then she lets him run out the door after some gang bangers. Her not having her power at the time made it an even worse choice, as, thinking she had no real way to protect him, she NEVER would have let him go.
I won't go into the travesty that is Peter Petrelli. Another character that turns on a dime at the drop of a hat. Peter waffled all over the place the entire season, but he had memory loss. Once he got his memory back, he...waffled some more. Oh, and nice job completely blowing off the lil' irish lass. I guess she got sucked into a temporal vortex, because she was in a future that no longer exists. OOPS.
Loose ends, busted characters, and a capital DEUS EX MACHINA. Nice way to blow a show.
It's official - Heroes sucks.
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