I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.
[quote]julia87 wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
SWR-1240 wrote:
Yea, he was great. Definitely the funniest character.
OK, but lets talk about the most important character: the hottest character. That girl who face planted off the old fashioned water tower (??) was HOTT.
She has that bloated/pudgy face “ive never worked out” look. None of the girls look like that in track, except a few throwers that dont run-and some of them even look better than the pudgy girls because they (at least) lift. All in all, pudgies are pretty but average at the same time. :/[/quote]
Meow, put away the claws.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.[/quote]
You will LOVE it. The storylines driving this show are amazingly good. While I doubt you remember it, when X3 was about to come out, I argued with you about the Angel character because you said it was more about the storylines than whatever the characters power was.
And while your description of, “he flies around and helps people” is still a running joke between my friends and I, I am beginning to see what you meant.
The cheerleader character is particularly interesting to me, 'cause you just don’t think of what some goofy high school cheerleader would do if she found out she was invincible.
My roommate and I are both leaning toward the oppinion that Nikki (Ali Larter) has got a little Hulk in her. Whatever it is, its definitly a “Dr.Jekyl/Mr.Hyde” archetype character.
-Gendou
[quote]CC wrote:
Also, last night’s epi was the first time I cringed a little (at the cheese factor, not the violence). When the girl got hit by the football player and her head turned completely backwards? I’m not saying it’s not possible, but it seemed a tad extreme. On top of that, no one other than her friend whose tape was stolen saw her turn a complete 180 with just her head? There was a boatload of people standing there…
Nothing major, just a small critique.[/quote]
Really? I like the show, but I’ve been cringing at a lot of the dialogue so far. Some people just know how to write plot, they need a script doctor (by the way, this is how Joss Whedon got his start, ‘livening’ up the dialogue in movies without any credit).
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.[/quote]
You need to put down the weights and turn the TV on.
And you call yourself a comic book fan.
I thought you’d be all over this show.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.[/quote]
I’m surprised you aren’t into this show X. From some of your other posts it seems like it would be right up your alley. Get on board before the story line is too far along.
[quote]CC wrote:
Really? I like the show, but I’ve been cringing at a lot of the dialogue so far. Some people just know how to write plot, they need a script doctor (by the way, this is how Joss Whedon got his start, ‘livening’ up the dialogue in movies without any credit).[/quote]
I too have cringed at some of the dialogue, but then I relate it to a comic book and it seems to fit the profile. I can’t get enough of this show.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.[/quote]
NBC 9pm Monday nights, I think on http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/?show=heroes you can catch the latest episode online. Also they are running the episodes on the Sci-fi channel.
[quote]Backlash79 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I have no idea what any of you are talking about but I am VERY interested.
NBC 9pm Monday nights, I think on http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/?show=heroes you can catch the latest episode online. Also they are running the episodes on the Sci-fi channel.[/quote]
Thanks.
so in the second episode where the asian guy had teleported to the states it was revealed that he had actually jumped ahead in time also and so most of his portion of the story was set at a future time…stupid question but was the the story of everyone else set in a normal timeline or was it 5 weeks in the future like his???
[quote]dennis3k wrote:
so in the second episode where the asian guy had teleported to the states it was revealed that he had actually jumped ahead in time also and so most of his portion of the story was set at a future time…stupid question but was the the story of everyone else set in a normal timeline or was it 5 weeks in the future like his???[/quote]
everyone else was in “normal time” most likely around october 2nd.
[quote]CC wrote:
Also, last night’s epi was the first time I cringed a little (at the cheese factor, not the violence). When the girl got hit by the football player and her head turned completely backwards? I’m not saying it’s not possible, but it seemed a tad extreme. On top of that, no one other than her friend whose tape was stolen saw her turn a complete 180 with just her head? There was a boatload of people standing there…
Nothing major, just a small critique.[/quote]
I had one (or several) additional small critiques, but I agree with yours as well. It was blatant Hollywood hyperdrama, a good portion of us played and/or watched HS football, how many broken necks (like that) have we seen? Probably about as many tragic “Bystander Killed By Running Into Football Player” stories that you’ve read. Hell, an NFL lineman stomping on a guy’s bare head with a cleat only gets thirty stitches. They must have a union special effects guy or something.
Additional critique(s)- The whole ‘repairman’ fiasco. He was presumably fixing ‘wiretaps’, so why the secret agent and B&E malarkey? A ‘normal’ phone repair guy could’ve made up a story for the super, knocked on the door, fixed the wiretaps, sat down for coffee, talked sports and left, no one would be the wiser (Especially if he did it while the apartment was vacant). This leads me to the question, why bring a gun if you don’t intend on defending your own life/killing anyone? Normal phone repair guys don’t bring guns and if a phone repair guy shows up unannounced, throw him out and/or call the cops, and talk to the super, instead, he (the agent) nearly got killed.
Last critique, you come across two guys fighting in a hallway a gun spills across the floor to your feet. You pick it up and have them both at gunpoint, do you really have to ask why the lying “repairman” why he has a holster? Do you have to stand close enough for him to get to you?
Don’t get me wrong, the first episode- A/A+. The second episode, B/B-. It’s not ‘The Unit’ so I can forgive some ‘tactical’ stupidity, but idiocy on the parts of professionals and gratuitous special effects bug me.
[quote]lucasa wrote:
CC wrote:
Also, last night’s epi was the first time I cringed a little (at the cheese factor, not the violence). When the girl got hit by the football player and her head turned completely backwards? I’m not saying it’s not possible, but it seemed a tad extreme. On top of that, no one other than her friend whose tape was stolen saw her turn a complete 180 with just her head? There was a boatload of people standing there…
Nothing major, just a small critique.
I had one (or several) additional small critiques, but I agree with yours as well. It was blatant Hollywood hyperdrama, a good portion of us played and/or watched HS football, how many broken necks (like that) have we seen? Probably about as many tragic “Bystander Killed By Running Into Football Player” stories that you’ve read. Hell, an NFL lineman stomping on a guy’s bare head with a cleat only gets thirty stitches. They must have a union special effects guy or something.
Additional critique(s)- The whole ‘repairman’ fiasco. He was presumably fixing ‘wiretaps’, so why the secret agent and B&E malarkey? A ‘normal’ phone repair guy could’ve made up a story for the super, knocked on the door, fixed the wiretaps, sat down for coffee, talked sports and left, no one would be the wiser (Especially if he did it while the apartment was vacant). This leads me to the question, why bring a gun if you don’t intend on defending your own life/killing anyone? Normal phone repair guys don’t bring guns and if a phone repair guy shows up unannounced, throw him out and/or call the cops, and talk to the super, instead, he (the agent) nearly got killed.
Last critique, you come across two guys fighting in a hallway a gun spills across the floor to your feet. You pick it up and have them both at gunpoint, do you really have to ask why the lying “repairman” why he has a holster? Do you have to stand close enough for him to get to you?
Don’t get me wrong, the first episode- A/A+. The second episode, B/B-. It’s not ‘The Unit’ so I can forgive some ‘tactical’ stupidity, but idiocy on the parts of professionals and gratuitous special effects bug me. [/quote]
Have you ever read a comic book? Why are you looking for realism in a comic book TV series? Last time I checked it’s pretty unrealistic for people to fly or teleport or stuff their bones back into their bodies and be healed.
How dare you insult the best new show on TV. (Aside from Dexter on SHOTIME of course)
[quote]MaloVerde wrote:
Have you ever read a comic book? Why are you looking for realism in a comic book TV series? Last time I checked it’s pretty unrealistic for people to fly or teleport or stuff their bones back into their bodies and be healed.
How dare you insult the best new show on TV. (Aside from Dexter on SHOTIME of course)
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Not sure if that was directed more to me or lucasa, but…
While I sense a bit of your humor, I wasn’t insulting the show. If you read my prior posts, I’ve been one of the biggest proponents here for how great this show is.
But it is my opinion that true fans will critique something for what it really is. To just blindly accept something you like as perfect is boring. It reminds of the people who post pictures on here asking for “critiques” then get pissy when people point out their flaws. Everything can be improved in some way.
So I stand by my opinion. The girl’s head turning completely backward was stupid, not only conceptually, but it just looked dumb. You don’t like it, fine.
And BTW, yes I’ve been reading comic books for years, since I was a small child. But there’s a big difference between surrealism and complete cheese. Surrealism can be incorporated into a well-written plot to blur the lines, something this show has mostly succeeded at so far. Cheese just looks foogin’ stupid.
the head twisting bit was the only cheesy part of the second episode, I really liked the rest, specially what happened to the Asian kid.
[quote]CC wrote:
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It was aimed at Lucasa, but I was only fooling around. I agree with everyone’s cheese observations, but I am discovering my own superpower of sarcasm and smartassism. I can’t control myself sometimes.
i really really like the show. however, i agree that the head twisting bit was a little over done and cheesy. Also, i really dont like the nurse brother (not the politician). he really annoys me and i hope they do something better with him. perhaps one brother will be good (nurse) and one will be bad (politician(s)). anyway… im stoked for the next show
You watched it yet X? what opinions have you formed?
[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
You watched it yet X? what opinions have you formed? [/quote]
I haven’t watched it. I tried watching part of it online but the picture was fucked even though the sound was decent. I gave up trying to get into the story when it was like watching still photos with dialogue…and I have a cable modem.
[quote]MaloVerde wrote:
Have you ever read a comic book? Why are you looking for realism in a comic book TV series? Last time I checked it’s pretty unrealistic for people to fly or teleport or stuff their bones back into their bodies and be healed.
How dare you insult the best new show on TV. (Aside from Dexter on SHOTIME of course)[/quote]
I’ve seen nothing but ads for Dexter, it does look good though…
Suspension of disbelief and the issues with realism I can handle. The premise of the show requires it and they do a pretty good job wrt that aspect (so far! knock on wood). The deus ex machina, IMO, comes with internal inconsistencies are generated needlessly or gratuitously.
If you have to write in a spy/repairman in order to work someone of the opposite gender who lives across the hall into the story line, you probably could stand a refresher writing class or two. If you think neck dislocation is a plausible incidental sports injury, you may just need to watch more sports.
If you’re gonna go big, why not a severed limb and she just sticks it back on? A javelin through the neck might’ve been a little more believable (not much). An arm or knee or elbow at an unholy angle would’ve had the same shocking effect with greater believability, IMO.
Keep in mind, I didn’t fail the episode on these points, I just think their writing could’ve been better in this episode.