Humanjunk: I’m very happy to see the show return with such a bang. Between Hiro being his awesomely naive self and opening up a pandoras box, Sylar giving Clair a lobotomy, Future Peter fucking up everything up, Suresh pulling a Brundlefly and Nikki becoming Mrs. Freeze, it was a fanboy’s wet dream. A much better start than the last lackluster season. I can’t help but think that this is what the X-Men movies should have been. And what a way to kick off with the introduction of what we really needed: villains. Can’t wait for the rest of the season.
Arse-Bot: I too thought this was a GREAT start to the new season with a nearly flawless 2 hour season premier. It’s dark and brooding, exciting, smart, and just everything us superhero fanboys were looking for in a series about people with special abilities! I really enjoy how this season they are mixing science with faith and asking the question are these God-given abilities, or is there scientific basis around it? And of course it’s heavy on the time travel and Butterfly effect that has always seemed to be at the forefront of Heroes (Ando and Hiro?! WTF?!). Glad the new season has started up, can’t wait for next Monday!
Swank-Mo-Tron: You lousy bastards! I just started Heroes about a week ago and am 14 episodes in… So, I’m not participating, but hopefully by the next roundtable or two, I’ll be caught up….
Humanjunk: Well, my programing doesn’t include belief in God, so I’ll have to say that Nathan’s newfound faith is due to severe blood loss. I’m rather skeptical about the injection of powers and Ando seeming to have some in the future, as the human element in the show added a sense of reality. Once everyone has powers, what’s the point. I mean, isn’t that why Bendis did House of M? To make mutants a minority again?
Swank, we’re both glad you’re not participating. No one likes you.
Arse-Bot: Agreed with wanting to keep the human factor involved with Ando. I thought that the injection of powers was COMPLETELY out of character for Dr. Suresh), so if I had to point out one negative about the Heroes premiere, that would be it. He’s always been the intelligent, collected, sometimes naive Dr. and now he’s injecting himself with super powers. Maybe I missed that characer progression in season two somewhere…
Humanjunk: I totally agree with the vein spiking of Suresh. Two seasons of him being the pragmatic and rational character of the show and all of a sudden he’s a power hungry mad scientist? Seems rather inconsistent to me. It is a con to this new season, but, if it turns him inside out and he starts to vomit acid on to his food and prey then I’m cool with it. Sureshfly 4 life!