Monday, September 22, 2008

Heroes


So Heroes is now officially Lost's bitch step-child. Sure, it jumps backwards and forwards in time and place (who's that? wait, wasn't he dead? wait, don't they know each other, um, wait, what happened last season anyway? wait, what is this show about?) How does a show manage to look expensive and cheap at the same time? How many cliches, vapid characters, horrible scenes and shallow re-tread from other, better-written shows and films can possibly be crammed into one season opener? Why does the dialogue sound like it was written by the screewriters of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, The Secret of the Ooze?" And why does every scene look as if it were not only obviously shot on a sound stage, but on the cheap leftover corner of Sunset/Gower or wherever. After the Summer of the intelligent superhero flick, who's watching this schlop? A lot of people apparently. Is Heroes the worst popular TV show on television? I say yes. "Oh God! If that crappy show fell into the wrong hands! Millions of people could waste hours, perhaps even entire days of their lives! Peter ParkerPetrelliwhoever with the crooked face. Do something!"