Heroes & Villains

[aesmael]

    Tonight, watching heroes, witnessing a character being telekinetically crucified with his own paint brushes, I remarked to my sister that although it is often frustrating that villains tend to make poor use of their abilities and are often not shown to be especially evil, when they are done well it tends to create a desire to crawl away and hide.

    This was only the third episode I have seen, mind, and all in a row, so I do not even know the names of the characters. If I had been watching from the beginning of the series I suspect having a feel for the flow of this show would have drained a lot of the tension from that scene. Maybe, maybe not.

    There was also some dialogue in this episode regarding a character violating the laws of physics, about which I was sufficiently annoyed to want to make retorts involving words like known and understandable.

Comments

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Hon, it's popcorn.
Nothing more, nothing less.
If you want to read a better handling of a similar concept, try "Wild Cards".


Shelley

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

But... sparkly lights!

[lantyssa.livejournal.com]

I watched the entire season and still squirmed. Heroes is well written for a TV show.

[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

Yus :\

I guess the key is making sure that the villains aren't TOO powerful? :o Otherwise you put yourself into that Magneto ripping the metal out of Wolverine scenario :\ If you dun do it ppl will keep wondering why he hasn't yet, and when he does it's incredibly gruesome and disturbing and completely takes the character out of being likeable at all. :(