Monday April 27, 2009
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Nathan tries to prevent Sylar from meeting the President. Sylar has his own agenda regarding his partner. Hiro finds there are consequences that come with the return of his powers.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)An invisible storyline (well to me) whichs ties up what was overall a very disappointing season. hide show
To be honest, i am an avid fan of heroes, however the numerous plots and subplots and poor writing throughout this season made poor premise for this season finale. I was tempted to give this episode a one, but having painfully rewatched it again, there are some interesting concepts such as the brotherly tag team with Peter and Nathan. However whilst the idea was great, it was poorly executed. The closed door fight, scence Sylar flying (whether he was using telekinesis or empathy to gain Nathans power it was poor of them not to explain Sylar achieveing a new power, considering much of what made season one interesting was watching Sylar's attempts to achieve his new abilities and the brain man concept which gave heroes the dexter pyscho serial killer intensity) excuse my longest bracket ever, it is my first review in almost two years, which i stress because this episode prompted my need to complain =p
It still bugs me that Peter did not try imitate Sylars power, whether that will give him all of sylars existing powers or just give him the ability to know how things work, you'd think that it would be more useful then flying head first into an invulnerable murderer.
Skipping along, parkman using his powers yes thats cool until it reaches absurdity. Making Sylar think he's Nathar, honestly i find it ridiculous that a mother would want a serial killer to 'become' her son, maybe she should focus on spending more time on Peter...just a thought.
We all know that that concept will never hold, i mean by the prelude for the next season it was already wearing off. I must say im getting really sick of Nathan dying at the end of every season, yes Heroes has completely robbed us of the emotional experience of a character dying. End of season one we could safely assume he blew up with Peter, but no he was healled by magic blood which seemed like a good idea at the time and now completely devoid from all future story likes. Season two finale, Nathan shot several times by back to the future Peter and his distinctive walk... not only did prove pointless all it gave us was another crappy volume where at the end of it Nathan, healed by a 'Linderman that wasnt even there confusedface,' who tells the president about people anyways. Yadada which brings us back to here, the finale, oh no Nathan is dead, this time they could even give us 6 months wait to find an excuse to bring him back, noppee "Sylar you are Nathan" woo now Mommy gonna get rid of her beloved son's in a proxy funeral with everyone looking at him glad he is dead and thinking what a pathetic criminal he was... especially Claire, great send out for daddy who you recently became bffs with in Mexico.
Big paragraph, my bad. Soo yes Nathan and Sylar are still there which is good for the show cause they are good characters, buttttt the writers will have no idea what to do with them it will invariably lead to the end of Adrian Pasdar job on Heroes when they decide who stays. Plus i dont see him coming back from this one. *Finds nathans body...whether the hell is it confusedface, drops some of Claires blood and BAM your own grow a Nathan Petrelli in under one day*
i really like this show but, underating Peter and his abilities soo much has destroyed the good vs evil balance for this season. Going back to the success of season one, we had Sylar getting stronger, but we had Peter getting stronger and the complications they faced achieving it, al to gear us some for their final bout, but that was three years ago. Heroes fans have learnt to expect little, well that is the ones that have made it this far.
Are you kidding me!? A very weak season finale! hide show
I felt cheated after watching this season finale!
I actually felt cheated pretty much the whole season.
This show is one of the top shows on TV and has a huge fan base so you would think that producers would put some money into it and provide more special effects.
All season long we see how bad ass Syler is and we're waiting for a big show down with him and some "Heroes" but when it finally happens we can't see it! We get a glimpse of energy bolts coming from Syler's hands, then when Nathan and Peter fly into the room to fight him the doors close. What the H---!? One of the reasons I think people watch this show is for the special effects and I think this episode, along with this season has been lacking in that department. I will say it was a shock when Nathan got killed.
Nathan rushes against time in order to stop Sylar from getting to the President but it comes with a price. Hiro faces the consequences of overusing his powers and Matt has to make a difficult call that will save the world but ruin his life. hide show
The finale of the fourth volume is better than the one from Villains. Maybe the best one at of all three seasons. I loved Greg Grunberg's acting in this one even though his scenes were only a few. His acting is either great or very stiff and in this one is the former. Also a highlight is of course Cristine Rose's (Angela) acting especially at the scene where she finds Nathan...well... you know. Sylar and Claire's talk is amazing (and I believe back then there were rumours that where putting these two into a love interest for each other). The importance of this episode is how cleverly a they ended this volume.
Now for the next volume entitled Redemption (which is premiering in a couple of hours) here are some pros and cons in my personal humble opinion:
Pros: I think Hiro's story should be amazing. I noticed when Hiro is put along with another one of our Heroes (other than Ando)his story gets interesting. I don't how much other Heroes would be involved in this story but I think it would be good if he interacted with other Heroes (again other than Ando). Also Matt's story should come up great, although I don't know how much they are going to drag this whole guilt issue with Matt. Cons: Of course Tracy's return from the grave. Don't get me wrong I love Ali Larter but they should have left her dead and pick up her other character (Barbara). On the other hand this volume introduces perhaps the very first story of Tracy since she is usually a part of someone else's story or have no story at all. Another con is that Mohinder is once again left without a story. The character is becoming boring by the volume but hopefully he will come back this volume with a nice story.
Lastly, the whole Sylar/Nathan thing could turn out to be a major hit or huge disaster (depending on how the writers use it). The answer: in our screens in less than 3 hours. Here's hoping! Enjoy!
A final that will force the heroes to deal with the consequences of the actions of a few! hide show
An ending that could be said to live up to the shows reputation. The scenes left me wanting more, and on rare occasion almost as excited as the first season left me feeling. I thought the ending with Tracy was brillant simply because it made you certain that she wasn't dead and left you with a lot of questions about the whole, I'm dead, I'm not dead thing that seems to be a reacuring theme in heroes. I was also glad that a main character actually died, I know that sounds harsh but no one seems to die despite all the near death experiences they have, and eventually that gets old. I liked the fact that the consequences of what happened in that episode will have to be dealt with in the next season, and hopefully we will get some more answers.
Nathan tries to stop Sylar from speaking to the president and taking his DNA so he is able to become the president. Sylar makes Danko look as a killer and Noah is taken captive. Hiro and Ando try to stp building 26 and free Mohinder and the rest of captives. Season 3 and volume 4 end here, and I must say that that was one of the worst stories from the season. Mainly all beacuase killing Nathan and making Sylar belive he IS Nathan. I think thats bads enough to have both characters out of the series and I rather have Sylar out there and Nathan dead than Sylar being Nathan.
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