Anyone watch Heroes Reborn premiere? I'm watching it now.. I didn't actually watch the original except for a few episodes. This looks like it could be good, but some of the acting/dialogue feels a little bit .. rough?
Okay, it just toooooooooooootally redeemed itself with Leeroy Jenkins!.
I have no idea what is happening in that plotline. It is weird and confusing, and the people involved do not seem nearly confused enough. Like,
did the girl have a life before and is just now discovering that she's actually a video game character? Or
she's only recently started existing and has no problem coming to terms with it, and the other dude is just a super chill guy? Or is it that
her father is a game developer and programmed her into the game? What?
I am sad that they already
killed off the Haitian, because I always thought he was a great character. And I hope they have a really good reason for
HRG having his own memory erased and leaving instructions to have himself killed because, man, that's already kind of cliche and rarely has a satisfactory explanation. But given the premise,
isn't it a bad idea for HRG to pursue the truth, knowing the lengths he himself went to in order to prevent himself from knowing the truth? He's basically saying, "past me was mistaken even though he was better informed". I suppose that is also a standard kind of plot device.
And on that note, if
the Haitian was supposed to kill HRG, why not just let the receptionist with the gun do it immediately instead of heading off somewhere in the public, returning the glasses and then trying to strangle the guy who is trained to take down people with super powers? I mean, come on.
Another nonsensical thing --
the telekinetic who targeted Molly Walker, why in the world would he play along for so long after getting to the hotel room? And when Molly threw the knife, why would he retaliate by throwing her out of the room and proceed to choke her? Telekinesis is crazy powerful, especially against a girl who is just a super Hufflepuff (that is, she's good at finding), so he could have just knocked her out so much earlier and avoided so much risk and drama. They probably just did that to lead the audience on. Heh.
But despite my nitpicks, I still like the show.
Penny Guy is intriguing. He seems to be
another memory-wiper? Though I hope they actually have something more unusual instead. And
teleporter boy seems like he has the potential to be strictly superior to
Hiro, who can only teleport himself... oh wait, he can also manipulate time, never mind, Hiro is still OP.