John's Blog

Ah yes, the "busy/tired/lazy/bored" syndrome has once again sapped the urge to blog right out of my system. But I did finally get the time to catch-up on the TV shows that I missed watching this week. At the top of my list is my new favorite show Heroes, and this weeks' episode was another good one. However, as much as I like the show, there are these little nagging details that drive me crazy. Things that don't make sense, except that they are thrown in as a lazy way to develop the story. I suppose someone should call the irony police immediately, since it's silly for me to call someone else's work lazy, just as it is silly to bemoan logical fallacies in a show about people with superpowers.

That being said, a few of the things that have been bugging me:

When Niki stops at the mother-in-law's house and makes the statement that she didn't want to expose her son to this environment...so why DID you stop and visit then?

Hiro leaving messages on Isaac's answering machine in Japanese when he could have his companion Ando translate to English?

Niki is pushing the blond stereotype a bit too far, I mean just how much stuff has to go down before she figures out that she's involved? It looks like this gets resolved next week.

Speaking of "next week", could we have some previews that are just "teasers" and not "spoilers"? Too many times they show us a key scene, that pretty much ruins the dramatic impact when you see it during the show in context. I used to moan about "The Sopranos" previews that were carefully edited to imply an event that doesn't take place, but I'll take that any day over just spoiling the damn episode.

Nathan escapes his captors and flies to a diner, where he borrows a cell phone and asks someone to come pick him up. Maybe you could just fly back to your hotel instead?

Like anyone in the internet porn business (Niki) would leave a data trail that would allow one of her customers to stalk her and walk into her living room?

Why Claire's parents haven't been investigated by the child services department, since the only clothing she has to wear seems to be that cheerleader outfit? Then again, after seeing what happened to Matt and the quarterback, maybe they HAVE been, and just forgot why they went there.

And a special "WTF" goes to Emerson Electric who is suing the show over the scene where Claire shoves her hand in the garbage disposal and it emerges a bloody mess. They claim that it portrays their product in an unsavory light, suggesting that serious injuries will result. So, like, it's OK if I try that?

But even with my "nit-picking", I'll be back for more next week to check out where the story is going. Anybody else expect to see Claire's sinister, creepy father (Mr. Horn Rimmed Glasses) turn out to be one of the good guys?

Tags: TV, pointless rambling