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The Scorpius Conundrum
I'm enjoying Heroes this season. It's clear since the near-year break they've evaluated what was working and what wasn't and have made a sincere effort to get things back on track. And they are taking chances. You've got to give them credit for boldness at least. Instead of resolving or explaining what was going on with Nikki/Jessica, telling us her history or what her powers really were, they nuked the character and the whole storyline and gave the actress a new character who also introduced the idea of genetic manipulation to create abilities. So, hooray for clarity?
But where I see their biggest trouble is in the use of Sylar. Ever since the "It's my Mommy's fault" episode, I've felt the creators struggling to resolve Sylar and make him a team player. It's a TV tale as old as time. A character has broken out, he's evil, now what the hell do we do? To see it done right, see Michael Emerson aka Ben on Lost. To see it done wrong, try everything else, from Agent Smith in The Matrix to my named main point man Scorpius from Farscape. The worst thing the Farscape creators did was in making Scorpius a regular and putting him on the ship. It defanged him and made him smaller, almost pathetic. And while the Heroes crew aren't doing that exactly, what they are trying to do is worse: they are trying to make him a good guy.
What. The. Hell. I realize it's hard to write a villain week in and week out and not have him become 'Curses! Foiled again!' but that's the path you chose. Trying to write off Sylar's mass murders by claiming it as a side effect of his powers is weak and just doesn't wash. Getting put in the situation, like the bank and not being able to resist is one thing. Stealing notes, travelling cross country, killing a man and then impersonating him so you could travel with a dupe and thus get access to more people to kill is a lot more than just pangs. It's methodical, strategic and very cold blooded.
But heck, I'd rather see more of this ludicrous wussification of Sylar than another dreary lab scene with Dr. Sweaty & Naive. Seriously, has Suresh ever helped anyone? He tries, for sure, but it seems like his failure rate is close to perfect.
I'm enjoying Heroes this season. It's clear since the near-year break they've evaluated what was working and what wasn't and have made a sincere effort to get things back on track. And they are taking chances. You've got to give them credit for boldness at least. Instead of resolving or explaining what was going on with Nikki/Jessica, telling us her history or what her powers really were, they nuked the character and the whole storyline and gave the actress a new character who also introduced the idea of genetic manipulation to create abilities. So, hooray for clarity?
But where I see their biggest trouble is in the use of Sylar. Ever since the "It's my Mommy's fault" episode, I've felt the creators struggling to resolve Sylar and make him a team player. It's a TV tale as old as time. A character has broken out, he's evil, now what the hell do we do? To see it done right, see Michael Emerson aka Ben on Lost. To see it done wrong, try everything else, from Agent Smith in The Matrix to my named main point man Scorpius from Farscape. The worst thing the Farscape creators did was in making Scorpius a regular and putting him on the ship. It defanged him and made him smaller, almost pathetic. And while the Heroes crew aren't doing that exactly, what they are trying to do is worse: they are trying to make him a good guy.
What. The. Hell. I realize it's hard to write a villain week in and week out and not have him become 'Curses! Foiled again!' but that's the path you chose. Trying to write off Sylar's mass murders by claiming it as a side effect of his powers is weak and just doesn't wash. Getting put in the situation, like the bank and not being able to resist is one thing. Stealing notes, travelling cross country, killing a man and then impersonating him so you could travel with a dupe and thus get access to more people to kill is a lot more than just pangs. It's methodical, strategic and very cold blooded.
But heck, I'd rather see more of this ludicrous wussification of Sylar than another dreary lab scene with Dr. Sweaty & Naive. Seriously, has Suresh ever helped anyone? He tries, for sure, but it seems like his failure rate is close to perfect.
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