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Heroes' third season... Villains! Muuuuuh! Even on TV there are disappointments unfortunately. This season was divided in two chapters, the third (Villains) and the fourth (Fugitives). Looking back to season 2 it wasn't a great one, but still an entertaining one in comparisson to this one.
This third season starts with the third chapter, which basically goes even faster than the second season. Along with the speed comes a bunch of messy time-warps, story-lines and none of these things make the story more clearer or exciting to grasp. I mean, come on, Sylar going from bad to good to bad again to an angel again and bad once more and choosing good again, only to stay bad-ass in the end. Hiro Nakamura is wimpy throughout the whole season and has lost the mystique he once had in season 1. Peter Petrelli loses all his powers and lives without them almost the whole season and what remains is a totally uninteresting character. Someone who died in the second season now seems to have a "third" sister! Come on! Where are the originality, wit and creativity we all saw in the first season and made the show so special?! If you look at all of the characters in this season, none developed new intriguing story-lines for their characters and I just didn't care for any of them. Not like I did in season 1. Characters are killed off as if they're nothing and their past hasn't meant anything to the story. If the story goes into that direction, why should I then care anymore with the characters or the story for that matter?!
Right at the moment when you think that it just can't go any further without really screwing up the story, chapter 3 comes to an end. The first chapter is closed up and we're treated with chapter 4. And if something could go worse, it did. I was looking at Heroes, a show which first season to me was one of the best productions ever on TV! And suddenly I'm treated to a very (and I mean VERY) bad rip-off of "Prison Break" or "24" for that matter. Suddenly all the heroes are hunted down to be put in camps to be terminated. Come on! If you want to copycat another show, do it well. But the writers just made a mess of it. All we are treated with, is running and absolutely NO character development, no cliffhangers (none throughout the season for that matter!), no excitement, no surprises, no innovations, no fun, no humour, no new interesting characters. It is absolutely not engaging. "Oh, we have a situation and need someone that has the ability to do this or that... Oh well, let's just invent a character that has that power, so we can get on with filling the show with film, because we absolutely have no clue where we are heading our show!". I think the writers and production crew must have been thinking this... Come on, even seasons 2 and 3 of Prison Break were better that the crap I just witnessed these past 10 days. Or better, just watch re-runs of the Jerry Springer-show.
And in September season 4 will start. "Redemption" it's called. I hope they will make it a short season of about 9 episodes so they can call it a redemption indeed. Will I watch it? Yes. Will I look forward to it? No. Do I recommend you to see this season? That depends. If you saw season 2, you could. If you only saw season 1 so far, then keep it at that. You'll have far better memories of this show, which once was one of my highest praises. Now, I just don't feel that much pride in recommending this to others...
Did you see season 3? If so, what's your opinion on it? Am I crazy to rate this season with a 4 out of 10 or did you even hate it more? I'm very interested to read your opinion.
My rating: 4 out of 10 |