Heroes 1x01: Genesis
Jun. 18th, 2007 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrasteFrom my poll yesterday, I get the impression that there might be a few people out there who want to know what I thought of this ;).
(Don't worry, Bartlett fans, I will start on The West Wing just as soon as I'm done with the first season of Heroes. Which, going on current evidence, will not take me long.)
My general impression so far is positive; this was a fun episode that introduced a lot of interesting plot threads and characters. Great cliffhanger, too. I'm so glad I avoided finding out what everyone's powers were before watching, because Nathan flying caught me completely off-guard!
I like everyone so far, but I think I love Hiro a little bit already *g*. That X-Men #143 reference damn near killed me, and he made me laugh out loud several other times in the course of Genesis with his adorable dorkiness. While everyone else is angsty or at least confused about their abilities, it's refreshing to have a character react with 'woohoo! This is so awesome!'
The only thing that bothered me was that we have two women with powers so far, and not only are they both blonde, one of them is a stripper and the other a cheerleader. Now, obviously there's a lot more to Nikki and Claire than that even in this one episode. (Two of my favourite moments were Claire pushing her ribs back in, and reaching into the garbage disposal. Gross but hilarious!) The show also seems to be starting with stereotypes - slick politician, Japanese salaryman - and expanding upon them.
It still bothers me that those were the templates they picked for the female heroes. The men with powers have more diverse backgrounds and none of them are taking off their clothes for money or dancing around in tiny skirts to support the football team. I'm not going to dismiss the show's gender politics on the basis of one episode, but I do think it's an issue.
I have the day off today, so I imagine I can get through at least a couple more episodes.
(Don't worry, Bartlett fans, I will start on The West Wing just as soon as I'm done with the first season of Heroes. Which, going on current evidence, will not take me long.)
My general impression so far is positive; this was a fun episode that introduced a lot of interesting plot threads and characters. Great cliffhanger, too. I'm so glad I avoided finding out what everyone's powers were before watching, because Nathan flying caught me completely off-guard!
I like everyone so far, but I think I love Hiro a little bit already *g*. That X-Men #143 reference damn near killed me, and he made me laugh out loud several other times in the course of Genesis with his adorable dorkiness. While everyone else is angsty or at least confused about their abilities, it's refreshing to have a character react with 'woohoo! This is so awesome!'
The only thing that bothered me was that we have two women with powers so far, and not only are they both blonde, one of them is a stripper and the other a cheerleader. Now, obviously there's a lot more to Nikki and Claire than that even in this one episode. (Two of my favourite moments were Claire pushing her ribs back in, and reaching into the garbage disposal. Gross but hilarious!) The show also seems to be starting with stereotypes - slick politician, Japanese salaryman - and expanding upon them.
It still bothers me that those were the templates they picked for the female heroes. The men with powers have more diverse backgrounds and none of them are taking off their clothes for money or dancing around in tiny skirts to support the football team. I'm not going to dismiss the show's gender politics on the basis of one episode, but I do think it's an issue.
I have the day off today, so I imagine I can get through at least a couple more episodes.