|
Home | All Shows | Blog | Movie Reviews | Book Reviews | Site Updates | Articles | FAQ | About Us | |||
 |
||||
This review is also on our blog. |
 |
3.19 Shades of Gray Nathan: "I have been helping you out all along. You and everyone else." Tracy: "And doing a fabulous job of it." Way predictable. I knew every single plot twist ahead of time. But at least it was fun to watch. I knew Darth Sylar would turn on his young, and I even knew when -- the moment Sylar let it slip that he was immortal and invulnerable. What evil mastermind dying of cancer would pass that up? But it was fun to watch Sylar outwit and defeat Gray. And John Glover was perfect casting; he *looked* like he could be Sylar's evil superpop, probably because of all the practice he's had as the father of Lex Luthor. I hope this is the end of Sylar's search for his roots. Enough, already. Move it along. And I knew for weeks that Danko would find out about Nathan and go for Claire, but again, I still liked that last scene with Nathan hovering in the air, holding his daughter in his arms; there was an emotional jolt to it that worked for me. I have every confidence that Danko is no match for Angela Petrelli. Unless Danko has superpowers. They mentioned him unexpectedly surviving an "incident" in Angola. That would be a... okay, a predictable twist. Apparently, Rebel is an equal opportunity superhero rescuer. The B plot with Doyle the icky puppet guy was also predictable, but less fun. I knew Doyle's conversion was too good to be true. Claire working at the comic book store was semi-fun, although as a sci-fi geek myself, I really dislike the stereotype of us as homely maladjusted losers. So I have a Star Fleet uniform in the back of my closet. I'm still cool, let me tell you. And this is the perfect time to segue into how incredibly cool the Star Trek trailer was (it aired in the middle of the episode). Zachary Quinto looked so Spocky that I couldn't believe it. Bits and pieces: -- Superheroes helping other superheroes was a theme, along with superparents and superkids. Sylar and Gray, Angela and Nathan and Claire. And Hiro and Ando and baby Parkman. -- Geez. Leaving by roof access in front of Danko? Really subtle, Nathan. No, I'm not flying anywhere; I'm just catching my invisible helicopter. -- The first scene with Claire showed her face pretty much bare, without the heavy adult make-up. I don't think I realized until that moment how overkill it is. She's a beautiful young woman. Do they really need to put that much makeup on her? -- Yes, I love John Glover, but it was hard seeing suave, handsome Lionel Luthor, one of the two reasons I got into Smallville, as a trailer trash taxidermist. If the character hadn't been so distasteful, I'd be hoping they'd add him to the cast. You know, they should have... as Arthur Petrelli. If they had, that character might have worked. -- What was that bit about two blue-eyed parents being able to have a dark-eyed child? I thought it was the opposite, that two dark-eyed parents could have a blue-eyed child, not the other way around. Did I completely zone out high school biology? -- Gotta mention it again. Star Trek trailer, best part of this episode. I watched the trailer three times. I did not watch the episode three times. Quotes: Comic book store guy: "Put simply, what type of hero are you?" Claire: "I don't know." I'm starting to wonder, too. Claire's stories have been distinctly boring lately. Danko: "I'm sure you've grown close to the Petrelli family." Noah: "The Petrellis were never exactly a warm and fuzzy bunch." Sylar: "I'm sorry. You're just small game." That poor bunny reminded me of number eight bunny on Lost. Better. We shall see, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
 |
Season 3 Video on Demand |
Home | All Shows | Blog | Movie Reviews | Book Reviews | Site Updates | Articles | FAQ | About Us