HEROES

I'm at least a year late getting on board the Heroes bus. But, here I am. For those of you who haven't seen it and are thinking about renting a new television series......(DVD sets really are the best way to watch television).....I highly recommend this show. It's certainly not as well written as Deadwood. It is heavily influenced by Lost - lots of characters with seperate and intertwined story lines, flashbacks and flashforwards, a "previously on Heroes" introduction to get you up to speed, a potential main character getting offed now and again, to name a few. But unlike Lost it actually resolves a question now and then.



HOWEVER, there is a huge, burning, obvious issue I am still waiting for them to address. I'm on the last disk in Season 1, and there hasn't been a hint that the writers have a plan to acknowledge the 800 lb gorrilla in the room. Perhaps it's taken up in Season 2.



For those of you who don't watch the show yet, I don't think I'm giving too much away to tell you it's about people who have different powers. They are the next stage of evolution. There is a terrible Indian actor with an English accent who tells us this every episode. One person might be able to fly, another can make toast with his fingers, another can teleport, etc, etc.



The lovely Hayden Panettiere plays Claire Bennett. A 16 year-old cheerleader. Her special power is the ability to heal. Any injury. Immediately starts healing. ANY injury........

................... sooooo, obviously they have to address the fact that this girl is an eternal virgin, don't they? Isn't that the first thing that just jumps out at you as soon as you are introduced to the concept of this character?

I mean, this girl has a magical hymen! That thing gets busted, and 30 seconds later it's back! Just like that. Whammo! Every time. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing (it's a good thing) but how can the writers have all the characters parading around without talking about this, or thinking about this, or having a flash-forward about this? I'm willing to accept some plot holes, but this is just torture. It's much, much worse than that 4-toed statue on Lost.

Again, this might be addressed in Season 2. It might be the crux of Season 2. If it is, I retract this entire post. But don't tell me, I want to see it for myself.