TR's Heroes Live-Blog XI: It All Comes Together
Posted at 4:34 PM Dec 15, 2008

Just a reminder--join myself, the incomparable comment-approving machine CTrees, and a host of bad-tempered TR readers tonight at 8:50 pm EST to watch the final (thank Yahweh!) episode of Heroes for 2008. It will conclude the baffling "Villains" arc and reveal the fate of Papa Petrelli's evil plan, which Kabir put so eloquently on Friday:
Okay, so he wants a formula to make people have powers, but why? Also, he can time travel and warp but still seems to need help from others. Basically, he is the ultimate super villain but is weirdly inept (and yet still, he is more competent than anyone). Okay back to his plan - oh wait, despite watching every episode I don't think I can really explain it.A man after my own
Actually, I don't know if anyone actually knows what his plan is, so maybe this doesn't count as an entry.
Forget the t-shirt - Just thinking about this gives me a headache. I am going to go drink some scotch.






Comments
I can still figure out some parts of it, wheather that means I am good at figuring these things out, or i am just like the writers, by which i mean having the combined storytelling skills of a stump, a dull lifeless stump that os slowly being devoured from the inside by by a tree eating fungus that will one day learn that flesh is much softer, and slowly devour each and every one of us eventually leaving a barrren lifeless world that shows no sign that there was ever life, but i degresss (mostly because i just pissed myself.)
Anyway, i figure nobody (except for the main characters) would trust a dead-eyed wrinkly sinister talking creepy old man, so he sends jailbait to do his job recruiting more disposable minoins, cause face it, just one space-time altering omni guy cant recruit guys on his own time right?
I figure hes trying to give superpowers to regular people so because each person gets a different one, because he wants to collect as many powers as he damn well pleases (despite the fact that over half the people who were given powers got super strength)
Posted 12/15/2008 at 03:22:35 PMPeople may disagree, but in the UK it's going down pretty well. I certainly think it's been decent, not brilliant or amazing, but I think you guys have been a little harsh on it.
I thought Papa's plan was to make an army of supermen, hence that platoonthat's shown for testing. And then I guess World domination through said superarmy.
"RECRUITING NOW! It's a Superman's Life in the Super Army!"
Posted 12/15/2008 at 03:31:54 PMTonight's episode will pretty much determine If I will stay with this when Volume 4 releases, or if I jump back to 24 which isn't looking too good itself what with the zombie cast members.
Posted 12/15/2008 at 04:24:02 PMIts not working...
Posted 12/15/2008 at 05:49:22 PMAh Heroes...well I'll stick with it to see what our former Pushing Daisy's friend can do with it...
Posted 12/15/2008 at 06:15:49 PMTim Kring is apparently 5 years old.
"Hey Jeph, what if they all peed on each other and then everybody dies and then there's tons of blood and guts and then the world explodes! Dipshit Dipshit Dipshit! Ha Ha Ha! I'm Serious, Loeb. Write it or you're fired."
Posted 12/15/2008 at 07:40:56 PMI'm still digesting it but I can say that Nathan is a real dick. He is the worst brother ever.
Posted 12/15/2008 at 09:17:19 PMI have to say, I rather enjoyed this episode, but some things definitely bothered me, like Nathan's irrational turn, the death of half the "bad" guys - including the beloved Hobolossus - and the cheesy run-down-the-hall-from-the-explosion shot...
The next season looks promising, but the premise seems a little familiar, what with Nathan asking the President for help catching the "people with abilities" - COUGH COUGH williamstryker COUGH COUGH....
I wonder if they will form an army to round the people up?
COUGH COUGH sentinels COUGH COUGH...
Yet, I am still looking forward to the new year's episodes....
Posted 12/16/2008 at 11:36:01 AMWell, what can I say?
Crappy 3rd volume, really looking forward for Fugitives
And Senador Kell...I mean, Petrelli, is a dick.
Go Sentinels
Posted 12/16/2008 at 02:41:50 PM