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Tim KringActeurs·trices:
Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Sendhil Ramamurthy, James Kyson, Ali Larter, Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, Noah Gray-Cabey (plus)VOD (2)
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Partout dans le monde, un certain nombre d'individus en apparence ordinaires se révèlent dotés de capacités hors du commun : la régénération cellulaire, la téléportation, la télépathie... Ils ne savent pas ce qui leur arrive, ni les répercussions que tout cela pourrait avoir. Ils ignorent encore qu'ils font partie d'une évolution qui va changer le monde à jamais ! (texte officiel du distributeur)
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J’ai commencé à regarder Heroes quand ça passait sur la chaîne télévisée Prima. J’étais captivé par la destinée des gens au pouvoir surnaturel et me réjouissais d’arriver au jeudi suivant pour regarder la suite de leurs aventures. La deuxième saison, marquée par une grève, m’a enthousiasmé davantage encore ; tous les épisodes suivent le schéma de la série et proposent un final haut en couleur. Quant à la troisième saison, elle tourne en rond et s’enfonce, mais ça m’a plu malgré tout. Enfin, la quatrième saison est légèrement ennuyeuse par moments, même si l’idée avec le manège n’était pas mauvaise et, surtout, que la star T-Baga apparaît dans le rôle du principal méchant. Mais pour moi, le personnage le plus intéressant est celui de Peter Petrelli ; j’aime bien Nicky la schizophrène dans la première saison, son fils et Matt Parkman ainsi que, dans un deuxième temps, le beau-père de Claire. Je suis juste un peu perplexe par rapport aux retournements incessants avec Sylar. Le meilleur épisode est celui qui se passe dans le futur : Peter et Hiro s’y rencontrent et se lancent dans de jolies scènes d’action.
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Volume 1 – Genesis: A new star is shining in the TV skies. Heroes presents ordinary and likeable people coming to terms with their new supernatural abilities. Their stories become gradually intertwined thanks to the smart and well though-out script, while the predicted threat of an atomic bomb explosion and the demonic killer Skylar provide the necessary tension. It’s a joy to watch, though the season finale could have been a little better. 9/10 Volume 2 – Generations: The story is stretched with several utterly pointless diversions with the purpose of introducing new uninteresting and unlikeable characters, and on top of that, the empty script and the insufferable dialogues (repetitive and pathetic bollocks about fate, exceptionality, predetermination, etc.) have turned the older heroes into a shade of what they were in the first season. Due to the screenwriters strike, the season finale was split into several small episodes, which improved the pace, but wasn’t enough to help. 6/10 Volume 3 – Villains: There’s a clear effort to make the story grittier, they even use some horror elements and there are several major twists right away. Unfortunately, however, the characters, who’ve lost most of their personality in the second season, proved incapable of carrying on with their lives. It’s amazing how everything fell apart for the screenwriters. Half the heroes could be basically invincible, so in order to give the others a chance, the “omnipotent” ones must behave like morons. The constant time travel has turned Heroes into a confusing comedy packed with logical and factual errors, where the characters try to do something different in every episode, without being clear what leads them to that. Anyone can die, because they can be miraculously resuscitated in the next episode; anyone who saves anyone from certain death, in the following episode will be the victim of the person they rescued. And believe me, I didn’t exaggerate much in the previous sentence. Can you still take this seriously? Yeah, and before I forget, there’s no worse way to begin or end an episode than with Mohinder’s morsels of wisdom. They are pathetic… 4/10 Volume 4 – Fugitives: I’m beginning to feel hatred and aversion towards all the characters. If in the next episode Bennet repeats another four times that he’s behaving like an asshole because he wants to save his beloved Claire, I’m done with the series.
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Genesis - 80% - Future, inevitability, fate, end of the world, and Hayden Panettiere. A very above-average and original spectacle, where the creators openly draw inspiration from comic book sources and occasionally even quote them directly. However, it's a pity that as time goes on, the detours and hints that suggested many hidden triumphs disappear, some heroes do not fulfill their potential, and unfortunately, they start to become annoying in the final episodes. However, this slightly negative feeling is mainly caused by the unsuccessful gradation of the final episodes and the complete ending of the series. The first central storyline concerning Sylar ends strongly unsatisfactory and surprisingly ambiguously, while the second, involving a catastrophe, ends excellently. That's why I tend to criticize and unsatisfactorily comment on the events, even though Heroes have become almost inseparable from my TV program. Save the cheerleader, save the world.
Generations - 85% - Exactly the opposite effect than last time. While at the beginning, I suffered through Traveling with Kensei and fruitlessly sought the comic-philosophical enchanting atmosphere, from the fourth episode, the script picks up an incredible pace. It presents many twists and turns leading from the Company and introduces us to a new and absolutely perfect antagonist. Some characters still remain in the background, but unlike last time, their occasional involvement in the main events benefits rather than hinders. And that drive is truly incredible. I forgave all of Kring's hesitations and expected a television event of the following year since the third season. However, stumbling should not have been the end.
Villains - 70% - They maintained their face and managed to twist the plot into a different level, but in the end, the Heroes prepared an inevitable disappointment when confronted with the Villains. However, I resist any derogatory labels because until the Eclipse, all storylines were of similar quality as before. Gabriel's rise, the magical newcomer Daphne, Claire's indecisiveness, or the ambiguity surrounding the main villain can still keep me in suspense, but as soon as the motivations of various characters started to change from episode to episode and the main heroes sided with whoever suited them at the moment, it went downhill. So with the expectation of Fugitives, a somewhat disappointed skepticism appeared, but certainly not aversion.
Fugitives - 80% - A successful adventure ride, sufficient psychological subtext, a return to the roots, and Kring's slight repentance. If Hiro hadn't gone off on pointless Indian detours, and if Claire hadn't kept saying a thousand times that she doesn't know who she really is (to which Noah replies a thousand times that he does everything only for her), it could have been the peak of the series. Emile Danko is a great villain who can put even the usually infallible heroes in check, and Nathan and Angela together have a hard time dealing with him. So even though the mythology deepens again and again in seemingly exhausted places, and in the end, coincidences decide everything, I feel surprisingly satisfied. I really didn't expect a dramatic-thriller series. However, next time, please show us a final battle. I won't forgive a confrontation (literally) behind closed doors for the second time.
Redemption - 80% - The pace slowed down, and the (unplanned) finale is approaching in a very calm but fortunately captivating spirit. The whole Heroes shift to a very modest level, where Claire returns to her studies, Peter wants to help people, and the characters' psychology plays a greater role than a few seasons ago. Although everything gets tangled in the usual (sometimes too usual - see Parkman or Hiro) way, the new characters of Emma and Samuel inject the necessary energy into the story, the returns of old acquaintances please, and paradoxically, the final episode, thanks to a subtle cliffhanger, feels like the culmination of the entire series.
P.S.: I'm only slightly disappointed by how much Heroes are criticized after their departure. I'm not saying that certain periods didn't suffer from various problems, but it's sad that the same people who knew only Heroes during the first two seasons are suddenly above it all and seemingly disgusted a year later. For me, the series is leaving just as it came. Without grand fanfare, but as a reliable adventure entertainment that adheres to comic book principles, always returns to established characters, and sometimes dispatches the new ones quite insensitively. However, it ultimately maintains its face until the very end.
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Review of Season 1: Very engaging and worthy of 5 stars. Even though it gets more and more convoluted with each episode, the narrative still makes sense and you can easily find your way around. Unlike Lost, for example, I didn’t notice any filler and it’s a joy to watch such a perfectly thought out story. People who get hives when they hear the terms "fantasy" and "sci-fi" should avoid it. Review of Season 2: Somewhere around 3*. It starts to become an overcomplicated mess with many illogical moments, and script-wise, it's getting stale. Let’s see what will happen on Season 3. Review of Season 3: A bloated screenwriting farce that doesn't know where to go. Absurd, nonsensical and overcomplicated. The only thing that it’s missing is a superhuman that can kill with farts. The interweaving of fates makes absolutely no sense. There’s a nice word to describe this, “shite”. After the 5th episode I gave up and stop being interested in Kring's work. Final assessment: as a whole somewhere near the bottom of the ratings, but I leave 4* for the great first season only, and I will try to forget the rest.
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After Lost, I needed something to replace it at least a little. There's a chance that Heroes will eventually pull it off... The first season is really engaging and interesting plot-wise. The individual characters are surprisingly detailed. But the second season got off to a rather muddled start, and I'm leaving my initial enthusiasm behind. I have the feeling that they might get carried away in the 3rd season and invent one stupid thing after another. 3.5 stars.Favorite characters: Claire
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