Heroes Season 1

Heroes sucks! It certainly has its moments, but the overall quality isn't what the hype machine preaches it to be.

First the storyline is silly. Gene mutation can't possibly allow you to do all those amazing acts, can it? Besides, we do use our whole brain! That crap about using only 10% of it is so out of fashion. I'd rather the writer goes with Marvel/DC's traditions: touched by some sort of space rocks or x-energy or whatever. And how do you track "special" people to such accuracy that you have a list of names! I want to puke everytime that Suresh guy mentioned the human genome project in all sincerity. Since the creator tries to stage a superhero drama in a real life setting, at least you can make your basic premise a little more plausible. Looking serious doesn't mean you're convincing. The major part of the plot is plodding and slow with plot holes big enough for an oil tanker to comfortably sail through and the ending is sort of the pinnacle of its mediocrity.

Another thing that bugs me is the characters. They are so unloveable. Peter is bitching all the time (having his hair covered his forehead means that he's a badass? And then a good guy when it's combed back? come on!) Is Nikki/Jessica simply having multiple personality disorder like the shrink suggested? A dopplerganger you can't control is hardly superpower and how can that be linked to gene mutation? Nathan the flying man, this guy has no principle at all, and the season finale practically doesn't need him to be there (I mean Peter can fly, too, so...) And then there's Peter and Nathan's mother - what a strange character! She's a vulnerable widow who has to shoplift to feel the pulse of life in the first episode but by mid-season, she suddenly turns into this stone-hearted super mastermind behind the biggest conspirancy of all time?! Wow, which planet does this psychotic bitch or, her creator, the writer come from? The rest of the characters are boring, stereotypical and forgettable. The saving grace is the Japanese duo and somehow Sylar the sicko.

The production is good, most of the sfx shots are very well done. I just hope that the writing and acting match the same level of quality. Season 2 is officially a no-no for me.