New episodes of Heroes and I almost missed it, some nerd I turned out to be. I guess NBC has been running promos for weeks and I was totally oblivious. It was kind of a slow episode, but I think that’s always to be expected with a new story line. Still enjoyed it, but I’m really developing two problems with Heroes. The first one being the obvious, could they rip X-men off more!? Time to call in the Sentinels and ship Peter Petrelli off to Genosha. Tim Kring and Jeph Loeb have been practically scratching the Chris Claremont’s name off of X-men comics and putting their own in its place. The rumor is that Tim Kring actually fired Loeb to try to foster a return to character driven scripts. Personally, I don’t mind that they rip off X-men, I would just like them to give credit where credit is due.
The second problem I have is the depowering of Hiro. Is white America that scared of a powerful Asian man that they can’t let Hiro have some power? He’s a already a geek… he was already turned into five-year-old… did we have to take his powers away, too? The message is pretty clear that NBC executives view Asian males as less than men. I love Hiro. I love that he’s a nerd, but give the guy some freaking powers. Give him his balls back, at least. Speaking of which they couldn’t let that little cutie Daphne fall for Hiro, they had to pair her with Parkman? But, of course, that would mean admitting that Asian men of testicles.
And to Masi Oka, don’t become Jar Jar Binks. I know it’s a sweet gig, but there’s no reason to be a Stepin Fetchit. If you have a problem with your character then speak up, we got your back.
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