Houses and Heroes and Fans, Oh My!

[eumelia]

Saw the first two episodes of "Heroes".

Eh.

Saw episodes 9-14 of "House M.D." and tomorrow I'll be seeing episode 15 with tamara_russo.

OMG, it was so effing great! More Hugh! More TV Girlfriend!
Ach, I was in rapture, so good, so great.

"Heroes"... not so much. Which I don't understand since so many people have told me how good it is, so many of my friends are fans and we all generally have similar taste in shows and fandom in general.
And if someone tells me I need to keep watching to get really into it, I'm sorry, no. A show should grab you from the Pilot and if not the Pilot then at least the second ep. Well I watched the Pilot and second ep and felt I'd read all this somewhere, that it had been done. I mean all you need to do is crack open an X-Men TP.
So While it was good, I fail to see the awesomeness and greatness in this oh, so original show.

I'll keep track, because it's sci-fi/fantasy show and many people like it and talk about it, so it's worth knowing, but as far as loving it so much as to get obsessed.
Naw, I don't think so.

Comments

[richmondhillgal.livejournal.com]

I guess Heroes is like LOST. You either love it or hate it. I love it :) I tried to get into house but no can do :)

[morin.livejournal.com]

Clair's story caught me, and it only gets high gear way later IIRC.

[kaetien.livejournal.com]

saying that Heroes isn't original seems kind of an elitist attitude to me. pooh-poohing it because you're a big expert on the bigger-and-better-ORIGINAL-idea seems shallow to me. i adore Heroes because the writing is excellent, the acting extroardinary, and Hiro adorable.

of course Heroes is a lot like X-Men. it's like a bunch of other stuff that came BEFORE X-Men as well. if you're watching Heroes with an eye towards X-Men, then I say don't bother watching Heroes. If you can't enjoy it because you're too busy comparing it to something else, you're not really watching it anways.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

If I don't find it original all I'm saying is that I've "seen" it done before.

I'm not pooh-poohing any of the fans or the people who enjoy it, I'm just saying it how I see it and I see nothing wrong with that. Having viewed three episodes which failed to capture me, despite it being "my king of show" I don't see why I shouldn't compare it to other stuff which I find more to my liking.
I'm glad you're like the writing and the acting and find Hiro adorable, but I'm allowed not to and not being called "elitist".

And besides, "House M.D." isn't original either, all you have to do is open up a Sherlock Holmes Novel and there you go and if it's the attitude of House is what you like there have been numerous television curmudgeons since the dawn of the Network.

Some things work, some things don't. "Heroes" didn't work for me.

[(Anonymous)]

i was indifferent to it till the 10 episode or so... it really catches you by then. give it a try, the latest episodes are really really good!