things I love about Heroes

[mimesere]

Out of the ten credited cast members we've met so far, half of them are of color. Once you add in Leonard Roberts, that puts the credited cast member number at 11 with 6 being of color.

The background characters are largely of color.

It's not just black and white. Dude, I can't begin to tell you how much I love this. Seriously.

Yes, it is a boy-heavy cast. I do not deny that. But the women who are there? For the large part are more dynamic, have more agency, and are flat out scarier than any of the guys. And neither Claire nor Niki's storyline is an adjunct to a male storyline. Frankly, when DL finally shows up, it wouldn't really surprise me to see that his storyline is secondary to Niki's.

I love that Heroes is a Marvel story with DC sensibilities and a dash of Vertigo for the truly fucked uppedness.

It *looks* like a comic book. It sounds like a comic book. The whole thing is *structured* like a comic book.

It's taking its time. I can see every step the characters are taking on whatever road they are on and those steps make sense given who they are and what they want.

(as an aside, these last two things are a large part of why I love Superman Returns with the fire of a thousand exploding kryptonian sons.)

It's not relentlessly grim.

more later, after a Costco and BN run.

Comments

[aynatonal.livejournal.com]

It's not relentlessly grim.

Really? Because I have to say, I gave up after the first episode because I found it to be pretty much relentlessly grim, except for the part with Hiro, which was delightful, but not a sufficient mitigation of the somberness of the rest of it. If it's got a little more humor, or at least a little more lightness now, I'd think about picking it up again.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Oh, see, I didn't find the pilot to be relentlessly grim. It *is* grim, don't get me wrong, but there is Hiro and there is a sense of hope that imbues everything. But there is Matt Parkman who is often awesome; Peter spends a couple minutes trying to fly by jumping off some monkey bars and falling flat on his face; there is Hiro, of course, and his sidekick Ando; Nathan's continuing annoyance with Peter's shenanigans are delightful to *me*; and there's a little bit more. But mostly it is the hope that I like, and the immense amount of love that's gone into creating and writing the show, and that makes the show overall a joyous one for me.

There's a marathon of three eps tomorrow night. I would try it, but I am entirely biased.

[aynatonal.livejournal.com]

I would try it, but I am entirely biased.

This is how I know I'm in fandom. I *trust* a bias. Marathon for me! I loved the initial premise, so I'm definitely inclined to give it another go.