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i third (or fourth, or whateverth) pushing daisies. it's not my favorite show on tv, but it's good fun. also, lee pace is hot.
i'm not sure if the problem with heroes is that the writing is mind-bogglingly bad, or if it's just that the premise of "people discover latent superpowers, then suddenly have to save the world from cataclysmic destruction" is just so tired and overdone. i feel like it could've been great if instead they'd gone more of a "then have to cope with this sudden abnormality in the midst of an oppressive, uncaring or openly hostile world" angle, mixed with "avoiding capture by the evil organization without exposing themselves".
there's not a lot of room for character development when all you're doing is saving the world. i mean, it's the world. no matter who you are, if it gets destroyed, you're kinda borked. there's no room to explore people's different reactions to a situation, or less anyway.(the writing certainly is hackneyed in parts, though.)
also, hey um writer-guys, they're actually really not trying to save the world – they're trying to save new york. maybe not even that, maybe just manhattan, or midtown. i know new yorkers tend to think that their city *is* the world, and i know "save the cheerleader, save the chrysler building" is a little less punchy and concise, but still.
nonetheless, i'm willing to forgive a lot in a tv show about superheroes.
i haven't kept up on heroes, though. i've watched through season 2, but the b/f hasn't quite finished season 1 (he is not willing to forgive as much as i am) and so i get further and further behind. for the same reason, i haven't been keeping up on the venture bros which is one of my favorite shows in all of television. (i have doc hammer's and jackson publick's signatures on a shirt, from comicon. ^.^ )
what we have kept up on is the office, and ugly betty. i have to strongly recommend ugly betty. it's sort of a light-hearted send-up of telenovelas. the cast is all great, especially vanessa williams, and it has an aesthetic sense which is somewhat similar to pushing daisies, sans the most exaggerated parts (i mean, the pie hole? really? works in pushing daisies, sure, but nowhere else in the known world.)
also, yes, i literally fell off the couch laughing at that jim/dwight interaction.
most of this i watch either on hulu, or by buying the episodes on xbox live. i suppose getting cable would make more sense, but i hate the idea of having to watch it at a specific time or not at all, completely irrespective of my schedule.