Heroes Season 1
by Marcus on May 22, 2007
Season one of Heroes is over, I just watched the finale and I have some mixed feelings about it, and the entire series. It started out very nice, but in my opinion it’s been going a bit down hill since then. My main issue is the amount of errors, especially in the last episode, which is riddled with them. I’ll give you a couple of examples: Why didn’t Claire just shoot Peter when he was about to explode, they knew they could just pull out the bullet and revive him later. Why didn’t Hiro make sure Sylar was dead? Why didn’t Sylar do anything to stop Hiro when he charged him with the sword? And so on, and so on. Also, Nathan suddenly appearing to rescue Peter was ridiculous, he suddenly just changed his mind? Stupid.
And then there’s the problem with Peter not using any of his abilities to get out of sticky situations. For example, why didn’t he fly or teleport away when he was exploding? Obviously this is a problem for the writers, because he would litteraly be able to overcome all situations, he’s just too powerful, so they have to lose some integrity by ignoring his powers. This bothers me when they display scenes like he’s completely powerless, like the last, climatic one. I know this problem is unavoidable when you have a show like this, but it’s still annoying. Then there are stupid, more easily avoidable, errors like Hiro becoming a swordfighter in a few hours and Peter not even trying to get away from Ted when they meet. Wouldn’t the separation of Peter, Ted and Sylar be the easiest way to avoid the bomb? They don’t even think about that.
Two things got me worked up a bit in the last episode though, the girl talking about the unknown hero/villain, and Hiro going back to the 17th century. One thing is sure, I’m looking a lot more forward to the season finale of Lost.
Heroes Season 1: 7/10.
Rambo, now with more gore
by Marcus on May 20, 2007
First footage from the new Rambo movie has been released, and it’s bloody as hell! I’m not expecting anything at all from this movie, but it’s a must-see anyway.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6i090FGzQ[/youtube]
Ring of Death – Day 2
by Marcus on May 19, 2007
I received the mentioned labels, packed the console but I can’t call UPS until monday.
Bye, bye. :’(
Ring of Death – Day 1
by Marcus on May 18, 2007
My Xbox 360 is busted, it just started off as freezes once in a while, but now I get the dreaded Ring of Death when I try to turn it on. So, today my experience with Microsofts’ Customer Support started, it’ll hopefully be a quick and smooth ride. Apparently this is what happens when you need to return your Xbox 360 for repair:
Microsoft either sends or e-mails you a bunch of labels (I chose to get mine e-mailed, still waiting for it).
Then you pack your console in a box (just the console, no wires, no harddisk, yay for keeping settings and savegames) and tape the labels on it.
You’ll also receive a phone number for UPS, you call them and set a date for them to come and get the console.
15 work days after they pick it up, you’ll receive your console again, if you haven’t received it you can call the Customer Support again to whine… and stuff.
Lost… damn… holy… crap…
by Marcus on May 17, 2007
I just finished watching the second last episode of the third season of Lost, and just had to write this. The season ending is going to kick ass, I just can't believe how this show can continue getting better and better. Absolute must-buy when it's released on dvd.