The collapse of expectations. I will say right away that I did not like the series because of LGBT propaganda, although it is more than there. Also, I am a big fan of Cloud Atlas, primarily the book (D. Mitchell, it should be noted, a great writer), but the film adaptation was successful, albeit not without flaws. So I expected to see something at the level of “Cloud Atlas”, especially the same team of directors had to make a chic series.
Oh, what an amazing idea, about people from different parts of the planet, mentally connected by an invisible thread of fate! It must be the coolest psychological drama, seasoned with esotericism for sharpness! And then there's my favorite Pae Doo-na, who was so great in the image of Sonmi-451! That’s what I thought when I watched it. So what did I end up with? And I got a boring, predictable, stereotypical, filled with a bunch of blunders fantastic action movie at the level of Bollywood.
If the “Eighth Sense” is compared with the same “Heroes”, then “Heroes” will look much more cheerful, and the characters there are much more charismatic. If we consider the dramatic component of the series (and I love good dramas), then it is simply nothing, almost all the characters here are empty and stereotyped, their reflection does not cause any emotions, except the desire to squander this scene. I don’t know if it’s the actors or directors, but I saw only puppet theater, and I didn’t notice a single living person among them.
Well, let's go through every hero. Attention: SPOILERS!
Sun Pak.
I started with her because the other characters make her story more interesting, even though she was made into a mix of Bruce Lee and Terminator, a fragile taekwondo girl who can kick off a squad of armed men. Isn't that beautiful? Did you miss Van Damme? - Velkam.
The idea of the character is simple: a woman with steel eggs, oppressed by a patriarchal society overcomes all adversity, a worn-out feminist prototype. Oh yeah, she doesn't work at a kimchi shop, of course, but is a vice president at her father's big company. It turns out to be a rather confused character from a bunch of cliches, but I singled it out, probably for a more pleasant acting. One of the most useful people in the team, as he can send to the intensive care of any enemy.
Wolfgang Bogdanov.
What American project can do without blood scoops? So the poor boy Wolfgang, who grew up in a family of bandits from East Germany, suffered. Character Idea: Victim of Family and Social Terror. A cold-blooded killer who takes revenge on all the bad guys. What? Not a new idea? But maybe the character turned out interesting and he wants to empathize? Against the background of the others, it may be, but if you reject his difficult childhood, the character turned dry and expressionless, and even his love story went and does not cause any trepidation. Of the pluses, probably, only that he is not as snotty an angel as all the other characters, and has a claim to brutality.
Onyango Cafe.
Kind country shirt is a guy from Kenya who loves his mom. Isn't that beautiful? He would, of course, feed the worms if it were not for the “cheater” character of Sun. The basic idea is to be a good kid and one day you'll be lucky or not. Added, most likely, to illustrate the unenviable life of man in Africa. But why not make a driver the president of the country? Oh, yeah. I think the actor who played him in the first season was much better than the next. Is the character interesting? Probably not, but he would be sorry, a good boy.
Lito Rodriguez.
The funniest character who absorbed all the stereotypes about gays. That’s right, I regard his story as a comedy, although the story is, of course, about how hard it is for gay people to live in a modern society. Lito looks like a brutal uncle, inside which lives a little girl. A comical but useless character who learns to be brave. At first I thought it would be a classic Mexican anti-drug cartel story, but it turned out nice and pink. As a result, the comedy really did not work out, and the snot (not dramatic) was added.
Now let’s go through the most uninteresting characters.
Kala Dandekar.
Typical Bollywood, about how a girl from a rich family does not love her rich husband and loves a blue-eyed blonde. Let us dilute the strife of religion and state a little and make it a super-chemist a la Heisenberg. Why not? It's not supposed to be a slum girl picking cow cakes, and we already have one character from the slums. Added, most likely, for the slurred love line and skill of the pharmacist.
Riley Blue.
A beautiful Icelandic woman, reflecting on the family who died in a car accident with all the ensuing. We have to be sad and think about suicide. But, for some reason, not sad, but boring. Her story should teach us not to hang up and still to come, but she teaches nothing. A love story is also stupid and callous. But for the photos with Iceland - thank you!
Will Gorsky.
A classic American fair cop. There is nothing to add, the character is so typical and uninteresting that it is difficult to write anything about him. Just a blanket.
Nomi Marx.
And finally, the most unpleasant character to me. A dreary transvestite, able to please his girlfriend and he can hack anything in the world in a few minutes! She has a family drama related to gender change. Probably a favorite character of the Wachowski sisters.
Separately, we can talk about a bunch of blunders in the series: language, interaction with objects, ridiculous decisions, time intervals. Secondary heroes are also template, like the rest, along with the indistinct main villain.
The creators tried to mix the action movie, superhero cinema and drama, and as a result there was a confusion of empty predictable characters, with a twist under the action movie. Most accurately, I would describe this: an inept forgery of the series “Heroes”.
3/10 only for an interesting idea that could not be implemented and a beautiful picture.
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