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merlinofchaos) wrote2007-02-26 10:45 pm
merlinofchaos) wrote2007-02-26 10:45 pm
Heroes
One of the reasons Heroes is so successful...
...is that they completely nailed Mr. Bennett as a character.
In the first few episodes he was clearly the bad guy. (In fact the commercials called him the 'face of evil'). It took a few episodes to even really see him, which is a typical trick to create interest in a character. First they paint him as a villain. Then, of course, things happen, and that early clarity is now greyed out.
Then more things happen and it gets really grey. He may or may not be a good guy, but they did a fantastic job of making us interested in whether or not he is, and sympathetic to his goals, especially where Claire is concerned.
And of course, tonight, they actually do reveal a fair amount. And...it's still not clear if he is a good guy or a bad guy, and even worse, the things that make him a good guy may be gone. Possibly putting him back in the bad guy corner (and making us wistful!).
Very good stuff, so far.
...is that they completely nailed Mr. Bennett as a character.
In the first few episodes he was clearly the bad guy. (In fact the commercials called him the 'face of evil'). It took a few episodes to even really see him, which is a typical trick to create interest in a character. First they paint him as a villain. Then, of course, things happen, and that early clarity is now greyed out.
Then more things happen and it gets really grey. He may or may not be a good guy, but they did a fantastic job of making us interested in whether or not he is, and sympathetic to his goals, especially where Claire is concerned.
And of course, tonight, they actually do reveal a fair amount. And...it's still not clear if he is a good guy or a bad guy, and even worse, the things that make him a good guy may be gone. Possibly putting him back in the bad guy corner (and making us wistful!).
Very good stuff, so far.