Television Review: Season Finale of Heroes: An Invisible Thread - Show Creator Tim Kring

There is a lot to be said about Heroes, being a fan ever since day one of the show and being so supportive of it.

However, I must draw a line now, I want to make this very clear before I write my review on the finale. Season 1 of Heroes, excellent, season 2 of Heroes, good, season 3, volume 3, very good and season 3, volume 4...

Volume 4, fugitives. Since the explosive finale to volume 3 of Heroes just before Christmas, I have wondered just exactly what angle the show was going to take, unfortunately they didn't chose a good one. This volume of Heroes without a doubt has been bad and has hurt the series in many ways, most importantly being the viewing figures. This whole angle of our Heroes on the run from the government, just didn't sit comfortable for me, I feel that the show was trying too hard to be something which it isn't. I felt that they were playing out of their depth with this one and so therefore ended up making a poor quality volume in parts.

The thing is that worries me particularly, is that the show looked as if it was running out of ideas for stories and character's. This is not good for a series so early on in the game to be having problems like this.

After enduring this volume, hoping that Claire may not cry in one episode and that Nathan will eventually get the cut from the show, we come to where we are know, the season finale. This episode was clearly the weakest finale so far and had no real type of depth to it. You had Sylar (by far the best actor and character on the set) in a position which seemed unbeatable, whilst the other characters were trying to pull themselves together.

Anyway, the plot outline is that Sylar, with his shape shifiting ability, is going to appear as Nathan in an attempt to meet with the president, to acquire his appearance, leading to him becoming the most powerful person on the planet, in a matter of words. In a attempt to stop this well thought plan out, you had Nathan and Peter. This is the basic outline in what this finale had install for everyone.

Finally, this is my overall say on the finale, it was good, but it was only good, when you look at a poor volume it had to finale at the end of. The whole volume had a weak story and moments of really bad acting. For me the thing that got me about this episode, was when Peter and Nathan came face to face with Sylar and they all fought each other. At this point I thought to myself, right this may be a poor episode, but this could make it good. The conclusion to this fight scene, is we see nothing, Peter and Nathan fly in and begin to battle with Sylar, then the double doors to this room where this is taking place closes and we are left with a scared claire peaking through the crack in between the door. You don't know how frustrating that was for me and my mates. Tim you really need to up your game (script and story) for the next season and sort out this insecurity to let characters sometimes die. Volume 4, 2/5.

Film Review: Star Trek - Director J.J. Abrams

It doesn't get much better than this, Star Trek is back and back with one unbelievable reboot.

This huge epic film couldn't of been in better hands, director J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost, Alias and Fringe) has stepped onto the U.S.S. Enterprise bridge and he is up to the requirements. The film opens with an epic scene, between evil Romulan bad guy, Nero and the U.S.S. Kelvin, the film starts off in the past and we get to see where captain James T. Kirk is born. This opening scene is brought to life, with Abrams brilliant filming style; to bring the audience into the heart of the battle, just like he did so well with his other brilliant film Cloverfield.

Carrying on from what I was saying above, the film starts in the past and we see this U.S.S. Kelvin in space checking out what they think is a thunder storm, but in actual fact it is some kind of black hole; with a huge ship coming through. This ship happens to be a Romulan ship and it is about to bring all hell with it, as we see an epic battle take place in which the U.S.S. Kelvin is destroyed, and we witness the birth of a ledgend.

For the next part of the film we begin to meet all our characters, the new Kirk, played by Chris Pine, Spock, played by TVs Heroes Zachary Quinto and Leonard "Bones" McCoy, played by Karl Urban, naming a few. As we slowly start to see our characters coming together we get to see them make these iconic characters there own, as well as giving the respected nod to the original series of Star Trek.

As the story unfolds we begin learn what the overall plot is, that Nero has come from the future in an attempt to torture and kill Spock, but Nero isn't the only one who has come back. As Abrams wished to have one very familiar face from the Star Trek universe make an appearence, a certain Leonard Nimoy. Slowly we have all of our characters together on the brand new, U.S.S. Enterprise. We see the characters in full action next, as they have fallen into the same trap the U.S.S. Kelvin did 25 years ago and also losing original captain, Christopher Pike to Nero, Spock is put in charge and Kirk is not happy how he is handeling things. As Kirk challenges Spock rule of command, we see him thrown off the ship and marooned on an ice planet.

Soon he comes face to face with old Spock or Spock prime, which ever one you want to call the original Spock, who then begins to fill him in on what has just exactly has been going on and what this young Kirk has to do. After this scene involving a Vulcan mind meld, we are introduced to the last soon member of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Scotty. Played by none other than British actor Simon Pegg, slightly dodgy Scotish acsent at times, but none the less a solid performance of Scotty.

Soon Kirk is reunited with the Enterprise and begins to put in old Spocks plan, to anger the young Spock, to obtain the captain rank aboard the Enterprise. Soon Kirk is sat in that trusty chair calling the shots and the rest is history, as the film enters comes to its epic climax.

Finally, the film has a tremendous set of special effects through out, a brilliant script, a group of young actors who have stepped into very big shoes and filled them to perfection, a fantastic director to bring back the impossible, giving this film in my eyes a strong 5/5.