
I can only explain the popularity this show has attained with the D&D effect - every pale and skinny geek is dreaming of being a super-hero the same way as of swinging an imaginary two-handed sword (to compensate for his negligible genitalia) and bulging with imaginary muscles. We even get an example of the geeky character turning into a supposedly powerful warrior (Hiro... get it? nudge-nudge), wearing a katana on his back and a menacing look on his face. The downside is that all the cool superpowers are already taken, so there might not be a good one left for you, but the not so subtle message is that we are all unique, 'United we stand' and if you look around you hard enough, you may still find some useful ability, even if it's sharpening pencils with your asshole - hey, Peter Pitrelli may end up with a sheet of paper and nothing to write with but a pencil stub, so you can help. Thank God, Jah or whoever's in charge that the creators of the show didn't call it 'Geeks United' (maybe only because that would reek of 'X-Men United' and/or could dump a law suit on their heads).
Special effects/CGI - cheap to none. Script - stuuuupiiiid. Dialogue - hell, I can't remember a single line (ugh, except 'Save the cheerleader, save the world', but I wish I didn't). Half the cast walks around like some living dead, delivering unconvincing performances and depicting some utterly unbelievable characters (Peter leading the way, being dumb as a sack of hammers, but good hearted, you know, the whole male nurse stuff), there are a couple of good-looking guys with nice haircuts for the girls to stay tuned (Ali Larter keeping the boys), and that's it. Well, if people are dumb enough to drag this hogwash into Season 4, then maybe they deserve it.
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