Nerd Post AND Identity Politics Post
The last time I wrote about Heroes the Japanese Nerd Who Can Warp Space And Time made me uncomfortable. I will admit I was a bit too quick and harsh to judge this. His character has been fleshed out and his less nerdy friend is now his sidekick. More importantly, the guy who plays the character is a big nerd who works for Industrial Light and Magic when he isn't doing comedy. I think my discomfort was slightly valid, but comparing him to Mickey Rooney was a straight up racist way of being politically correct and I apologize.

The show overall is much better than what one expects from Network TV taking on a comic book plot - i.e. not sabotaging the fantastic plot elements so they can focus on "character drama" which they think has wider appeal (yes, this is a Lost reference). They seem to have realized: 1. There are character driven plots, but character cannot exist outside of plot. 2. Most shows are fantastic in terms of huge plot holes - if audiences can accept Horatio Caine's Sunglasses Of Brooding Justice, they can handle dudes who fly.

HOWEVER

In episode three the story about The Indestructible Cheerleader involves an attempted rape as a key plot point. Three episodes and the two main female superheros have both been violently sexually assaulted.

I'm sorry, but that shit is fucked up.