Heroes

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=41492

NBC announced that it has ordered six segments of a new series called Heroes: Origins, which will air in the main show's Monday-night time slot when it goes on hiatus, Variety reported.

The new series will center on new characters that haven't yet been introduced on the original show, and will feature an interactive element. Viewers will have a chance to vote for their favorite character, who will later cross over to the regular Heroes.

According to Variety, the move is intended to avoid repeats, which have been earning record low ratings this year on all five networks.

Raph's Girl note: SW33T!! A show that never ends!

Score! Now if only they'd also do something like Lost: The Dharma Chronicles or something.

[Barkworm]

The first season is over! The finale was rather underwhelming. The plot was very rushed and the cliffhanger was... meh. Anyway, I'm looking forward to Season 2.

[Raph's Girl]

The ending with Hiro

Spoiler:

ending up in the past

was a bit predictable. I like how the explosion was resolved tho but the most shocking revelation of the entire episode was us finding out Mr. Bennett's first name is Noah. Took em all season to reveal that... "Call me Noah..."

[Drewatello]

Alright, I have watched pretty much the entire season when I could being underway for a couple months in the Caribbean does make it difficult. As I was able to catch up on things by watching the episodes at nbc.com I was able to stop and look over things a couple times. Such as in the finale Molly saying the stuff about something worse than Sylar or the fact that something very powerful took Sylar's body how else do you explain the body being taken from in front of a bunch of people. Also in Pete's dream sequence he did not really get told anything except maybe what he wanted to hear. I would say that the story for the entire show was done very well. Heh I am looking forward to season two manily for Hiro's reaction to his father being Kensei.

[Tabularasa]

I know a lot of people are probably saying this, but I was really dissapointed with the Sylar/Peter fight. The fight was just not what I expected especially after they built it up for so long. Anyway I hope Season 2 is good, but I'm just not feeling Hiro in 1600's Japan. Reminds me of Turtles III-and we all know how that went.

[Drewatello]

Originally Posted by Tabularasa

I know a lot of people are probably saying this, but I was really dissapointed with the Sylar/Peter fight. The fight was just not what I expected especially after they built it up for so long. Anyway I hope Season 2 is good, but I'm just not feeling Hiro in 1600's Japan. Reminds me of Turtles III-and we all know how that went.

Eh I know what you mean I expected it to be a bit more intense. But I think it was more realistic and I suspect the real reason Pete started to lose control was how many powers his body started trying to access. You notice that was he hitting Sylar almost Nikki/Jessica hard I think he went into overload not from Ted's power but from all the people with power in his range. But we will see what happens next season.

After watching the future episode where you get to see Sylar/Pete fight with full control of their powers. I think you would have had no city left. I imagine that that fight was apocalyptic as the wall was flexing and Mohinder could not keep the door closed.

[Tabularasa]

So is Syler still alive? I hope he's not the main baddie again. Hopefully we can maybe get another fight with him-this time a little bigger then a few punches and a stab wound-but I think next season they defentilly need to bring in someone else.

[Courk]

I watched all the episodes for the first time in rapid succession recently. I'm not sure the whole "Save the cheerleader, save the world" thing is resolved. It wasn't Syler who was going to blow up (though I am a bit confused on that point -- he said he didn't want to hurt all those innocent people, but later he says "boom").

Maybe I'm reaching too much, but what I want is for "save the cheerleader" to be necessary for Peter to get her powers and not Syler, and for that to eventually mean that Peter is just that much more powerful against Syler. As far as I can tell, Peter can absorb every power Syler has stolen, so at the very least those two will be equal in terms of potential power, but with Claire alive, only Peter is able to regenerate. I want saving the cheerleader to be a continuous thing, like the Haitian suggested. I then want "save the world" to come at the end of the series in some giant super-awesome showdown determining the fate of the world, not just NY, that is won because Peter can regenerate and his opponent can't. Basically, I want what "Save the cheerleader, save the world" meant this season to apply on a much larger scale as well.

[愛]

I'm slowly, but surely, watching this series. I'm up to about episode 12 so far. I gotta say that this show is very well-made. I haven't been so interested in a show since Lost. This show beats Lost for me, surprisingly. There's so many lovable characters, and the plot twists make me say out loud, "OH SH*T, SON!" Such a great show.

[LogicDonny]

I plan to pick up the dvd in August to like get myself up to date with the show.

[April]

Originally Posted by Ai

I'm slowly, but surely, watching this series. I'm up to about episode 12 so far. I gotta say that this show is very well-made. I haven't been so interested in a show since Lost. This show beats Lost for me, surprisingly. There's so many lovable characters, and the plot twists make me say out loud, "OH SH*T, SON!" Such a great show.

You just keep getting cooler and cooler There is absolutely no doubt about that...AHEM.

[愛]

Why, thank you. I do try.

[Courk]

Originally Posted by Ai

the plot twists make me say out loud, "OH SH*T, SON!"

The only thing I've said out loud when watching Heroes is "You don't put peanut butter in the fridge!"

[Raph's Girl]

This is just a reminder that while Heroes is on hiatus the graphic novel is still being released weekly. It's currently up to issue 35 and can be read and downloaded directly from http://heroes.nbc.com

Issue 35 and next week's issue deals with the origin of the Haitian.

Spoiler:

It seems his father had powers too.

A new issue comes out every Monday.

[Courk]

That reminds me of something that bothers me about the Haitian -- how do people know he's Haitian? I expect people who know him and work with him to know that, but Matt called him a Haitian after seeing him in the bar. Am I missing something?

[Drewatello]

Not really sure how they came to that. I can understand if he had spoken and talked to someone in Creole but considering he was silent kind of makes you wonder why they pulled that. I imagine it has something to do with his backstory though and they wanted to make sure that everyone knew he was Hatian,

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=41731

Dania Ramirez (X-Men: The Last Stand) will become a regular on NBC's hit SF drama Heroes when the show returns for a second season in the fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ramirez will play Maya, a new hero whose powers are being kept under wraps.

Maya is one of four to five new characters expected to be added to Heroes next season, but her character might be the only regular one, the trade paper reported.

The other roles, most of which are said to have international flavor, include a sexy boyfriend for Claire (Hayden Panettiere), a 28-year-old black mother, a surrogate for Niki's (Ali Larter) son and an Irish mobster.

The Dominican Republic-born Ramirez gained attention with her recurring role on The Sopranos, on which she plays A.J.'s (Robert Iler) former fiancee, Blanca. She also played Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Raph's Girl note: I wonder. Syler slipped into the sewers. Maybe there's Morlocks in the Heroes-verse?

[The Shelf]

Originally Posted by Courk

That reminds me of something that bothers me about the Haitian -- how do people know he's Haitian? I expect people who know him and work with him to know that, but Matt called him a Haitian after seeing him in the bar. Am I missing something?

Well, calling him "The Haitian" sounds a little less racist than "That Black Dude." Honestly, though, I think it was just the writers getting ahead of themselves. They knew he was Haitian and started calling him "The Haitian" around the office, and that probably slipped into their writing, unintentionally. That's just my guess, though.

[Raph's Girl]

Some random Heroes news

Tim Kring, creator of NBC's Heroes, has signed a new overall two-year deal with show's production company, NBC Universal Television Studio, under which he will continue as the show runner and will shepherd its upcoming spinoff, Heroes: Origins, as well as various Heroes offshoots in print and digital media, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

NBC's Heroes was among the shows nominated as program of the year in annual Television Critics Association nominations announced on June 5; winners will be announced during ceremonies July 21 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

[Raph's Girl]

Heroesite has a list of new possable characters for Season 2 of Heroes http://www.herosite.net/herositespoilers.htm

The National Ledger claims that filming for Heroes Season Two could begin as early as next week.

They've also revealed some more roles that they may currently be casting:
- A pretty and kind elementary school teacher
- A hippie-ish high school chemistry teacher
- A Kinko's store manager
- A small-time Irish mobster
- A California high school girl who isn't especially athletic.

- David Anders of Alias fame MIGHT be playing a character named Kane.
- Director Greg Beeman has said in his blog that some of the people who appeared to be dead in the first season finale will, in fact, remain dead.
- Dania Ramirez of The Sopranos and X-Men 3 fame will be playing a new character. The character's name MIGHT be "Maya," though we cannot confirm that at this time.

TV Squad has revealed that casting notices have gone out for the following characters:

- A recurring female Japanese princess named Keriyama.
- Some teenaged characters living in California (implying a new home base for Claire and HRG?). They include a gay cheerleader named April, and a charming outsider named West who might be a potential boyfriend for Claire.
- A kind African-American woman in her late 20's named Monica may show up as early as the second episode of the new season.
- There will be two Irish thieves who work for someone named Ricky.
- A NYPD detective named Kinkaid.
- They are also casting for a black woman who may be a surrogate mother for Micah. We don't know what that means for Niki and D.L.
- Also being cast is a recurring character named Kane. He is described as "an ageless American with a European feel." TV Squad says that "he is said to be a charming womanizer ho has a soul that seems to be older than he appears to be."