Heroes

[Mr. Snackpants]

I tried watching the show, but I couldn't get into it. I don't see what the big
deal is.

[MadPirateBunny]

I think it's the fantasy. The dream.
What if I work up tomorrow and could do some super power. How would I use it? Would I tell anyone? Or keep it a secret?

[Spitfire]

I can't watch any of the new TV shows out there. I hate the content of them. It's all about story and they don't visually stimulate me. There's no style in TV anymore.

Shows like Buffy were interesting to me. Shows like Lost bore me. OMFG WHAT's GONA HAPPEN NEX! Oh wait i have to wait the whole season to find out yay.

I'm a movie kinda guy and the only shows I do watch are DVD boxsets I buy. And the only shows I buy of those are usually cartoons or stuff like Reno 911.

I like stuff that stands out and most of the TV programs are generic and don't do anything for me.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Yeah, too bad there aren't more quality shows like Buffy and Reno 911 on t.v.

[MadPirateBunny]

ahhh Buffy. Where's Xander/Spike when you need them?

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Mr. Snackpants

Yeah, too bad there aren't more quality shows like Buffy and Reno 911 on t.v.

Honestly TV can't be dark or edgy anymore. And this is what poses the problem. I watched Batman Beyond, there used to be blood in that show and people used guns, guns that fire bullets. Do you see that in cartoons now? Laser blasters. Even in TMNT. And no blood at all.

TMNT was getting dark around season 4 and look what happened to it? Polar opposite show was made.

TV isn't allowed to be this dark edgy thing people want happy reality TV BS now. They can't handle something that pushes the rating system. Reno 911 is a pretty acquired taste, I haven't showed it to anyone yet who hasn't thought it was funny as hell but the point is I can see the average person being appalled by the humor in it.

Just like I could see parents being appalled by the content in the later TMNT episodes. despite the fact that when they were growing up TV was more violent. "It's okay for my son to play Grand Theft Auto but he can't watch a kid program where a man turns into a zombie"

I swear some people baffle me with stupidity and irrational behavior.

[Time Mistress]

Personally I think Heroes and Lost ARE two of the only quality shows on network TV these days. And Buffy does rock!

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Time Mistress

Personally I think Heroes and Lost ARE two of the only quality shows on network TV these days. And Buffy does rock!

Yeah alot of people tell me that, I've never watched, but heard good things. I posted just to state what I thought of the current TV status and why I usually avoid all TV programs haha. I might check out Heroes. I've seen previews for it at Best Buy where some guy was using his powers to slow down time or something. Ryo suggested it to me as well, maybe when I have more time.

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/tc_nm/heroes_dc_1

"Heroes" story lines are moving online.

The hit NBC series is relaunching its Web site Monday with new interactive features coinciding with a batch of new original episodes. The multiplatform strategy will deepen the "Heroes" mythos with additional content for Internet and mobile applications.

New add-ons include a real-time, two-screen application that plays out on the PC along with each episode, commentary from cast members set to streamed episodes, and mobile content.

Raph's Girl note: I hope this means they're gonna keep on doing the web comic that each ep comes with. I have every issue....

[Ra]

I'm definately watching this when it premiares here on the 31st of January. I've heard a lot of good things about it, and it looks very good in my eyes. Besides, I've always been a sucker for super powers and mutation

[Anarky]

Okay, so the first episode after the break would, I believe, have been good if there wasn't that winter break. I think that break hurts the shows more than it does them good. There's always a later time for reruns.

Anyways, seeing as this episode was dragged down by the airing schedule, I'd have to say it was pretty average. And Mohinder is still going on my nerves. By the way, am I the only one who thinks they're big at favouritism. I mean, the internet agrees, Hiro is an awesome character. So he gets half the episode. The internet agrees, Claire is hot, so she gets 25%. So Mohinder, the Petrellis, Isaac and Matt Parkman are reduced to about two minutes screentime each.

[Raph's Girl]

Check it out... Images from the Feb 19th ep of "Heroes" featuring Stan Lee!! Could he be the infamous Linderman?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...em.cgi?id=9566

[Roseangelo]

Sheesh, they are just playing into the hands of geeks now.

First Christopher Eccelston, then George Takei, now Stan Lee?

[raphael_is_cool]

I saw an episode but because it can't tell a contained story each week I'd just wait for a DVD boxset.

[Raph's Girl]

I have been informed that Stan Lee will be playing a Bus Driver.

Perhaps he's a mutant bus driver? ô,0

[Raph's Girl]

Looking at the "Heroes" cast at Herosite (a Heroes spoiler site) it seems that Nathan "Wee!! I can fly!" Petrelli has 2 sons, Monty and Simon. Now considering the rest of the family one wonders what powers they have?

As Claire's mother is known to say "Some family..."

According to an interview with "Heroes" creator Tim Kring:

TV Guide: You seem to be hinting that these powers don't just go back a generation or two but, in fact, centuries. Or are we even talking millennia?

Kring: Exactly.

TV Guide: Millennia, really? Then isn't that a bit contradictory? You've also been positing the theory that the sudden influx of heroes is Mother Nature's response to a severely screwed-up planet, right? How can it be both something that's been around for millennia yet triggered by the current chaos?

Kring: I'm seeing the earlier waves of this phenomenon as smaller waves; the more recent waves are much bigger. Things are reaching a critical stage, and it's harder and harder to control. There are more and more of these people with powers, and they're popping up everywhere.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Snackpants

I tried watching the show, but I couldn't get into it. I don't see what the big
deal is.

It's like a weekly live action comic book.

Also, it's good that they know a good deal of their audience.

[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!

[Duke]

I just saw Monday's episode online during lunch at work. I'm really looking forward to the finale now.

[Barkworm]

Lately the horrible acting has been bothering me a bit more than usual (Now they're doing scenes with Mohinder and some annoying kid??!! God, NO!! Masi Oka is also getting worse.) but the show is as exciting as ever. The scenes with Sylar and his mother were creepy.