Heroes

NESchampion · Post by **NESchampion** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:51 pm

Glad we got a break from psychosplit woman; she's probably my least favorite storyline.

fluffmonster · Post by **fluffmonster** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:00 pm

anyone else get the feeling that the writers never expected more than 6 episodes to air, and now they're just makin stuff up?

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:56 pm

anyone else get the feeling that the writers never expected more than 6 episodes to air, and now they're just makin stuff up.

Welcome to the world of comic book series.

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:32 pm

Im was so very impressed with last nights episode!!!!

Claire was great and so was her dad, actually. It was good to see him have some nads for a change when it comes to his family.

Shame NukeBoi got captured again, but he will surely escape so he can head to New York. Either he or Peter will be the bomb, Im sure of it.

Is it just me or did it seem kinda hookey that no one got radiation sickness or burns besides claire that were in the house around the Nuke dude? Seems they were close enough to get some form of sickness.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:51 pm

Holy creative inertia, Batman! Not more crypto-fascist fantasies of omnipotence disguised as mainstream entertainment and peddled by an increasingly decrepit and, frankly, comic book-obsessed popular culture! If anything, the much-hyped Heroes (Sci-Fi Channel) proved conclusively that, given the right flashy production values and cod-philosophical Weltschmertz, there are no subjects and no areas of modern life that cannot be infected by the inane juvenilia of comic-book lore.

Here the set-up was achingly familiar. A group of anodyne mostly white American catalogue models discovered that they had hitherto unexplored superpowers. “Tiny variations in man’s genetic code are taking place at rapid rates,” explained the show’s Indian, and thus quasi-spiritual, narrator Sendhil Ramamurthy before introducing us to a quintet of protagonists who could variously walk on air, stop time and live for ever — although noble-hearted internet stripper Niki (Ali Larter) clearly drew the short straw here by being lumbered, it seemed, only with the ability to see a sneering, slightly smug version of herself every time she looked in the mirror.
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Hence, before the first 20 minutes were up Heroes had invoked the political crisis in the Middle East, bus bombings in Israel and, of course, September 11. All of which were going to be solved, the show announced in its opening title crawl, by a handful of modern mutants with special abilities.

Now, personally, I find it both morally and artistically repugnant that the most urgent political crisis of our time, one that’s currently claiming thousands of lives every month, can be denuded of all context and cheerily coopted by the wish-fulfilment fantasies of some insular adolescent jerks. It is, surely, a sign of growing American political apathy when the cultural response to the Iraq crisis is simply to send Magneto into Baghdad. What’s next? Spider-Man for president? Wonder Woman at the UN? Or would that just be silly?

Pretty much summed up this show for me.

Post by **loulabelle** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:43 am

Danubus wrote:Is it just me or did it seem kinda hookey that no one got radiation sickness or burns besides claire that were in the house around the Nuke dude? Seems they were close enough to get some form of sickness.

Not just you and it bugged me too.

Claire hugging her Dad on the bridge made me cry. So good.

Anyone else notice the Haitian's (sp?) pendant both as a kid and now, matched another character's symbol they also wear? (trying not to give anything away with my wording)

TiVo failed to record it AGAIN despite me now having 2 season passes for this show, for the channel it aired on last night and the sci fi channel. We have such a love-hate relationship. And as a result I have to watch the first 15mins online when I get home.

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:36 pm

Anyone else notice the Haitian's (sp?) pendant both as a kid and now, matched another character's symbol they also wear? (trying not to give anything away with my wording)

Could it have been Nikki? I dont remember any other character with a symbol on them but her.

Man, this waiting crap till April 23 is killing me.

maxcell · Post by **maxcell** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:52 pm

loulabelle wrote:
Danubus wrote:Is it just me or did it seem kinda hookey that no one got radiation sickness or burns besides claire that were in the house around the Nuke dude? Seems they were close enough to get some form of sickness.
Not just you and it bugged me too.

Claire hugging her Dad on the bridge made me cry. So good.

Anyone else notice the Haitian's (sp?) pendant both as a kid and now, matched another character's symbol they also wear? (trying not to give anything away with my wording)

TiVo failed to record it AGAIN despite me now having 2 season passes for this show, for the channel it aired on last night and the sci fi channel. We have such a love-hate relationship. And as a result I have to watch the first 15mins online when I get home.

Lou make sure that you have the Heroes Season pass higher in your priority list. It sounds like Tvo is just going with another show you have above it . Also set to record both reruns and new that way you cant miss. Just erase the re-runs.

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:41 pm

Can someone explain to me what exactly is being aired over there that has seen the final episode get pushed back to an airing date of April 23?

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:52 am

We're just up to the "6 Months Ago" here, and I'm trying not to read anything in this thread that happened after it. I didn't like that episode so much... it just didn't seem to fit in a lot of ways...

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:36 pm

NBC is freaking stupid and taking like a month off to hype other shows or something. Thats why we have to wait till April 23 to find out all the juicy stuff. Massive cliffhangers happened and damnit...I want some answers

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:17 am

Well that just pisses me off, especially if they have another break between season 1 and season 2

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:56 pm

Heroes returns April 23, but you can catch a new sneak peak of the upcoming trailer at the offical website and Myspace website. Some cool stuff coming soon!!

HATEFACE · Post by **HATEFACE** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:48 pm

Sweet. I've been a fan of the show from the start. People should check out the site, there are online graphic novels which are pretty cool.

Lusipher · Post by **Lusipher** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:43 pm

Heroes is back tonight!

Its time to save the world!