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September 25, 2006
February 8, 2010
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As Noah's life hangs in the balance, Samuel prepares to kill thousands and Peter and the others must band together to stop him and save Emma.
Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. Some of the superheroes who will be introduced to the viewing audience include Peter Petrelli, an almost 30-something male nurse who suspects… More he might be able to fly, Isaac Mendez, a 28-year-old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high, Niki Sanders, a 33-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who begins seeing strange things in mirrors, Hiro Nakamura, a 24-year-old Japanese comic-book geek who literally makes time stand still, D.L. Hawkins, a 31-year-old inmate who can walk through walls, Matt Parkman, a beat cop who can hear other people's thoughts, and Claire Bennet, a 17-year-old cheerleader who defies death at every turn. As the viewing audience is discovering the nature of each hero's powers, the heroes themselves are discovering what having superpowers means to them as well as the larger picture of where their superpowers come from. Tune in each week to see how these heroes are drawn together by their common interest of evading the series' antagonist who wants to harvest their super-DNA for himself. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world! The series will star Greg Grunberg (Alias), Leonard Roberts (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls), and Hayden Panettiere (Ally McBeal, Guiding Light). Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan, Chicago Hope) is the series' creator. The pilot is set to be directed by Dave Semel (American Dreams, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills, 90210). Heroes will be produced by NBC/Universal/Tailwind.
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The title speaks for itself, but as the season has gone so far, does the show deserve one more season?
I've heard a rumor that the show is coming to the G4 channel. Is that true or is someone living in a dream world where Heroes is not canceled?
out of all five epic volumes who would you say the biggest hero is and wich one would choose to save you if you ever needed saving??? i choose peter!!!!!
A show whose initial brilliance was ultimately its own demise. hide show
Some things i heard:
-Tim Kring spent two and a half years writing the first season of heroes. When pitching it, he presented them the story for all 23 episodes. (naturally they were bowled over)
-He never planned a second series for the characters he had made because he planned to swap the entire cast for new characters with new stories.
So the show was arguably Emmy worthy for 22 episodes. It did garner a nomination for best drama and 7 other catagories. It was rich in plot, perfectly paced, diverse characterisation from a huge acting spectrum, and, what did it for me, was intriguing due to the outrageous amounts of mystery, which was always satisfyingly answered. Sometimes a rug was pulled that you didn't even know was there. (Claire's dad, for example.)
But clearly something changed in the last episode of the first season. The plot was sluggish, there was no real payoff with the expected Peter/Sylar battle, and the supposed 'emotional rollercoater' of Matt, Nathan and D.L. all being in life threatening situations just felt like the shocks of a badly written comic book.
Season 2 was slow and had lost the magic in the writing. I mean, that scene at the dining table with the Bennets was meant to be amusing. Please. A particularly contrived plot ended in larging unsatisfying 'the good guys beat the bad guy' cliché end, which was originally planned to be sour and shocking, with 93% of the worlds population in danger (trust me, the latter would have been better)
I'm not going to comment on Season 3. I would be here all day. Season 4 started very promisingly, but it's own unsustainable premise (a carnival of specials and Nylar) just fizzled out, as I expected. I mean, it was totally counterintuiative to the shows original aims, of stories about special people living among normals, with their powers a secret.
The very very end was the best set up the show has done since the beginning, but it will never be acted on. What could we have expected though? That's just how Heroes works.
Season 1 10/10
Season 2 6/10
Season 3 2/10
Season 4 6/10
At least season one was good. hide show
This show had one of the best first seasons I have ever seen in a show, to bad it was really their only great season they would have. The first season had a great story to it and all the characters had me interested in it, but as the show went on so did my interest, the show has never been bad but seasons 2, 3, and 4 never lived up to what the shows first season had created. I personally have seen every episode in this series, and I still want to know how this show would have ended.
Heroes is a great show overall, but it does remind me of the TV show 'Lost'; it starts off great, each season is dedicated to a different part of the whole story, which comes together as time goes on in order to understand everything, and in the meantime slowly goes downhill... The first series was great, we were all learning about the characters and Sylar was the main focal point - the villian everyone was running from whilst still learning about their powers. Season 2 and 3 were okay, i guess, not very rememberable unless you're a total Heroes addict! lol. The final series was probably the most predictable, even though some other episodes were too, but it sort of finalised Heroes in the opposite direction of how it started... After that series finale, i think it's a good idea the whole show ended, i'm not sure how it would have continued! Definately worth a watch though, as it keeps you glued to the screen, and hanging on the episode endings :o)
I liked it at the start but as most long series go, I disliked it as time went on. hide show
Hiro and Peter were good characters. Sylar was a great character who will do well in future films. I enjoyed Ali Larter even though she took on two characters. The original plot was great until the eclipse. All of the sudden they thought that the powers were off balanced and everything changed. Peter went from being all powerful to only having one power at a time. Sylar did not change and Peter's dad showed up with a plethora of powers.
This had a good, well, Great start... It almost made it before the dreaded 100 episode point yet died at 78 excluding the pilot.
Creators should have re-watched the 1st series before continuing. hide show
The creators should have gone back and watched the 1st series and observed what was so great about it. Then continued instead of getting caught up in the hype and making silly plot choices. Kill Sylar, Parkman, and Pete's mum, Claire's dad. They should never killed off Issac that early, instead they should have found a way to save him and keep the love triangle going. Split personality chick should've gained control of the strength and done more. Bringing her back as a water power kinda sucked. Indian bloke shold have always stayed human without powers ( what were you thinking...Were you thinking??? ). More about saving the future, Pete going into the future to save the Irish chick, c'mon they endless plot directions and they always zigged instead of zagged. it's a pitty that it ended on such a disappointing note when it should have gone down as one of the great shows this decade. Instead it is a good example of what not to do when making a TV show.
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