Heroes

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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 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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  • heros

    7.5
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    By JustinJoels, 19 hours ago Report Abuse
    was a good show season 1&2 were good season 3 not as good season 4 good season 3 should have been season 4

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  • A fantastic show.

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    By NaughtyHottie, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    I have never seen a show like 'Heroes' and it is definitely refreshing, and brings new ideas to the table. The fact that everybody is connected and that there are so many twists and turns, really makes for a great show.When this show first premiered back in 2006 I admit, I only caught the first two episodes and somehow forgot about the show. After going back years later, restarting, I thought to myself how I could have not watched this show before. It is brilliant, original, and contains a great variety of different characters and really shows what their missions are in life. I wish Heroes never got cancelled and would continue forever. Once again, a very brilliant show and really takes you into the mind of all the characters and see life from their perspective.moreless

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  • heroes is about people all around the world who discover they have superpowers and it shows how somepeople deal with it.

    7.0
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    By jack756, Nov 01, 2011 Report Abuse
    i like the ideal of heroes about people all over the world who discover they have powers and what they will do with it.

    some heroes decide to used their powers to save others,some decide to kill for things and others try and find a way to get rid of their power.

    the show as lots of good action especailly when some heroes using their powers to fight eachother.

    the acting is great in the show.

    the problem with the show comes in with the writing.the writing wasnt bad but it wasnt good either.

    season 1+2 were very good,the story was very fresh,the action was good,and the acting was good also.

    season 3+4 were not so good.this seasons was just okay.i felt like season 3 and 4 could have had more action,the writing could have been alot better and this season should have took risk in killing heroes like they did in the first 2 seasons.in this seasons i felt like they keep some heroes around b/c of popularity for example sylar.

    overall even tho the acting is good,the action is good and the writing is okay.i still feel season 1+2 were very good and season 3+4 were okay.

    season 1+2 are a 9
    season 3+4 is a 8
    overall this show is a 7.moreless

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  • 9.5
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    By TrueBloodLuver, Oct 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    I stopped watching TV a long time ago.. I spend most of my time on my computer, therefore, I wasn't one of those who watched Heroes when it was on the air. However, my daughter had apparently been a big fan, yet had missed the end of Season 3 & all of Season 4, and desperately wanted to see them.
    Having Netflix, I decided to look into it, & happily enough, there it was, all 4 seasons able to be streamed, so together we watched them in order from the beginning. By the end of the first episode, I liked Peter's character so much, I simply had to watch another... and before I knew it, I was hooked.
    Having just finished Season 4, I went in search of why it went off the air, and came across this site, and the information I was looking for....
    There have been an awful lot of mixed opinions regarding the writing, the storylines, the characters, etc... from the truly disappointed (those saying after Season 1 it was doomed), to the die-hard fans who loved it even though it had some not-so-great episodes ( especially regarding what was to become the series finale).
    I decided, since I watched them in a different way; after the fact, all in a row, one after the other over the course of a week or so ~ that i'd give my two-cents simply for the hell of it. It's true that Season 1 was phenomenal, it's true that they continued to add more characters and spin a spiderweb of storylines all interconnected, yet running in unison which can cause some people to become confused or as I saw said repeatedly, not hold the attention of the common viewer of the age: reality tv viewers for those withshort attention spans...
    And yet.... I still think it had plenty to offer. Yes, I became disappointed myself a few times with certain characters... where they were going with them, at times seeming to be coming from left field somewhere... but all in all I think all 4 Seasons were well worth the watching. There have only been select television shows that i've viewed faithfully, never missing an episode, etc.. as I am now with True Blood, and Heroes definitely fits the bill in my book. When I got to the end of Season 4, I admit, I too thought that Samuel was going to use his powers of devistation to possibly destroy everything surrounding his beautiful valley in order to set all of them apart from the rest, or in order to simply try towipe out the rest of mankind, but it could've been worse. Who knows? Maybe they thought that in doing so, it might be far worse to try to continue from something of that magnitude especially facing the strong possibility of being cancelled.
    It looks to me as though the writers did try to give it some kind of at least acceptable ending for those who had watched from the very beginning, so that they could then use their own judgement & imaginations to decide where they all went from there... and at the same time, leave a possible opening for future shows should they try to possibly bring it back sometime in the near future with a whole host of well-written episodes that another network would be thrilled to air... they've been bringing shows back lately that had been previously cancelled for whatever reasons... so why not Heroes?
    I hold a small glimmer of hope that Heroes will in fact become one of the select few who get pulled back out of the closet, dusted off, spruced up all new and improved & are given a true second chance. If not... then along with those characters we lost on the show.... farewell... you were loved by many & will be missed by all.....
    Never-the-less, I will say this: Heroes did not deserve to be canned in such a manner, it would have risen above had they had a little faith... there are certainly many more television programs that have survived longer that are what I call mindless television, no thinking required... not my kind of television, which was one of the main reasons I quit watching it so long ago... I prefer using my mind when watching a tv show... yet, time and again, the networks, etc... continue to prove that more often than not the Television is in fact, an idiot box....moreless

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  • THE Show revolves around a group of special indivuals that find they suddednly have strange abilities like flight and telepathy .They each them struggle with their power and how to use them.moreless

    9.5
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    By darkseid252, Sep 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Even im a self pofessed heroes fan i was always so,im more of a convert in that area.In the begining i saw very little differance betwwn heroes and the classic x-men series,except that the faces were chance but the story seemed the samed,however i watched to be proven wrong and thank god i was.Its edgy and sdhows life how it is not in black and white but with the many side of grey that it has.Heros being made and villains being faced ,friends enemys and fights with some very awesome special effects .I wanted to give it a 10 but to be its not perfect just yetmoreless

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