― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Richard Baez (Johnny Logic), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)
xpost LOFFLES
― c('°c) (Leee), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)
HEROES content:
It's actually the existence of excellent serial genre tv like "Sopranos" "Deadwood" "BG" and of course "The Wire" that's about the only thing that gives me hope "Heroes" won't stink on ice. The rules are still enough different for network and cable shows that it may not be able to break the strictures of a such a commercial medium, but hell - the Diniverse didn't transcend nothing, and it got to be pretty great by focussing on fundamentals. Heroes looks more like it's trying to be a "fresh new" take on superheroes for people that never actually read comics and don't realize that the concepts they're selling are getting to be an alternate set of cliches away from the underwear-on-the-outside set of cliches, though.
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)
I kind of liked it, and the interview with the writers yesterday (today?) on CBR gives me a lot of hope, they're going to "learn from the X-Files" and not put too much mythology behind it, y'know, that some bits of the plot just are the way they are and you have to accept it.
You all know Sale and Loeb are behind the scenes on this one, right?
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
can't go wrong with the wire which rules but i'd say go for battlestar (maybe just because this is ilc). get the miniseries + first season box, it'll blow your dome.
ps you in TO this wknd? i'm back
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 22 September 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Friday, 22 September 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)
AW HELL YEAH
― Richard Baez (Johnny Logic), Friday, 22 September 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Saturday, 23 September 2006 01:55 (nineteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 23 September 2006 03:54 (nineteen years ago)
Japanese dude = awesome.Heroin dude = not awesome.Cheerleader girl = I am intrigued to know why she is so into hurting herself (if there's a good reason and not just TEENAGE MASOCHISM IS HOTTTT)Camgirl = BEST POWER.Indian guy = REALLY HOT.Guy who thought he could fly but probably just has psychic link to brother so his "I think I can fly" was actually "my brother can fly" = to quote my roommate, "That's a pretty shitty power. Especially going from 'maybe I can fly' to 'oh my brother is hungry'."
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:12 (nineteen years ago)
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:38 (nineteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)
Studio 60 is about a million times better.
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)
(show 2 was meh-plus, compared to show-one's meh).
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 01:16 (nineteen years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 01:43 (nineteen years ago)
This episode was light-years better than the first two. DAMMIT. </jackbauer>
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)
I dunno, though. I still think we could do with about half as many characters. Certain scenes bothered me enough that I might be giving up on it.
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)
Ditto likewise.
Hiro & Sidekick are a hoot; the Agent Sean arc has creepy legs, potential telepathic roffles, and potential rebound love-interest cute FBI lady with power-haircut.
Suresh is only interesting to watch Waifgirl fail at emoting. Mirror Mom is, like, whatevs, she should go back to being accused of killing her husband in Legally Blonde. Flying Hovering Emo CIF should be renamed Turd Ferguson, but skeevy politico bro, after getting punched out, "Good man!" + thumbs up = awesomes.
Also, I'm very very very glad that Indestructible Cheerleader continues to have her body mangled in increasingly grotesque and stomach-churning ways so that I can puke right before Studio 60.
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)
Since nobody else has said it, I will - the Black Guy that Psychic Cop Guy couldn't mind-read in the bar was wearing the same sigil round his neck as was scrawled on the photos that Indian Guy (with an annoyingly British accent for someone who's supposedly never left India) found attached to the map in the back room of the apartment belonging to Serial Killer Head-Choppy-Offy Guy.
See? Those weeks watching Lost paid off.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 05:26 (nineteen years ago)
Best episode yet, agreed.
― Oblivious Lad. (Oblivious Lad), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 11:02 (nineteen years ago)
More payoff than watching Lost itself.
― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)
This was the best so far, but damn I wish the corny shit would just stop. OH NO QB is a wannabe rapist! OH NO secret room of stuff is now empty! OH NO Milo V is a Saddle Creek street teamer! God bless The Politician, The Cheerleader, & I DID IT!!!!
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)
― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)
Hiro is totally the star!(i am glad ncklcious is on board for this show (too))
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 00:32 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:00 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:13 (nineteen years ago)
haha, wesley sniped out is also good
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:24 (nineteen years ago)
(this is a joek)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:27 (nineteen years ago)
OKAY, so Hiro can stop time but it doesn't affect other heroes? or it doesn't affect the people he chooses it not to affect? i wonder...
i'm kind of surprised claire crashed the car - she's more serious/brutal than i thought.
another interesting thing: it's not only about the powers they have but the conditions of these powers and the control or lack of that the heroes have. i suppose this is a bit of a theme in many superhero comics though, isn't it? it speaks to the psychological make-up of the individuals though, their struggle, etc., which is really one of the most interesting aspects of superhero comics, i find.
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)
I like the Cheerleader storyline, too, but still worry that it'll get a little too afterschool specially.
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:37 (nineteen years ago)
the whole rape thing continues to bother me.
I actually haven't watched the ep yet, maybe tomorrow.
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)
And, for the record:- hoverbro: 29- loganeer: 17
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)
Agree with everyone that this keeps getting better, now that they're working past introductions and more towards assembling the team.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Eyemelt (Eyemelt), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)
Also, why does every post-nuclear fallout wardrobe require leather?
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)
WRONG
http://www.wearethepostmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/spiezio.jpg
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)
*I love how "code" is always rapidly moving sets of green symbols on black backgrounds in tv/movies anymore (the Matrix effect)
― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)
Have to do something with the cows, after all the grass dies.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)
The show is on a steady upward tick, which is actually kind of shocking. I don't think it can last more than a season in the current form, since once they all meet each other and save the world then what? They put on costumes and stop bank heists?*
*this would be cool
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)
The flying effect was great. Coolness goosebumps at that puff of air when Petrelli accelerated, and when Peter Petrelli connected with Hiro at the end. This show's getting better every week.
Fun to see the different predictions above play out, i.e. PP's powers, Niki's husband, etc.
And J, I don't think Neo-Hiro's tied to a post-apocalyptic future, i.e the X-Men issue he references. He didn't have that "in our future, all is lost" doom and gloom sense to him. Seemed more like he was from a future where they'd successfully stopped the bomb, and had returned to spur the connection between Peter and early Hiro.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)
I love how Peter arranged Isaac's paintings like a page of a comic, so blatant (that subtle lack of subtlety again). I hate it but I am kind of starting to really like Peter, as it seems like he is shaping up to become more of an in-betweener than the Big Hero Of The Show as they were sort've making him out to be initially. Also, I hope that scene leads Isaac in a new direction, like, "omg you can do it w/o drugks, maybe me can too?". It's an interesting twist, the only-a-prophet-while-high thing, but it could be so much more interesting.
What if cheerleader girl's birth parents are - duhnt duh DOOOOO - Nathan & Peter's parents, ie she is a lost Petrelli? Totally soap-opera-y/comic book-y enough for this show.
Also, Niki's husband was in the house, it seems they are hinting at him being a teleporter, which, with all the genetics talk, is totally setting up the little kid to be a super power having little guy, too, aka the Walt of Heroes (except hopefully he isn't written out of story?).
I love how rapidly they are moving with this show, all shows should behave as though they are about to be cancelled.
― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)
― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)
Foreshadowing like "you look different without your scar" is great - makes you how long it will be until Peter and Hiro meet, and what's in store for Peter.
Odd that Jeph Loeb is involved with the show, and with Smallville. Makes me think the writers are directed to keep Smallville as relatively bland as it is.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)
And in the same scene I found Suresh a tad annoying. First he rambles on about his old man's research (which he must be interested in or he wouldn't be there) and then when time switches back on, I'm pretty sure Peter wasn't standing in the same place, no-one seems to notice! Then he's all full of doubt towards Peter.
Despite all this crap I guess I'm still hooked. Damnit.
― Eyemelt (Eyemelt), Thursday, 26 October 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 06:01 (nineteen years ago)
I'm starting to think (if it wasn't all that blatant w/ the big reveal) that Indie Hepburn Waif is SYLAR THE EATER OF BRANGS.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)
Sylar left a message on Papa Suresh's answering machine with a male voice, but Eden was the one who pointed out the answering machine blinking. They could be in cahoots. Psychic Cop and the F.B.I. agent seemed to be fighting a guy, though, and there's the time it'd take for travel from N.Y.C. to L.A. (where Psychic Cop is, right?), so I think they're different folk.
What's her power, though? Cheerleader Dad has the memory wiping henchman, so she should have a power, too.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)
(damn you austin)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)
It'd be cool if she was a Janus sort of character, with a male Sylar form and a female form, but that'd be too similar to Las Vegas Niki.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)
What's the deal with evil Diana Krall, by the way? Did she get died?
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)
I'm wondering if, what with all the other plot devices they have sort of sneakily hijacked from LOST, if we are supposed to believe Cheerleader's Dad et al consider themselves good guys, doing the Right Thing etc?
At this point I am probably most looking forward to the revelation of whatever Niki/DL's kid's powers are (you KNOW he is going to have them) and Hiro re-aquiring his faith in himself & his mission. And also more gratuitous Niki ass-shots.
xpost this WAS one of the slower episodes of the series so far, and like I said, it seems she's dead, but you know ONE of her personae will awaken. And that whole phase-shifter heart-squeezing trick? Priceless.
― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)
- Nikki is not dead, but "evil" Nikki will now be the default instead of regular Nikki.- Micha will have a badass superpower but it won't be revealed for at least two or more episodes.- I will watch every episode at least twice
― B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)
Mr. Kring called on Mr. Loeb (years earlier they had collaborated on that memorable film “Teen Wolf Too”...
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)
He said he first created the characters and then fit a superpower to them: a single mother who could be in two places at once...
SO SHE CAN, CAN SHE?
― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)
so, cheerleader and her father - he's trying to prevent her from figuring out her origins, which doesn't nec make him evil. and it seems he's trying to prevent others from understanding their powers too. so what's up with that? if he could take their powers away, i bet he would. but the thing is: he's not trying to kill them. so i'm leaning towards thinking he's not nec on sylar's side, whoever sylar is and stands for.
evil niki reign is going to be pretty crazy. rampaging across the country to find her son.
― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 00:39 (nineteen years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 01:58 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 03:43 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 04:09 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 06:03 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)
I can't believe though that Ando & Hiro didn't join up with DL & Micah. I am glad though that Hiro's back on form.
― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)
I like FBI Girlfriend. She's like the non-skeptical Scully.
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)
And Dan good luck finding on ABC.com, since this is an NBC show.
― diebold with a vengeance (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 00:39 (nineteen years ago)
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:10 (nineteen years ago)
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)
FBI Girlfriend is great. Happy that Heroes has the reaction spectrum of shock (cheerleader's bro) and quick acceptance (FBIG) to the super powers. Versus Smallville taking Lana's unawareness of Clark's powers strong into the sixth season. The discovery is more real world, not unlike Bendis outing Ultimate Spider-Man as often as he can.
On one hand, I like reading spoilers about the future direction of the show, but on the other hand, genuinely enjoying being suprised by where the writers (and f/x folk) take it each week.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)
Hah my thought was, oh my god she's Professor X!
I'm actually starting to like Peter, or at least Peter and Nathan in the same scene - they play each other off really well. And I agree w/r/t people's reactions to superpowers - that whole scene with cheerleader girl and her brother where she confesses that she's scared that her parents will regret adopting her was actually genuinely touching and is way better than the usual "people will think i'm a freak but... I'm a cheerleader!" line of these shows. Her hugging him after that was a nice touch too.
― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)
― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:16 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 10 November 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 November 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)
This is b/c Adrian Pasdar is insanely underrated.
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Friday, 10 November 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 04:02 (nineteen years ago)
Hiro continues being the breakout character, with his happy embrace of his powers. The photo on the wall - did he look dazed, like the long timejump might have affected his memory?
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)
1. The silhouette of Sylar @ the diner looked a bit like Trucker Hat Hiro. 2. Future Hiro has a SWORD, the better to slice 'n dice people's heads with. 3. Think about the DRAMA of Now Hiro facing off against Future Hiro!4. Soul patches are evil!!!
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 20 November 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Monday, 20 November 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 20 November 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 20 November 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)
George Takei is going to play Hiro's dad.
― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Monday, 20 November 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 20 November 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)
That cements it--this is my new favorite show.
― J (Jay), Monday, 20 November 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 04:27 (nineteen years ago)
― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
DL & Ali L are obv. Cyclops & Emma Frost!
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)
I was surprised that the dad's gang captured Sylar. Figured he was going to escape.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)
― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)
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HOLLA
― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 22 January 2007 19:40 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 January 2007 19:47 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 22 January 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Monday, 22 January 2007 22:24 (nineteen years ago)
― c(°°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:37 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:52 (nineteen years ago)
Which isn't really fair of me to complain about since it's a new "season" and they wanted to reintroduce all the characters to viewers new and old, plus they needed to set up the new arc and all that, but reset buttons kind of bug me.
Also I am sad that FBI Girlfriend and Psychic Cop are splitsville (and I swore I'd never be a shipper again), but ROL @ "Think of a number between one and, I donno, INFINITY!!!" even though I called it. I am Psychic TV Whiner Nerd!
xpost OH YEAH wtf is Primate Chpaper??? OMG I SLAY.
― c(°°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)
I'd guess a lot of people favor the Hiro/buddy/Mr. Isaac/"Flying Man!" side of the story, so I'm grateful for the Nikki/DL/Micah side of things, if only to lessen the risk of Hiro overexposure. Nice to anticipate his appearances. Same goes for the Suresh plot enveloping the others. It makes for good balance.
NBC was really promoting this yesterday. I fear backlash.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:22 (nineteen years ago)
Merited. The secret of heroes is that nothing ever goddamn happens.
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)
A surprised laugh from the wife, then a cut to some other thing. Cliffhanger, basically.
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)
― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)
― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 20:14 (nineteen years ago)
"Can't you keep it down?"
"psshh"
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 20:47 (nineteen years ago)
Thanks for the answer.
Re: bad acting, hoping for good performances from George Takei and Eric Roberts. Fingers crossed they don't bring the ham.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 21:29 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:15 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:16 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:17 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 13:29 (nineteen years ago)
I said it on ile thread but I'll say it here: Isaac's loft is the Hall of Superfriends!
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:52 (nineteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 25 January 2007 11:31 (nineteen years ago)
I wonder, since the whole powers thing is based on some genetic voodoo, maybe GEORGE TAKEI has some ginchy time warping abilities too.
― c(,,c) (Leee), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:28 (nineteen years ago)
― webber (webber), Monday, 29 January 2007 00:04 (nineteen years ago)
Also:GULP!
― c(,,c) (Leee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)
Giant Hiro robbles at GULP subtitle.
Still can't be arsed with the DL/Micah plot.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 22:15 (nineteen years ago)
― c(,,c) (Leee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 23:00 (nineteen years ago)
I don't think any of this will actually happen in the show and he will get away scott-free which is what makes it such a shit plot device.
This episode kind of sucked, apart from GULP.
― webber (webber), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 03:05 (nineteen years ago)
― webber (webber), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 05:11 (nineteen years ago)
http://cardozaplayer.com/issues/volume4/issue2/12image1.jpg
― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)
― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 20:21 (nineteen years ago)
Nate Hates Superpowered FatePeter the Mutant Repeater
?
― c(,,c) (Leee), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 20:36 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Monday, 5 February 2007 20:28 (nineteen years ago)
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 14:48 (nineteen years ago)
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)
― c(,,c) (Leee), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:18 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:43 (nineteen years ago)
Yes, it was.
― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:51 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.jonlee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/vlcsnap-1133327.png
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:18 (nineteen years ago)
Interesting the tepid reaction (so far) on the IL E thread -- really cements the distinction between nerds and citizens, like how much one enjoys an episode is inversely proportional to the other.
― c(,,c) (Leee), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:29 (nineteen years ago)
Haha, that and "greato scotto" (when talking to alternate-timeline-Hiro on the phone) = brilliant.
Ecclescake channelling his Doctor with the whole "are you going to come with me?" thing in Emo Fop's apartment.
Come on, he started off in Heroes by using the word "fantastic". Nod for the Who fans, definitely. I remember when Ecclescake started as the Doctor I had huge issues with not being able to see him* as anyone but DCI Bilborough from Cracker. Three months of Who later, and I can't see him* as anyone but the Doctor. His stop-start manic behaviour throughout his first meeting with Floppy-haired Petrelli was total Who.
* haha, can't see him, do you see what I did there, etc
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 20:14 (nineteen years ago)
― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 20:33 (nineteen years ago)
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 21:23 (nineteen years ago)
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 22:12 (nineteen years ago)
― c(,,c) (Leee), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 00:14 (nineteen years ago)
― Oblivious Lad. (Oblivious Lad), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 00:19 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 01:10 (nineteen years ago)
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 02:21 (nineteen years ago)
― c(,,c) (Leee), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 02:28 (nineteen years ago)
Stop me before I write fanfic.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 03:18 (nineteen years ago)
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 03:34 (nineteen years ago)
i liked this episode - the sylar tension (even though he's a knob), the hiro parts, eccelston, claire's (bio) mom, peter finally starting to get it - the fall was cool, even the twist at the end! oh, nathan...
(of course, i do not get the '1701' reference at first. but now that i see it laid out for me with arrows pointing to star trek alert alert, i know what it means. see, i try.)
― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 03:52 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 08:36 (nineteen years ago)
― I don't know whether to play the trumpet, read a book or be a lesbian. (aldo_cow, Wednesday, 7 February 2007 08:48 (nineteen years ago)
Can we kill off the Niki/Jessica/DL/Micah storyline now that there's a better Incredibles family around?
― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 11:45 (nineteen years ago)
― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 14:34 (nineteen years ago)
Anyone else see that awful promo for Cinderella III? Cinderella saying, "you'll never get away w/ this" in a Lethal Weapon style = HUH?
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)
When Awesome Ando said that Hot Sister was starting to like him, what did Hiro respond with? Other message boards were plotzing over the response, but I don't remember. micahsadface.jpg
― c(,,c) (Leee), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 17:41 (nineteen years ago)
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― Leee, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)
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― cutty, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
― Jibe, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
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― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 16:58 (eighteen years ago)
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― Clay, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:51 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Friday, 2 March 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)
― scampering alpaca, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)
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― nickalicious, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)
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― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)
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― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)
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― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:49 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)
― J, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)
― J, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:49 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:54 (eighteen years ago)
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)
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― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:25 (eighteen years ago)
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― J, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:32 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)
― Jibe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 00:17 (eighteen years ago)
― aldo, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 08:54 (eighteen years ago)
― scampering alpaca, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)
― Slumpman, Monday, 12 March 2007 17:02 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Monday, 12 March 2007 18:09 (eighteen years ago)
― Slumpman, Monday, 12 March 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Monday, 12 March 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Monday, 12 March 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)
― scampering alpaca, Monday, 12 March 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)
One fan asked about the ubiquitous Kanji symbol that appears all over the show. Coleite reiterated that it literally means “God sending great ability.” Green explained that the symbol is known within the writers’ room as “the helix.” Kring suggested that it might just be the art department. ... The possibility of Hiro making a return trip to the past to try yet again to save Charlie’s life seems grim, as Kring said, “We needed to set a hard and fast rule early on that it would not be so easy for Hiro to jump back in time and change things.” But Pokaksi announced that a novel called “Saving Charlie” was in the works, which will chronicle Hiro’s many and varied attempts to save the titular character’s life. ... Sale, for his part, frequently gets script pages, but opts not to read them because he’d prefer not to see spoilers. “My artwork is done on paper in black and white,” Sale said. “They’re colored by Dave Stewart and blown the WHOOP WHOOP up.”
― Leee, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Monday, 23 April 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa, Monday, 23 April 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 11:08 (eighteen years ago)
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:47 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:33 (eighteen years ago)
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:20 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:27 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)
I MISSED THE CONVO BETWEEEN OUR HIRO AND FUTURE HIRO
― Leee, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)
― jeff, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 06:16 (eighteen years ago)
― onimo, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 11:05 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)
And people say I'm a spoiler sport. Unless I'm mistaken, the latest chapter of Heroes' graphic novel series, titled "String Theory," reveals who "the bomb" is. And it's a shocker.
― Oilyrags, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:49 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Thursday, 26 April 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Thursday, 26 April 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Thursday, 26 April 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)
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― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 April 2007 14:19 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Thursday, 26 April 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)
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― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)
Does Peter vamp the split personalities from Niki/Jessica? Maybe that's what the scar is about that splits his face? He acknowledged he has the regeneration powers when he acknowledged he was the bomb.
How come Parkman and Haitian didn't know Bizarro President Petrelli was Sylar?
I thought the Linderman reference was the name of the anti-HEROES act?
― Leee, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)
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― Clay, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:47 (eighteen years ago)
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― petey_carnum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)
I hope the mention of Molly Walker means that there's gonna be an appearance by Parkman's old Scully-esque FBI partner. I liked her.
― Leee, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)
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― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)
― Sparkle Motion, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 05:27 (eighteen years ago)
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― Garrett Martin, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:46 (eighteen years ago)
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― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)
Maybe Ando's power is to fart different scents, & he's been covering up the dead body stench!
BENNET: Are you ok with going to Bumfrak, Nebraska? TED: Fine, I'm in. SYALR (aside): AND SO AM I!!!
― Leee, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)
― Roz, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)
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― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 17:06 (eighteen years ago)
I think Sylar will mistake him for having Hiro's power. How many Japanese guys with samurai swords coming to kill Sylar could there possibly be?
― Leee, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 17:13 (eighteen years ago)
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― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)
― Leee, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:09 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:10 (eighteen years ago)
― Garrett Martin, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)
Hooray for anticipation. Tonight, the season finale!
― scampering alpaca, Monday, 21 May 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)
What are the odds of someone actually exploding tonight? I'm thinking so not gonna happen. Or maybe it does happen, but time gets reversed to make it not happen again, ha!
― petey_carnum, Monday, 21 May 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)
Hrm.
― J, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 02:03 (eighteen years ago)
I, for one, was very disappointed when Hiro landed on that grassy hillside and we got Samurai instead off dinos.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)
That wasn't the only disappointing thing.
― J, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 02:27 (eighteen years ago)
Haha I want to start making some SYLAR LIVES t-shirts..
I thought it was great. I love all the stuff I was wrong about.
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 02:46 (eighteen years ago)
So, now what - the governor appoints a congressman until a special election can be held?
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 03:03 (eighteen years ago)
And what do you do if you're a cop assigned to investigate a missing congressional candidate who's literally disappeared from the face of the earth, with a wife who can suddenly miraculously walk and the rest of his family has gone on the run?
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 03:05 (eighteen years ago)
The I DID IT moment was more than a little weak, but the rest (esp. Ando's mancrush moment) was pretty keen.
I got dibs on a SYLAR WAS RIGHT shirt, featuring a stencil of some dude w/ no scalp.
― David R., Tuesday, 22 May 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)
For that matter, why did Nathan need to fly Peter out into space - couldn't Nathan have done it on his own?
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 11:20 (eighteen years ago)
I thought that too, but my guess is that Peter can only use one power at a time, so he could not have flown while exploding.
― Oblivious Lad, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 12:48 (eighteen years ago)
so who gets to sacrifice him/herself the next time Peter gets all hot and bothered and can't cool himself down?
― Garrett Martin, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:00 (eighteen years ago)
and yeah, Parkman may not be dead, but I love how they maybe killed off two of the better actors and more interesting characters, while preserving the triangle (quadrangle?) of absolute suck that is Niki/Jessica, DL, and Micah.
― Garrett Martin, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)
Niki/Jessica is awesome!
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)
> I thought that too, but my guess is that Peter can only use one power at a time, so he could not have flown while exploding.
If so, starting to fly would be a perfect way to stop himself from 'splodering. Yeah yeah, it doesn't work like that, whatever.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:19 (eighteen years ago)
Peter couldn't try his exploding power, so I expect he couldn't control flying power either.
I'm not convinced Nathan is dead. He could have dropped Peter and flown to safety. I've been wrong before, but he seems like a strong enough character to warrant another season.
I really liked the part were Hiro saves Ando by teleporting him out of Sylar's clutches. He vanishes, Sylar does a double take and outside you here "Woohoo!"
Molly's lingering foreshadowing of more powerful character "who stares back at me" was pretty gratuitous given the moment in the scene.
Simone's dad! Mama Petrelli being firmly on the side of evil...
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)
ahem Peter couldn't *control* his exploding power...
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)
Couple of things:
1) This episode sucked for lack of payoff. 2) Nathan is probably dead, but Peter (sadly) isn't. Earlier in the episode Mama Petrelli made it clear that because Peter had absorbed Clair's ability, she knew he would recover. Moreover, in the alternate future episode, Peter admits that he was the one who blew up New York, not Sylar, and yet he's still around to talk about it. 3) Sylar crawling to the sewer is moronsville. If Sylar's still alive, what's to stop him from blowing up NYC anytime he wants? Sheesh. 4) Molly Walker even manages to make Suresh seem interesting. 5) "Noah"? Give me a BREAK. 6) We better have more Ando this fall. 7) Everybody noticed that the lone samurai warrior was TAKEI, right?
― J, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:39 (eighteen years ago)
7) Well, DUH yes! Lone samurai = Kensai = Takei has lived for centuries
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:58 (eighteen years ago)
(and told his son about his exploits in the form of bedtime stories, hoping that this time this was the child who developed powers)
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 13:59 (eighteen years ago)
We still did not get the Sylar-Peter face-off we were supposed to get, just a pathetic punch-up. Fuck that.
Peter's definitely not dead, the same can't be said for Nathan, but I'm hoping they find some way to keep him alive. But man, you'd think they'd have not gone the flying-into-space route, fucking lame.
Is Sylar alive though? You'd think everybody else at the scene would've noticed if his body mysteriously disappeared... I think he's dead, and that's the end of Hiro's story wrt saving the world/avenging Charlie's death (aww).
Sulu = definitely immortal Kensei.
― Roz, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:06 (eighteen years ago)
OTM Dan, I'm just excited that the dude might become a series regular.
― J, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:08 (eighteen years ago)
I thought the person Molly meant by Boogieman/"he can see me" talk was Sylar. She said "he's already here", she was in Kirby Tower, he was down on the ground @ Kirby Plaza.
Also, it was kind of a cop out for knocked-out Candace to not be the fat uggo we were vaguely promised by last week's episode.
While the Peter/Sylar face-off was kind of a let-down, I thought the exploding Petrelli brothers' goodbye chat was really touching. And the music on this show is top notch.
I think this did well to set up what I hope are main characters in next season's "Generations": Micah, Molly, Nakamura/Kensai, DeVeaux (who I'm certain was of a posse with the Ma & Pa Petrelli & Linderman).
http://imgred.com/http://www.randomtuesday.com/pictures/heroes/123/tagteam.gif
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
how is DL standing at the end of this episode? Suresh must be one hell of a medic.
― Roz, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)
No Nick, Molly: "Not Sylar.. There is another..." etc
Charles DeVeaux is dead though right?
OTM Candice fatty letdown... Although we didn't see her face, so I guess there's still the possibility of her being disfigured.
Action was lacking I agree, but it delivered thematically 100%.
― petey_carnum, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)
Ah I must have missed that line.
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:54 (eighteen years ago)
How the hell did you miss that line?????????????????
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)
1) This episode sucked for lack of payoff.
True, the anticlimax was annoying and a letdown, but I think for a series as cornball as this, story is actually secondary to the dorky, pulpy style. (Think of all the stupid or senseless plot developments in the past, and how we didn't care about their stupidity/senselessness.) Ergo, THIS EPISODE LOOKS BAD-ASS, i.e. AWESOMES.
Also, for once I was right. (Suck it, Sylar.)
3) Sylar crawling to the sewer is moronsville.
See 1).
4) Molly Walker even manages to make Suresh seem interesting.
:)
5) "Noah"? Give me a BREAK.
How it shoulda gone down:
PETER: Thanks, man. BENNET: Please, call me Mr. Bennet.
Was I right again?
I was hoping that once Peter started manifesting, he'd fly to outerspace or something so he could harmlessly explode.
Still a k-cool image. The flying FX on this show always chill my spine.
― Leee, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)
I think HRG's name should have been Bennett Bennet.
― J, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)
OTM - they get the sense of velocity just right. Also OTM - no fatty love.
As for the rest of it, I'll be hoping they found a way to keep Adrian Pasdar. He's too awesome to die.
Note also that DeVeaux's bit about Peter's capacity for unconditional love make him Teh One hasn't paid off yet, since in this case it was Nathan's love that saved the day etc etc.
All in all, the closest any episode has yet come to something actually happening.
Aside from Season Two Big Bad waiting in wings, does anyone else hope that Sylar's really gone simply because he's too lame to live? What happened to the yell-at-him-for-insta-win cheat, anyway?
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 22 May 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)
I still am hoping something came out of the sewer and eated Sylar.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)
Lord willin'
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 22 May 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)
Sadly, he's signed for next season...
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 22 May 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)
ACTING!
― David R., Wednesday, 23 May 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)
he was solid as Tori Spelling's li'l buddy
― Garrett Martin, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)
Zachary Quinto is watchable on the basis of his eyebrows alone.
I rewatched some scenes from this (the one with Molly with the "scarier than the Boogieman" line I misinterpretted, Peter's dreamwalk)...I don't think DeVeaux was the scarier baddie who could see Molly, his speech about Peter's compassion and how there always has to be a good one etc are too obvious I AM A GOOD GUY tv talk. I like to think it will be someone we've never met before (who maaaaybe dragged Sylar down into the sewer and maaaaaybe might've been visible in the flashes Sylar had before going white-eyed).
As for the dreamwalk/talk with DeVeaux...it seems too similar to Suresh's dream/visionquest earlier in the series to not be intentional. I have probably mentioned this already but I think Suresh, unbeknownst to himself, has some kind of dream-travel/-exploration ability, and Peter has mooched this. It is also possible he mooched this power from DeVeaux himself, but the style of the dream itself was just too similar to Suresh's for me.
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)
Suresh was doing the dreamwalking thing because of a young boy in India whose power was to go into people's dreams and show them images in response to the burning questions in their conscious and subconscious brains.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 19:18 (eighteen years ago)
Right, in one of the creepiest scenes ever broadcast on mainstream tv.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)
one of the creepiest scenes ever broadcast on mainstream tv.
http://heim.etherweave.com/weblog/archives/twinpeaks-thumb.jpg
Distantly, maybe.
― Clay, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)
I mean the scene where Suresh approaches a little boy in the street and tells him, unprompted, "You're a very special child!" not the dream sequence itself. It had that unselfaware molester vibe that even surrealist horror like Twin Peaks can't really compete with. YMMV, natch.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)
We don't know specifically though that it was that kid's power that allowed them to meet in dreams though, do we? I don't remember really clearly, but he (the kid) doesn't actually ever say "hey guy my power is to get in yr dreams", does he? I only remember that he had some wisdom Suresh needed and that people often sought him out. When they actually spoke it was IRL.
btw Is that how "sought" is spelled?
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)
So the flashes in Sylar's eyes were all of his victims as he killed them. The last flash is himself right there in the street, dying. I'm not sure what to read into it.. Maybe he is dead.. maybe he is just losing all of the powers he gained..
― petey_carnum, Thursday, 24 May 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)
It would make sense that if both Peter and Sylar survive, they should have their powers neutered. The writers would have a hard time keeping up with these snowballing powers in the long run I think.
― petey_carnum, Thursday, 24 May 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)
We don't know specifically though that it was that kid's power that allowed them to meet in dreams though, do we? I don't remember really clearly, but he (the kid) doesn't actually ever say "hey guy my power is to get in yr dreams", does he?
The entire reason Mohinder was looking for the kid was because the kid's name and picture were found in a dossier that also described his dreamwalking powers. They just showed this in the Heroes marathon on SciFi this past weekend so it's fresh in my memory.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 24 May 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)
Hmm
― J, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:18 (eighteen years ago)
Did you write that article?
― Leee, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)
Nossir. I actually think it's a bit ridiculous.
― J, Thursday, 31 May 2007 00:00 (eighteen years ago)
Yah, I didn't think that was you, but I wanted to cover all my bases just in case. Has the author written a lot of stuff for them before, because Seriously, I think my little blog bit is way better and I should write for them for loads of dosh.
― Leee, Thursday, 31 May 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)
Well, I actually like the author's political writings, generally. He's fairly decent: http://www.juancole.com/.
But your post was WAAAAAAAY better, and I vote for Leee as new loads-of-dosh Salon columnist. Maybe Douglas can get you an interview!
― J, Thursday, 31 May 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)
Thanks J! Hi Douglas!
― Leee, Thursday, 31 May 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)
Veronica Mars is a special!
― Leee, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)
Another interview here.
Season 1 Heroes dvd set out next week, here in the U.S. Between that and the Twin Peaks Gold box, that's a couple winter weekends of viewing.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)
That sound you hear is me breaking the time barrier to get in line for the Comic-Con Heroes panel yesterday.
― Leee, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:46 (eighteen years ago)
However, I do not know if I could ever forgive Ronni if she ever turned out to be eeeevil.
― Leee, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)
Has everyone else been following the web comic graphic novel? They've taken care of the 'Candace = uggo revelation' letdown mentioned above, plus added backstory on the Haitian and Claude the invisible man, among others. Good stuff during the summer hiatus.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)
ONE WEEK LATER!
― Leee, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)
THIS IS THE "COOL" THREAD, REMEMBER??
Memo to Claire "Bear": PLEASE STOP MANGLING YOURSELF. IT IS DISGUSTING. ALSO, GROWING A NEW TOE IS PRETTY DISGUSTING.
― Leee, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 18:07 (eighteen years ago)
POOR MR. MUGGLES!!! ;_;
― Leee, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 18:11 (eighteen years ago)
Memo to everyone else: you are pretty boring. More 16 year olds mangling themselves for fun.
Also: Clair didn't quite manage to get it out, but she was moving toward the Big Question of how badass her healing powers are: Clair can grow a new toe, no biggie. But can her toe grow a new Clair?
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)
The toe effect reminded me of "Virtuosity".
Did anyone watch "The Big Bang Theory" yesterday, with its debate over Kryptonian skin cells, etc.? In that nerdly spirit, would guess that since they've shown Claire's brain as key to her powers (when she fell on the chunk of wood and temporarily died), since the severed toe has no brain, it's just a dead toe.
Not that it wouldn't be cool to have a Claire/toe progressively grow over the season, scuttling around the house.
And again, reading the NBC website comix is helping with the various backstories.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)
Man those comics cover a lot of ground. If only they weren't in annoying PDF/Flash formats, it's taking me forever to get through them.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 22:44 (eighteen years ago)
Any opinions on the new season? Seems like it's struggling to find its 2nd season legs, and light on the moments of "whoa". Parkman, Mohinder, and Peter in particular all seem to be following Ebert's idiot rule, with poor decisions that lead to predictable consequences.
Still confident that this season will gain traction. But Hiro needs to return, the threat of senior Parkman needs to be clarified, etc.
― scampering alpaca, Thursday, 25 October 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)
Daddy Parkman is awesome and I am happy that Veronica Mars' power is MELTING FACES. I am not so happy about Micah's cute-ectomy and annoy-oplasty.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:18 (eighteen years ago)
I think it's just the same old shit (but in a good way). Twas ever nonsensically thus, i.e. it's still fun.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:24 (eighteen years ago)
This season's starting out pretty slow, but remember, so did last year's. I remember I was on the verge of quitting the show very early on, but sometime around the sixth or so episode it finally started to pick up. The show still has the same problem, which is that every storyline inches forward so amazingly slowly, but it's redeemed eventually by one really solid episode (or even one good storyline) every so often.
I doubt Pops Parkman will last very long, though. His character seems to be the kind that's too obviously evil and out there, so he can be destroyed by the "real bad guy" of the season. The revelation that mind reading leads to crazy psycho powers was pretty good, though, leads to some new doors later.
― Nhex, Thursday, 25 October 2007 23:12 (eighteen years ago)
I'm getting a strong feeling of Deja Vu from the crappeanuts of these early episodes, too, and I'm hoping that soon we'll get one of those redeeming moments. I'm growing steadily more dubious, though, since I don't recall it ever being quite this bad (or stagnant) before.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)
One of the best comic chapters I've seen, up now at the NBC site: Chapter 66, The ten brides of Kenzei.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 19:25 (eighteen years ago)
Come on back (and make with less suck)!
― David R., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 14:42 (seventeen years ago)
was it on last night? I didn't think of it till today.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)
Not coming back for a while, I think -- fall, maybe?
― David R., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)
September 15. 1 hr clip show, 2 hr premiere, according to herosite.net. That offshoot show, not happening, right?
And yes, please with the less suck.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)
If we can get some nazi brain transplant gorillas, that'd be just dandy.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)
...the online comics are still going? Oh no. Now I have to go through another afternoon of reading them through their crappy flash player...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)
Curious to see how (or if) the tv show integrates the number of new characters they're introducing in the online comics. I'm a fan of "hit the ground running" storytelling, so don't mind if they drop these new folk in without tv backstories.
Man, I sadly just remembered the New Orleans storyline. As sucky as the plague siblings.
Does anyone care if Nikki is deceased?
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:47 (seventeen years ago)
IT'S BACK
and I think the show-makers need to watch The Wire a little closer -- the guy playing one of the VILLAINS is Jamie Hector (aka Marlo Stanfield), NOT Andre Royo (aka Bubbles).
TS: Brundle-Suresh vs. Nikki On Ice
― David R., Tuesday, 23 September 2008 03:49 (seventeen years ago)
Season ain't over yet. Look for bubs in a month or so ;-)
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 23 September 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)
Hector is tearing it up.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 01:12 (seventeen years ago)
This season's gotten off to a much better start than last year! Though I am also kind of glad this time travel arc will probably (hopefully?) be down by the mid season when they do the next volume.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 03:31 (seventeen years ago)
this season premiere was my first experience w/the show and seeing the boy marlo was a pleasant surprise
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 06:59 (seventeen years ago)
CARL JUNG
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:41 (seventeen years ago)
lol creepy uncle scenes with milo v and hayden p.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)
Check it: Andre Royo sighting!
― my sweet coconut (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:31 (seventeen years ago)
i hate watching this show
― bnw, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:07 (seventeen years ago)
I was wondering when Bubs was gonna show up - I did notice in the first or second ep when the mistakenly credited him as a guest star... too bad that's probably it for him! It was better than his Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles spot, at least.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:08 (seventeen years ago)
What bnw said, though the 1-2 punch of puppet master & Daddy Petrelli looks promising in a Claire-versus-nuclear-guy manner (though JESUS CHRIST getting a producer / writer to think through plot shit & write non-moronic dialogue would be awesome).
― David R., Tuesday, 14 October 2008 07:13 (seventeen years ago)
Also, if that's all for Royo, then I call bullshit.
― David R., Tuesday, 14 October 2008 07:14 (seventeen years ago)
Already better than last year, but with low expectations, not surprised it's improved.
So Hiro digs up Adam, who's had a centuries-old vendetta, and Adam's helping him why? Sylar's helping HRG & the Company because he's trying to redeem himself? Claire & her natural mom are blundering in over their heads, why? Too much idiocy. And Suresh and Maya are unwatchable, so at least there's a good excuse to jump over to "The Big Bang Theory" and "How I Met Your Mother"
Personnally frustrating, the scope of Peter and Sylar's abilities is often forgotten - i.e. unless I missed it, the first person that Suresh led Sylar to had super-hearing, but in last night's ep, Sylar doesn't appear to hear HRG tell the black hole guy to kill him. Like Smallville, they forget the ability to service the story. WRITE A BETTER STORY. If the answer is that most folk don't notice things like that, my guess would be they do catch sloppy storytelling, if not consciously.
If they'd trawl the fan sites and offer a credit, I'm sure they'd find many folk willing to track the continuity to call BS.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)
considering many of the Heroes staff also worked on Smallville, that's not much of a surprise. I wish I wasn't so much of a sucker for these type of shows - Smallville is totally a guilty pleasure of mine; so so terrible all over but I can't seem to stop and it looks like it's gonna be the same for Heroes. Expect overuse of the reset button, characters-in-conflict repeating their issues to each other ad nauseum (eg HRG/Claire: "I'm trying to protect you!" "Stop trying to protect me!"), constant whining about superpowers, convenient amnesia.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)
Dear HBO: cut the shit w/ middling half-hour comedies & get on my Moz-era Doom Patrol drama idea already!
― David R., Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:38 (seventeen years ago)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2961868122_acc49b3aa4_o.jpg
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)
Great ending to last night's episode, especially the fate of Adam - didn't see that coming!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)
It's deteriorated to the point where I'm amusing myself by checking if McDowell is actually in the same room with any of his co-stars. Very seldom, it seems.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:54 (seventeen years ago)
^OTM, re: Adam. Reminded me of Charlie, where they invested in the character, and then snipped that thread.
Mohinder remains the most "meh" character for me. Was happy with Maya's acting in yesterday's episode, too. SpeedGirl is growing on me, though what sort of age gap is there between her and Parkman? I'm guessing 24 vs. 34? It just doesn't look right, kind of like Marsden and Janssen in the X-Men movies.
FYI, Volume 4 (Season 3, second half) is called "Fugitives", and is casting now according to AICN.
Any opinions re: Sylar's shift into a struggling powers addict? I wouldn't have based his new persona on his addiction. It would have been better if he'd joined up with Mr. Petrelli and been forced into decency gradually. They spent a half-season last year establishing his nastiness when powerless, so this change seems unearned.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:31 (seventeen years ago)
I agree it might have been better if it was done more gradually. But on the other hand, I was pretty sick of Evil Serial Killer Sylar by the end of last season, it seemed like that character was a dead end - he gets his powers back, then just goes back to what he was doing in season 1? But it was pretty ballsy for them to give him Claire's power right off the bat.
I basically bought the transformation because what drove his character was this insecurity brought on my his horrid mother - waking up to find out who his real mother is (powerful, compassionate, has powers, non-judgmental), must have been like a fairytale come true for Gabriel. Plus, Sylar + Bennett buddy cop hijinks were amusing. The addiction angle itself maybe could have been differently/better, though.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 02:32 (seventeen years ago)
^ I was wondering how long it would take before the gifs started showing up. Clearly pandering to their base.
― my sweet coconut (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)
Folks in awe of S1 and shitting on the rest of the series (cf. the majority of loons on the ILE threads) really need to check themselves. If anything, S3 is matching S1's qualitative pacing (in terms of starting slowly, to be kind, and eventually ramping up to The Good Stuff).
― David R., Wednesday, 22 October 2008 23:03 (seventeen years ago)
^^ OTM
― my sweet coconut (rogermexico.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 06:21 (seventeen years ago)
Have they explained the Niki/Jessica/Tracy connection yet? Are they identical triplets or clones? I missed that.
And yeah, gripes aside, the plethora of powered folk has made this season a lot of fun.
Finally got around to watching the Season 1 DVD set, and enjoyed again how up until the end Nathan's choice wasn't clear - let the bomb explode or help his brother stop it? Watching in a short timeframe, enjoyed how each episode had either a good cliff-hanger or provided an emphatic plot point towards the overall arc.
Makes me want to buy the Season 2 set and see if it plays differently in rapid succession. Maybe the week-to-week wait was too strenuous on the various plots (resetting Peter, angsty Claire, Mohinder & Parkman vs. Parkman's dad, the plague siblings, and Hiro in the past)? Or maybe it'll just satisfy a completist itch.
― scampering alpaca, Thursday, 23 October 2008 14:07 (seventeen years ago)
don't forget Irish bar wench unfortunately but conveniently stuck in some future that may no longer exist.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Friday, 24 October 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)
^^^^^ btw I have not stopped laughing about this since it happened
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 24 October 2008 16:53 (seventeen years ago)
I forgot all about Caitlin. (I like that name.) They should've brought her back in the recent future-forward season 3 ep.
Like Reed Richards curing Ben Grimm, Pete'll never stop until he gets her back. Someday...
― scampering alpaca, Friday, 24 October 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)
Peter seems to have completely forgotten that she exists! Lolololololololololololol.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 24 October 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)
It's truly a ridiculous plot hole that he just up and forgot about leaving that broad in the future... rumor has it that it will be addressed this season, but what can they do? That future doesn't exist anymore, so... it'll be a messy out.
― Nhex, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)
Peter re-engineers the virus then painstakingly recreates the exact circumstances of that timeline. conveniently, several subsequent episodes seem almost identical to season 2 episodes.
― Alan Mindbender (Roberto Spiralli), Friday, 24 October 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)
Elle and Claire sure became fast friends! I'm a little disappointed that Claude didn't show up as kind of hinted at by the past week's online comic (I know it's unlikely they'll get Eccleston to return) but overall, good ep again this week. Nice to see all the characters reconverging.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 05:26 (seventeen years ago)
I missed the part where Matt saves himself and Daphne from being killed. I saw him get punched through the chest, but then he was okay again. What did he do?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 05:35 (seventeen years ago)
It was a big psyche-out, a Jedi mind trick on Knox, Parkman Sr.-style.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 06:31 (seventeen years ago)
Ah. He made Knox think that he had killed Matt. I kinda figured that's what happened.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 06:41 (seventeen years ago)
I have achieved absolute apathy about this show.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:27 (seventeen years ago)
yeah, last night's episode was a goody. this season has been very untidy in a way first season wasn't, but it's starting to come together.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:32 (seventeen years ago)
I've really liked the way they're using Zachary Quinto in the show. He's one of my favorite actors in Heroes, and I had hoped from the beginning that he wouldn't simply be this one-shot villain. They're doing some nice stuff this season with evolving him from a villain to a major player.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 08:26 (seventeen years ago)
He's the only character they're still using correctly on this show.
Hiro and Ando are little more than caricatures now, Claire is wangsty and annoying, and I miss smarmy Captain America Nathan - his finding God subplot was so bloody unconvincing.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)
This week's Entertainment Weekly has a cover article on Heroes, and includes these out of character actions on their list of things in need of correction. According to the article, the actors have been frustrated with this same issue, but have been told that the stories will service the direction of the show.
I haven't read the webcomix for a few months. Maybe there's some backstory there I'm missing?
Agreed about Claire - she should be more than the Kim Bauer of the show.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:57 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/arts/television/10hero.html
Execs apparently got really upset by the EW story and fired Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Monday, 10 November 2008 20:04 (seventeen years ago)
execs otm
― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 02:52 (seventeen years ago)
Thoughts re: yesterday's episode?
OTM, the Zachary Quinto comments above. He's become a highlight of the show. One of the better Kristen Bell episodes, too.
Is it better to not have über-powerful characters, or to have über-powerful characters taken out of commission as both Peter & Hiro have been, these last two seasons? (Angela Petrelli, too - taken out this season like Professor X in the first X-Men movie.) Strikes me like a generic cop-out, to avoid writing a stronger story that renders the characters helpless in other ways.
Suresh, much better as a powered evil scientist, although it still seems he wants to act evil but be angsty about his choices.
Curious how they'll deal with Papa Petrelli. The father appears to permanently steal the powers, while Sylar's able to duplicate them. If/when defeated, will the powers revert to their original owners, or will folk like Peter get new powers?
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)
i've forgotten what an actually good episode of heroes is like but i think this was one! i did not feel like bludgeoning any character for once. well except for Hiro but his bit paid off with them discovering Isaac's last comic which was a nice touch. the ending with the two opposing factions looking all X-men-y was great too.
so sylar's actually had Peter's empath power all along?
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)
Apparently they're left-brain/right-brain versions of the same thing. Peter just had to fix the watch etc etc
― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
but watch-fixing is hungry work
― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)
Probably Bell's best episode of the series. Solid ep, though it feels like it's been three or more episodes straight with this sort of reconvening of characters together. I think Team Mom vs. Team Dad is kind of set by now. Though kind of amusing ("the Hulk is red?"), hopefully Hiro gets his memory back quickly.
Btw, w/regards to Peter's girlfriend last year, looks like they're just gonna drop it completely. I could've sworn they said when the season started that they were going to come back to that, but oh well.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 03:10 (seventeen years ago)
With regard to that timeline being lost, given that the X-Men continue to circle the "Days of Future Past" and Apocalypse futures, why not have Caitlin show up having taken the powers formula, with good or bad result, and now she's back for revenge or romance?
Or maybe there's a character like the Koontz book "From the Corner of His Eye", who can walk between alternate timelines, and brings her back?
Deal with it using the online comic, even. I need closure, people!
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 17:14 (seventeen years ago)
nononono leave her in limbo! hahahahahahaha Peter sux
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 17:16 (seventeen years ago)
I'm glad they gave Hiro a reason to be cloying and cute now!
― bnw, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 17:17 (seventeen years ago)
Slow to find this, but CBR does a weekly Q&A with the Heroes folk. This week answers a few questions I had.
Caitlin reminds of Claremont's writing, where he'd write something mysterious, then five years later (if ever), you'd get an explanation.
HAHA - it's even got a name, the Claremont Coefficient.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 19:48 (seventeen years ago)
ah the internet black hole known as tvtr0pes.org
― Disco/Very (Roz), Thursday, 20 November 2008 04:50 (seventeen years ago)
why is seth green on heroes
― nurse blorbius (jeff), Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:46 (seventeen years ago)
Wow, fastest lapsed heel turn ever...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 08:09 (seventeen years ago)
That threw me, too, unless it's Sylar going deep cover.
Kring says here that Caitlin is gone, daddy, gone, never to return.
Isaac is prolific for a dead man. Unless Hiro's Season 1 origin issues followed the current Season 3 issues.
Is anyone watching the "Destiny" webisodes? Figured I'd check those out at lunch today.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 18:01 (seventeen years ago)
Also, now anticipating a "Run, Daphne, run!" Gump moment, when she regains her powers.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 20:08 (seventeen years ago)
Last night was the first time in weeks - maybe all year - I didn't feel like a dumbshit wasting my time for watching this.
― UEK - Big Tempin' (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)
I'm wondering since Pushing Daisies has been cancelled whether Bryan Fuller will go back to Heroes. The guy should probably be given the showrunner's job since he actually makes good shows (that no one watches) and he was responsible for the two best episodes of season 1 - the one where we first met Future Hiro and Heroes really took off after that and the HRG ep "Company Man".
besides, Tim Kring, aside from coming off as being completely clueless about writing for TV, keeps doing stupid things like calling his audience saps and dipshits.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Thursday, 27 November 2008 08:49 (seventeen years ago)
In that case, I think he was unfairly maligned, a little - in the full quote it does sound like he's joking. He was talking specifically about viewers not using DVR or Hulu to watch the show, anyway, when if he wanted to insult someone I'm sure it would've been the many fans who have criticized the show's storylines and characters for the past two years. And he at least admitted that season two was a mistake, though season three still had its own problems.
I'd MUCH rather have Bryan Fuller stay on the wonderful Pushing Daisies - it's such a shame it's over. It might be too late for Fuller to really save the show anyway, since at this point they've probably already shot a good portion of the rest of this season (even before Loeb and Alexander were fired). I do wonder if there's an alternate universe where Kring and NBC decided to actually stick to the original plan, which was to have new characters every season. Maybe they can still do this for season four...
― Nhex, Saturday, 29 November 2008 06:09 (seventeen years ago)
he could have chosen his words better, but it's also not the first time he's said something like this - there was that thing last season where he said the audience were just not getting it, which ended with him having to apologize for the rest of season 2. Whatever the context, it's just a mistake to be calling his audience names, especially the ones who are not watching it online, and are therefore actually contributing to his show's failing ratings. and James Poniewozik's response in that post otm about the generally positive effect that time-shifting has had on the quality of TV drama.
I just think Kring doesn't really get how to balance audience expectations with his own vision for the show. for instance, he talks about network/fans falling in love with certain actors/characters and being forced to keep them on but ultimately the decision to do so is his to make. If anything, killing/getting rid of beloved characters can be a good way of getting audiences to engage with the show - the knowledge that there are real stakes involved, and that anything can happen.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Saturday, 29 November 2008 07:31 (seventeen years ago)
I totally agree about the killing off of characters. Interestingly the third season of Lost was going through similar problems when Heroes debuted, with everything dragging along and plots in limbo because it seemed the writers didn't know where to go with them and/or were constrained by not knowing how long the series would go on. The following season, Lost fixed many problems of the show (helped by setting an end date) while Heroes has gotten bogged down in its own continuity and characters.
― Nhex, Saturday, 29 November 2008 08:01 (seventeen years ago)
....and four months later.... finally. Tonight's was the Fuller return episode - it was decent, though it makes me wonder if they had to drag out the Rebel reveal for so long when we all could've guessed who it was. (Plus they pulled what has gotta be a rookie mistake by now by showing the guest star credit at the top of the episode) They actually did two fair character sendoffs in a single episode, though, I gotta give 'em credit - I really liked the Daphne one especially.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:09 (sixteen years ago)
wow two great episodes in a row
― brocktune (jeff), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 05:19 (sixteen years ago)
Pretty decent ep tonight, I thought - not so much for the modern family drama but the 1961 story was pretty well done. The kid casting was excellent, the actress for young Angela Petrelli was particularly well cast.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)
just started watching this show on dvd-rs my dad burned me last year
its pretty ok
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:34 (sixteen years ago)
i didn't watch s1, just jumped in with s2, and its pretty lol to me to see all the concurrent commentary like 'oh this season is SO jumbled and confusing' like guys is this really that hard to follow
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:54 (sixteen years ago)
Why would you do that? S1 was the only good season!
Also looking up at my old posts, so desperately trying to keep my own interest in this show going. By the ridiculous S3 finale I totally just gave up. Can't believe it was still 2009!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 07:14 (sixteen years ago)
gf & roomie out of town for the month and i found these dvd-rs in the closet lol
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 07:19 (sixteen years ago)
agree with Nhex, it all went to shit in S2
― 囧 (dyao), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 07:39 (sixteen years ago)
idk i'm pretty engaged by it!
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 21:52 (sixteen years ago)
oh no the dvd of the last episode is missing wtf
through an amusing series of coincidences, it turns out that saving the cheerleader has world-historical consequences that NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. NO ONE BUT US.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 9 January 2010 16:35 (sixteen years ago)