Heroes (contains spoilers)

[ruffneck23]

Ok so a few have us have started watching this , and IMO it's pretty good , its pretty dark and it will be interesting to see how good it gets . Apparently the writer has a huge storyline that will last 5 yrs........

What do you all think?



p.s. Hiro is in a geeky kindaway

 

[Jim2k5]

i love the show, me and my flat mate watching it every tuesday with out fail, Hiro has gotta be the coolest character although when flying dude flies thats pretty cool. i love them all

 

[Moggy]

Definitely top stuff, watched all the first 8 episodes yesterday

Hiro is indeed the best character, of any tv show, ever.

Fact

Not quite sure they could stretch it out to 5 years though! I presume it's a 13 episode series?

 

[ruffneck23]

dunno , unsure bout how many episodes in each season , but apparently the writer has written in a comic book styelee with loads of smaller arc within a huge story-arc

ps i like hiro from the future's line about pete looking different without the scar........

 

[rhod]

One of the best SF shows ever, IMHO & I've only seen about 6 episodes. Actually - it's a proper drama with a SF theme.

Amazingly evocative soundtrack too (by Wendy & Lisa, of "Prince" fame)

I've got no qualms at all about watching this via p2p, as I'll definitely be buying it when it comes out on DVD.

 

[shijima]

This show is amazing has a nice mix of characters going on and has some pritty dark moments in it to which is cool.

The black dude that can just sort of melt into the walls is cool as fuck

 

[dogmatique]

Fantastic episode last night, no?

Anyone know how many episodes this season is? 12-13 or a whopping 24 like Lost?

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Yeah episode 11 was great. I like the way its moving at a decent speed and things actually happen each week.

I hated Hiro Nakamura to start with but now he's my favourite hero. The split personality internet porn woman is deffo the shittest one of the bunch.

And Clare the cheerleader is growing on me in a barely legal way

 

[Moggy]

Twenty two episodes a year of a television show gives you the opportunity to invest in the details of your characters

Taken from an interview with Tim Kring, the exec producer.

EDIT: Has everyone been reading the online graphic novels on the NBC website that fill in the blanks and things between episodes? Only just found them, they're in the Heroes section on www.nbc.com

 

[ruffneck23]

just watched episode 11 , and its great . I mean really really great!! all of a sudden US tv has started to grow up and be wikkid

 

[ruffneck23]

double post

 

[dogmatique]

No more till the end of Jan! ARRRGgggghhh!

 

[inflatable jesus]

It's decent, but the pacing is really uneven and some of the characters are just boring.

The split personality woman storyline really makes some of the episodes drag.

Sometimes it seems like he's trying to stretch it out a little further than it's worth.

 

[MullahNasrudin]

It's something like The Matrix (ordinary man becomes a superhero) with a slight Watchmen influence. I think it's great! It's a good job the episodes are so short though -- it might wear thin over an hour.

 

[Moggy]

It's a good job the episodes are so short though -- it might wear thin over an hour.

They're the same length as pretty much all serialised tv shows (i.e. 40-45 mins).

 

[dogmatique]

Hiro is indeed the best character, of any tv show, ever.

Fact
?

Get this: We've all seen a lot of Hiro's work before, but not on-screen...

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71984-0.html

Actor and super geek. Talented chap, eh?

 

[MikeMcc]

Just seen it advertised, it's going to be on Sci Fi channel starting in February

 

[dogmatique]

Heroes is back on Monday! - Or at least it is in the States. Will have me finger poised on the download button on Tuesday morning...

Plus - it's been confirmed that they've been commissioned to do a full second series.

Some details here.

 

[DotCommunist]

YAY!! more heroes! I'm loving the incincible cheerleader

 

[Moggy]

Wahey, although let's hope this isn't the start of a 'let's drag this on for 5 or 6 series' move.

I want isoHunt back

 

[dogmatique]

Well, they've promised to largely conclude the Apocalypse storyline by the end of this series, so shouldn't be too painful...

 

[Stigmata]

Just watched the first episode of this online after reading this thread. Wasn't quite sold- the characters all seemed a bit two-dimensional and the plot was predictable. But then there was that rather nifty twist right at the end...

 

[Stigmata]

And another cracking twist at the end of episode two. I'm liking this.

 

[camouflage]

Yep, this show is really good. I see why Hiro's charmed everybody too But now I've only got two episodes left to watch of the first season.

favourite character has gotta be Jessica, yeah I know she's evil, well... utterly ruthless, but god that woman looks good sporting an armour-pearcing sniper-rifle, I like the way she never quite closes her mouth, she is teh shexsheh!

 

[Moggy]

But now I've only got two episodes left to watch of the first season.

The first series is going to be 23 episodes long (according to the interview dogmatique linked to up above), episode 12 is on tonight so it should be up for download by tomorrow morning.

So there's plenty more to go

 

[camouflage]

The first series is going to be 23 episodes long (according to the interview dogmatique linked to up above), episode 12 is on tonight so it should be up for download by tomorrow morning.

So there's plenty more to go

phew!

 

[Stigmata]

Fookin 'ell, I managed to get through 9 episodes yesterday! Excellent stuff. Apparently each character's storyline has a different writer. I think it shows. Unfortunately it's like Lost in as much as the characters would have a much better idea of what was going on if they just compared notes with each other!

 

[Moggy]

Apparently each character's storyline has a different writer. I think it shows.

Surely that can't be true since there aren't that many writers credited. Plus all the characters stories overlap.

Where did you hear that?

 

[Stigmata]

Surely that can't be true since there aren't that many writers credited. Plus all the characters stories overlap.

Where did you hear that?

When the writing team works on an episode, each writer takes a character and writes the individual scenes surrounding that character. These stories are then combined and given to the episode writer, allowing every writer to contribute to every episode.

 

[Moggy]

Fair enough, just wondering in that case why there haven't been that many writers credited for each episode