So, does no one give a shit about Heroes?

[Diabolical]

"Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them"
or
Why jump to conclusions when you have no idea what the fuck is going on?

In season two the guy that plays Takezo Kensei, Hiro's Samurai Warrior hero from over one thousand years ago (which wasn't the 1600's) is being played by David Anders - a white guy.
Obviously there is something more going on that we were shown.



Heroes is awesome.
Almost as awesome as Firefly.
And ten times for awesome that Star Wars is now.

[anarky]

We're just gonna have to agree to disagree on the sci-fi TV shows, DB. I have yet to see one that I'd put above CSI or Wife Swap, and that's pretty low. (Well, I haven't seen a good one since the second season of Quantum Leap.) I haven't seen the entire season, but I don't have to see it all to know if I want to see it all. A couple of episodes is enough to know I can better spend my time washing dishes, or picking lint out of my belly button.

Yeah, you'll all consider it weird, but I hate 99% of science fiction. No one ever sees that one coming.

BTW, the reason I said "1671" is because every source I've seen says 1671. If I'm mistaken, then all these people who have enough time to devote fansites to this show are mistaken and I'm just playing off their mistake.

[Diabolical]

BTW, the reason I said "1671" is because every source I've seen says 1671. If I'm mistaken, then all these people who have enough time to devote fansites to this show are mistaken and I'm just playing off their mistake.

That is no mistake. They say the year is 1671 in the episode. What I was saying is that I'm sure there is much more to what we see than there appears to be.

[anarky]

Okay, I will admit I was mistaken about one thing: I misremembered the specifics of the battle. All sources describe "two small groups" of samurai, which would not have been totally uncommon in 1671. I was thinking it was two armies, which would've been extremely strange at that point in history.

Of course, who am I to condemn others for mucking with history?

(I will try once again to watch it. I tried at the beginning of the season, and again this week. However, I'm a little predisposed to not like it right now, for reasons I'm not getting into in the open. I've got more people insisting I watch this than Transformers. Of the two, I'd rather watch 16 hours of a show than that shitturd of a movie.)

[Diabolical]

A new promo for Heroes Season 3 has piqued my interest.
Hero(es?) turned villain(s)?

[kidhuman]

Yeah buddy, cant wait for that shit

[vynsane]

while i can't wait for the return of heroes, that preview really smacked of a complete rip of the spider-man 3 trailers, about the black suit and the turmoil within... like i said, i was already psyched for it to return, i just don't think that was a particularly original take. especially when so much else has been in the show.

[RoIIo Tomassi]

A THREE HOUR PREMIERE?

[kidhuman]

Probably played out over three nights

[Diabolical]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
"Heroes" clip show (8-9 p.m.) Season premiere (9-11 p.m.)

[Diabolical]

Fuck off Grimlock.

A couple of Heroes bits from Comic-Con:

Unaired Heroes Episodes To Be Released on DVD

It was announced at the Heroes panel that the Season 2 DVD release will actually include some unaired episodes which were shot but apparently cut due to the writer’s strike. Not much more information is known, but I’m sure we’ll find out more in the coming weeks. The DVD will hit stores on August 26th.

Interesting.

Next up is SPOILER HEAVY

Heroes: Volume 3 Season Premiere Screens at Comic Con

As a special treat for Comic Con attendees, creator Tim Kring joined the entire Heroes cast onstage with a metal briefcase handcuffed to his wrist, and proceeded to pull out a burned DVD with the handwritten text “Heroes Volume III (Episode One)” written on it. This could only mean one thing, and as the lights dimmed, fans erupted in applause.

For those, like myself, who found the second season of Heroes to have been incredibly weak but with a small handful of redeeming qualities toward the end, you’ll be happy to know that for the most part things do seem like they’ll be getting better. Whereas last season’s premiere was both dull and uninvolving, volume three kicks off immediately with an onslaught of new developments that are sure to keep viewers on their toes. Not all of them are entirely successful though, partially because the dialogue and execution are way too cheesy in a number of instances, and partially because some of the newly introduced subplots are just plain dumb.

If you’re not interested in having the first episode of the season spoiled for you, you should stop reading now.

The episode starts off four year into the future, with a scarred Peter running for his very life. He enters a building and finds Claire waiting for him, holding a gun to his head. She tries to shoot him, but he slows down time and evades the bullet by simply walking out of its path. Then he grabs her gun and jumps through time to the present. Now we’re back to where season two ended, with Nathan being shot by an unknown assailant. As it turns out, “Future Peter” is that unknown assailant.

Nathan gets taken to the hospital, but the wounds are too severe and he dies… for about five minutes. His pale lifeless body jumps up on the hospital bed. The experience of dying and coming back to life makes him rethink his purpose, and instead of continuing what he started by announcing to the world about people like him, he comes to the realization that they exist to serve God’s will.

Later on, Angela Petrelli confronts “Future Peter” about changing the future for the worse.

Meanwhile, Claire finds herself attacked by Sylar, who captures her and splits her head open. We then see Sylar examining Claire’s exposed brain. A mildly concious Claire asks “Are you gonna eat it?” “Am I gonna eat it? That’s disgusting, Claire.” Soon afterward, Sylar locates the necessary part of Claire’s mind with his powers. He looks down and a wound on his stomach starts to heal. Claire is confused, wondering why he doesn’t kill her. “You’re not like the others, Claire. You can’t die. And now, neither can I.”

On the other side of the world, Hiro is the head of his father’s company and has all the money anyone could ever ask for, yet still feels left without a purpose. Before he can dwell on it for too long though, he receives a video tape of his late father explaining to him he must protect a world-altering secret that’s hidden within a safe in the office, and must not ever open it. Unwilling to listen to reason, Hiro opens the safe anyway, much to Ando’s chagrin. Inside is another tape of his father, this time yelling at Hiro for opening the safe. He then explains that the safe contains half of a formula that must never get in the wrong hands.

Moments later, the paper vanishes from Hiro’s hand. He stops time as fast as he can, and notices this lengthy red blur traveling through the office. He follows it all the way through the building until it connects to a blond girl, who he soon finds out isn’t actually frozen in time. His power has no effect on her. In order to get away, she punches him and speeds out of the building. Needing to get the formula back, Hiro travels to the future and sees “Future Hiro” battling Ando, who demands he give back the formula. Unwilling to do so, “Future Ando” blasts “Furure Hiro” with red bolts of electricity. Hiro quickly travels back to the present.

The last character subplot involves Mohinder and Maya. Maya gets upset that Mohinder wants to leave, and when her powers start to take effect, Mohinder realizes how people get their powers: through the adrenal gland. He then figures out how to replicate the abilities in other people, later deciding to inject himself with it, causing him to lose conciousness. As he wakes up, two muggers try to rob him. He grab one of their guns and bends it in half, and then throws one of the guys halfway across the street. The other mugger takes off without a second thought, while Mohinder stands there amazed at what he just did.

As much as I like where the storylines with Sylar, Hiro, and Peter are heading, I really dislike what they’ve done with Mohinder. It was bad enough when they made it so that Claire’s blood could revive anyone simply by injecting it (thus removing any tension about whether or not certain characters would survive), but now it’s even worse. Within a single episode, two powerless characters have been either given powers or shown having powers. What do you guys think? Is this a bad move, or do you like the prospect of any normal individual being able to gain superpowers on the show?

Can't wait for the premiere!

[RoIIo Tomassi]

The Season 3 Premier was down 25% from last year's premier. I don't know if that included the one hour NBC self musturbatory lead-in.

The honeymoon is over bitches.

[vynsane]

got it on tivo, just haven't had the time to watch.

[anarky]

Y'know, I'm really not trying to pass judgment. I was going to watch Season 1 until everyone was bitching about how bad Season 2 was. I figured I'd wait and see. I hate investing in a great first season when the show ends up sucking balls.

Between the ad campaign ("If you hated last season, please come back! We've changed!") and news of folks coming back from the dead already, it just sounds like Fozzie just did a trick on his motorcycle that would've inspired one of our mods to ask for the shark repellent bat-spray.

[vynsane]

i don't see what the issue was with season 2. i've liked it throughout.