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New t.v. show ... HEROES

Prodigy: (ooc) Guest Forum: New t.v. show ... HEROES


töff (Töff)

 
http://www.nbc.com/NBC_First_Look/Heroes/

Well, let's see NBC's new take on superheroes! My expectations are low, but my hopes are high.

I think it premiers in like 3 minutes, Prodigy time. Out here in California it's a couple hours from now.


töff (Töff)

 
We've watched the first few episodes, and it's fun so far! However, it is what I call "superserialized": every episode demands that you remember in detail all the previous events.

If you have TiVo, I suggest you just save all the episodes and watch them over a few nights after the TV season peters out. (We've done that with other shows; works great!) Personally, I can't retain as much as I'd like to. Watching this series over twenty-some-odd weeks puts too much strain on my retentive/recollective capacity.

I'm sure they will repeat the episodes. The SciFi channel is mirroring it all, too.

It looks as if they will tie it all up together into a nice story. If the end is 2/3 as good as the beginning, I'll give it all a thumbs-up! The Hiro character is especially fun -- comic relief that does not cross the line into absurdity -- a tough accomplishment!

(There's no blue spandex, though.)


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
Whoa, Töff, there's every bit of what you don't want on Prodigy in that show. I thought it was going to be something like X-Men. But it's not. There's blood and guts everywhere.

It's quite addictive, too, though. Just not for kids :-). Here's something I wouldn't let my children watch, not until they were at least... well.. you get my drift :-).


töff (Töff)

 
Yes, there's some CSI-style gore ... of course, network TV does not play by Prodigy rules (and vice versa). I was only judging it on its own merits, not its compatibility with M&M content goals. I neither expect nor want all the world to go PG.

My only fear is that they completely fail to live up to the story arc elements they've put in place already. I remember the "Surface" fiasco ... but "Heroes" so far is way better. I predict they will culminate it all properly.


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
Hopefully.

However, right now I'm afraid of another thing: Predictable drama, of the sort any "big conspiracy" story has.


Fastest kid on earth (Full_throttle)

 
I love this show, "They" say this might take lost's spot as the top tv show on tv now. I love hiro, I love the brothers and the painter. Can't wait for the next episode.


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
I was saved from predictable drama in ep. 5.

There even seems to be some ambiguity in Mr. Glasses and Big Bad Black Guy(TM). Except for once he's not so big.

And Vegas seems to be really small.


Fastest kid on earth (Full_throttle)

 
Guess what...I found out that Peter Petrelli's power, is power mimicry. Just thought you should all know...


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
For all that spoiler is worth... it was obvious anyway.


KONNOR "BLACK KODIAK" KLAUSE (Bigweav)

 
I' ve known that for like a month and a half, about Petrelli. Hey what about a new topic or Something like an Archive section of Heroes and other noteworthy Super Hero genre items.

Hey FT, where have you been? I thought we were gonna have a Bad A$$ story, we had it all set and ready to go and you never posted when you said you were gonna. You just poof, gone.


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
Haha, Kensei is in Heroes.... Not quite, but almosts :-).

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