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Season 1 rocks! 8 dvds & worth every dime!! Season 2 kind of sucked because of the writer's strike with only 4 dvds.. However, Season 3 is picking up where season 1 left off & I hope it has as long a run as smallville. FYI if you catch up on Season 2 dvds.. go to nbc dot com & you can watch most of season 3 free... Overall Review:: there are similarities to DC comic book character heroes... i.e. ordinary people who discover they can fly, read minds, run like flash, & even more creative than DC characters at times; and also includes those who use their powers to manipulate people & situations... BUTT... I give this 2 thumbs up as this is one of the best made for tv shows since smallville and I was hooked by episode 3 season 1. Best thing about show is that ordinary people find they have ability to do extraordinary things & must come together to save the world but must also evaluate their potential for both good & evil! Loving it!! 4 to 5 stars!!Read full review
"Save the Cheerleader, Save the World", this is what the first Season of Heroes is all about. Seemingly ordinary people start to discover or become more aware that they are different. Not different in a sense of common out of place feeling in society, but that they have a more important role to play in the world. Whether it is Hiro, a time/space bending young Japanese fellow with his friend Ando, or Peter a human sponge for other mutant’s powers, and his brother Nathan who can fly. The series takes the viewer into the comic and plants them right in the middle. Each character has their own individual story, but by the means of fate are all connected to one another. The stories themselves take place in New York, Texas, Nevada, and Tokyo Japan. From the unknowing assistance of Isaac, a future painting comic artist, and various other means Peter discovers that a bomb is going to go off in New York. He takes this as his mission to stop the bomb, while doing so Hiro from the future tells him that redefining phrase, “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” Can one individual truly make all the difference? This is a great series for anyone who enjoys comic books, multiple individual story lines, and suspenseful turns and twists. The deleted scenes and pilot episodes are well worth it for fans of the show.Read full review
One of the best tv series ever! Right up there with "LOST"! An emotional roll-e-coaster, with a surprise around every corner. Only stopped watching long enough to take care of personal needs like eating, bathing, and sleeping. It's good to be old with no responsibilities! When they find my decomposing body - I'll have the tv on with the remote clutched tightly in my bony hands!
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It's odd in that Heroes was probably the one new show of 2006-2007 season that I watched from start to finish, having not missed a single episode. Whereas other great shows like Friday Night Lights are critic-adored-yet-audience-deprived or the Nine which was cancelled prematurely, Heroes became a huge hit and a critical favorite. While it initially has some issues, the further the show continues the more confident it gets and while it might not have everyone's ideal finale, it was surely the capper to what's a pretty stellar first season. What would you do if you found out if you had a superpower? That's the basic for the start of the first season where ordinary people suddenly find they can do amazing abilities; from a regenerating cheerleader to a time-travelling Japanese desk worker to a mind-reading cop. But that doesn't mean that they will all use their power for good as some don't know what to do with it, others want to get rid of it and some might use it for something destructive, such as destroy half of New York. All of these stories interwine as they try to stop a major disaster. Heroes, like many other shows, as an ongoing arc throughout the entire season, making it feel like one gigantic story split over 23 episodes rather than a series of mini-stories a la CSI or Law and Order. This can be a problem since it might not have a lot of replay value but it also means you just get hooked faster. But luckily the writers know how to make individual episodes stand out, thanks to great drama (the entirely Claire-centric "Company Man"), stellar cliffhangers and characters. But then this is still their first season so we have a case of them trying to do too much in one episode making it feel kind of scattered. One of the strongest aspects of the show, aside from the intrigue, are the characters who manage to be distinct without being one-note. Ali Larter is effective in switching personalities right in the same scene and Hayden Panettiere nails that "wishing to be normal" feeling when she knows she's not. However the obvious scene stealer is Masi Oka who initially starts out as overly enthusiastic and almost giddy but progresses as the show continues without it feeling forced or unexpectedly sudden. Then we also have Zachary Quinto who plays the season's main villain who has such creepiness and menace when he's around (although he was probably strangely more effective when he was obscured in shadow with a baseball cap on). In the day and age of TV shows on DVD, it's hard to get a stellar DVD package. Unlike Simpsons or 24 with multiple episode commentaries, most of them are kind of skimpy. Heroes thankfully has pretty solid bonuses with several commentaries, the original unaired pilot as well as some making-ofs as well as tons of deleted scenes. As for the commentaries, while it's kind of disappointing there isn't one for the suspenseful "Homecoming", they get more frequent as the season progresses and there is more variety rather than the same writer/director/actor combinations. With a great sense of pacing, well-written characters and cool superhero moments, it's sort of a show where you can find geekiness yet find something of substance at the same time. Might not be the absolute best show on TV, but it's probably one of the more consistently entertaining.Read full review
I was turned on to Heroes by a co-worker. She talked about it all of the time. I tried catching a couple of episodes on TV but was totally lost. The series is built like a comic book. One episode leads into another, there's flash backs, and the nothing remains the same for more than five minutes. My friend recommended just starting from the beginning and that's what I did. Now I'm just as hooked as she is. There's action, deceit, betrayal, suspense, and all of those wonderful powers. This is everyday people having to do extraordinary things. There are no dull moments and nothing gets stagnant. You'll absolutely hate one character today and love them a couple of episodes later. This is a great set.
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