NERD ALERT PART II

[flat-top]

Ok, so is anybody watching "Heroes" on NBC?? What do you think?

 

[Tomasso]

Press

 

[MrBern]

Hiro is the BEST!

 

[Matthew Dalton]

That's one I've been meaning to download. Is it any good so far? It looked like it could definitely go either way.

 

[jake_fink]

It could still go either way, but so far it's kind of fun. Good cliffhangers, the story and the charcters are developing nicely. I'm in until I'm out.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I'm watching. It's pretty good overall, but some of the characters leave me cold. If it stays interesting, I'll probably keep watching...

But boy, do I miss the old standard four-acts-plus-teaser&tag format! The way this show is structured, it's got around ten commercial breaks, and it feels like four minutes of story followed by three minutes of commercials! (I haven't timed it, but that's how if feels.)

 

[Dalexs]

Well I can tell you that it is timed at 8 minute segments, followed by commcercial breaks...

I have watched the show off and on, based on reviews.
I'm home today with a sick kid, so I thought I'd try watching it online at nbc.com.

Guess what, every 8 min, there is a commercial break, that you cannot avoid.
On the bright side, its a single sponsor show online. 1 30sec spot each break.

As for the show itself, parts of the story I find interesting, making me want to keep watching (the same reason I actually pay to see superhero movies.) Other parts are only ok. I hope it has a decent payoff at some point.

Dalexs

 

[MrBern]

Hiro

I took a look at th downloadable online comic at nbc.com

Some nice stuff on Hiro & how intends to stop the bomb in NYC as an honor to the memory of his grandfather & other Hiroshima survivors.

 

[jamespowers]

The whole branch in the side of the head thing with the cheerleader sort of had me hoping she would stay down. That is probably the worst example of a hero I have ever seen. She did total the rapist's car and kill him in the process though. [huh]
I need Hiro with me next time I decide to go gambling.

Regards,

J

 

[MrBern]

Otaku

I was kinda hoping that the internetgirl blonde was really hulking out when she blacks out & wakes up surrounded by dead foes. Oh well.

I was lookign at Hiro's blog. Its amusing how he's viewing everything in terms of all the nerdy pursuits. Its all Starwars, D&D, comicbook references. He realizes he's nto jsut r2-d2 on a quest, but that he's luke & must find a light sabre for an enemy encounter.
So it was really cool when he showed up in the subway w/ the katana.

I have friends in Japan. I find it amusing that the japanese term for their sci-fi fans is sort of a cross between Nerd & Expert.
http://www.planetshogo.com/otaku/ndefine.htm

 

[jamespowers]

I was kinda hoping that the internetgirl blonde was really hulking out when she blacks out & wakes up surrounded by dead foes. Oh well.

Well, she actually just changes personalities. Sybil the Wonder Chick.
That high heel to the head threat was pretty scary.

Regards,

J

 

[MrBern]

Yeah..I saw that. Kinda disappointing, I was hoping she'd tunr inot some kinda beast or at least another color.
yes, the high heel on the skull was sinister.
I'm wondering if she will remain good or become evil like this mysterious 'Sylar'.

-bern

 

[jamespowers]

I am not sure which way she will go considering what her ex-husband is capable of.
This evening's episode was kind of flat aside from the cheerleader's father wiping the mind of the rapist, there was nothing super about it. [huh]

Regards to all,

J

 

[jake_fink]

I thought the last episode was quite funny. I liked the way the pajama guy shot up into the air and then zipped off with a little Gadzookey smoke ring, among other things.

It wasn't bad at all, though it lacked the stick-in-head, flayed-on-a-slab CSI-style shock (schlock) value of the previous two episodes. I'm liking it a little more each week. They seem to be settling into a fairly well orchestrated narrative rather than setting up endless, pointless obstacles and playing at procrastination like 24 or Prison Break - which both seem to be made up as they go along.

 

[MrBern]

Hiro whiz kid

Funny, the other nite I was watching an AustinPowers sequel & spotted "Hiro" as the guy in a "Godzilla" joke.

Seems he was also an FX guy at ILM and an asian 'whiz kid' on Time Magazines cover 20 years ago.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/11/22/heroes-star-made-cover-of-time-magazine/

 

[jake_fink]

Funny, the other nite I was watching an AustinPowers sequel & spotted "Hiro" as the guy in a "Godzilla" joke.

Seems he was also an FX guy at ILM and an asian 'whiz kid' on Time Magazines cover 20 years ago.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/11/22/heroes-star-made-cover-of-time-magazine/

He sure looks different with the pony tails.

 

[flat-top]

Who saw Monday's episode?? I'm not sure I like Sylar's origin being so..I dunno..simplistic. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't THAT!

 

[MrBern]

super-nerdz

Who saw Monday's episode?? I'm not sure I like Sylar's origin being so..I dunno..simplistic. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't THAT!

Didnt bother me. Its interesting that Sylar's power is that he's absorbing the powers of other 'Specials'. Is he eating brains? Interesting counter-point to Peter who temporarily mimics other 'Specials'.
Sylar & Hiro are the only specials who immediately embrace their emrging power, tho they are at opposite ends of the morality scale.
And Hiro, really tragic. Really interesting to watch his boyish enthusiasm fade into determined hero. Its really painful to see th dark blood drip down Charlie's face.

 

[MrBern]

sylar

Anyone notice Sylar's real name? He's Gabriel Gray of Gray & Sons.
Sounds like his name is a homage to the old comix using double initial characters. PeterParker, LoisLane, LexLuthor......

 

[jake_fink]

Anyone notice Sylar's real name? He's Gabriel Gray of Gray & Sons.
Sounds like his name is a homage to the old comix using double initial characters. PeterParker, LoisLane, LexLuthor......

And Peter Petrelli.