I usually don’t follow TV series, especially those ‘reality’ shows.
The last one was House M.D. (AXN, where is Season Three??) That was the first TV show that I followed faithfully in a long while. I ended up buying Season One, which I missed because I started watching it in its second season.
Now Heroes has me hooked.
The premise of the show – humans with mutations which give them super abilities – is straight out of X-Men. That’s about where the similarities end.
(Ok, I don’t know much about X-Men beyond the three feature-length movies. So, spare me if the comparison is faulty.)
Heroes is a lot more, well, like The Incredibles. I don’t mean to say that it is cartoon-like. Heroes deals with the more human aspects of the superheroes lives. The characters are very nuanced. There are hardly any cardboard characters on the show.
You can empathise with most of them as they have down-to-earth problems. The situations they face and the solutions they find are rarely black and white. There’s plenty of grey. In the backdrop, there’s the looming destruction of New York.
Why? How? Who?
I don’t know yet, but I can’t wait to find out.
P.S. Check out the spoof, Zeroes. A cunning marketing move by NBC.
P.P.S. It’s only on Star World at the moment.
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steelwool
/ Wednesday, 21 March 2007Heh! I have the best of both worlds here, HOUSE Season 3 and HEROS.
shaun
/ Wednesday, 21 March 2007hey kenneth, you might wanna look at this page: http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/index.html
producer’s behind the scenes blog on the show I believe. :)
acroamatic
/ Wednesday, 21 March 2007Ohhh… cool! Thanks, Shaun!
Priscilla
/ Wednesday, 21 March 2007i was living in a house 2 mths ago in edinburgh with cable tv… and there was HOUSE WEEKEND on 2 channels – the other broadcast 1 hour behind in case u miss any episodes. needless to say, i didn’t leave the house (pardon the pun!)
i love heroes too!!! don’t bother about stupid slow tv and download it instead!
SHH
/ Thursday, 22 March 2007I have a hunch that you have found Zeros specifically for me
acroamatic
/ Thursday, 22 March 2007Hahaha! No lah…
Anand
/ Thursday, 22 March 2007Ah, so you have also ‘discovered’ the new phenomenon of this American TV season ……welcome :)
Here’re 2 more sites for you to look at – remembering of course that spoilers ABOUND in them, so if don’t want to know too much, don’t read too far :p [the MSNBC article isn't too bad ....]
HEROES: Beyond the TV show
http://eok.net/2007/01/heroes-beyond-tv-show.html
* This is a blog by a S’pore chap, Benjamin Koe! *
Super Hiro: Japanese nerd is hit of ‘Heroes’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16756741/
I’m also waiting to get my hands on an up-to-date download of the eps – tough to tahan much longer (Siva has one did you know?)
acroamatic
/ Thursday, 22 March 2007Tsk, tsk, Anand. For some reason, my blog marked your comment for moderation. =P
Thanks for the links! Heheh… I know Ben Koe lah.
Lam Chun See
/ Saturday, 24 March 2007After 24, I told myself not to fall for this type of gimmic again. And then after Lost, I said, no way I am going to be sucked into this type of stupid shows that keep dragging and teasing without revealing the mystery. And so I skipped Prison Break. But glad I decided to give them another chance in Heroes. I like the Japanese guy the most.
acroamatic
/ Monday, 26 March 2007Hey Chun See, nice to see that you’re enjoying Heroes. My whole family follows the story! Very rare that everyone in the house follows one particular show.
Hiro’s my sister’s favourite too. I like the cop, Matt Parkman. I think it’s because I can’t shut off my own thoughts! So, I empathise with him in a way.