Guest Low Roller Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 So who else digs this show? I'm surprised that there isn't an ongoing thread here to discuss it.I watched Episode 7 yesterday, and daaaaaaamn the show is getting interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 So who else digs this show? I'm surprised that there isn't an ongoing thread here to discuss it.Learn to use search hippy!http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/242648/post/472474/hl/heroes/fromsearch/1/http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/242267/post/467565/hl/heroes/fromsearch/1/http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/236509/post/395526/hl/heroes/fromsearch/1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I know this was posted before but I don't want to search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 bring up the main thread and I'll comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 BTW, spin-off series Heroes: Origins was canned. The producers got greedy and since there was an impending writer's strike, the network canned the show before it got off the ground. Also, Heroes' sagging ratings didn't help matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 On the chilly Monday morning that Hollywood's writers went on strike, Heroes creator Tim Kring called from the streets outside the Hollywood studio where his NBC series is shot. ''Yes, I'm picketing my own show,'' says the 50-year-old writer-producer. ''So surreal.''But Kring wasn't calling to discuss labor woes — he was calling to explain why Heroes, suffering a creative decline and a 15 percent ratings drop from the same period last year, went from Human Torch hot to Iceman cold. The good news? A turnaround appears to be under way. After weeks of sluggish storytelling, the Nov. 5 episode recaptured some of last season's fanciful energy. We've also seen the next two episodes — and we like them, too. The cliff-hangers are back. Narrative purpose has been discovered. Old favorites like Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Horn-Rimmed Glasses (Jack Coleman) take center stage. Even more encouraging: Kring himself is keenly aware that Heroes is broken. Here's his candid critique:THE PACE IS TOO SLOW ''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 — a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''THE WORLD-SAVING STAKES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED SOONER The premonition of nuclear apocalypse created a larger context that unified every story line last season. Kring now sees that Volume 2 (the first 11 episodes of season 2) would have been better served if Peter's vision of viral Armageddon had appeared in the season premiere rather than episode 7. ''We took too long to get to the big-picture story,'' he says.THE ROOKIES DIDN'T GREET THEMSELVES PROPERLY New Heroes Monica (Dana Davis), Maya (Dania Ramirez), and Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz) ''shouldn't have been introduced in separate story lines that felt unattached to the show. The way we introduced Elle (Kristen Bell) — by weaving her in via Peter's story line — is a more logical way to bring new characters into the show.'' (That said, Kring says a few newbies won't make it beyond this second volume, which wraps Dec. 3.)HIRO WAS IN JAPAN WAY TOO LONG Hiro's (Masi Oka) time-bending adventure in 17th-century Japan — where he mentored samurai hero Takezo Kensei (David Anders) — finally came to an end on Nov. 5. But Kring says it ''should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''YOUNG LOVE STINKS Kring regrets sticking Claire (Hayden Panettiere) with a super-dud boyfriend and forcing Hiro to moon over a cutesy princess. ''I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''Yet while Heroes has finally found some dramatic traction, this second volume is pretty much a wash. The Dec. 3 episode has been retooled to function as a potential season finale — a move inspired by the writers' strike and a desire to give the show ''a clean slate'' when it goes back into production for Volume 3. At that point, Kring wants to craft a rebooted Heroes that can attract new fans and win back those who've tuned out: ''The message is that we've heard the complaints — and we're doing something about it.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) It appears the "Heroes" watchers contingent is yet another Booche fluffing party - PM's kids, thankyooooo. Edited November 8, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Think about it in these terms. You've been late for every train you have got on. Wanna be late for another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 You've been hit in the face with so many trains you're starting to not feel the collision anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 i really enjoyed monday's episode, the cliffhanger ending, and the wicked preview for next weeks episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 ::sends picture of Hux in leather vest to sister-in-law so that she may forward it to Hux's ex-girlfriend from highschool::How's that for a trainwreck good buddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 how can anyone make fun of Frampton? The guy made millions in the seventies as rock idol and never had to really work again the rest of his life. that's fuckin' genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Damn, Missing Heroes already ... grrr. Oh well, watched season 1 of ROME and loved it! Getting season 2 now. On to Band of Brothers and Deadwood :) Here's a little Heroes->Star Wars connection: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Well Kev, Deadwood, Rome and Band of Brothers are three of my all-time favourite shows. Add in Carnivale too and TV doesn't get any better. Oh yeah, Battlestar Galactica deserves to be on the list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Does Season 2 of Rome meet up to expectations as well??? The finale of the first season rocked. Did I hear that they were going to make a movie too?It's all the talk here that convinced me to go with Deadwood too. I've got it all, so it should occupy me for a while.Writers' Strike?? Who cares ... more time to watch all this good shit . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Kev, Deadwood can stand amongst or above the greatest film westerns by the likes of Ford, Peckinpah, Hawks, Mann, Sturges and Leone.Season II of Rome kicks I's ass. Ask Booche for further proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 (edited) Kev, Deadwood can stand amongst or above the greatest film westerns by the likes of Ford, Peckinpah, Hawks, Mann, Sturges and Leone. NICE! Season II of Rome kicks I's ass. Ask Booche for further proof. Fuckin'-A! I love it when things actually get BETTER, just when you think they couldn't Edited December 13, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Kev' date=' Deadwood can stand amongst or above the greatest film westerns by the likes of Ford, Peckinpah, Hawks, Mann, Sturges and Leone.[/quote']NICE! Season II of Rome kicks I's ass. Ask Booche for further proof. Fuckin'-A! I love it when things actually get BETTER, just when you think they couldn't I know my westerns very, very well, and Deadwood is as good or better than the hundred or more films that I've seen. Also, Rome II is incredible, but it's sad that there will never be a Season III; I believe you've mixed-up Deadwood and Rome with reference to a future movie. Actually, Milch (Deadwood mastermind) said it's unlikely that he'll ever be able to finish Deadwood with the two movies her proposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Missing Heroes already ... grrr.I'm not. They had a good 3 episode run around the 7th one but in the end I almost wish this season never existed. It was waaaaaaaaaaaay too rushed.Season II of Rome kicks I's ass. Ask Booche for further proof.Yup. And get on Deadwood immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Missing Heroes already ... grrr.I'm not. They had a good 3 episode run around the 7th one but in the end I almost wish this season never existed. It was waaaaaaaaaaaay too rushed.Season II of Rome kicks I's ass. Ask Booche for further proof.Yup. And get on Deadwood immediately.Did you and Douglas ever finish season III? It's even better than Rome II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did you and Douglas ever finish season III?We are going to restart it. I think we made it halfway through but that was in the process of the move, so it never got the attention that it deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 That is a good plan, and now you have the TV too. Don't watch anything that ain't HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 bouche and I are finishing up season 3 of Deadwood. Man what a good series. I love it.Season 2 of Heroes sucked so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Heroes webseries "GOING POSTAL" start next week! Somebody at work just told me about this. Edited July 8, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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